Last night as I was looking at the preorder bonuses I realized something, I have no idea what an avatar set is.

When I first saw this I assumed it was clothing but then I remembered avatar clothing is based on current culture; so it can’t be that.

We know there are no hats in the game, so it’s not that.

Maybe it means these avatars are playable characters, I.E. we can play as Lucy in game?

Maybe it means these avatars are possible opponents for us to play against?

Does anyone have any idea what an avatar set actually is?

Yes, the "Avatar Sets" will give you the option to use this Avatar for yourself when you customize yours, so you can play as Lucy or Poe. And as far as I recall, the individual components (e.g. hair, nose, etc) of some avatars may also be available to choose when customizing your avatar.

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Yes, the "Avatar Sets" will give you the option to use this Avatar for yourself when you customize yours, so you can play as Lucy or Poe. And as far as I recall, the individual components (e.g. hair, nose, etc) of some avatars may also be available to choose when customizing your avatar.

Wonderful, Thanks for clarifying this!

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Yes, the "Avatar Sets" will give you the option to use this Avatar for yourself when you customize yours, so you can play as Lucy or Poe. And as far as I recall, the individual components (e.g. hair, nose, etc) of some avatars may also be available to choose when customizing your avatar.

Steph, this is wonderful news! I'm so excited about this. I hope there are LOTS of avatars we can play as. Though I am excited to make my own and play as myself, having that as the only option would get a bit stale obviously. Just to confirm, we are only able to make one avatar to play as correct?

As a player, you have only one avatar. It's bound to your profile, not to the current match. However, I am not sure if the avatar will update in an ongoing game if you change it in the customization menu, or if changes only take effect when you start a new game.

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

As a player, you have only one avatar. It's bound to your profile, not to the current match. However, I am not sure if the avatar will update in an ongoing game if you change it in the customization menu, or if changes only take effect when you start a new game.

It would be nice to be able to save avatars, I'm sure a lot of player would want to have one avatar for one game and another one for another, maybe switch back to the first one later

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:
As a player, you have only one avatar.

I was expecting that, but to get confirmation on it is still horrible news. Unless we're not limited to one profile per copy of game.

In the same vein as avatar customization (which I too would like more than one), do we have any control over making customized AI avatars or will be limited to the ones we can download from other players?

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

As a player, you have only one avatar. It's bound to your profile, not to the current match. However, I am not sure if the avatar will update in an ongoing game if you change it in the customization menu, or if changes only take effect when you start a new game.

Just wanted to say thank you for answering my question. Much appreciated!

DNLH wrote:

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:
As a player, you have only one avatar.

I was expecting that, but to get confirmation on it is still horrible news. Unless we're not limited to one profile per copy of game.

That would be an acceptable workaround for me I think.

Also i think people would enjoy playing agaisnt their custom avatar