The sad state of customization

[Catwho]

There IS a lot of customization in the game that people don't take advantage of. Part of the reason I play a "tabby cat" is because I was tired of seeing nothing but pale blondes all around me. We've got hundreds of skin tones but only four faces - so the way to look different is to pick an unusual skin tone and go from there. Only one of my characters is really pale, and I made her the chalk white Roegadyn color so it's still not normal human skin tone. I got a blue lizard, a bright red Roe boy, a walnut colored Lala, a greenish Roe gal, and my main caramel colored tabby cat.

[Berethos]

We've got hundreds of skin tones but only four faces

Really it's just four face shapes. Every combination of eyes, nose, jaw, mouth, and nose is a different face, though the variations can end up being minor and harder to notice.

That said, I definitely agree that there's plenty of customization that goes largely unused, or is so rare that it's a surprise when it pops up.

[ShanaShirayuki]

Give us our butt sliders SE! Please.

[Ametrine]

Snip.

I used to be a forest green skinned lizard girl, a jet black Lalafell with gold eyes and highlights, a bright pink Roe lady, a silver dark elf, a lavender skinned lizard girl, and a cinnamon themed lalafell.

I'm absolutely with you on this front. If you are willing to go outside normal, "human" skintones in this fantasy game along with hair and eyes, you can make a really good looking and -unique- avatar.

That doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement and expansion that doesn't require and entirely rework of the character creator.

[FallenArisen0990]

There's a difference in looking like a living thing and looking like a Frankenstein monster. Half the skin palette limits what type of color you could use. Don't even get me started on voices. If you just slap on random colors, I'm more liable to stare and go, "What in God's name happen to your character and why does it looking/sound like that!?" Some voice types just shouldn't exist in this game...

[KageTokage]

There's a difference in looking like a living thing and looking like a Frankenstein monster. Half the skin palette limits what type of color you could use. Don't even get me started on voices. If you just slap on random colors, I'm more liable to stare and go, "What in God's name happen to your character and why does it looking/sound like that!?" Some voice types just shouldn't exist in this game...

I haven't seen too many characters with unorthodox skin tones, but I think they all pulled it off well (I might just be a bad critic, though).

I would like to see someone who manages to make that bright red skin tone Raen Aura have access to look good, though. The really deep tones seem more difficult to work with then the lighter ones.

As far as voices go, I cringe a little whenever I run into someone with that squeaky female Miqo'te voice.

[Kohdo]

There's a difference in looking like a living thing and looking like a Frankenstein monster. Half the skin palette limits what type of color you could use. Don't even get me started on voices. If you just slap on random colors, I'm more liable to stare and go, "What in God's name happen to your character and why does it looking/sound like that!?" Some voice types just shouldn't exist in this game...

Don't get me started on female Lalas spamming that joy/laugh emote in the Limsa marketplace. Like nails on a chalkboard.

[KageTokage]

I feel like unusual skintones and/or hair color are probably the easiest ways to stand out from other people.

Most Au Ra I see use normal skintones and I almost never see green hair in general, so I feel fairly distinctive in that regard (Ebony skin isn't all that uncommon, but I still see it less then some others).

[Keikun]

The costumization in this game is as bad as the one in splatoon, I feel like all characters look the same.

[Ametrine]

There's a difference in looking like a living thing and looking like a Frankenstein monster. Half the skin palette limits what type of color you could use. (Snipped rest but yes, some of the voices are funny).

Agree to disagree. Your avatar is your avatar, and obviously she should fit your personal tastes, but, really?

It seems really silly to me that players like you look at a race like Au Ra that has;
-women are half the size of their men
-massive horn-like protrusions that work like antennae instead of ears
-large patches of off-white or dark blue scales scattered on their bodies
-tails that are completely scaled and often spiked
-brightly glowing rings of color in their eyes


And yet the thing that made her look like a monster was not having a Caucasian skin-tone? Really??