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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    JWashke wrote: »
    I really like this character creator. Its way better than Oblivion's, which was basically move the sliders two clicks away from the center and you have an unholy abomination.

    Yeah, I admit that was hyperbolic. Dragon Age isn't that hard to make a decent face with.

    the only character I ever got to look halfway decent in Oblivion was my redguard.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I guess I'll have to make do with just the stubble then, I had those swanky looking sideburns but oh well.

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake, I can't tell whether you were going for Christian Bale or Matthew Fox.

    Either way, I'd hit that.

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  • JWashkeJWashke Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    I guess I'll have to make do with just the stubble then, I had those swanky looking sideburns but oh well.



    I know right, apparently to grow sideburns like that you have to give up eating for a month.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    It's pretty terrible. You know this means no character with the sweet captain price moustache either? What a travesty.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    It's pretty terrible. You know this means no character with the sweet captain price moustache either? What a travesty.

    Every single fantasy game, I always want to make an archer type who looks like this.
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    Mass Effect had the option, and thats about it. :x

    On the plus side, you can have a Gaul 'stash. Like Asterix. Awesome.

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  • QuirkyLittleTyrantQuirkyLittleTyrant A Mug Featuring Pichu On A Cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Pancake, I can't tell whether you were going for Christian Bale or Matthew Fox.

    Either way, I'd hit that.

    I'm waiting for Kotaku to pick up this post and run with it like a greased up Gump.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    No matter what I do, I can't stop this guy looking like he's about to cry.

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  • JWashkeJWashke Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah the generic expression looks like he just watched his family burn to death.

    I usually use the expression slider on the portrait to give an idea of different expressions.

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Pancake, I can't tell whether you were going for Christian Bale or Matthew Fox.

    Either way, I'd hit that.

    I'm waiting for Kotaku to pick up this post and run with it like a greased up Gump.

    Hey, I didn't say I'd let him snuggle me afterwards or anything. Just a manly kind of, "Hey, nice fight, man, those darkspawn suck ass, anyway, you wanna maybe grab an ale and grapple sweatily later to blow off some steam?"

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  • stopgapstopgap Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    well if you mean manly as in the good old greek way of doing things, then ya, you're right on target.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Lame, can't use the same name for more than one character. This has been full of disappointments.

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  • KanamitKanamit Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    Lame, can't use the same name for more than one character. This has been full of disappointments.
    What?! Preorder cancelled!

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  • AriviaArivia I Like A Challenge Earth-1Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Kanamit wrote: »
    Rami wrote: »
    Lame, can't use the same name for more than one character. This has been full of disappointments.
    What?! Preorder cancelled!

    Oh god, there are no exclamation marks? Preorder cancelled.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Sigh. Just went through all of that to discover that arcane warrior is a mage spec and not a warrior spec. And of course, selecting modify exsisting character instantly returns them to default appearance and so is basically pointless.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Pancake, I can't tell whether you were going for Christian Bale or Matthew Fox.

    Either way, I'd hit that.

    I wasn't going for anyone. I was going for a man with stubble and a chiseled jaw. A real man with a capital GRR.

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  • NineNine Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    Sigh. Just went through all of that to discover that arcane warrior is a mage spec and not a warrior spec. And of course, selecting modify exsisting character instantly returns them to default appearance and so is basically pointless.

    It only resets if you switch classes.

    What bugs me is that the tattoos don't save. Preorder canceled? (Am i doing this right?)

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Nine wrote: »
    Rami wrote: »
    Sigh. Just went through all of that to discover that arcane warrior is a mage spec and not a warrior spec. And of course, selecting modify exsisting character instantly returns them to default appearance and so is basically pointless.

    It only resets if you switch classes.

    Read my post again and guess what I want to do.

    Seriously, going from male human warrior to male human mage should not require wiping every bit of customisation I've made to him. Considering, you know, the appearance choices and voices are absolutely identical.

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  • NineNine Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Sorry I'm a bit thick sometimes.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    This browser game is stupid. Especially because it wants me to fill out 3 surveys to get the second item. Who in the flying monkey fuck thought that would be a good idea?

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  • DangerbirdDangerbird Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    The only thing I disliked about the character creation, as far as physical appearance is concerned is how crappy the beards look. They just look like glued on santa beards. Also, the gray hair colour looks way too white. I guess they were going for "anime elven chick white", and not "old guy gray". When I play my RPGs, I always like to create my characters as haggard, world weary veterans.

