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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
Focus group for character creator talked about in live stream.
Vhaeyne
Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
I volunteer myself to be on that focus group. You will not find a more vain person than myself. It is literally my name.
I have spent an extensive amount of time exploring the character creator for every MMORPG I can get my hands on. I have documented most of those efforts in this thread:
https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/48710/was-board-ranked-mmorpg-character-creators-lets-talk-about-it/p1
Realistically, I expect the focus group to be internal. I just want to strongly encourage Intrepid to put out a stand-alone test character creator for Alpha supporters to start looking at and putting feed back on in the Alpha tester side of the forum.
I also would like to encourage the devs to consider an external focus group for this, made of players like myself and @Dygz whom I know are very passionate about character creators.
I have spent an extensive amount of time exploring the character creator for every MMORPG I can get my hands on. I have documented most of those efforts in this thread:
https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/48710/was-board-ranked-mmorpg-character-creators-lets-talk-about-it/p1
Realistically, I expect the focus group to be internal. I just want to strongly encourage Intrepid to put out a stand-alone test character creator for Alpha supporters to start looking at and putting feed back on in the Alpha tester side of the forum.
I also would like to encourage the devs to consider an external focus group for this, made of players like myself and @Dygz whom I know are very passionate about character creators.
This is my personal feedback, shared to help the game thrive in its niche.
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Not to make sure it is as detailed and easy to use ass possible, but to make sure there are fast enough presets to use so that players like myself can pass right through it in a few seconds.
If they are going to use something like the Meta Human Creator, presets are a must.
I think with UE5 using such a tool is on the table now. I know when I was playing with the raw creator I was really impressed with the tech, but it took a bit of learning to get used to it.
This is my personal feedback, shared to help the game thrive in its niche.
That said, with some NDA limitations I think it would be good to allow some community involvement to help better the game.
It's been a while since I played with it, so I loaded up the Meta Human Creator. I spent the better part of an hour playing with it just now. I got to say the presets they have are okay, but if you want a specific look there is a skill set that you need to be able to pull it off.
To the point that I could see people "Commissioning" others to make character save files based off of pictures of real people. It really is a powerful tool, but you can mess stuff up and make a real freak if you are not careful. If they do use the Meta Human Creator, I could see it taking me like 2-3 hours to dial a character in the way I want it. Which is a blessing for me and a curse for those like yourself.
This is my personal feedback, shared to help the game thrive in its niche.
Why would you pass through it in seconds when you're going to be able to create your character ahead of time?
Why would being able to do it in advance make any difference?
It is a process that I neither enjoy, nor see any purpose in personally.
I want to be able to pick one of maybe 20 presets, and then alter perhaps 1 or 2 things about them at the absolute most.
Sry I just assumed it was from the perspective of the dilemma on day 1 of spending time creating the character or being first in.
A reasonable assumption, as it is the case for some people.
However, there are a good many players that just don't care. I am playing the game looking at the back of my characters head, from as far away as the camera will allow. I don't see why I would care what shape that characters ears are, or how far apart their eyes are.