Alright... this isn't going on Blizz's roadmap anyways so it's just finger practice...
Most of us would like to port ourselves into the game, including our rich resume and the tattoos and piercings we always thought about having if it wasn't for our moms prohibiting us from making the same mistakes they did. So... we're stuck with a char that's past 20y/o and still hasn't spawned five babies, twice divorced, owes money to every NPC in town and milks cows for a handful of fisstech.
You are probably thinking- most of us are really into sex change ops as well, and are slutty to boot, which is why we digg the female chars but dislike their armor art for being too... protective. And I agree.
For you guys who're saying *let's have the option and whoever doesn't like it just don't use it* here's what I think:
If there was one game to bind them, the one game that's supposed to mimic life and offer the ultimate "escapism"- instead of us having to do with hundreds of different games offering different experiences- than of course all of these customization options would be sweet, if not essential.
But I can think of a game that already tries to be it- the SIMS.
If I had SIMS in my Diablo I would be as disappointed as some other Diablo fans be had they played their Diablo pink hued or anime flavored.
I'm a big fan of different experiences and new perspectives provided by unique games. Adding a now-mundane feature as that distracts, IMO, from the game.
In addition game devs cannot include every feature from every game into one uber-game, at least not in one lifetime, example for long dev time: Diablo3. To me it's more urgent to have summoning Materias than mere bling, so let's focus on that shall we?
What are you talking about? How does adding a little bit of facial customization have ANYTHING to do with what you just said?
Why does everyone here sensationalize things to fit their argument? :confused:
Alright... this isn't going on Blizz's roadmap anyways so it's just finger practice...
Most of us would like to port ourselves into the game, including our rich resume and the tattoos and piercings we always thought about having if it wasn't for our moms prohibiting us from making the same mistakes they did. So... we're stuck with a char that's past 20y/o and still hasn't spawned five babies, twice divorced, owes money to every NPC in town and milks cows for a handful of fisstech.
You are probably thinking- most of us are really into sex change ops as well, and are slutty to boot, which is why we digg the female chars but dislike their armor art for being too... protective. And I agree.
For you guys who're saying *let's have the option and whoever doesn't like it just don't use it* here's what I think:
If there was one game to bind them, the one game that's supposed to mimic life and offer the ultimate "escapism"- instead of us having to do with hundreds of different games offering different experiences- than of course all of these customization options would be sweet, if not essential.
But I can think of a game that already tries to be it- the SIMS.
If I had SIMS in my Diablo I would be as disappointed as some other Diablo fans be had they played their Diablo pink hued or anime flavored.
I'm a big fan of different experiences and new perspectives provided by unique games. Adding a now-mundane feature as that distracts, IMO, from the game.
In addition game devs cannot include every feature from every game into one uber-game, at least not in one lifetime, example for long dev time: Diablo3. To me it's more urgent to have summoning Materias than mere bling, so let's focus on that shall we?
I'd have been happier to listen to your perspective if you didn't group most of us in the "port yourself into the game" vision that you're preaching.
In fact I don't really no anybody, except pehaps you, that would like to port themselves in the game. I wouldn't like to do that at all - what I would like is to have diversification between characters. Tattoos and piercings are 2 options out of a myriad of options. The reasoning behind your perspective is ridiculous, in my opinion.
Everything that you said has little to zero usefulness to this thread. This departure from what we're asking pretty much confirms that you read the first post and didn't bother to read the discussion.
I really have no idea what you're talking about. I want to make my archaic, wizened wizard to blast Diablo back to the Abyss. I'd never want to be old and decrepit-looking like that in real life. Your argument makes no sense.
I really have no idea what you're talking about. I want to make my archaic, wizened wizard to blast Diablo back to the Abyss. I'd never want to be old and decrepit-looking like that in real life. Your argument makes no sense.
LOL!
I agree ... I have much more fun imagining myself as my character vanquishing demons than thinking that I'm simply controlling someone else.
I really have no idea what you're talking about. I want to make my archaic, wizened wizard to blast Diablo back to the Abyss. I'd never want to be old and decrepit-looking like that in real life. Your argument makes no sense.
I kind of understand that. I allways wanted to play a younger necromancer.
However i guess you problably can't build your "archaic, wizened wizard" just because you will not choose what he will say to npcs. In other words your wizened wizard will be a just reckless student if blizz want to make the male wizard that way. Believe me, i really love RPing in games (i passed years playing never winter nights in RP servers); I just think that D3 will not be the right game for that. It's a very arcade game after all.
I really have no idea what you're talking about. I want to make my archaic, wizened wizard to blast Diablo back to the Abyss. I'd never want to be old and decrepit-looking like that in real life. Your argument makes no sense.
I respect these opinions but don't agree with their owners for reasons already mentioned. I'm sorry but I don't have anything more to add to this discussion and I remain unconvinced
I think the customizable faces would be cool but not essensial. Maybe a wide range of pre-generated faces would work. I think that sometimes too much customization of faces is a bad thing. I for one spent hours on Oblivion trying to get a face that looked passable for human! (or Elven... the Orcs looked ok) On mass effect I made my guy's nose way too big and it bugged me for the rest of the game (it wasn't just a little bit it was huge, I think I had a senior moment or somthing...) If I HAD to choose a preset face to use I would find that easier to accept and play, rather than look at the face and think that it could have been better.
