If the character creator was updated, what would you want in it?

[Recon1o6]

The title says it all really. The character creation system is showing its age now, but with the end of 32 bit support, ps3 support having gone ages ago and ps5 now on the way, it is a good time for the devs that at some point in the next 2 or 3 years we get a boost to the character creation system

I enjoy seeing people's ideas for this sort of thing, so I would ask you what you would want in your character creator?
They can be anywhere from plausible to unlikely.

Here's my list in no particular order:

Limbal rings actual rings not edged
Muscle slider for all races, or at least options for chest and limb definition
Bigger butt/bust options (bust min/max sizes have little difference on some races)
Different Ear variations for Miqo'te
Decouple faces from all other features in races (Hrothgar hair, Au ra horns...)
Thin facial hair options such as WOD designer stubble, thin beard etc
More tail/horn variation for Au ra and Hrothgar including length and thickness
Some digitgrade added to Hrothgar/Viera/Miqo'te/Au Ra
Ponytail variation that doesn't have a heavy fringe
Higlight strength in all hairstyles
Ear size for lalafells
Eyebrows for highlanders
Scar options for the body
Defined fingers and toes nails/claws for all races
Sclera tone options


What would you like to see in an updated character creation?

[TwiibieTwuu]

Updated character creation would be nice doubt we'll ever get any of these things though.

Lalafell can already change their ear size!

[RicaRuin]

A very long stretch and probably not what everyone has in mind, but different variations for facial skin and taint would be nice. An example would be Dragon Age Inquisition, the option to give your character flushed or simply unclear skin and the likes.

So far, everyone is either a perfect facial skin model or a mess of wrinkles.

[Eldevern]

Troll : ON (or not)

Butt slider

More seriously, it would be nice to have something more flexible as the Aion character creator. But since it would never happend... let's say :

3 transparency degrees for makeup. The current system make some options weird.
More ponytails
More options of all kind (body shape, faces, nose, eyes, lips)

This said... graphically, the game need an upgrade, hands in cinematics look often weird or too big and clothes clipping is disturbing (as for hairs than for tails).

[Aurelius2625]

Unironically, a butt slider. It's seriously immersion breaking (I'm not kidding, if you've ever swapped to a job with just a weapon without any gear and you're putting it on) when you look at your character in a swimsuit or you undress them to put new gear on or test out glams and you see that their rear is non existent...or flat as a board. This is a JAPANESE company, and you're telling me they, with all of the emphasis on Anime girls and their "figures" in their media that that's not even a thing?

[DynnDiablos]

As a Viera, the difference between the quality and detail of our faces is night and day compared to the other races. It would be nice to see the other races get some cleanup and polygon increases in the facial department.

[Granyala]

What I really want to see first is an update to the physics engine, so that robes, skirts and longer hair stop standing off so awkwardly.
Maybe ease up on the clipping too. Right now, a lot of the options that are already there aren't really viable with a lot of equipment.

[Kalise]

The character creation system is showing its age now, but with the end of 32 bit support, ps3 support having gone ages ago and ps5 now on the way, it is a good time for the devs that at some point in the next 2 or 3 years we get a boost to the character creation system

It's highly unlikely for the character creation system to be upgraded.

Given that it's still built on top of the old 1.0 spaghetti code, it would require a recoding from scratch.

The old code is why they have a hard time adding in new hairstyles, because they have to use 1.0 spaghetti code to do it.

Never mind things like digitigrade feet, which would require them to create new models for every item in the game that would equip to that area of the body.

As far as stuff I'd like... I dunno, my kitty is already purrfect :3

The only upgrades I'd want to see in an ideal world, is stuff like cloth physics so skirts/coats move naturally with less clipping (Also, hair). As well as more animations for tails so they seem like actual tails.

Oh an for feet to actually be feet, instead of paddles with toes drawn on... Including the removal of the forced heeled sandals (Without floating like Minfilia does when you meet her towards the end of the MSQ) allowing for better variety of footwear (More flats, more stilettos... I'd kill for a pair of the Vii's heels...)

Maybe it'd also be cool to see them do like a body weight slider. So people can make their own plump Miqo'te (Or other races... Imagine a plump Lalafell rolling into battle )

[Avidria]

More colors for skin, hair, and eyes, including more vibrant colors (i.e. true red)
More options for pretty much everything... more hairstyles, facial features, etc. ... More jawline, nose, and mouth options
Combat voice preview
More scars, including body scars
More tattoos, including body tattoos
Ability to have more than one facial feature like... ...have freckles as a feature instead of a tattoo
Separate Au Ra horns from faces
Separate Hrothgar hair from faces because seriously wtf
Give Hrothgar and Viera an equivalent range of aesthetic options to every other race... whether that means more race specific hairs or something else IDC but don't leave them forever Limited(tm)
General texture and physics updates would be nice, not sure how likely or feasible but y'know
More freckles!
Damaged horns for Au Ra would be neat. And things like that for others... damaged Miqo ears, etc. Kinda falls in with more scar options
I like the highlight strength idea... would like a slider for that
Muscle sliders for more races
Maybe different teeth options... different fangs for moon cats for example
Just generally more options, even more variations of existing hairstyles, would be great

[BiddyBatnana]

Base game hairstyles updated and refitted so they don't show gap/alpha issues.
That's my major complaint.
The rest would be more options for everything we already have