I'm not really a fan of designing my character's "dream character". By all means have us choose some preferences for race, gender etc but to design them as if it was another PC just seems a bit weird to me.
I get that romances between characters are a good way to increase immersion but having us design a whole new character is a bit far. Chances are by the time you encounter then in the game you'll have completely forgotten what they look like anyway.
Maybe there is a good reason for this.
I’m more than willing to bet that it is a succubus who approaches your character in a form your character most desires.
Maybe, but I don't see how having you design the character yourself beforehand will make the in game encounter more effective. Chances are you yourself will recognise them so regardless of how your character reacts in the game you'll be going "hey it's that other character I designed in the beginning". If the intention is to deceive your character then it won't work because you'll know something is about to go down.
Deception doesn’t need to have anything to do with it. It could just be that such a character always approaches you in a form your character most desires. Every player will have a different conception of what that is, so why not just let the player tell the game what that is?
I see your point, but IMO they could have saved all the man hours implementing that feature and just had the succubus approach you as the same race etc as your character (if that is what they intend to do with it of course). Wouldn't detract from the encounter in any way whatsoever.
I'm hoping they do have something really nifty up their sleeve for this feature though, I'll be disappointed if it's purely for a romance aspect.
