Just curious at peoples perspective on how much they care about their appearance in a MMO

Voted Not Important, but I suppose I do consider it a positive if my character looks cool and I love how more games are starting to let you customize your looks apart from your capabilities.

But I mean...I played Haven & Hearth and the weak art didn't really discourage me from enjoying a fairly fun sandbox.

for people who say not important say it's a game with character models like scarlet blade or your only race choice were these two from TERA and say the game isn't what they currently are say it has the best aspects of every game you ever wanted to play minus the characters looks. Would you not play it just because of the character look?

Cleanse them with FIRE... do it right now!

ARRRGHHH!!

I've been told that I'm a male, and if I play a character that's female really awful things will happen.

So I guess that'd be pretty important then!?

Originally posted by Aerowyn

for people who say not important say it's a game with character models like scarlet blade or your only race choice were these two from TERA and say the game isn't what they currently are say it has the best aspects of every game you ever wanted to play minus the characters looks. Would you not play it just because of the character look?

holy cow. No I couldn't stand that, no... way... I've got a cuteness allergy. In fact that's not even cute, rather...scary.. in a disturbing way

It depends on the style of the game.

I tend to care less about my characters appearance when all my work is going to be covered by armor.  The rare games where my appearance shows throughout the game (City of Heroes) it becomes more important to me.

Originally posted by Aerowyn

for people who say not important say it's a game with character models like scarlet blade or your only race choice were these two from TERA and say the game isn't what they currently are say it has the best aspects of every game you ever wanted to play minus the characters looks. Would you not play it just because of the character look?

Yeah, in fact, I've stopped playing certain characters because they do not look the way I intend them to look. I can't play short characters if the class is physical based unless I have an idea of the character and why the character is short. I like my background stories but sometimes it doesn't work for me. I'm not going to be a child as any kind of class, because there isn't really a reason to be a child unless you want to be the "Chosen One" sort of scenario. I only play mage-types as tall and skinny or short and stumpy. I only play physical classes as medium to tall and always on the heavier side.

It's how I enjoy the game. I would not play a game if they only offered little girls and raccoons as their races. Apperances are a heavy factor for me. We all react based on our first impressions of other players and having the right first impression in any use of time is important.

Originally posted by dave6660

It depends on the style of the game.

I tend to care less about my characters appearance when all my work is going to be covered by armor.  The rare games where my appearance shows throughout the game (City of Heroes) it becomes more important to me.

in this case say all the armor was dreadfull and not a single piece was visually pleasing to you at all.. would this cause you not to play the game if it was it's only major flaw to you?

Originally posted by Aerowyn

Originally posted by dave6660

It depends on the style of the game.

I tend to care less about my characters appearance when all my work is going to be covered by armor.  The rare games where my appearance shows throughout the game (City of Heroes) it becomes more important to me.

in this case say all the armor was dreadfull and not a single piece was visually pleasing to you at all.. would this cause you not to play the game if it was it's only major flaw to you?

I would still play.  Graphics and art style are generally low on my list of things I look for in a game.

Originally posted by dave6660

Originally posted by Aerowyn

Originally posted by dave6660

It depends on the style of the game.

I tend to care less about my characters appearance when all my work is going to be covered by armor.  The rare games where my appearance shows throughout the game (City of Heroes) it becomes more important to me.

in this case say all the armor was dreadfull and not a single piece was visually pleasing to you at all.. would this cause you not to play the game if it was it's only major flaw to you?

I would still play.  Graphics and art style are generally low on my list of things I look for in a game.

for me if i can't make a visually pleasing character it's a very big  negative for me right out the gate.. now if everything else i find spectacular then maybe I could overlook it.. but overall to me character looks are very important.. not just for my character but for the game in general. If i can't stand the looks of everyone else around me including me it's very discouraging and puts a large dent in my view of the game.. guess i'm just shallow like that:P

Voted important. However, I did get the title/achievment of "Vain" in Warhammer after dying my armor an incredible amount of times.

I was going to play a male character in the original Guild Wars but the "men" were done so horribly for my taste that I played women.

Originally posted by Sovrath

Voted important. However, I did get the title/achievment of "Vain" in Warhammer after dying my armor an incredible amount of times.

I was going to play a male character in the original Guild Wars but the "men" were done so horribly for my taste that I played women.

 

 Vain title, that is funny!