The Officially Unofficial Weekly Discussion #71: Do you design specific characters or explore what can be designed?

[ChzBoi]

On 3/22/2024 at 8:17 PM, lemming said:

And of course, one other way to start with a character:

 

.......on this challenge, I also roll 2 more 6 sided die: 1st roll = how many times you press the random costume button....and 2nd die = how many items on that costume you can change. I've gotten a few good characters out of this.......limitation can be creative motivation.....thanks TROO!!..........

[Bionic_Flea]

On 3/21/2024 at 9:57 AM, DougGraves said:

When you go to make a new character or are using the costume creator for fun (my daughter does that and never plays the actual game) do you have a specific concept or character in mind and make that - or do you explore what can be made and then find something you like?

 

Bonus question - do you use the random costume generator and how do you use it?

 

Sometimes I have a name in mind and try to fit powersets to the name. 

 

Other times I have a concept and find a name and look that fits that.  Some of my prior concept exercises: what's the maximum number of holds you can have (I forget but it was a fire/rad controller with earth mastery, Rularuu lore pets, and Ion Radial)?   What would a fear based character be like (dark/dark stalker with presence pool)?   Can I make a character just using power pools (no, but I had 2 primary, 6 secondary, and SIXTEEN pool powers!  Worked better than I thought it would).

 

And finally, sometimes I want to play with a new powerset or pool and design a character and name around the powers.

 

I have tried to use the random costume generator, but I always find them horrific and only used on throw away characters while testing something on test server.

[Scarlet Shocker]

I usually start with a concept. Some of you have already engaged with my various musings on the forums so you might have an idea of what I enjoy playing.

 

Usually... but not always. Especially if new powers or sets drop then I will often experiment with those. (Oddly enough I've just not had time to get to Arsenal stuff yet so busy with existing characters due to terminal altisis)

 

I will very frequently use the random button in the CC a few times just to get me started - but I get annoyed with it with all the various animal heads. If there's one thing I'd love it would be for a "lock" option on the rando button so you could lock in costume items you like and further clicks wouldn't change the locked items. That would actually give it some real use!

 

 

[Shred Monkey]

I might start out with an idea, but by the time I'm done, it's something else completely... being so influenced by what look appeals to me and plays well.