Customizable characters

[Shammyspice]

I'm a tad disappointed we're not able to customize our characters looks in D3.
I mean, if I want to be a male Barbarian I have to play as a 65 year old man? How many 65 year old Barbarians would there be? Enough to make the default style be an elderly man? I'd be afraid of his hip breaking upon a Furious Charge.

In all seriousness though, I was hoping there would be some customization of characters in D3. Think we could possibly see this in the future?

[Deleted]

I'm a tad disappointed we're not able to customize our characters looks in D3.
I mean, if I want to be a male Barbarian I have to play as a 65 year old man? How many 65 year old Barbarians would there be? Enough to make the default style be an elderly man? I'd be afraid of his hip breaking upon a Furious Charge.

In all seriousness though, I was hoping there would be some customization of characters in D3. Think we could possibly see this in the future?

Diablo is not your dress up doll simulator, in fact it's not a proper RPG at all, it's a dungeon crawler. You don't like the class's look? roll another class.

Barbarian looks like a 65 year old man because it was going to be the barbarian from Diablo 2 but they changed it because they thought feminists would complain.

Be lucky you even get a female and male version of every class.

[Elim Garak]

In all seriousness though, I was hoping there would be some customization of characters in D3. Think we could possibly see this in the future?

It is possible since it's 3D not 2D.

[Deleted]

I don't mind it at all... as long as my barb will look imba covered with awsomesauce in his new IK set, I'll be a happy panda =)

Edit: couldn't even imagine playing a male wizard, ... maybe cos of D2 but ... male wizard nah doesn't seem right

[Deleted]

Diablo is not your dress up doll simulator, in fact it's not a proper RPG at all, it's a dungeon crawler. You don't like the class's look? roll another class.

Barbarian looks like a 65 year old man because it was going to be the barbarian from Diablo 2 but they changed it because they thought feminists would complain.

Be lucky you even get a female and male version of every class.

This argument is just not working though. It is possible to improve diablo III with character cuztomisation blizzard just didn't do it. Please name 1 example were this would not be a benefit to the game.

[Shammyspice]

Diablo is not your dress up doll simulator, in fact it's not a proper RPG at all, it's a dungeon crawler. You don't like the class's look? roll another class.

Barbarian looks like a 65 year old man because it was going to be the barbarian from Diablo 2 but they changed it because they thought feminists would complain.

Be lucky you even get a female and male version of every class.

I'm not saying I want to spend an hour + customizing characters like how you can in Skyrim. It would just be nice to maybe have 5-6 different face/hair style and color options just to mix it up some. We are, after all, staring at these toons for hours at a time, and may as well be able to have some choice as to what we're looking at.

[Rugz]

This argument is just not working though. It is possible to improve diablo III with character cuztomisation blizzard just didn't do it. Please name 1 example were this would not be a benefit to the game.

Can you show us an example of how character customization would be a benefit to the GAME. [Note: the >GAME<]

Honestly the sheer volume of 'there is no reason not to so we should' arguments coming out is absolutely staggering. I can't see a reason not to have each Diablo 3 copy come with a free coffee machine.

[Deleted]

Bashiok specifically stated they wouldn't implement character customization, as the gear hides the characters.

[Shammyspice]

Bashiok specifically stated they wouldn't implement character customization, as the gear hides the characters.

Fair enough, then.

[ParanoiD84]

Np, cant see my barb under all that armor anyways.

[Venziir]

You can however dye your gear... Something I've wanted in WoW since... Oh closed EU beta....

[razisgosu]

What's the point in customization when the only time you can see your character is before joining a game? Going to stare at the initial screen rather than play the game all day? If there were multiple points in the game where your character could be seen close up, sure it would be worth it, but that's not the point of Diablo.

[Venziir]

Technically, you can see your character if you use the Clear Dyes. However, customization seems unnecessary to me as you can't really see the toon from the camera angle anyway. It's all about hiding your ugly mug under your armor.

Well you can press Z to get a close view.

[razisgosu]

Well you can press Z to get a close view.

Yes, Z is very nice for zooming in on my demon hunter. If you know what I mean.

[Kagonos]

Yes, Z is very nice for zooming in on my demon hunter. If you know what I mean.

I don't know what you mean...

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Also, there was never ever any character customization for Diablo. Gear is your customization.

[Hodenkrieg]

I'm a tad disappointed we're not able to customize our characters looks in D3.
I mean, if I want to be a male Barbarian I have to play as a 65 year old man? How many 65 year old Barbarians would there be? Enough to make the default style be an elderly man? I'd be afraid of his hip breaking upon a Furious Charge.

In all seriousness though, I was hoping there would be some customization of characters in D3. Think we could possibly see this in the future?

In blizzards defense, they did double customization since D2 :P (slight sarcasm intended)

[bandet]

Look on the bright side.

With this system you can play as a female and not have your sexuality questioned.


jus' sayin.

[Alsonia]

Diablo is not your dress up doll simulator, in fact it's not a proper RPG at all, it's a dungeon crawler. You don't like the class's look? roll another class.

Barbarian looks like a 65 year old man because it was going to be the barbarian from Diablo 2 but they changed it because they thought feminists would complain.

Be lucky you even get a female and male version of every class.

I am so glad there are male and female versions cus the canon Wiz was a Female and the Male lets me play as Togusa from Ghost in the Shell.

[Caiada]

This argument is just not working though. It is possible to improve diablo III with character cuztomisation blizzard just didn't do it. Please name 1 example were this would not be a benefit to the game.

You're playing as 5 established characters, not your own persona, like in games like ME3 or other RPGs, where who you are and what you look like beyond vanity actually matters. It's not a detriment (though it'd probably pretty considerable for dev time, depending on implementation), but it doesn't help anything besides vanity before you slap a helmet over it and forget what you look like entirely.