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Aegeta

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Aegeta

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21 300g2g pts

13 years ago

May 7, 2012, 1:27:42 AM

Hey all is there going to be an option to create a custom race in the game? I just looked over the game before I left and I noticed the only race that I liked the look of appears to be evil. So will be be able to edit the races in the launch version of the game or create a brand new custom race?

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sahneknuffi

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sahneknuffi

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13 years ago

May 7, 2012, 2:24:33 AM

I agree, custom races with a trait system would add even more variety and replayability.

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Xervitus

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Xervitus

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13 years ago

May 7, 2012, 2:26:12 AM

Search!

Devs have confirmed custom races will be included for release multiple times.

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Urdnot-Shepard

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Urdnot-Shepard

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13 years ago

May 7, 2012, 2:30:58 AM

I honestly think that the "Alignment" thing shouldn't even be there. It doesn't matter if it says they're good or not, they still want to conquer the galaxy, which is bad for me.

I prefer not having a custom race. I like having the different kinds of races with their own abilities according to their past and physical structure, it makes the galaxy feel more alive. Plus, fixed abilities make it so you have to think about the choices you make, and how you approach the game.

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Jaccubin

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Jaccubin

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13 years ago

May 7, 2012, 3:40:36 AM

What noooo! Please no custom races! There goes any hope of the game being balanced

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EmperorLorien

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EmperorLorien

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13 years ago

May 7, 2012, 3:45:54 AM

I don't think the option to create a custom race automatically unbalances the game. As long as there is some sort of point system which mandates only a certain amount of positive traits, and that the race also has to have negative traits. It could even be a situation like the old Shadowrun "Edges and Flaws" system where you take negative traits to give you more points to buy positive traits. But even that should have an upper level cap, just to keep the game in balance.

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Jaccubin

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Jaccubin

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13 years ago

May 7, 2012, 3:48:59 AM

EmperorLorien wrote:
I don't think the option to create a custom race automatically unbalances the game. As long as there is some sort of point system which mandates only a certain amount of positive traits, and that the race also has to have negative traits. It could even be a situation like the old Shadowrun "Edges and Flaws" system where you take negative traits to give you more points to buy positive traits. But even that should have an upper level cap, just to keep the game in balance.

That still adds an entire extra level of balancing complexity. I'd rather have the time that is going to be wasted on that used to implement extra features.