Wow has a lot of races and a lot of classes with a lot of customization features. Once you decide on Race and Class. And that this particular Character will be a keeper. How important is it for you to get your character to look exactly the way you want it to look for the long-run from level 1 to max level?
How much time are you willing to invest in creating your character so that you are happy with the end result? And how in-depth are you willing to go to transmog your character so it looks perfect for you?
So how much does Character Creation impact your long term gaming experience?
Warcraft is pretty simple, and nowadays you can change virtually everything besides your race whenever you want, but before the barbershop changes I would spend a pretty significant amount of time tailoring my character into something I like because Iâd be stuck with it unless I shelled out money or remade the character.
In games with more robust character creators, itâs not unusual for me to spend hours getting everything exactly how I want it.
As to the the end result unfortunately not as much as Iâd like. I donât dungeon much, donât touch mythics, and rarely raid - so I take what I can get and make the most of it.
Sometimes I hit the AH for the âon saleâ rack, lol, and grab some cheaper gear to transmog. And in game grind my teeth when I get an upgrade until I can transmog it back! (like now!) Though Iâm always going for the best look I can Iâm limited by choice of gameplay. So basically it doesnât change my game play.
Though I really like to just create characters to play dress up.
No character is a keeper until I have adventured with them for a while.
But in the initial stages on a scale of one to ten, the importance of looks is an eleven. Because I am shallow. I made and deleted three night elf druids until the hairstyle âshaggyâ came out because their looks were âoffâ to me and the longer I played them, the more it bothered me.
As long as it takes.
I ran Shadowfang Keep relentlessly on four different character over several days for a total of 88 runs to get âPattern: Dark Leather Tunicâ to create the perfect outfit for my night elf druid.
If the characterâs name, look, race and class donât completely align in my head, it doesnât matter what level she reaches, she will eventually be deleted. Not downgraded to a bank alt, oblivion !
Now, all that said, I can also make a silk pouch out of a sowâs ear if I have to and did back in Cata.
I tried GW2 while on my last break from WoW and by the time I was half way thru, I needed a beer and a shot of tequila to keep me going.
Its important because the only things left after the apocalypse will be cockroaches and wow characters.
You wonât remember me , but you will remember my cows.
I dont usually transmog below max level and every time I spend the cash something happens, I get a 490 spaulders drop or the season ends, or something always happens to mess my mog up.
A sure fire way to get better gear to drop , is to mog your character.
Depends on how vast the Creator in question is. In wow i can put together a character together in under 5 minutes. Then spend over 3 hours trying to come up with a good name that hasnât already been taken.
Quite hugely very substantial increase to the high yes.
Seriously though its incredibly important, I want to play a decrepit undead warlock, with all the features of one who has clawed their way from the grave. If I didnât have this, if I couldnât invest into that aspect, it would make the experience so much more dull imo.
It only takes a few minutes to get a level 1 to the point where their appearance is good enough to level in, and a few more minutes to transmog and make barbershop changes later. Itâs really not a big concern for me.
