Character Customization

SGent · May 2006

Hello,

I'd hope to see a decent amount of character customization in Gods and Heros. One of the most depressing things about many rpg's is that the characters tend to all look alike. I think a most stunning example of this is the recently released DDO, where but for a few hair and minor face adjustments everyone was pretty much just everyone else's cousin.

I understand that not every game can be City of Heros, but please. Please, put in a few options to allow us to make our characters distinct from each other.

Zarobien · June 2006

I agree... The mmorpg's hae so much players that it would be good to have lots of customable options... It's kind of anoying to bump into look-a-like every 30 minutes.

SMarcellus · June 2006

This is from I,Clavinus from PE and their forums:

I don’t think that will be much of a problem. We actually have a pretty robust character creation system. Granted, everyone will be a human (Roman) male or female, but you can change the way you look quite a bit.

Here are the adjustable character creation characteristics as it stands right now. (As always, things are not final and may change)

ClassGod:

Soldier
- Mars
- Minerva
Gladiator
- Jupiter
- Fortuna
Scout
- Apollo
- Diana
Rogue
- Mercury
- Nemesis
Priest
- Juno
- Pluto
Mystic
- Bacchus
- Trevia

Face:

Eyebrows
- Thickness
- Angle
- Height
Nose
- Width
- Length
- Sellions
Mouth
- Lip Size
- Lip Hue
- DrawnPurse
Eyes
- Angle
- Size
- Color
Cheeks
- Width
- Height
Chin
- Width
- Height
Age
- Young - Old Slider

Body:

Upper
- Width Slider
Middle
- Width Slider
Lower
- Width Slider

Hairstyle

Hair Color

Primary Color
Secondary Color (Highlights)

Personal Colors

Primary Color
Secondary Color (TrimAccessories)

Skin Tone

So as you can see, we have quite a few customization options and internally, we have created characters that look like everyone from John Travolta to Sean Connery to that Powder guy from that one movie...powder.

By the time we ship, you should be able to create pretty much any character you desire.

Also, with the wide array of clothes and amour that you can mix and match, I think it will be pretty uncommon to run into a level 50 twin

Forum link

I hope this helps.

Toadmonkey · June 2006

Apollo would be better for Priest since he was the Roman archary god of healing, truth and prophecy.

suske · July 2006

i will be prophet of baccus. free beer!

rock_harry · July 2006

hello all i'm hoping armer and wepons will be a good mix too will every one be going after the same axe or wand like normal will they be 1 off weps that only drop the ones or no drop itams that u can only get from quests

SMarcellus · July 2006

As the lead designer is Stieg Heglund, designer of Diablo 2, I don't think item diversity will be an issue.

THe_GAmE21 · July 2006

visit the website www.godsandheroes.com

NastyNitro · September 2006

Looks alot like the creation for elder scrolls Oblivion in wich you could extremly alter a way a charicter looked, but physical appearence wasnt too changeable but still satisfied me because they had alot of gameplay. As for the weapon thing on their site they did not have entry level modeler/texure artist want ads, so that means they got the weapon thing under control. Would like to see ability to play different empires in the future like middle eastern or far east or african empires of that time. i know thats WAY WAY down the road but its a wish list. Good example to come from would be Age of Mythology, cept all cool like like gods and heros!

Scynn · September 2006

Im glad there is abundant character changes available especially
since the only race available is human. Hopefully we wont end up
seeing multiple clones running around! After playing MMORPG's like Guild Wars I know what it's like to have a twin.

Khanstant · October 2006

I think GnH will have plenty of options, especially with a width slider and such. Also there's the whole choose your own colour theme thing, so I think it won't suffer from WoW syndrome.

xauss · October 2006

even the armour your minions wear will be carrying your characters colours

FergRedbeard · October 2006

I don't think I saw the suggestion anywhere...but I think a HEIGHT slider would be really cool too

kashaun · February 2007

Will classes be stuck with certain armor and weapon types or will they be able to sport anything with maybe some hinderance? The armor and weapons look great so far, and I'll be a happy camper when I can use armor that isnt soo bulky and cartoonish like other games and use a short gladius like sword instead of some overweight anime like sword.

The main problem I have with most games is that classes are stuck with certain types of armor and weapons so that I can have either the class I want or the gear I want but not both. That's what broke my heart on SWG when they made that change, among many.

ferdie4 · April 2007

i also hope the world is gonna be big enough and alot of servers because i played a game called knight online and there were like 15 servers but the world was too small or at least the server was like always busy and if you didn't pay for the game it could sometimes take 30min to get in.

*ps. don't play knight online too many hackers and they dun do anything about it.*

ManGhost · July 2007

No clones! That's what will make this MMO great. If they can differentiate the characters enough its going to be even more beautiful than it already looks. I can’t wait to play as an Apollo Scout.

Delondial · July 2007

Customization is all well and nice, but looking at that class list makes me yawn inside the likes of which has not been felt since the news of a LotR mmo reached my ears. I certainly hope there is room for a hybrid play style, because God knows that's the problem with most games anymore.

Famous Class Quotes

Priest: I got a heal! *target dies* damn los!

Rogue: How did he see me?! I have +2 stealth!

Scout: RUN AWAY!

Soldier: I hate tanking!

Mystic *conjures generic fireball*

Gladiator: Me smash, you die!

In closing, sure, you may look pretty, but you are going to be the same thing from 1 out of ever 6 people in town ><

(Unless serving different Gods changes how your class plays however, then we got something )

raoul · July 2007

Originally posted by Delondial
In closing, sure, you may look pretty, but you are going to be the same thing from 1 out of ever 6 people in town ><

Essentially yes, but add in different god choices, different feat builds (which haven't been released) and how skillful you are at managing your minions and what minions you use and you're not that similar to every other person in your class.

Also, with the feats not released yet it's hard to say how traditional the classes will be. My guess is pretty traditional, but we'll see how much they have changed it.