Originally Posted by RodrigoRRP
Guys, the game is great Im not gonna lie.
Im very excited about the multiplayer, especially...the multiplayer.

But theres one thing thats bothering me...
If I join someones game, why can´t I use my character?

Why I need to use a NPC?
I know, its strange (roleplaying speakly) someone pop from mid air and substitute that party npc but I don´t want to play a lizard, or an Elf...

I want to have options.
I want to choose wich NPC I want to possess OR...If I can join with my own character.

I dont see a problem with that and it would be super fun to join my friends game and participate with my own creation.
If level difference is a problem, tune down or up according to the maximum lvl of the party, and we are good.

Please consider implementing this before launch.

We work SOOOO HARD and dedicate so much time with our chars...I just want to play with them.

I don't think you can just JOIN a game as a custom character mid-game, but I'm pretty sure that if you've joined at game start (As in during chargen) you can in fact use a custom character then and during any subsequent runthroughs. Like you join during chargen, and make your custom character. They save with you around, and from then on you join the game when they load and you're in.

But letting you 'import' your character from another save would be work they didn't do / is actually pretty hard to do, so it's not in. Plus level balance is hard, and if you export a character at level 7 you basically CAN'T de-level it to fit with a level 3 party (that's just not how the game is currently statted to support, to my knowledge) so that's part of it.

So if you want to use a custom character in your friend's game, long and short of it? Join when they're first starting the game.