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[AeraLure]

I just wanted to make a post and leave a thought here about the lack of character creation in the game. There's topics around more specific character customization, but this one more advocates the inclusion of a full on character creator. I realize it's too close to launch to implement, and I realize it's problematic to release later as DLC (though possible! a player could choose to customize a character without starting progression over), so it's likely a suggestion for a future sequel. Nonetheless:

I'd really have liked to see a character creation system. When you choose a warrior, you can do all the things you might, say, just for example, in a Dark Souls character creation. I realize the argument, just as with Dark Souls, would be for a game like this that you would not see the results of character much of the time. The same is true in Dark Souls. Other players could, though, especially with Vikings when you could choose hair color, length, style, beard etc as we can see those things now, but they are all the same.

It would have made the world of difference to me though in the progression menus, where you could theoretically see your character during all those screens. They could even be wearing something other than their battle armor (kimono for samurai, etc) and you could gear up. Or, you could at least see their face and hair and they only put the helmet on as you enter battle. There would be the ability though too to choose both build type and name the character. This latter suggestion has already been suggested and I wholeheartedly agree with it, too.

Just something I'm finding I wish this game had when I was customizing the look of the armor. Would have made things much more personal and I'd have liked that.

[Thotasaurus_Rex]

i can get behind a more armor diversity design wise. that way you can look unique mostly. i get that theres not much now due to it being a beta but hopefully they will keep this sorta thing in mind

[AeraLure]

i can get behind a more armor diversity design wise. that way you can look unique mostly. i get that theres not much now due to it being a beta but hopefully they will keep this sorta thing in mind

I agree. This too. Definitely something they can add to for this game and it would be much appreciated. There's potentially a lot of armor design types between these three factions. I was on a samurai historical research binge for a year and studied all the armor parts. Pretty complex, and varied. A ton of Mon (emblems) too. Would like to see more there as well.

[H3ret1c88]

Agreed with the latter. I don't care much about the character's body appearance (beards, hair, eyes etc) but seeing more options for unique armor customization with inscriptions, symbols, armor patterns etc would be nice. Perhaps i'm being unfair cause i'm not sure i have discovered all the variations of helmets / body armors etc in the game, so i could be surprised when it's out but so far it seems a bit limited. I trust more will be brought in with the expansions.

Also i'm sure that a lot of people would like more freedom in color picking for the armor, instead of the 3-color default sets that are given as it is now. On the other hand this might lead to some insane color combos but hey.. to each their own, i guess.

[Al3kin]

Beyond the cosmetic-I-can-identify-better-with-my-character factor, it could also mean more depth of play if, for example, a player could choose to enter a match without helmet. Hit's from above would be deadlier, making it more of a challenge for the experienced player. At the same time it could be factored into higher movility ate the cost of defense.
Also, along this lines, if you could choose body height and mass, this could be factores in as well.
I understand this might not be easy to achieve now, and so I'm sharing it in hopes that you might build it into future expansions.
Thanks!