Yeah I agree that there should be at least a male/female filter that would already greatly enhance the experience.
The save a pirate is better then nothing, but the fact that it takes up a space in the roulette that would otherwise generate a free slot makes it annoying.
, "One shouldnt have to spend unhealthy amount of time waiting in line at the store..." Even if there are 6 open and unused Self checkouts, or fact you can Call and have your stuff delivered and never leave the house.
@BurnBacon I don't get how comparing standing in line at the grocery store/ordering grocery's vs choosing a pirate in a video game that is pure RNG with no filters, is a fair comparison. Even more with your weird analogy of having 6 self checkouts.
There's nothing special with self-checkouts, people are going to use them to save time irl. IPG doesn't have that luxury, It makes ZERO sense unless your someone who actually doesn't give a about the IPG character look... and just wants to jump into the game ASAP. You might want to take that analogy back to the drawing board bud, you're reaching really hard for arguments sake...
How do you know what you look like 99% of the time? Until you do an emote, you never really see yourself.
SoT is a community game, and even has a fashion/SoT Shot contests endorsed by RARE themselves, but nah picking a pirate appearance isn't important because you don't see your own pirate unless you emote?
Like ok??? What about the others in a game that likes to boast about communities and appearances playing a role in almost every aspect of the game? Artists, Roleplayers, even PvP fnactics have distinct favorites in pirate appearances. The fact that artists make money from commissions in making drawings of peoples pirates is telling in itself, in picking that perfect pirate for someone is important.
I'm sorry but you just have a LOT of contradicting takes on these forums and you built a reputation of provoking people with snarky arguments. It really looks like you JUST HAVE TO disagree with everyone's post for the sake of dis-agreeing, it's really odd. You probably would be that guy that would HATE IT if someone suggested a save pirate option before it's implementation in the IPG megathread a few years back.
A helpful feature that would make a lot of players happy and makes sense? Nah let's find something to nitpick with a not well thought out comparison/analogy. Classic.
SoT's only ''reward'' system outside of commendations is the cosmetics. And having a complete IPG is 'odd' yet I like it because:
Each pirate is unique. what I don't like is having to spend countless hours choosing a pirate that you can somewhat have a good time playing with. I know folks that have spent hours on it finding that perfect female pirate with the perfect symmetrical face. Others take a more sinister approach and use cheats to achieve that.
It's also a snarky way for RARE to make a bit of pocket change when players have to pay ancient coins for an appearance potion, so they play into that mental aspect of people giving up in the moment and regretting later thus buying potions when they take the game more seriously...
A few basic filters such as gender, skin tone and maybe age would go a long way, but keep everything else random.
