TheyLive wrote: Okay, as we all know SOGA is coming, and there is a somewhat unaddressed problem coming with it: other players using the new graphic settings could see you as something entirely different than you intended, hence this picture:
On the left is the half-elf model that I use slight variations of for all of my main characters (turn your brightness up if you can't see it well enough). And on the right is the SOGA version of almost the same character, just with the skin & hair color changed to emphasize how effeminate they new models are (and the tear added in MS Paint to show how Emo he is). I do not want my character to look anything like that SOGA model to anybody; just being able to turn it off for myself is not enough. I messed around with the creation on test for a while and there is no way, I repeat, no way to even come close to replicating the look of my characters on the live servers.
Before anyone says it, I am aware that seeing the new models on my client is optional, but that does not solve this problem. The point i'm trying to make here is that there should be a way to disable others from seeing you as a SOGA model, and I know i'm not the only one who feels that way. If you can't see the harm in having no control of your appearance to others, then look at it from a roleplaying perspective: roleplayers create a character with a specific vision & purpose in mind, but when something like this comes along it hinders the process. Roleplayers would often have to ask people whether they have Setting X on (or get them to turn a certain setting on/off beforehand), otherwise you'd have no way of knowing what others see you as. In other cases, people who couldn't be bothered to make a new customized appearance for SOGA, could unknowingly look like horrible emo/anime rejects like the one I made above, inducing laughter & ridicule from anyone who sees them; it's just not right.
FInally, I am aware of the dev responses stating that being able to hide/show SOGA to others wouldn't be as simple as a /showhood or /hide_illusion, and the speculation that it could cause frame-rate problems, but come on now.. this game is supposed to be using one of the most advanced graphic engines to date (hence the very high settings that were designed for computers a few years in the future). I find it hard to believe that rendering a few extra models would somehow break the game. Okay, maybe if you got 22 different old models and 22 different SOGA models together in a small area it could slow the game down, but that would likely never happen, and the higher performance graphic settings would eliminate those issues since they don't even load the skin textures when that many characters are around.
Anyway, this is the testing feedback board and that is my feedback. If nothing else, keep in mind that a recent poll on a different site revealed that character customization is the most important thing for the majority of MMO players, and that whole ideal gets thrown out the window when others can completely change your percieved appearance with the click of a button.
If you think the current models are not Femanine you need to look again. Most of the Elf ( especially high elf and half elfe are rather Girly looking )