I've noticed in countless threads over the past year that Larian catches a lot of flak for seeming to prioritize many things over the experience of the Custom PC. Having a more fully customizable appearance for the Custom PC is one way to combat that overall impression. When people mention priorities for what we should see now in EA vs what can wait to be thrown in the bag after the Full Release or by Mods 'eventually', I can't help but feel that they're taking their eyes off the prize. Striking while the Iron is still hot, or at least warm, is never a bad plan hehe. EA is even more reliant on replay and player retention and good word of mouth than the full release or expansions will be. They've chosen this path for development so they should try to lean into it. From the perspective of the repeat player (and that's basically all of us right now) what happens in the first 10 hours of gameplay is way more important than what happens in the last 10 hours. If I launch the game, immediately notice that I now have new Character Creation options, new outfits to choose from, new UI elements or new alt paths in the prologue and in the early section on the beach, then I'm far more inclined to dive headlong into another full playthrough.
You want people to try playing the new Draconic Sorcerer Class for more than a couple weeks? How about letting them actually look like a Blue Dragon Green Dragon or Black Dragon lineage with appropriately colored threads. Now people are excited not just because of what happened with Sorcerers being added, but because they get colors for that and the same on offer for all. Maybe I don't care about Sorcerers, but I love the idea of being a Druid who wears black, and so we get a knock on effect there.
I think they should prioritize Character Creation material above just about everything else right now, not just because I want to see more of that material (clearly) but because I think it will help them to counter the constant refrain that they care more about their Origins than their Tavs, which we've heard repeated endlessly since launch. It's the most common sort of feedback I've heard on these forums over the past 13 months, and while it's a bit of an easy shot to take against the developers, it's also fairly well grounded. Look back at the earliest threads in this feedback section and you'll find a thread asking for stuff like this a year ago on practically every page.
Last edited by Black_Elk; 18/11/21 07:21 PM.
