Character Re-customization (Face, Body Type, etc.)

  • I'm sure this topic has probably been brought up once or twice but I'm only recently returning the game and would just like to express a personal request of mine, which may or may not be shared by others.

    The random nature of character creation always sort of bothered me even when the game was released, but with further additions to customization I've realized there may be the potential for a proper character re-customization. I don't know how this could be implemented, whether it be some sort of system that interacts with the pre-game lobby (where you select a boat, etc.) or through some sort of in-game system (perhaps a vendor which sells "faces", etc - or an NPC that can simply change your appearance.)

    One of the main motivators for this game is cosmetics, and its honestly a little disappointing to me that I can't make my pirate look specifically how I want her to look; with my best option being to recreate my character (thus erasing all my progress and time-exclusive rewards) to get a chance at randomizing a character I like the look of.

    To clarify, I am aware of the ability to change hair, facial hair, scars, tattoos and hair colour. I would just like the ability to sort between gender, faces and body type as well. These options could be selectable from the currently existing pool of face/body types that are in the randomizer, however there is also the option for more faces and body types to be added in future content. (Imagine something like a Davey Jones octopus face.)

    Customization is important to me, and I think it could be taken a step further - if theres a more gathered interest in this sort of thing. Thoughts? Opinions? Critiques? Possible?

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  • Cool thoughts, I have also delved into this whilst playing. My character is quite large, and of course at the time of creation I wanted a big boi. However, as time has gone on, I've noticed that certain clothing on him doesn't make him look to appealing; at least to me.

    Having the option to change body types and/or gender would be handy, and WITHOUT erasing your pirate progress altogether. Say, 50,000 gold coins? Not too cheap or expensive; an appropriate amount. I wouldn't want to spend doubloons if Rare hypothetically implemented this, since those are usually saved for time limited cosmetics.

  • Bump for exposure, and yeah I think even 50k is a fair amount. I'm interested in seeing more feedback/possible dev response on the feasibility of the idea.

  • @narcoquette

    Ahoy there, we'd ask that you don't bump threads for attention as it is against the forum rules.

    Having said that, this is definitely one of those ideas which has been very much requested, the ability to customise our characters further, to create second characters perhaps, to tweak aspects of our pirates without the penalty of losing everything - there are a couple of threads here which might be of interest -

    A mega thread discussion around all aspects of customisation and the ipg -

    https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/30974/mega-thread-character-customisation-the-ipg-part-1

    https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/58476/character-change-option-not-deleting-your-pirate

    https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/41174/free-character-rerolls

  • Oh, I apologize. I just meant to keep the discussion active incase the thread had fallen off the first page. Thanks for the thread links though, appreciate it. I wasn't entirely sure if other people had proposed the idea.

  • RNG style Character generator was Big handicap to the popularity of SoT and a lot of gamer said nope , even myself i didn't touch the game until late 2020 on a Black Friday steam sail ...

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