I think we should be able to alter our characters' appearance at any time during the game from the Character sheet menu.

Anything that is purely cosmetic, such as heads, hair, skin color, voice and the like, we should be able to change at any time. I think we should be able to do this for companions as well, at least for things like hair, but certainly for custom PCs it would be nice to alter anything that is purely cosmetic from a simple gametab.

There are many reasons that a player might want to do this, without having to relaunch an entirely new game. Beyond just shifting preferences and a compulsive desire to have a different hair cut or hair color, there can also be issues with lighting or model clipping (especially as one changes equipment) that don't necessarily become apparent until after you've seen the model moving around in game. The player shouldn't be punished by having to reload/restart, just because the initial previews might be inadequate, or because they're of a changeable mind when it comes to char appearance. Maybe they regret their tattoo or their eye color or whatever, just let them change it at the magic mirror hehe.

Are there any technical reason why we couldn't just make the "Appearance" tabs of the character creator accessible at any time via a Character Sheet or at least from some kind of looking glass at camp?

I think this would be a major quality of life improvement and good game design. Particularly if it allowed us to tweak the companion looks. That is always a popular feature of any game that decides to include it. To say nothing of things like outfit designers or the ability to dye and such. But at least for the main character model, the option to change appearance after char creation would be a lot of fun.

Thoughts?


Ps. If they included something like a Mirror Mirror or a barber shop, that would have been a cool teaser to accompany Minthara's new pixie cut. Like if the suggestion was that we might be able to change haircuts on the fly, any changes down the line to various Chars go over much better probably. Since it would be like introducing a general feature, instead of just a random aesthetic change. Just make it something that the player can choose and use.

Last edited by Black_Elk; 04/08/21 12:42 AM.