Do make your character a jack-of-all-trades John Doe? Pick a class and stick with it, come what make? Do you spend hours tweaking each of the sliders until you're 100% satisfied with the result, or just pick of the presets and hit randomize a couple of times? On average, how many times do you usually abort and start over within the first half-hour of the game proper?
>pick of the presets
One of the presets, rather.
If a game has it I turn it off instantly and never touch it again.
I always try to make the same dude, as detailed as possible.
If I can't, I make waifus.
I make the same character in every game I play.
Every single game.
>>343425921
Same.
>>343425921
Looks like a degenerating clone of Hulk Hogan.
>>343425921
>>343424338
Well, in things like dark souls i just make them as absurd as possible.
First I look up the absolute highest stat checks for every stat.
Then I look up every post character creation way of boosting stats and how they stack and how early I can rush them.
Then I attempt to set all my base stats to the lowest possible number that I can use the aforementioned stat boosts to reach the highest stat checks.
Then if there are left over stats I look up the best combat builds (I.E. Pistols vs Assault Rifles, etc) and set the relevant combat stats that affect that build as high as possible.
If there AREN'T enough stat points to reach every single highest stat check with the stat boost items then I usually prioritize in the rough equivalent of this order: Charisma > Intelligence > Dexterity > Wisdom > Strength > Constitution. This of course varies game to game.
Then if my race isn't restricted by the bonus stats the race grants I'll choose the loli race if there is no loli race I choose the race with the cutest females.
Then usually after I start the game the retard who posted about the 'best combat build' was wrong and I restart about 8 hours in because it bugs me too much to function sub optimally.
>>343425921
yea
>>343425841
OCD?
>>343425921
GO GO GO GO
>>343424338
>spend 30 hours creating character's face
>wear helmets 99% of the time
why do people do this?
>>343425921
>>343426006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pwpieR1S4
>>343426493
I though koalas were supposed to be vicious little bastards- why's this one so chill?
>>343424338
I just create something decent looking. I take some time, but not more than like 10 minutes. Usually something that looks like a version of myself that leaves his room sometimes.
I always make a bald white guy with a beard, who is slim of build. Because that is what I am.
If I'm playing an RPG with a friend: I'll roll a wizard of sorts.
If I'm playing solo I usually go for a warrior- Usually a 2hander that tries to down enemies with least amount of swings as possible.
FPS RPGs ill usually go sword + board.
If I'm playing for a second time I'll usually go something super outside of my norm.
>>343426661
You're thinking of drop bears
>>343424338
I check out guides and tend to minmax, I don't have the time to replay games a lot anymore. As for appearance I usually use something as inspiration, be it another character or some artwork.
>>343426661
Koalas arent real dofus
I like to specialize. Jack of all trades is kinda faggy and feels too much like the teenage Skyrim mindset of "I can do everything". If I'm going to play a fighter, I play a fighter. If I'm going to play a mage, I speicialize in mage shit. Even if the game offers me the option to do them all like the Two Worlds or the Gothic series I always tend to specialize and excel at being good at that role. Makes more sense in the end, stick with your profession and what you're good at.
In terms of making a character, it usually depends on the kind of role I want to play. I also make my character to resemble that role. Like if I'm playing a melee character, I make a bulky behemoth she-beast if I'm able to. If given race options, I always go for the alien looking race and give it a role unfit for the character. If I can play a Bard Ogre, I'd play it.
When I make an mmo online character, I mostly choose the role/class that is least played in the game or the one that appeals to me the most. Hate being the 1000th warrior and competing for that role with the rest of the fags who chose the same thing. If given the option, I sometimes chose the race/class combo that don't necessarily mix, and I customize my character to fit the role. Same with singleplayer games. I also rarely play the Human race. Playing an exotic beast/race is always the fun side in playing/roleplaying a character for me.
>>343426847
Also for some reason: Ponytails if the game offers it.
dark elf.
thief.
>>343427546
>dark elf
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>343427546
game?
>>343427125
>I like to specialize
I've always liked the idea, but I've never been able to pull it off, myself. If I'm playing a mage, I'll see an awesome sword and feel like I'm missing out, and vice versa if I'm playing a warrior.
I always play amoral models, or affable black men.
I spend a lot of time on sliders and will scrub and restart if looks bad in-game. Last time I did this was DD, accidentally made Triss lookalike.
if there's a 'randomize' button i just click it 5 times and go with what i got.
>>343428541
sauce me famalam
Magic warrior/paladin/spell sword that looks like an old man. Every single time. if it sucks i make it work.
>>343428069
That's kinda how I rationalize specialization.
If I was playing a mage and saw some cool equipment for a warrior, I'll just say that if I was playing a warrior right now I'd be missing out on all the cool shit I got right now for a mage and it usually makes me content to move on.
Read a fuckton of FAQs, forum topics and guides, carefully decide my character's class and stats, get 1/3rd into the game, decide I hate it, restart with what I think will work best.
Possibly repeat last step 1-4 times.
![DD_PC_3[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/BfZVhjq.jpg "DD_PC_3[1].jpg")
>>343428069
>>343428932
dragons dogma was kinda hell to me for this reason
There are people in this thread that read FAQs before playing a game and look up information on how to minmax and how to make the best character before even trying out the game for themselves.
Holy fuck, am I in 4chan right now??
I click "randomize" 18 times, the day of the birthday of the girl I've had a crush on for years, and it's ready to go.
>>343428663
Honey Select, pretty meh so far. Standard Illusion shit.
