So far character creation has been a bit oversimplified for me, apart from you affiliation the only things of significance you can choose are your stats, which tend to even out as the gam progresses. This means that you effectively start as the exact same character as every other Marine/Pirate/Whatever you are, in terms of actual gameplay. So my idea comes in two parts
Firstly I was thinking of unique traits that you chose for your character (part of this idea was from Frank N Styne). For example there is a race parameter (the specific buffs and debuffs can be balanced)
e.g
Fishman
Discrimination (items cost 20% more in shops)
Half giant
Large hands (cannot use firearms)
And also a background parameter, about your past
e.g
World Noble
Slave
*I have some other ideas for the parameters (these can be added to existing characters for balance sake)
Secondly I want to have a character creation shop, here you use a set amount of tokens (1000) to purchase the items you character starts with. This is to stop people from randomly starting with every item they could need, by explaining it in your back story. The store would have standard items, and if you want a custom item, you message a mod and they will add the item and put a fair price on it. This will also make character design a bit more fun.
e.g
Item | Price |
---|---|
Iron Staff | 400 |
Long Sword | 600 |
Telescope | 100 |
Medical tools | 200 |
Cooking tools | 100 |
Pistol | 150 |
Dagger | 100 |
So that's my idea, tell me what you think, if it should be implemented, how to improve it, etc