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Better Character Customization in Warcraft.
By Paul Rone-Clarke | March 6, 2010
For me, rolling a new character in Warcraft is something I approach with a mixture of both anticipation and a little anxiety.
Sure I’m really looking forward to exploring the possibilities of a new class combination, but first I need to fix my mind. I have done this many, many times
Well, of course I want to. I could wait for all the changes that will come with Cataclysm of course, this will refresh the early levelling process no end.
Then something else strikes me. As I’m rolling the character I remember just how limited the choices are for the appearance.
How dull and uninspired the preset character faces and styles are.
For me the humans are worse (perhaps it’s familiarity). They seem a weird looking bunch. They lack real definition. Apart from the hair and piercing there seems little to choose between one character and the next. The looks are also getting very old , both in terms of the number of times I’ve seen them, and the graphical detail that now seems so “2005″.
Back in 2005 though, most people’s internet connections was a fraction of the speed they have now. So having a preset number of faces and characters may well have been necessary given the bandwidth people had back then.
I’ve also heard people say that it’s all about the armour you have at level 80. I’ll counter that by saying that that’s all starting to seem a bit “samey” to me. Tier 9, Tier 10. Once you’ve seen two human Warlocks with BiS raiding gear, you’ve seen the lot.
The last couple of years have seen a lot of MMORPG’s that include a good amount of character customization. It seems that many have jumped on the idea that it is a real selling point of the game; I’m inclined to agree…Champions Online might have its faults, but the level of detail you can apply to making your avatar truly unique is astounding. This from a company with a fraction of the resources that Blizzard can bring to the table.
So how about it then Blizzard, what about letting us design the style and look of characters we actually would like to play?
I’ve looked to Cataclysm details and trailers to see if it’s something that looks likely to be on the cards, sadly not at the moment.
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