>>343425921
I don't know what it is, but I have never been able to make a decent-looking face in one of these things. Once I start fiddling with the sliders, they always turn into Innsmouth folk.
>>343424338
I see lineage still looks like shit
>>343424338
>Make hottest girl possible without making them explicitly sexual.
>If not possible, funny gimmick character without stretching the model out to hideous proportions.
>If neither of these are possible, use default.
I'm boring.
>>343429851
oh
other than what was posted here it looks pretty plain
depends on the quality of the creator.
if the games got a really nice one like SCV, BD or DD I love to go all out, I'll make a character and usually a soft head cannon to help me round it out.
but if its a weak one I usually just pick a prest and maybe a hair style. colour
>>343430127
It's never updated its model, just the textures.
>>343424338
I usually spend more time in the character creator than I do actually playing the game. Especially if it's possible to edit your character after initial creation like TES or Saint's Row.
lockpick and pick pocket always
>>343424338
I'm usually stuck for about an hour on it.
Whatever character I make sooner or later I regret it eventually.
I'm always changing my mind if I want to play as a cute waifu or insert myself as a male character and overthinking that wastes me a lot of time.
Are there any games that let you make a melee/magic hybrid that is more than just a melee character that has a few mage spells or vice versa? A class that actually combines both into skills. Something similar to a ret paladin or a enh shaman from WoW
>>343431762
>Make an MMO character
>24 hours ingame
>Realize you fucked up the eyebrows and should have chosen something else.
>Lose all interest in your character.
>Lose all interest in the game because you are reminded at how long it took you to make your perfect waifu/character and you forgot most of the sliders.
God, so many potential fun games I've could have played only to lose interest because of my autism.
>>343427546
>dark skin
>white hair
good taste anon
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>>343424338
>How does /v/ handle character creation?
If its singleplayer, I make a 30ish, strong, but not orc-like huge, man with heavy armor and a shield. Or an old wizard, skinny and ghoulish, with a balding head and long beard.
If its multiplayer, I make the gayest possible freakiest inhuman ugly abomination that the creator would let me.
>>343427707
game?
>>343432775
Same. Anyone know of any way to get over this problem?
>Have to make a full party at the start of the game
>Dont know anything about the game
>>343424338
I spend hours making the cutest boy the game will let me make.
>>343434695
I fucking hate games that do that shit. What's worse is when they make you choose your stats and don't tell you what each one increases at all or even what skills they correlate to.
I accidentally make a character who looks like another NPC several hours into the game or has the same skills as another party member, then I start again.
>>343435120
that its not a boy
>>343435326
Sorry Todd, I'm not buying your game because it doesn't have any cute boys in it.
>>343435120
>>343435596Going to need the sliders on that, anon
Fucking spam filter
>>343435596
Retract right now also BUY MY DLCS
Tough chicks.
Always tough chicks.
Practical armour, tomboy hair, boyish frames.
It's my jam.
>grizzled old man, short hair preferably, with a beard and a few scars
I pretty much do that for every single game where I can.
Albeit, it makes things weird when they still address my character as being young.
>>343425921
>>343426201
>>343435596
oh my.......
>>343432775
This is why I always take screenshots of my sliders if the game doesn't allow you to save templates. Fortunately, most modern MMOs allow for saving/loading templates these days.
>>343437148
>>343437975
Damn straight.
Weirdly, if I ever play a rogue type, I roll a dude, but always females for warrior / combat characters.
I suppose I just like to see a girl swing some steel.
>spent almost an hour creating character to perfection
>modify one setting by accident
>it goes back to it's default state
>>343437148
this
>>343438713
I want to climb that mountain.
>>343434406
DoD3
If I can, I try to play with sliders, to make my girl as cute as possible. I wish more games could have options to add freckles, for example. In general, I try to tweak until I look at my freshly made character and have that comfy feeling.
Some time ago I tried to switch back into playing a guy, but couldnt - it felt weird and not fitting at all. I made girl character and felt comfortable again.
>>343440634
Pick not related?
>>343424338
Usually, if a game allows me to customize my character, I'll research the archetypes beforehand and try to come up with an interesting concept before I play the game. Often this involves the one that I most like the visual look of, because I'm a vain motherfucker.
In party-based RPGs, I tend to create tanks. If gameplay is more individualistic, I try to add a bit of spice because I fear that a straightforward character design will bore me. The fact that I do this without experience of the game mechanics has screwed me more than once.
I'm a visual thinker, so I spend time on my character's appearance (and, in-game, will often wear inferior clothes or armour because I prefer the look). Overall I probably play more female characters than male ones as a result, but there's still a decent amount of men in there. However, I prioritize distinctiveness over conventional aesthetics; sometimes this just means a non-white character, but other times my characters can look pretty damn bizarre.
I *never* model a character after myself, whether in build or appearance. I also don't usually abort and restart unless the gameplay is just boring me to death.
>>343440763
I was kinda satisfied with my waifu.
>>343439265
...Day of Defeat?
>>343424338
>Waste hours in character creation.
>Re-start hundred times over and over.
>Finaly im happy.
>Pick class
>Class has ugly armors or sucks.
>Repeat
Fuck.
Hit random until something I like pops out. Stats I focus on high damage and don't upgrade anything else, unless it's a piece of shit turn based game and I can't avoid damage.
>>343424338
wow is this lineage 2....its been 10 years since the last time i played and remains the same did lineage 3 was never released?
>>343441065
You faggots cant make beautiful nord women instead beautiful, out of place, anime women?
>>343441212
drag on dragoon 3 aka Drakengard 3
>>343427546
Card?
