character customization

• Habskii wrote on 2011-03-06 10:16
  Well i did it e.e if you want to know the story about ch. 7 here's the link: http://mabination.com/threads/22105-Episode-7-Ending-Story?p=361933#post361933
• Mello wrote on 2011-03-06 23:11

  Quote from TheBoulder;361891:

  I understand you having your own opinion about what you want, but kindly do not confuse "I do not care" with "Nobody cares". I, personally, actually care about the storyline, and have actually read all the dialogues on the first playthrough.

  
  
  What I'm saying is Evie, Karok, Lann, Kai and Fiona could be ANYONE it doesn't have to be you playing as one of the "five" legendary heroes considering atleast a hundred thousand play, wouldn't that mean I'm one of the hundred thousand legendary heroes? Gender lock FAIL. Maybe they should make Lann, Karok, Evie, Kai, and Fiona be NPC's And they are the job training people, then no storyline will be ruined and everybody can be happy. One thing I don't understand is why the people from Vindictus devolved into chibis.
• Habskii wrote on 2011-03-07 00:00
  Bro umad or something? From what i read, there was alot of emotion in your words e.e
• Kanam wrote on 2011-03-07 00:46

  Quote from Mihile;362760:

  What I'm saying is Evie, Karok, Lann, Kai and Fiona could be ANYONE it doesn't have to be you playing as one of the "five" legendary heroes considering atleast a hundred thousand play, wouldn't that mean I'm one of the hundred thousand legendary heroes? Gender lock FAIL. Maybe they should make Lann, Karok, Evie, Kai, and Fiona be NPC's And they are the job training people, then no storyline will be ruined and everybody can be happy. One thing I don't understand is why the people from Vindictus devolved into chibis.

  
  
  That's the thing though. The game assume you're one of the legendary heroes but it also assume other people are random nobodies. Kinda like in mabinogi you save the goddess like 2000 other people did before you. You kill the evil big guy, like the 3000 previous person. It might be a mmorpg in term of gameplay but the story assume you're solo.
• foreignreign wrote on 2011-03-07 01:46
  This topic is funny.
• Gotejjeken wrote on 2011-03-07 02:08
  Yeah, it is actually. Mihile, you can do that with any game. Why does it matter that Super Mario is a guy? Etc.
• Mello wrote on 2011-03-07 02:26

  Quote from Kanam;362939:

  The game assume you're one of the legendary heroes but it also assume other people are random nobodies.

  
  
  Or they could make it so YOU play as a random nobody, and Karok, Kai etc Are your trainers. That I think would be a lot better, because lots of people do care if they have to play a female mage, or a male assassin. I also think playing as a random nobody is BETTER than being legendary, being legendary I think is more of a solo game thing.
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-03-07 02:35

  Quote from Mihile;363103:

  Or they could make it so YOU play as a random nobody, and Karok, Kai etc Are your trainers. That I think would be a lot better, because lots of people do care if they have to play a female mage, or a male assassin. I also think playing as a random nobody is BETTER than being legendary, being legendary I think is more of a solo game thing.

  
  
  Their world, their game.
  
  Your argument is invalid.
• Mello wrote on 2011-03-07 02:44

  Quote from Andy-Buddy;363113:

  Their world, their game.
  
  Your argument is invalid.

  
  
  Okay, this would be lame but whatever. How about there is "ten legendary heroes" Two giants Two dual wielders Two sword and shield users Two mages And Two archers
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-03-07 02:47

  Quote from Mihile;363123:

  Okay, this would be lame but whatever. How about there is "ten legendary heroes" Two giants Two dual wielders Two sword and shield users Two mages And Two archers

  
  
  Female Karok
  
  OHMYEYES.
• Mello wrote on 2011-03-07 02:51

  Quote from Andy-Buddy;363125:

  Female Karok
  
  OHMYEYES.

  
  
  She wouldn't be overly buff like Karok, she'd have more of an amazon woman build.
• Eyrion wrote on 2011-03-07 03:17

  Quote from Kanam;362939:

  That's the thing though. The game assume you're one of the legendary heroes but it also assume other people are random nobodies. Kinda like in mabinogi you save the goddess like 2000 other people did before you. You kill the evil big guy, like the 3000 previous person. It might be a mmorpg in term of gameplay but the story assume you're solo.

  
  
  Kanam is right, everybody IS random nobodies to me.. Because I don't really care about them. Anyway, that was a joke. And I do agree you play the role as a Legendary Hero, even if those "Random nobodies" help you in Dungeons, that doesn't make them important, they're just YOUR helpers, and to them your THEIR helpers. And it IS a role playing game, right? Why can't we role play as Females? And role play as Males? I don't really mind Gender Lock, I would like to play Fiona and be Male, but I can role play, right? I think we all just learned a lesson from me. And isn't this a thread about Character customization? Not gender lock.
• Mello wrote on 2011-03-07 03:23

  Quote from Eyrion;363182:

  isn't this a thread about Character customization? Not gender lock.

  
  
  
  Changing your gender is Character Customization.
• xJac wrote on 2011-03-07 15:19

  Quote from Mihile;361740:

  So what if evie has a story? its not like she has a baby or something, So it wouldn't matter if you can be a male mage.

  
  
  Changes everything. If you're a dev, are you going to look through works that have been finished, and make sure the story text isn't gender specific? Also, you totally forgot modeling, Any class specific armor now requires making an opposite sex option. Would you rather spend time on that, drawing maybe a few more players paying, or would you rather develop more bosses and content, and draw much more players playing?
  
  
  Again, it's always the work:profit ratio, if the devs think it's more profitable if they open gender lock, they will. Also, story-line doesn't affect the game, it affect the players. Some players would just quit the game if the plot is inconsistent, or if they made too many changes. Might be minor to you, they can create huge problem with those who has been playing for quite a while. And look at Vindictus as of now, people are still playing even when the mage is a female, no?
  
  The truth is, trying to open gender lock doesn't really help anything, except you will have a high chance of losing player, why in the world would dev wants to do that? Just so new players can pick a male mage?
  
  
  Gender lock is already there, if you want to have no gender lock, go convince the devs.
• Succ wrote on 2011-03-07 23:11
  The whole modeling issue is going to annoy me the most because not only are they only going to take away visually from what we already have because something tells me they aren't going to be hiring more help to do it. I think the game is pretty lean as it is, and in addition to unlock the game's genderlock, will probably balloon the game's footprint with unnecessary data.
  
  And honestly now, even if we'd be able to pick a gender something tells me females will probably be the majority we'd be seeing running around.
  I'd probably still stick with a female Evie. Female Fiona. Male Lann and Karok. Kai might be a toss up.