Character creation.

[TheBard]

I am really into the lore and story of the game and I hate how the lore doesn't tie into the player experience in the slightest. If there is any change I would like to see in the game it would a complete overhaul of character creation. Every character looks like a deformed monster. I'd love to see more realistic and more diverse characters. Something that actually leant itself to more diversity rather than ever character being a slightly different disgusting version of eachother. I'd love more representation of race and culture instead of just a color slider.

[jonathonfrasier.2008]

How very vain. I agree with you on the face sliders, they could use some work.

But with some creativity you can make a unique character without it being a deformity. Just stop trying to look like Rambo or Schwarzenegger.

[Esteys]

well at least i can do female character with the butt of niki minaj.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1363898776

[Levanon]

Originally posted by 123:

Just stop trying to look like Rambo or Schwarzenegger.

To be fair it's still possible to have a decent looking buff character, you just don't have to move the sliders very far from default.

Not recommended on PvP servers, regardless.

[Nobu]

Character creator need overhaul since alpha

[Aphotep]

Originally posted by Nobu:

Character creator need overhaul since alpha

So true. The models need a serious rework, the sliders could be a lot more precise (though that migtht be worse for me since I use a mod that extends the range of the sliders), the face has close to no proper morphs and the interface looks really dated compared to the inventory and stuff.

Maybe I'm alone on this, but one thing I'd really like to see them at least set up is a way for mods to add more playable species (including separate animations and potential limits on which creatures they can ride on and whatnot).

[TheBard]

Originally posted by 123:

How very vain. I agree with you on the face sliders, they could use some work.

But with some creativity you can make a unique character without it being a deformity. Just stop trying to look like Rambo or Schwarzenegger.

I really just want normal looking characters; average people, features seen in other cultures, different face shapes, etc. I really just like to look average or at least to have a stronger since of normalcy.

[TheBard]

Originally posted by Aphotep:

Originally posted by Nobu:

Character creator need overhaul since alpha

So true. The models need a serious rework, the sliders could be a lot more precise (though that migtht be worse for me since I use a mod that extends the range of the sliders), the face has close to no proper morphs and the interface looks really dated compared to the inventory and stuff.

Maybe I'm alone on this, but one thing I'd really like to see them at least set up is a way for mods to add more playable species (including separate animations and potential limits on which creatures they can ride on and whatnot).

I'm not huge on other species, but hell it would add diversity. If you kept it in the same vein as ark then there are other sentient species that have at one point existed alongside mankind. And since the game implies humanity is dead and gone. Maybe there were sentient species after us before the ones that created the ARKs.

[TheBard]

Originally posted by Nobu:

Character creator need overhaul since alpha

As someone who played back then I can appreciate just how incredibly far the game has come, but this one feature is all I complain about now.

[TheBard]

Originally posted by Levanon:

Originally posted by 123:

Just stop trying to look like Rambo or Schwarzenegger.

To be fair it's still possible to have a decent looking buff character, you just don't have to move the sliders very far from default.

Not recommended on PvP servers, regardless.

I'll be honest I'm more interested in the aesthetic diversity of characters to create a better experience that connects to the lore, benefits rpg servers, and would better lend itself to creating videos. For me the lore and video thing is most important as I've been writing a script for a show in the same vein as Red vs. Blue that would be made in ARK. Everything about the game is beautiful except for some pretty hideous player models.