what the f is the point of creating characters

[Cryptic]

if they arent going to be what class you want? whats the point?

[Lowcost]

You can customise every character no matter what lvl he has.

[Cryptic]

Originally posted by Locost:

You can customise every character no matter what lvl he has.

did you even read what my post said?

[Maff]

Yeah, this is really annoying. I have a couple of characters I made with specific roles intended in the future. However, when I promote them they keep being promoted to a class I didn't select in the character creation tool. x___x

[Jeckenn]

You can choose their class but I created a bunch of characters and then when I started those tutorial missions none of the ones I created were on the missions, so not sure what is up with that.

[Vicarious]

I don't understand what you mean? Are you talking about creating characters for the character pool?

[Jeckenn]

Originally posted by Maff:

Yeah, this is really annoying. I have a couple of characters I made with specific roles intended in the future. However, when I promote them they keep being promoted to the class I didn't select in the character creation tool. x___x

Are you sure they are the same ones you made? The ones I made seem to be nowhere to be found at my base...

[Cryptic]

I amde 4 for my character pool, they are all the wrong f'ing class

[Maff]

Originally posted by Jeckenn:

Originally posted by Maff:

Yeah, this is really annoying. I have a couple of characters I made with specific roles intended in the future. However, when I promote them they keep being promoted to the class I didn't select in the character creation tool. x___x

Are you sure they are the same ones you made? The ones I made seem to be nowhere to be found at my base...

Once you have full access to the Armory section, you can recruit the soldiers you made from the 'Recruit' tab. At least that's where I found mine.

They still suffer the wrong class promotion, though, and I'm 110% certain of what classes I chose for them on the creation tool. I really hope this is fixed in a hotfix.

[Dasta]

The character pool isn't for creating their class... You're just seeing what they'd look like in that class. And the point is to have soldiers that you want, instead of having to do a mission or two and then edit a soldier to what you want. It also is for bringing back a character you might have had in a previous game that did really well and you want to see again.

Edit: It's also so your friends can send you their customized characters so you can incorporate them into your game without having to replace a soldier or do a bunch of customization changes.

[Del]

I created a guy, he showed up as a rookie and I was really hoping once he leveled he would be the class I wanted. If not, yeah that sucks.

I haven't played enough, but is there an Officer's Training School equivalent? Perhaps once something like that is acquired, when they show up in the recruitment pool they'll be the class you gave to them.

[Maff]

Originally posted by Dasta:

The character pool isn't for creating their class... You're just seeing what they'd look like in that class. And the point is to have soldiers that you want, instead of having to do a mission or two and then edit a soldier to what you want. It also is for bringing back a character you might have had in a previous game that did really well and you want to see again.

Edit: It's also so your friends can send you their customized characters so you can incorporate them into your game without having to replace a soldier or do a bunch of customization changes.

While I can half-understand the point of it being just a preview of how they'd look in that class, I still find it misleading for people creating their characters. Especailly as it doesn't seem to indicate anywhere that it doesn't guarantee their class upon promotion.

I also wonder why they even decided to put in a 'Random class' feature in the creation tool as well if it's just a preview feature.

[Del]

@Dasta

I'm sure others had the same intention in mind, but the soldiers I had planned on making were class/role specific, so now the creation pool serves no purpose for me.

I'll have to wait for the first rank on the soldiers I recruit and edit them there....unless the Officer's Training School alleviates that. Which if someone is far enough to test it I'm sure myself and many others would really like to know.

[Dasta]

Originally posted by Del:

@Dasta

I'm sure others had the same intention in mind, but the soldiers I had planned on making were class/role specific, so now the creation pool serves no purpose for me.

I'll have to wait for the first rank on the soldiers I recruit and edit them there....unless the Officer's Training School alleviates that. Which if someone is far enough to test it I'm sure myself and many others would really like to know.

I think you mean the Guerilla Tactics School, and yes, you can manually train a soldier to be a specific class in there. It does take 10 days to train, but you get your specified class. :)

[javazulu]

Maybe I was just lucky, but the character I created DID get promoted to the class I'd picked for her. She almost died on the mission, though, and she's out of action for a couple of weeks. Stupid panic.

[Jason Eroge]

Originally posted by Del:

@Dasta

I'm sure others had the same intention in mind, but the soldiers I had planned on making were class/role specific, so now the creation pool serves no purpose for me.

I'll have to wait for the first rank on the soldiers I recruit and edit them there....unless the Officer's Training School alleviates that. Which if someone is far enough to test it I'm sure myself and many others would really like to know.

thou i saw people streaming they were able to train the starting soldier to specific class.....in the training school?