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Character Customization?

nexus42nexus42 Member Posts: 288
in Lord of the Rings Online

A big selling point in MMORPGs for me is character customization. How would you rate both the pre-game character customization and the in-game customization in terms of different looking armor/clothing sets, colors, etc? Better than EQ2? Better than CoH? On par with Lineage 2?

Also, are there a good amount of animated socials?

Thanks for your time.

...Pika

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  • Batak_KillerBatak_Killer Member UncommonPosts: 399

    character customization is alright atm... i have no probs with them

    as far as emotes there r A LOT OF THEM

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  • eccotoneccoton Member UncommonPosts: 1,340
    Character customization in LOTRO is pretty good. However the developers have said there will be more pre-game customization added when game goes live. So far not bad but adding more will help. In game is pretty cool once you get a few levels under your belt characters start to look very unique.  Pre-game is not as good as EQ2 at the moment but not far behind. CoH/CoV has the best pre customization then any other game out so no where near as good as that. I think over all you will like the customization of characters but from what I have read we will get more.
  • the_travelerthe_traveler Member Posts: 76
    Anyone know if there are plans for more races?  It makes sense with the 3 available, but was curious.
  • therain93therain93 Member UncommonPosts: 2,039
    Actually, in my opinion, character customization at creation time is awful for this game.  Seriously, it's a step backward.  You're given x number of options for faces and hair and what loosely can be termed a "slider" for girth which has about 5 positions.  Considering games are coming out with sliders that offer so much finite control, that's a huge let down.  Worse though, some of the models are just ugly looking -- the female elf mouth is awkwardly shaped and doesn't even close all the way.  I don't think it's a graphical glitch.  I do find it disappointing though.
  • TerranahTerranah Member UncommonPosts: 3,575

    I found the character creation pretty limiting.  I prefer SWG, COH, EQ2, WOW and Vanguard customization over LOTR character creation at the moment.

    The problem is they don't use sliders, but presets.  That would be fine if I liked the presets, but I found there were only a couple here and there that I liked so it left me feeling kinda frustrated. 

    Another annoying aspect was the female elf I created alwas had her mouth open so you could see her teeth.  LOL.  If she would just shut her mouth she'd be a lot prettier. 

    Ofcourse it's just beta, so maybe they will improve it.

  • WoodslingWoodsling Member Posts: 78

    If you were satisfied with the customization in CoH, WoW and SWG you will be very disapointed with LOTRO's char-customization.

    It's pretty bland... a few different faces, a few hair styles, a few "details" and then some color choices for the eyes, hair and skin.

    Now when I think of it... it's pretty awful compared to other games out there.

    And as for customization "in-game" I can't tell you much as of yet. I'm "only" level 17 so far. But at this point everyone looks the same (depending on what class they are).

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