It's been alluded to in other posts, but I don't see anything that focuses on this, and it's not in the suggestion sticky in this forum, but I apologise if this has come up before/regularly.



I'd like more control when customising a race, more specifically:

• 2D and 3D art separated; so that ship design isn't died to the portrait art.
• Greater selection of 2D portrait art; please let us select from heroes.
• Affinity and technology tree selected separably; e.g. Just because I like the Amoeba affinity, it doesn't mean I want all their trade focused tech.
  
  

I know this is all achievable via mods, but these are VERY simple aspects that should be easy to make available to all players without the need of mods.



I don't feel the tech/affinity seporation would create any balance issue that isn't already an issue with regards to custom races, but the tech tree of some races isn't always as tailored specifically to their affinity, like with the Amoeba and many others would be easily interchangeable.



Thoughts?



Note: bear in mind I'm trying to keep this simple to ensure that it would take little developer resources to implement.