Diablo never struck me as the kind of game where character customization was important. I mean, you couldn't even pick a gender until Diablo 3.
However, I think they're trying to suck people into Diablo 3 in a different way than the previous games... It seems like they want you to be more immersed in the world rather than a 95% metagame experience, and if that's the case I think character customization is a good way to do it.
Immersion is the state of consciousness where one's awareness of physical self is diminished or lost by being surrounded in an engrossing total environment; often artificial.
Doesn't have much to do with a superficial gimmick like facegen or whatever, at least not in Diablo i think.
I'm not normally a dick on forums, but you started it.
In my post I said "more immersed in the world rather than a 95% metagame experience". Even if Diablo 3 was 94% metagame it would still be more immersion, and face-customization makes you feel more attached to your character... i.e. immersion.
For future reference, quoting wikipedia definitions to prove a moot point makes you a dick. I'd advise against it in the future.
I'm then also assuming racial customization? Or will that then somehow break immersion?
I also don't really see why quoting any source to possibly provide insight in ones opinion makes anyone a dick, but whatever kid.
I never even commented on racial customization (which could be a cool idea). Where did that even come from?
The only reason you quoted the definition is because you wanted to act like I didn't know what it was... which is funny to me because you had to quote it to get an accurate definition.
P.S. I'm not a kid, I'm 23 and I'm getting married next year. It seems to me that I'm not the one who has some growing up to do. Remember, you started this moronic argument.
You should be able to set your age somewhere between 20 and 60 years. Just so you can look young, middle aged or old.
And some other minor things that were mentioned before.
It would be easy to implant a system to adjust certain sizes. But it's rather pointless, but tattoos and random things.
I'm not sure if age variation would be the best kind of customization for all the characters.... personally I'd find it a little bit odd to see some old Barbarians whirlwinding mobs. At that point they'd be worried they'd break a hip.
I would prefer the customizable faces. On that note of customizing equipment; perhaps clan colors and capes would be nice, but nothing too over the top.
Customized facial features probably aren't needed as the camera is too far away to notice. However, changing your hair color and style would help at least a little to distinguish you from other players.
Even if there isn't the customization like in Aion. would it kill Blizzard to give us several faces to choose from?
if i want my monk without a beard or my Barbarian to have black hair i should be able to.
plus how difficult would it to add this in?
If people don't want it they can just play with the default face, but for people like me that enjoys customizing our characters it should be in
What are you talking about? How does adding a little bit of facial customization have ANYTHING to do with what you just said?
Why does everyone here sensationalize things to fit their argument? :confused:
CyberPunk RP Nexus
I'd have been happier to listen to your perspective if you didn't group most of us in the "port yourself into the game" vision that you're preaching.
In fact I don't really no anybody, except pehaps you, that would like to port themselves in the game. I wouldn't like to do that at all - what I would like is to have diversification between characters. Tattoos and piercings are 2 options out of a myriad of options. The reasoning behind your perspective is ridiculous, in my opinion.
Everything that you said has little to zero usefulness to this thread. This departure from what we're asking pretty much confirms that you read the first post and didn't bother to read the discussion.
LOL!
I agree ... I have much more fun imagining myself as my character vanquishing demons than thinking that I'm simply controlling someone else.
CyberPunk RP Nexus
I kind of understand that. I allways wanted to play a younger necromancer.
However i guess you problably can't build your "archaic, wizened wizard" just because you will not choose what he will say to npcs. In other words your wizened wizard will be a just reckless student if blizz want to make the male wizard that way. Believe me, i really love RPing in games (i passed years playing never winter nights in RP servers); I just think that D3 will not be the right game for that. It's a very arcade game after all.
I'm assuming this comment was towards psyonide?
"One does not simply rock into Mordor."
"There's no I in Team America!"
However, I think they're trying to suck people into Diablo 3 in a different way than the previous games... It seems like they want you to be more immersed in the world rather than a 95% metagame experience, and if that's the case I think character customization is a good way to do it.
In my post I said "more immersed in the world rather than a 95% metagame experience". Even if Diablo 3 was 94% metagame it would still be more immersion, and face-customization makes you feel more attached to your character... i.e. immersion.
For future reference, quoting wikipedia definitions to prove a moot point makes you a dick. I'd advise against it in the future.
The only reason you quoted the definition is because you wanted to act like I didn't know what it was... which is funny to me because you had to quote it to get an accurate definition.
P.S. I'm not a kid, I'm 23 and I'm getting married next year. It seems to me that I'm not the one who has some growing up to do. Remember, you started this moronic argument.
I'm not sure if age variation would be the best kind of customization for all the characters.... personally I'd find it a little bit odd to see some old Barbarians whirlwinding mobs. At that point they'd be worried they'd break a hip.
... un-intimidating. :rolleyes:
CyberPunk RP Nexus
if i want my monk without a beard or my Barbarian to have black hair i should be able to.
plus how difficult would it to add this in?
If people don't want it they can just play with the default face, but for people like me that enjoys customizing our characters it should be in
facial customization was around BEFORE WoW