Author Topic: MMORPG Character Comparisons (Read 13073 times)

Blondeshell · « **on:** August 06, 2013, 01:43:30 AM »

First, some background.

In July, 2012, I began the framework for my next big project at Paragon Wiki: specifically, to document and standardize listings and pictures of all the costume pieces available in City of Heroes. This framework consisted of a multi-page spreadsheet detailing all the possible combinations of body parts, costume pieces, patterns, styles, gender exclusions, duplications, omissions, and errors found in the costume creator. I even had plans to share the list of things I found that needed fixed with the staff at Paragon Studios, at the very least so they could be aware of them.

Then September 1st came, and my focus shifted slightly. Now that we were going to lose City of Heroes, I wanted to be able to see how it compared to other MMORPGs, and attempt to measure the true loss of customization that the gaming community was soon to experience.

I first scrambled to complete the work I began on my spreadsheet, eventually learning new names of exponentially large numbers. I then started going through the other half-dozen games I had installed on my computer. Finally, over the next eight months, or so, I downloaded and installed many dozens of gigabytes worth of other games, creating characters, and doing maths. By the time I finished going through thirty different MMOs, both ancient and modern, one thing was very clear to me: When it came to total character customization options, we had it pretty darn good in CoH.

So, what follows here are summaries of various MMOs strictly as they pertain to character creation. All games listed are either free-to-play or have demos or trial periods. Invariably, I'm sure to have missed one that would seem obvious to someone else, but I feel this is a thorough enough cross-section to make some good comparisions across the history of the genre. As time permits, I'll try to update as new games are released.

Some general notes:

The totals listed "At Character Creation" are the minimum of what would be available to anyone who picks up the game.
The "Fully Unlocked" totals are largely unknown because they are locked behind subscriptions or market purchases that I didn't do, but some were able to be calculated regardless, and are shown as such.
Totals for games like Guild Wars and Age of Conan only reflect the base module and not any purchased expansions.
Skill totals for other games like EVE Online and Star Trek Online are difficult to calculate because there are multiple levels of training for each skill. In these cases, only the total number of skills are listed.
All research was completed as of May, 2013. Consequently, these charts may not reflect changes that have been made to some games since then (like SWTOR and STO).

Legend and General Info

	Game	Theme	Purchase Required	Subscription Required	Release Date	Game Size (GB)
A	Aion	Fantasy	Optional	No	9/21/2009	22.722
AO	Anarchy Online	Science Fiction	No	No	6/26/2001	2.991
AoC	Age of Conan	Fantasy	No	Optional	5/20/2008	19.984
AoW	Age of Wushu	Oriental Fiction	Optional	Optional	4/10/2013	7.360
CO	Champions Online	Superhero	No	Optional	9/01/2009	3.296
CoH	City of Heroes	Superhero	No	Optional	4/28/2004	4.427
DAoC	Dark Age of Camelot	Fantasy	No	Yes	9/01/2001	4.456
DCUO	DC Universe Online	Superhero	No	Optional	1/11/2011	19.574
DDO	Dungeons & Dragons Online	Fantasy	No	No	2/28/2006	9.549
DP	Dragon's Prophet	Fantasy	No	No	9/23/2013	12.791
EnB	Earth and Beyond Emulator	Science Fiction	No	No	9/02/2002	1.546
EQ	EverQuest	Fantasy	No	Optional	3/16/1999	8.650
EQ2	EverQuest 2	Fantasy	No	Optional	11/08/2004	15.900
ESO	The Elder Scrolls Online	Fantasy	Yes	Yes	4/4/2014	31.665
EU	Entropia Universe	Science Fiction	No	No	1/30/2003	8.252
EVE	EVE Online	Science Fiction	Yes	Yes	5/06/2003	11.114
GW	Guild Wars	Fantasy	Yes	No	4/26/2005	0.998
GW2	Guild Wars 2	Fantasy	Yes	No	8/28/2012	15.920
L2	Lineage 2	Fantasy	No	No	7/27/2004	10.375
LotR	The Lord of the Rings Online	Fantasy	No	Optional	4/24/2007	9.376
NW	Neverwinter	Fantasy	No	No	6/20/2013	3.069
R	Rift	Fantasy	Optional	Optional	3/01/2011	14.400
RFO	RFOnline	Fantasy Sci-Fi	No	No	2/21/2006	5.571
SB	Scarlet Blade	Science Fiction	No	No	Open Beta	6.488
STO	Star Trek Online	Science Fiction	No	Optional	2/02/2010	4.492
SWTOR	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Science Fiction	Optional	Optional	12/20/2011	20.495
T	TERA	Fantasy	Optional	Optional	5/01/2012	26.239
TSW	The Secret World	Modern Horror	Yes	Optional	7/03/2012	35.966
UO (C)	Ultima Online (Classic Client)	Fantasy	No	Yes	9/24/1997	1.877
UO (E)	Ultima Online (Enhanced Client)	Fantasy	No	Yes	9/09/2009	2.140
V	Vindictus	Fantasy	No	No	10/27/2010	4.907
WO	Warhammer Online	Science Fiction	No	Optional	9/18/2008	10.685
WoW	World of Warcraft	Fantasy	Optional	Optional	11/23/2004	19.388
WS	WildStar	Science Fiction	Yes	Yes	6/4/2014	17.191

