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How Much Time Do You Spend During Character Creation

Discussion in 'The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim' started by Aldeth the Foppish Idiot, Apr 3, 2013.

  1. Aldeth the Foppish Idiot

    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Veteran

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    This is one aspect of the game that I always thought was over the top. For me, I go through the presets, and find one that I like. From there I will make adjustments regarding things like hair (style and color), beard (if applicable), eye color, war paint, and scars. But to actually go through each one for things like "eye depth", "cheek height", etc... not a chance. I mean maybe I played around a bit with it on my first character, but after that, never. I mean, whether you are in first person or third person view, one thing you hardly ever see is your character's face.
     
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    Vorona Shadow-Whisperer

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    With my first (and only, so far) character, I did not spend much time on those things. Of course, I'm a Khajiit, so I was mainly concerned with color. I know I've spent more time on those things in Dragon Age: Origins, only because I realized how ridiculous they often make the presets (really strange noses, in particular, and overly large lips). So, when I do a human-like character, I might do more of that. I'm not really sure, though.
     
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  3. dmc

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    Did it piecemeal on my first male character and first female character. Presets after that.
     
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    I find a preset and then adjust. 5-10 minutes to get the look right, then bam.

    Then about halfway through the game I realize the head has been obscured by a helmet the whole time and wonder why I bothered. :)

    BG2? An hour every time.

    NWN2? Longer.

    IWD? Better get a snack and a chair with lumbar support, 'cuz I'mma be here a while. :)
     
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    Even though I knew what Shadowkeeper was, I've been known keep clicking 'reroll' for ages when making a new character on BG2. To this day I have no idea why.
     
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  6. The Magpie

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    I know why -- it's because there's a certain satisfaction from knowing you "earned" legit stats the hard way. I use Gate/Dale/ShadowKeeper for all sorts, but I always try and roll the stats I want. If I don't, there's always a psychological tic somewhere that this character's not... right somehow.

    As for Skyrim... I usually tweak a preset for a few minutes, and I'm away. The only PITA is the starting dungeon. Really, I should d/l an alternative start mod, or just write a bat file for my own. :shake:
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  7. Splunge

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    It's kinda like grinding for XP. Except here you're grinding for stats.
     
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    Splunge: Yes. And what you grind for is important. For example, I never enjoy grinding for experience, so I rarely do it and don't particularly enjoy games where I need to. On the other hand, for some reason, I love the satisfaction of legitimately getting super stats in BG (in my case, BG1). I also don't mind grinding for gold/farming. I think for me, it has to do with two things:

    1) "Who" is doing the grinding (me or the character) and

    2) Is it in character?

    So, since the character doesn't know that just randomly killing a bunch of stuff will get them something cool (i.e. experience points), it doesn't make sense to bore him/herself by doing so, but during character creation, it's me, the player, and I DO know the importance of stats. Similarly, the character does know if they have something they want to buy and need the money for it. Maybe. I metagame in other ways, though, so I'm not sure. I just know that I'm willing to do tedious and boring things for money and to complete a quest, but not just for "experience".
     
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