    Oh well, thats okay. I made use of the decent looking stubble and made a guy who looks sorta like Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn.

    -edit-

    Also... fuck that flash game man. I played it all of yesterday and got two of the unlockables, but my progress didn't save. I'm starting to think they deleted my progress on purpose because I started mocking their surveys with my answers once the second one came around. When asked what my favorite game was, I said, "Survey Quest 64". I even named my 2nd character "Surveyalyn", she was an elven mage.

    Damn them!

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Good rule to remember for this: Where beards fail, stubble prevails.

    Beards have rarely if ever managed to look good in crpgs from my experience. Unless you're playing a dwarf. Then any sort of hair-on-face looks good.

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  • MundaneSoulMundaneSoul fight fighter Daehan MingukRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    The character creator is good. Nothing too special, but certainly better than Oblivion's train wreck. It did succeed in getting me incredibly hyped for this game though. Cannot fucking wait.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I have discovered my class:

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  • AvicusAvicus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    haha oh man

    I'm a wizard
    I'm a mystic
    I've got a big wand
    And a big .... hat

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  • MundaneSoulMundaneSoul fight fighter Daehan MingukRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    sifl & olly is so fucking best

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    Nine wrote: »
    Rami wrote: »
    Sigh. Just went through all of that to discover that arcane warrior is a mage spec and not a warrior spec. And of course, selecting modify exsisting character instantly returns them to default appearance and so is basically pointless.

    It only resets if you switch classes.

    Read my post again and guess what I want to do.

    Seriously, going from male human warrior to male human mage should not require wiping every bit of customisation I've made to him. Considering, you know, the appearance choices and voices are absolutely identical.

    Best way to go about this is to copy all the sliders for you character, per category, and recreate him that way.

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  • Narcis PrinceNarcis Prince Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    This browser game is stupid. Especially because it wants me to fill out 3 surveys to get the second item. Who in the flying monkey fuck thought that would be a good idea?

    From my experience, you don't have to fill out the surveys. When you open the survey it counts toward the item on your unlock screen. So just unlock a survey, open it, then close it. It should count.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I usually play RPGs with some sense of morality, but I've been inspired. An asshole wizard is the perfect place to start off in Dragon Age.

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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Am I lame for wanting a countdown in the thread title now that we are a week away?

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  • KanamitKanamit Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    Am I lame for wanting a countdown in the thread title now that we are a week away?
    Very lame. Just like this poor excuse for a single player mmo that blatantly rips off The Witcher.

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  • MundaneSoulMundaneSoul fight fighter Daehan MingukRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    Am I lame for wanting a countdown in the thread title now that we are a week away?

    NO! I'm doing the gayest little dance of excitement about this. 8-)

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  • ED!ED! Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Man. I took a nap and totally had a dream I was playing Dragon Age. :/ What a cock tease.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    Am I lame for wanting a countdown in the thread title now that we are a week away?

    Since this thread is almost up...probably

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  • MalhavocMalhavoc Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I usually play RPGs with some sense of morality, but I've been inspired. An asshole wizard is the perfect place to start off in Dragon Age.

    I like to play nice people in RPG's because I am an asshole in real life.

    /escapism for the win.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Why is the starter leather armor so terrible? It looks okay for male characters, I guess, but it's really awful on females.

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  • SepahSepah Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Why is the starter leather armor so terrible? It looks okay for male characters, I guess, but it's really awful on females.

    Cause... medieval armor was never designed for women?

    I got nothing.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Why is the starter leather armor so terrible? It looks okay for male characters, I guess, but it's really awful on females.

    I think its looks pretty awful for both. Unflattering two piece for elf females. Peter Pan for males.

    Egos on
  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Sepah wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Why is the starter leather armor so terrible? It looks okay for male characters, I guess, but it's really awful on females.

    Cause... medieval armor was never designed for women?

    I got nothing.

    But...they all have cleavage.

    They as in the armors

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Spoit wrote: »
    Sepah wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Why is the starter leather armor so terrible? It looks okay for male characters, I guess, but it's really awful on females.

    Cause... medieval armor was never designed for women?

    I got nothing.

    But...they all have cleavage.

    They as in the armors

    Bioware's sequel to Dragon Age: Origins

    Victorian Age: Bosoms Aplenty

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