Skill / Power Selection Combinations

Game	At Character Creation	At End of Career / Fully Unlocked	Notes
STO	--	45	- 9 levels of each skill + traits
EU	--	152	- 52 levels of each skill
TSW	--	525	- total number of skills possible
AoW	4	Unknown
DP	4	Unknown
V	6	Unknown
GW	6	Unknown
EnB	6	6
L2	10	19	- Classes at max level
A	10	20	- Specialization at level 10
CO	10	26	- Archetypes
EVE	10	371	- 5 levels of each skill
RFO	11	11
SB	12	12
UO (C)	14	Unknown
UO (E)	14	14
SWTOR	16	32	- Specialization at level 10
LotR	20	25
WO	23	23
EQ2	24	25
EQ	24	224
AoC	27	Unknown
NW	28	28
ESO	36	Unknown
GW2	40	40
AO	48	56
T	56	56
WoW	79	91
R	96	Unknown
DDO	108	Unknown
WS	136	Unknown
DAoC	178	Unknown
DCUO	891	Unknown
CoH	1,204	2,964,444,000	- Sets with 4-9 powers each

* Includes combinations of race / class / archetype and skills / powers per character

Blondeshell · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2013, 01:44:25 AM »

Physical Modification Options

Game	Head / Face	Body
A	26 Sliders	16 Sliders
AO	Preselected	Preselected
AoC	Detailed Sliders	Detailed Sliders
AoW	Detailed Sliders	N/A
CO	21 / 18 Sliders	19 / 20 Sliders
CoH	21 Sliders	7 Sliders
DAoC	4-6 Sliders	Height Slider
DCUO	N/A	Preselected
DDO	Preselected	N/A
DP	N/A	N/A
EnB	Preselected	2 Sliders
EQ	N/A	N/A
EQ2	4-17 Sliders	General Slider
ESO	27 Sliders	13 Sliders
EU	Detailed Sliders	Detailed Sliders
EVE	Direct Modification	Direct Modification
GW	N/A	Height Slider
GW2	Detailed Sliders	Preselected
L2	N/A	N/A
LotR	N/A	General Slider
NW	23 Sliders	14 Sliders
R	4 Sliders	Height Slider
RFO	N/A	N/A
SB	N/A	N/A
STO	32 Sliders	Detailed Sliders
SWTOR	Preselected	Preselected
T	30 Sliders	N/A
TSW	Preselected	Height Slider
UO (C)	N/A	N/A
UO (E)	N/A	N/A
V	N/A	8 Sliders
WO	N/A	N/A
WoW	N/A	N/A
WS	23 Sliders	Preselected

* 'Preselected' body options are included in costume totals below.

