Let's remember that we also have a tendency to skew our own perspective. Â I just dropped in to check the official Wildstar forums. Â There is a post on character body types and one on their glamour system, but there seems to be a lot more discussion going on about mounts right now.
Roleplayers might care about very finite details in character creation, but for the most part, we're just not that big of a demographic. Â In WoW, I used to wonder why they didn't have more customization options for characters, why we couldn't have more characters per server, why they never seemed to give roleplayers anything we could use. Â Turns out that things like the transmog and barber systems were just fine for most players' purposes, and I wasn't aware of just how babied we were as roleplayers. Â I haven't seen any other game give us dedicated RP servers except Age of Conan, and their RP server was FFA PVP.
It was only when I looked at the realm list that I realized how few of those servers they actually need to house us roleplayers and those people who play with roleplayers. Â I mean, FFXIV doesn't even have dedicated servers for RPers.
Maybe that's the sort of thing I would think should be added later if it can't be added now (as well as a fantasia-potion sort of thing). Â That might be a major development, but it might be more understandable. Â I guess, stepping back from my narrow RP window view, I could understand a developer wanting to spend their limited time resources elsewhere for launch; obviously they need to make a good video game first because we roleplayers can barely keep a decent book series afloat with sales by ourselves.
There's probably less excuse for games like WoW to not have better customization except that they'll probably try to replace the entire game in a few years. Â But given how fast they have to get these games out, get them hyped, and get them recognized before they get the big FAILURE stamp, I can easily see why variable shoulder breadth isn't the highest on their list of priorities. Â Outside of this forum, I've never heard of a game succeeding or failing due solely to character customization.
And like I said, as a roleplayer, it's not even top of my list of priorities. Â I'd much rather have WoW's limited character generator and an RP server than having all these customization options but not having a place to go where I know I'll find RP. Â If I was going to pick my battle, I'd say dedicated RP servers are the ground I'd like to win and hold.
Roleplayers might care about very finite details in character creation, but for the most part, we're just not that big of a demographic. Â In WoW, I used to wonder why they didn't have more customization options for characters, why we couldn't have more characters per server, why they never seemed to give roleplayers anything we could use. Â Turns out that things like the transmog and barber systems were just fine for most players' purposes, and I wasn't aware of just how babied we were as roleplayers. Â I haven't seen any other game give us dedicated RP servers except Age of Conan, and their RP server was FFA PVP.
It was only when I looked at the realm list that I realized how few of those servers they actually need to house us roleplayers and those people who play with roleplayers. Â I mean, FFXIV doesn't even have dedicated servers for RPers.
Maybe that's the sort of thing I would think should be added later if it can't be added now (as well as a fantasia-potion sort of thing). Â That might be a major development, but it might be more understandable. Â I guess, stepping back from my narrow RP window view, I could understand a developer wanting to spend their limited time resources elsewhere for launch; obviously they need to make a good video game first because we roleplayers can barely keep a decent book series afloat with sales by ourselves.
There's probably less excuse for games like WoW to not have better customization except that they'll probably try to replace the entire game in a few years. Â But given how fast they have to get these games out, get them hyped, and get them recognized before they get the big FAILURE stamp, I can easily see why variable shoulder breadth isn't the highest on their list of priorities. Â Outside of this forum, I've never heard of a game succeeding or failing due solely to character customization.
And like I said, as a roleplayer, it's not even top of my list of priorities. Â I'd much rather have WoW's limited character generator and an RP server than having all these customization options but not having a place to go where I know I'll find RP. Â If I was going to pick my battle, I'd say dedicated RP servers are the ground I'd like to win and hold.
