Character Creation Failure

[Kosmos992k]

Are you upset that the only 'additi0ons' to character creation are 2 new hairstyles?

Are you upset that the two new hairstyles are not in any way something you would use?

Are you amazed that with the increased budget for Stormblood, and it being the second Expansion there is no enhancement/upgrade to character creation or character models at all?

StormBlood doesn't even bring a new playable race, and still we get no character creation update.

How do you feel about this, what would you like to see in terms of character creation updates?

P.S. please nothing about Viera, this is about updates to character creation not new playable races.

In case it's not clear, I'm upset and disappointed, and at the same time angered and mystified that the increased development budget and lack of new playable race didn't add up to even minor additions to character creation.

Yoshi-P please take note, people have been asking for more character options for as long as I can remember, and your team has failed to address that desire in any meaningful way. Please revisit this, you have spent a lot of money on new server infrastructure and expansion development, there is no spend on a new playable race this expansion, why is there no update to character creation?

[Greedalox]

I'm not upset that there are 2 hairstyles. I also plan to use neither. I'm glad there's no new playable race.

Let us not forget that odds are we're not getting 2 hairstyles in the expansion, just at the launch.

[Talraen]

I'd like more character creation options, but they've never given any indication they will ever happen (and have in fact made it pretty clear that it won't). I'm not disappointed because I never got my hopes up, nor will I, because the situation is pretty well known.

[Kosmos992k]

I'd like more character creation options, but they've never given any indication they will ever happen (and have in fact made it pretty clear that it won't). I'm not disappointed because I never got my hopes up, nor will I, because the situation is pretty well known.

So, with each new expansion that supposedly contains a whole game's worth of new content, you're completely content to sit by without expecting any additions to character creation? Whether they've said no before or not doesn't matter. Each new expansion delivers what is essentially a game refresh, that is the perfect time to offer updates and enhancements to character creation.

[Talraen]

So, with each new expansion that supposedly contains a whole game's worth of new content, you're completely content to sit by without expecting any additions to character creation? Whether they've said no before or not doesn't matter. Each new expansion delivers what is essentially a game refresh, that is the perfect time to offer updates and enhancements to character creation.

They told us basically from day 1 that there would never be new faces added to the game. So yes, I am content, because I bought into the game knowing that up front. I don't know exactly why adding character options is such an impossibility, but from the way they discuss it, it appears to be. Why get my hopes up for something they told me I wouldn't get?

People seem to assume that adding new options is as simple as designing them, but there's clearly more to it than that. I can only guess that it might be related to the amount of server data required, or the amount of textures that are loaded, or something I'm completely unaware of. But until they indicate that this is something they might even look into, I am never going to start expecting it.

(Also, as a programmer myself, I am often asked to implement things that are essentially impossible. Trying to explain to a non-programmer why something that seems straightforward to them would require weeks of work or would permanently increase maintenance costs by 100% is not fun, so I have sympathy for others in that situation. Even when I'm skeptical.)

[RaijinSupreme]

So, with each new expansion that supposedly contains a whole game's worth of new content, you're completely content to sit by without expecting any additions to character creation? Whether they've said no before or not doesn't matter. Each new expansion delivers what is essentially a game refresh, that is the perfect time to offer updates and enhancements to character creation.

Character creation isn't that big a deal. I would put it at the bottom of the list, compared many other things I would like to be changed/improved first.

[Kosmos992k]

Character creation isn't that big a deal. I would put it at the bottom of the list, compared many other things I would like to be changed/improved first.

Raiding isn't a big part of the game if you look at the completion rates, yet it gets attention every expansion and every other patch. I'd bet that there are at least as many interested in more character options and glamour as there are raiding. By your logic SE should stop working on raids. What do you think?

[Nezerius]

Raiding isn't a big part of the game if you look at the completion rates, yet it gets attention every expansion and every other patch. I'd bet that there are at least as many interested in more character options and glamour as there are raiding. By your logic SE should stop working on raids. What do you think?

More character options isn't gonna give players incentive to keep playing the game, while raiding does. Glamour, while something that does keep people playing, is also something that can tie into raiding, unless you've never done any old raids for the purpose of collecting glamour gear? (or in the case of Coil, crafting mats for dyeable versions.)

[RaijinSupreme]

Raiding isn't a big part of the game if you look at the completion rates, yet it gets attention every expansion and every other patch. I'd bet that there are at least as many interested in more character options and glamour as there are raiding. By your logic SE should stop working on raids. What do you think?

What do you mean, "by your logic"? you mentioned raiding, not me. I didn't even say anything about what gets more attention, and what doesn't, or who completes what, or anything lol.

All I said is that its not a big deal, cause it isn't. not to me anyway. This game has never been advertised as a dress up game, and I certainly don't play it for that reason.

And if I had to choose which would get more attention, it would be raiding. I actually like playing the game, and more options to play the game is always more appealing for me.

[dragonseth07]

Character options aren't high up on my personal list of wants, so I'm not disappointed.

Having said that, I know plenty of people feel differently, so the decision is slightly puzzling.