Color Selection Options

Game	Hair	Eyes	Face/Makeup	Skin	Costume
A	10 Swatches + Gradient	10 Swatches + Gradient	10 Swatches + Gradient (Lips)	10 Swatches + Gradient	N/A
AO	Preselected	N/A	Preselected	Preselected	N/A
AoC	6 Swatches	6 Swatches	Preselected	4 Swatches	N/A
AoW	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CO	225 Swatches x 3 Layers	225 Swatches	N/A	97 Swatches	225 Swatches x 4 Layers
CoH	160 Swatches x 2 Layers	N/A	N/A	70 Swatches	160 Swatches x 2 Layers
DAoC	16 Swatches	8 Swatches	N/A	Gradient	N/A
DCUO	Gradient + Intensity, Brightness Sliders	Gradient + Intensity, Brightness	Gradient + Intensity, Brightness	Gradient + Intensity, Brightness	Gradient, Forced Theme
DDO	42 Swatches	42 Swatches	42 Swatches	42 Swatches	N/A
DP	19 Swatches	19 Swatches	19 Swatches	19 Swatches	19 Swatches x 3 Layers
EnB	Gradient	Gradient	N/A	Gradient	2 Gradients + 3 Metallics
EQ	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	N/A
EQ2	Gradient	Gradient	N/A	Gradient	N/A
ESO	20 Swatches	20 Swatches	Preselected	20 Swatches
EU	Gradient	Gradient	N/A	Gradient	N/A
EVE	22 x 28 Swatches + Eyebrow Slider	13 Swatches	N/A (See note)	12 Swatches	Preselected
GW	Preselected	N/A	N/A	N/A	4,096
GW2	35-76 Swatches	31-43 Swatches	14-34 Swatches	34-96 Swatches	63 Swatches x 4 Layers
L2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LotR	Gradient	Gradient	N/A	Gradient	N/A
NW	18-23 Swatches	5-25 Swatches	80 Swatches	11-14 Swatches	N/A
R	90 Swatches x 2 Layers	90 Swatches	90 Swatches	90 Swatches	N/A
RFO	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	N/A	Preselected
SB	234 Swatches	20 Swatches	N/A	N/A	N/A
STO	504 Swatches	384 Swatches x 2 Layers	504 Swatches (Eyebrows)	11 Swatches	208 Swatches x 3 Layers
SWTOR	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	N/A
T	20-36 Swatches	N/A	N/A	24-36 Swatches	N/A
TSW	13 Swatches x 2 Layers	12 Swatches	13 Swatches	13 Swatches	Preselected
UO (C)	45-48 Swatches	N/A	N/A	32-57 Swatches	920 Swatches
UO (E)	47-51 Swatches	N/A	N/A	29-56 Swatches	N/A
V	52 Swatches	40 Swatches	N/A	24-44 Swatches	N/A
WO	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	N/A
WoW	Preselected	N/A	N/A	Preselected	N/A
WS	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	Preselected	N/A

* 'Preselected' color options are included in costume totals below.
* EVE face/makeup color options are as follows: Eye shadow (25 swatches), Eyeliner (4 swatches), Blush (6 swatches), Lipstick (12 swatches + gloss slider). All include intensity sliders.
* EnB Ship color options have (4 gradients + 3 metallics) x 2 layers.

Blondeshell · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2013, 01:45:02 AM »

Costume Selection Options

Game	At Character Creation	Fully Unlocked	Preselected	Save/Load
UO (C)	108	Unknown	--	No
L2	744	N/A	--	No
DP	931	N/A	16	No
SB	1,200	Unknown	60	No
UO (E)	2,160	N/A	--	No
AO	2,286	Unknown	--	No
DAoC	2,359	Unknown	--	No
EQ2	6,650	Unknown	60	Yes
AoW	12,960	Unknown	--	Yes
T	18,388	Unknown	216	No
RFO	78,125	Unknown	--	No
GW	85,040	Unknown	--	No
GW2	590,031	Unknown	--	No
R	1,403,376	Unknown	72	No
WoW	1,567,585	N/A	--	No
AoC	5,270,700	Unknown	--	No
ESO	5,971,968	Unknown	--	No
EQ	8,843,520	83,740,576	--	No
A	48,027,280	Unknown	175 (face only)	No
DDO	51,798,600	Unknown	--	No
NW	64,770,300	Unknown	168	No
LotR	107,600,000	Unknown	--	No
V	111,173,440	Unknown	--	No
WS	143,943,066	Unknown	15 (random)	Yes
EnB	238,565,250	Unknown	--	No
WO	3,241,875,606	N/A	39	No
EU	294,107,480,064	Unknown		No
SWTOR	3.1096526213E+13	Unknown	76	No
TSW	5.9835374936E+14	Unknown	--	No
DCUO	1.9887656000E+17	Unknown	42	No
EVE	3.9220998875E+22	Unknown	24 (face only)	No
STO	4.7692570579E+24	Unknown	26	Yes
CoH	2.1213472224E+44	4.5229988213E+48	288	Yes
CO	1.2405643074E+61	9.8024649928E+68	24 (random)	Yes
CO*	8.1655459870E+75	8.3770852063E+86	24 (random)	Yes

