How many times did you do tutorial, because unhappy with look of your character?

curious, to see if I'm the only one to do this, or I'm not the freak I think I am and others have done the same... That is to end up going through the tutorial stage at least 3 times. Simply because I was not happy with the way my character looked.

First time, it was yuck, so start again, cut scene, cut scene ::sigh:: the eyes are not right!! Arrgh.. start again.

I'm happy now. That's two times new character, anyone do the same? How many times till you were happy? And

How far did you get in game when you decided, "darn it, delete, restart!" ?

Guilty...

(3 times aswell)

did my tweaking during the beta weekends and wrote what I wanted down so I'd make her up straight away; kinda glad I did considering the lockbox loss issues (the free ones only get applied to the first character you make)...

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Originally Posted by cwyllog

did my tweaking during the beta weekends and wrote what I wanted down so I'd make her up straight away; kinda glad I did considering the lockbox loss issues (the free ones only get applied to the first character you make)...

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Did the same. I prolly created 5 chars on Beta until I got the look I wanted for Mac. I wrote it down so I could insta re create him on Launch day and grab my name. I got the account name and char name I wanted on both North America and Europe sites.

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Originally Posted by MacDeath

Did the same. I prolly created 5 chars on Beta until I got the look I wanted for Mac. I wrote it down so I could insta re create him on Launch day and grab my name. I got the account name and char name I wanted on both North America and Europe sites.

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I did a similar thing too. Between alpha and beta wipes, I got the look of my character down, and took screenshots of all the character creation options.

I ran the tutorial once in live, but I had been through several wipes in alpha and beta so I already knew what look I wanted when I started my character at launch.

I went through it three times, once due to name (I put a weird name) second time because I made the nose too big, and the third I got it right.

I made my character in the beta. Made him again in release.

Never changed.

Made the character the way I wanted before even starting the tutorial. Most people sometimes fail to understand that the most important part of the game is not the content or the looks of the game, but the time you spend making sure you like the way your character looks.

Made my toon to my liking as quickly as I could so no one would take my name :P

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Originally Posted by cwyllog

did my tweaking during the beta weekends and wrote what I wanted down so I'd make her up straight away; kinda glad I did considering the lockbox loss issues (the free ones only get applied to the first character you make)...

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Same here.

I only had about an hour and a half in beta, so didn't have opportunity to have it all worked out by launch.

And hey, that's why when I went to claim my pre-order rewards from store it was 5 items, instead of the 6 items I swear it was on the first character attempt?!

I had to do it a couple of times. I did not know how much you could customize the look of your character since they hide it at the top left...

I made four characters before I figured out that we could change the haircut, get facepaint etc. When I did, I made all four char's all over again. I then played with three of them until I beat the first "boss" (in the encampment on top of that hill) before I decided on which char should be my main.

As for the three dozen DC Universe Online chars, on the other hand... lol

I did the same thing, obviously their layout is not good.

Threads like this tell me that people are struggling to find a look they dislike the least, rather than one they like the most. And that's never a good thing with a character creator.

Still, this is all something they received plenty of feedback on during testing. They just chose not to make any improvements.

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Originally Posted by EdgeTW

Threads like this tell me that people are struggling to find a look they dislike the least, rather than one they like the most. And that's never a good thing with a character creator. ...

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As much as I enjoy the game, this is unfortunetely true.
I didn`t count, but I probably made about 8 female characters, some I deleted right after the intro cutscene, some I played for a few hours before deciding I just can`t live with it.
My focus shifted from trying to go for a style I like to using settings that make my character look less like frankenstein`s daughter.
The fixed vertical camera angle in the editor doesn`t help either.
I am now more or less happy with the look, but it doesn`t feel like I even had a choice.
Again, I really love the game, but the character editor feels outdated by 10 years.

Hehe i also did this in beta but it's not ok that you create a char and then it doesn't even resemble to the one u created in character creation :(

I didn't think a game could have a worse character creator than The Secret World, but here we are. Your choices are Very ugly to slightly less ugly. If it were a first person game I wouldn't mind but now I have to stare at my hideous creation. At least the game has war paint and masks. (Just poking fun)

Quick edit, the main problem for me is I don't get a look I want and it creates a disconnect.

i did the tutorial once and only once. For 1 simple reason. Who Cares? The customization is very bland and im wearing a mask anyways... Specifically the Crimelord helmet so not like you can see my unique face anyways lol

After seen that some players when trough the same thing as me I don't feel so bad now. I lost count how many times I trash a toon because I wasn't happy with the look. I cant say I'm satisfied with the one I have now either but I just didn't care anymore.

If they ever implement a character customization option in game I will most likely use it....a lot!

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Originally Posted by EdgeTW

Threads like this tell me that people are struggling to find a look they dislike the least, rather than one they like the most. And that's never a good thing with a character creator.

Still, this is all something they received plenty of feedback on during testing. They just chose not to make any improvements.

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With the current server, lag issues, it's a hardly a priority. Something I'm happy to wait on, hope in future a barbershop, or something, I may want to change my hairstyle, just like I do lots in real life.

I didn't do any replaying as I knew I was going to go with a full cover helmet for my gear in the end and wasn't too fussed about how I looked.