It's a "Fantasy" ARPG but Where's the "Fantasy" of our Choice?

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exsea#1724 wrote:

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xenigmatica#6388 wrote:

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But your insistence that it's easy is coming from a lack of design experience.

Moreso a lack of care of anything other than their personal desires.

They don't care if it takes more time effort or whatever, they want to be a boy sorcerer. They don't care if the character has a story attached to it, because they don't want to read said story.

you seem to care a great deal about the story. whats the story behind the witch in poe2, can you tell me?

She was a member of a witch's coven, who started practicing necromancy. It was found out, and she was expelled from the coven and left to fend for herself. In the process of doing so, she was found by the guards and tried for her necromatic practicings.

She's basically an actual problem who capitalized on the count going psycho and going after EVERYONE. The wolf hidden in among the sheep, who is using the chaos around her as an excuse to gather power on her own. An oppertunist who likely shouldn't be the one taking the oppertunities, but they don't really have anyone else so..

If your fantasy that has been denied is thirsty AI generated slop, maybe GGG is doing things right by not giving you a choice.

Those are for "reference". Call it whatever you'd like, the images may have been a bit Overkill to get my point across I was trying to make.

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I would like to slay Monsters / Demons and look good at the same time. with a cool looking Sorc with glowing eyes. That's my preference

my fantasy is that you guys would stop complaining, get good and have valid criticisms.

I really, really dislike character customization. I can't stress enough how much I hate it.

I'm playing a character that has a backstory, a certain set of skills and a reason why they do what they do. If I create my own character all that goes out the window.

If you want to customize your character, there are loads of microtransactions to change their appearance.

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TRYLLTV#2466 wrote:

Those are for "reference". Call it whatever you'd like, the images may have been a bit Overkill to get my point across I was trying to make.

Basically,
I would like to slay Monsters / Demons and look good at the same time. with a cool looking Sorc with glowing eyes. That's my preference

There's a MTX for that, at least in PoE1.

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AintCare#6513 wrote:

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Gimatria#7361 wrote:

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TRYLLTV#2466 wrote:

Those are for "reference". Call it whatever you'd like, the images may have been a bit Overkill to get my point across I was trying to make.

Basically,
I would like to slay Monsters / Demons and look good at the same time. with a cool looking Sorc with glowing eyes. That's my preference

There's a MTX for that, at least in PoE1.

he wants more boobs he is just shy. boob mtx GGG when? would solve the gender swap requests too- just slap it on mara and problem solved

"More boobs" is a pretty low bar considering every female in this game that you can have as a playable character is super DEI safe with no breasts as if having human anatomy is somehow illegal now.

warning to not buy the nude patch. I spent $200 and it only affects Count Geonors wolf form

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xenigmatica#6388 wrote:

She was a member of a witch's coven, who started practicing necromancy. It was found out, and she was expelled from the coven and left to fend for herself. In the process of doing so, she was found by the guards and tried for her necromatic practicings.

She's basically an actual problem who capitalized on the count going psycho and going after EVERYONE. The wolf hidden in among the sheep, who is using the chaos around her as an excuse to gather power on her own. An oppertunist who likely shouldn't be the one taking the oppertunities, but they don't really have anyone else so..

damn. you took your time to write it all up for me. for that thank you. i honestly didnt know her backstory.

and you're right i didnt care. and to be truthful, despite appreciating your efforts, i still dont really care for her backstory.

i will admit having all these backstories can be a nice touch. but when we're playing nameless characters it becomes less of an issue. similar to how in monster hunter they give a very vague backstory so that the player can conjure their own headcannon.

i dont see anything wrong in not having a backstory.

if we're going from the narrative pov tho, my suggestion on making it male or female only with no other character models available could allow the devs to explore the character story more.

one exile, 2 genders. one solid backstory.

compared that to 6 different exiles (more to come) all with unique backstories that majority of the playerbase wont care for and if we're being honest, the backstories do not affect the game's story either

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Gimatria#7361 wrote:

I really, really dislike character customization. I can't stress enough how much I hate it.

I'm playing a character that has a backstory, a certain set of skills and a reason why they do what they do. If I create my own character all that goes out the window.

If you want to customize your character, there are loads of microtransactions to change their appearance.

i've addressed having a solid backstory in my other reply. just make it 1 male/1 female option and the game devs will be able to pour more resources into delivering a proper characterization.

no one is asking for in depth customization. we just want alternate character models. heck some people have mentioned theyre willing to pay for it. so i really dont see why it should be too big of a deal. ggg could make a small writeup for the characters backstories and be done if thats the main issue.

heck, the "gender bent" characters can even be considered non cannon, so they dont even need a backstory and you can choose not to play them.