* Includes combinations of race / gender / body type and costume pieces available at character creation or costume modification.
* Does not include weapon customizations or gear available as drops.
* Denoted CO entry counts asymmetrical costume piece choices where available.

And here are the same numbers without the use of exponential notation.

Game	At Character Creation	Fully Unlocked
UO (C)	108	Unknown
L2	744	N/A
DP	931	N/A
SB	1,200	Unknown
UO (E)	2,160	N/A
AO	2,286	Unknown
DAoC	2,359	Unknown
EQ2	6,650	Unknown
AoW	12,960	Unknown
T	18,388	Unknown
RFO	78,125	Unknown
GW	85,040	Unknown
GW2	590,031	Unknown
R	1,403,376	Unknown
WoW	1,567,585	N/A
AoC	5,270,700	Unknown
ESO	5,971,968	Unknown
EQ	8,843,520	83,740,576
A	48,027,280	Unknown
DDO	51,798,600	Unknown
NW	64,770,300	Unknown
LotR	107,600,000	Unknown
V	111,173,440	Unknown
WS	143,943,066	Unknown
EnB	238,565,250	Unknown
WO	3,241,875,606	N/A
EU	294,107,480,064	Unknown
SWTOR	31,096,526,212,724	Unknown
TSW	598,353,749,360,640	Unknown
DCUO	198,876,560,000,000,000	Unknown
EVE	39,220,998,875,225,900,000,000	Unknown
STO	4,769,257,057,931,520,000,000,000	Unknown
CoH	212,134,722,242,751,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	4,522,998,821,295,590,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
CO	12,405,643,073,820,900,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	980,246,499,281,613,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
CO*	8,165,545,986,961,030,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	837,708,520,634,959,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

FatherXmas · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2013, 08:31:08 AM »

Actually there are a lot more colors for costumes in GW2 than listed there. Actually you start from a very limited pallet of rather mute tones, only 21. No pure colors, no white or black. All together there are currently 415 colors but you must buy them in game or get them in an RNG drop, it's unidentified until you check. The purer and brighter the color, the more expensive it tends to be. Prices range from a few silvers to tens even over one hundred gold for high demand colors like black and white (silver is 100 copper, gold is 100 silver). And that's on each character.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dyes#By_Set

It's like trying to shop in a paint store by name only. What color is "freshen" or "mintay" and how different are they and how is the material it's being applied on alters it's appearance? It's a nightmare if you can't discern slight differences in shade.

And let's not even talk about outfits. Also an item can have up to four colors, many only have two or three, really exotic and expensive items can have four. And a few only have one. Picking a look is a PITA since it follows the traditional stats tied to an item but there is a way to "skin" the look of one piece over the stats of another. However to do so with max level armors requires an item available only from the cash shop for each piece. There isn't really a "closet" other than your own account wide bank to store looks, which are not cheap at high level. Want to keep the look but change the stats, spend more real money to move the skin. Standard six body areas, boots, legs, top, gloves, shoulders, head. Even modifying hair color, requires an item from the damn cash shop.

If you were an ICON junky in CoH, GW2 isn't your game. But few MMOs are about making a truly unique identity outside of your face and hair. It's an entire aspect of content they seem happy to ignore or monetize.

DBadger · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2013, 09:14:37 AM »

You have understated the actual character customization options within Rift, DDO and EQ2.

Rift has 6 races, 4 callings, each calling has 9 souls (8 free one paid for) of which you can pick any 3, resulting in a ridiculous amount of customisation. They also have a decent cosmetics system in place that allows you to mix and match (quite a few cosmetics are available via game play only a few are cash store only) it's also easy to not realise how deep the character creation system is if you just select one of the predetermined paths

DDO has a crazy amount of character customisation, you can multiclass and there is a large variety of skills/spells to choose from.

EQ2 has a choice of 20 races (of which 1 is purchaseable) and 25 classes (of which one is purchaseable) they were originally more restricted in the f2p model but opened all of them except for Freeblood and Beastmaster up earlier this year.

Nightwatch · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2013, 01:17:41 PM »

Blondeshell - this is a really interesting read/project. Thank you for putting the work into it!

Blondeshell · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2013, 01:03:35 AM »

Quote from: FatherXmas on August 06, 2013, 08:31:08 AM

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dyes#By_Set

If you were an ICON junky in CoH, GW2 isn't your game. But few MMOs are about making a truly unique identity outside of your face and hair. It's an entire aspect of content they seem happy to ignore or monetize.

The tables on that page remind me of what I went through when I sorted the CoH power icons by color. *Ugh* I was aware that additional dyes were unlockable or purchasable in many games, but that went beyond the scope of what I was looking at at the time, primarily being original character creation options. Having that information presented here is good and appreciated, though.

Quote from: DBadger on August 06, 2013, 09:14:37 AM

You have understated the actual character customization options within Rift, DDO and EQ2.

Rift has 6 races, 4 callings, each calling has 9 souls (8 free one paid for) of which you can pick any 3, resulting in a ridiculous amount of customisation. They also have a decent cosmetics system in place that allows you to mix and match (quite a few cosmetics are available via game play only a few are cash store only) it's also easy to not realise how deep the character creation system is if you just select one of the predetermined paths

DDO has a crazy amount of character customisation, you can multiclass and there is a large variety of skills/spells to choose from.

EQ2 has a choice of 20 races (of which 1 is purchaseable) and 25 classes (of which one is purchaseable) they were originally more restricted in the f2p model but opened all of them except for Freeblood and Beastmaster up earlier this year.

Like I mentioned previously, the information I gathered was a snapshot at a particular time, so further changes won't necessarily be reflected here. In fact, EQ2 was one of the first other games I downloaded, by late September or October of last year -- well before these changes went into effect.

Likewise, when I peeked in at SWTOR recently, it appears that the update which added the "cat person" race changed things around a bit. My impression is that the total options available went up, but the free-to-play options might have been reduced.

STO also has a lot more skill/ability customization than is included in the chart. I figured that the trait combinations for the Federation races alone would have 222,860 different combinations. (This doesn't include totals for Klingons or Romulans.) I ultimately decided not to include traits because I wanted to focus on active skill choices rather than simply passive, well, traits.

It does appear that I forgot to include race in the combinations for Rift, though, so I've updated the starting options to reflect that. The end-game Planar Attunement options would be part of the "At End of Career" totals, if you could accurately calculate them.

Regardless, having further details shared by people who have played these games will always be welcome to give future readers a better picture of the current state of customization options.

goodtime · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:01:38 AM »

Quote from: Blondeshell on August 07, 2013, 01:03:35 AM

The tables on that page remind me of what I went through when I sorted the CoH power icons by color. *Ugh*

Off on a wee-hours-of-the-morning tangent, at least now I know where to look if I ever decide to get a full set of knuckle tattoos.

Felderburg · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2013, 05:15:18 AM »

I'd just like to throw out that EA's Supreme Heroes, and Android game I've been playing, has a surprisingly high amount of customization. It's free, and the actual "gameplay" is pretty average, but I have not seen two heroes that look alike (except for people that keep the default appearance) - and I've seen quite a few heroes at this point. The "missions" you do are also pretty entertaining, story wise, and there's a lot of good artwork for the comic book cover style mission blocks, and the missions themselves. It's more of a time-waster than anything, but like I said, the customization is actually pretty good, so that might be worth something.

And while this isn't a game, per se, it is sort of a poor man's Icon: http://www.heromachine.com/ Plus it's browser based, so that's cool. I say "poor man's" because it isn't 3d, but some of the examples of hero creations you can see are pretty cool.

Quote from: Blondeshell on August 07, 2013, 01:03:35 AM

I sorted the CoH power icons by color. *Ugh*

....why?

The Fifth Horseman · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2013, 04:42:50 PM »

Quote from: Felderburg on August 13, 2013, 05:15:18 AM

And while this isn't a game, per se, it is sort of a poor man's Icon: http://www.heromachine.com/ Plus it's browser based, so that's cool. I say "poor man's" because it isn't 3d, but some of the examples of hero creations you can see are pretty cool.

Fabrica De Herois is another browser app in the same vein: http://fabricadeherois.blogspot.com.br/ Check out this version for a Bruce Timm inspired art style: http://www.fabricadeherois.com/fabricadeherois/blog2013/fhanimated/fhanimated.html

Blondeshell · « **Reply #10 on:** August 13, 2013, 07:57:20 PM »

Quote from: Felderburg on August 13, 2013, 05:15:18 AM

Quote from: Blondeshell on August 07, 2013, 01:03:35 AM
I sorted the CoH power icons by color. *Ugh*

....why?

Well, my initial project goal was simply to sub-categorize the individual icons by power set so you wouldn't have to sort through hundreds per page to find the one you wanted. Then it occured to me that it could still be helpful to be able to find them visually, so thus was born the sorted and linked color chart. Yeah, I'm crazy like that.

dwturducken · « **Reply #11 on:** August 13, 2013, 08:38:51 PM »

My mother is a librarian.

She would hate you, a little bit.

Harlequin565 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 15, 2013, 10:06:18 AM »

Quote from: dwturducken on August 13, 2013, 08:38:51 PM

My mother is a librarian.

She would hate you, a little bit.

My ex did that with my CDs. All 800 of them. I couldn't find anything.

-H

dwturducken · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2013, 12:35:55 AM »

At least this one:

comes with a legend.

houtex · « **Reply #14 on:** August 16, 2013, 01:01:06 AM »

Huh. You *can* sing Green Acres to Purple Haze...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HHcp0OIA2g

and this one too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI8NghXvNls

And this one... does both!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLxrMZLSbCw

Awesome.

SeaLily · « **Reply #15 on:** August 16, 2013, 10:07:20 AM »

Just an itty bitty correction, but you've got Neverwinter labled as having an 'optional subscription option'. It doesn't. No subscription option at all, just the cash shop items and the bigger bundles on their website. Kind of weird, considering STO and CO both have optional subs, but hey, if it works it works.

And man is it depressing that DCUO has less character customization than not only STO, but freaking EVE, geez. Fun game, but Sony really dropped the ball on the character customization big-time.

Though I wonder how much of that was DC's fault (I know the 3 colors thing was DC's choice).

Not surprised that CO is top of this list, both with and without asymmetry, since it's just got an absurd amount of things in a million different character outfit slots and they keep adding more.

Blondeshell · « **Reply #16 on:** August 16, 2013, 04:47:06 PM »

Quote from: kelpplankton on August 16, 2013, 10:07:20 AM

Just an itty bitty correction, but you've got Neverwinter labled as having an 'optional subscription option'. It doesn't. No subscription option at all, just the cash shop items and the bigger bundles on their website. Kind of weird, considering STO and CO both have optional subs, but hey, if it works it works.

Thanks for the correction. I think I had based my info on initial presumption before NW was released, and not what it ended up with.

Blondeshell · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2014, 01:39:39 AM »

All charts have been updated with info from WildStar's open beta. Some data could change based on what gets released live, but that's what there is for now.

Nyx Nought Nothing · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2014, 02:35:48 AM »

Not that i want to make more work for you, but Final Fantasy XIV has quite a bit of customization for the character as well as a reskinning and dye system for gear. Also you can access every class/job/skill on a single character.

Elder Scrolls Online also permits a fair bit of customization, although for outfits a lot of it requires player crafting and the starting gear is a little bland.

Blondeshell · « **Reply #19 on:** June 05, 2014, 04:01:20 AM »

All charts have been updated with info from Elder Scrolls Online and Dragon's Prophet, as well as release info for WildStar.

I must say that Elder Scrolls is very pretty with the graphics turned up. It's still gear-based, though, so I don't know what the likelihood is of me sticking around much after the first month.

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