One of my favorite features in an mmorpg is the character profile...City of heroes does this. You click on someone and you can select to view their profile which shows whatever story they wrote for their character for all to see.
For role-players this is a great joy to have. It would be GREAT to tell your characters story...I have one for mine that I hope to one day display in-game...
Character Profiles
GhostPoet
Racthoh
It would be nice, for role-players the most.
Although you'd get like half the people writing in there "I solo UW, don't invite me".
Although you'd get like half the people writing in there "I solo UW, don't invite me".
Kakumei
sorry but guild wars isn't a real roleplaying game
not in its current state
not in its current state
ocoini
Love the graphics though.. Wish someone would make a Baldurs Gate game type of it with the same type 
Ultimate_Gaara
i like this idea, i mean even D2 did it (somewhat) and i feel it would really make this game a little better as long as no one abuses it or anything, i would love to write a story behind every one of my characters...
Racthoh
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Originally Posted by Ultimate_Gaara
i like this idea, i mean even D2 did it (somewhat) and i feel it would really make this game a little better as long as no one abuses it or anything, i would love to write a story behind every one of my characters...
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GhostPoet
maybe not serious role-playing...but for casual role-players this would be perfect.
Manah
It would have been funny if A.Nett made some kind of "personal profile" system people could edit themselfes, and other cpuld see by right clicking on their names or something. lots of other games got that..
Align
Serves no purpose, would take space to store on a computer, would increase load on servers ever so slightly, and most people wouldn't bother with it, what with GW being a PvP centric game, rather than roleplaying.
I say no.
I say no.
Rayea
nice idea, but then you get into the rules sets....
group one leaves it with the standard guild wars info
group two makes it blank, wrights stuff like 'dont look at me, play the frikkin game!' ect on it
group three wrights info about their char, ether as if looking at char or just abot their char.
after a while, it degenerates into which group you belong to bitching and gipeing about the others being inferior....i know, i been there with neverwinter...some players used to go to extreeme lengths with player info, others would make a whole page of blank with a nasty "stop looking at me and bloody roleplay!" at the bottom.
aligh, its not *just* a pvp game you know, some players DO roleplay here...like the funeral on Int dist 1 LA for a guildie leaving the game..the roleplayed deceased was there for their own funeral too.
still, a little info like wheather or not they were a pvp only interest player or a pve interest player, wheather they were into gvg only guilds or rp guilds ect would be usefull to get to know a player....perhaps when you made your char in pve, a checkbox affare with a list of boxes you could clock to say what your interests were...usefull for finding likeminded players....i mean, whats the point of being in a group of pvp only pvE chars if your PvE RP?
group one leaves it with the standard guild wars info
group two makes it blank, wrights stuff like 'dont look at me, play the frikkin game!' ect on it
group three wrights info about their char, ether as if looking at char or just abot their char.
after a while, it degenerates into which group you belong to bitching and gipeing about the others being inferior....i know, i been there with neverwinter...some players used to go to extreeme lengths with player info, others would make a whole page of blank with a nasty "stop looking at me and bloody roleplay!" at the bottom.
aligh, its not *just* a pvp game you know, some players DO roleplay here...like the funeral on Int dist 1 LA for a guildie leaving the game..the roleplayed deceased was there for their own funeral too.
still, a little info like wheather or not they were a pvp only interest player or a pve interest player, wheather they were into gvg only guilds or rp guilds ect would be usefull to get to know a player....perhaps when you made your char in pve, a checkbox affare with a list of boxes you could clock to say what your interests were...usefull for finding likeminded players....i mean, whats the point of being in a group of pvp only pvE chars if your PvE RP?
Align
It's not *just* PvP, but theres far too little stuff in the game for roleplay to be anything but forced. Roleplay as in playing a role, rather than a RPG(ironic, isnt it?).
Rayea
well at least theres emotes ^^ i used to play a mmo that was called a rpg but all you did was fight, talk or stand about....
roleplaying there was all *talks softly to <character>* or *stands close to <character> and hugs them*
at least its possible to do some stuff here
wouldnt you prefer to be able to click on a charater (like shift+click) and get.....
<Misha Ceruleean>
* PvE preferd - PvP preferd
- GvG guilds * Rp guilds
- PvP guilds * Rp groups
even that much info would help sometimes.....then you know whether or not its worth trying to talk to them...
*= a ticked box -= a un-ticked box
roleplaying there was all *talks softly to <character>* or *stands close to <character> and hugs them*
at least its possible to do some stuff here
wouldnt you prefer to be able to click on a charater (like shift+click) and get.....
<Misha Ceruleean>
* PvE preferd - PvP preferd
- GvG guilds * Rp guilds
- PvP guilds * Rp groups
even that much info would help sometimes.....then you know whether or not its worth trying to talk to them...
*= a ticked box -= a un-ticked box
AnnaCloud9
Simply put, this is an interface screen which the player uses to customize a character's profile, which inturn can be globally viewed by other players in the same instance or town.
Such tidbits for the profile could include, and could be made optional by turning them off or on by the player:
1) The character's image, identical to the one used for inventory
2) A 100 word or less personalized paragraph written by the player for her/his character being viewed
3) The various titles your character has earned, and not just the one you've chosen to show
4) The character's birthplace (Tyria/Cantha/etc...and maybe a dropdown to choose your own town/city where you believe your character was born) and actual birthdate
5) Level, profession(s) and possibly the XP earned by the character
6) Perhaps a simple questionaire with dropdown options about the character's favorite things, such as place to adventure, weapon of choice
7) Display your PvP accomplishments, such as tournaments or events W/L, deaths, kills and awards (or rank)
8) Maybe even a Location to show your actual world origin (Player, not character)
To view someone's profile, right click on the character's name
Some benefits:
1) Able to show others the weapon/equipment your character is using/holding for selling purposes, or for any visual aide thought of
2) Allow others to see what you've written about your character and get to 'know' you before they get to know you.
3) Enrich the feel of the RP aspect if that's your thing, or find the right players for your PUG in PvE or PvP based simply on their presentation (which is already heavily weighed on by how you ask for a group, or how you request others to join your group)
An obvious downside:
Obviously, the server loads. Only allowing a single profile up at a time per player could help this, as well as automatically closing the profile after a minute of inactivity by the character ingame.
Any thoughts or additions/subtractions? I was only brainstorming, so feel free to go hogwild
Such tidbits for the profile could include, and could be made optional by turning them off or on by the player:
1) The character's image, identical to the one used for inventory
2) A 100 word or less personalized paragraph written by the player for her/his character being viewed
3) The various titles your character has earned, and not just the one you've chosen to show
4) The character's birthplace (Tyria/Cantha/etc...and maybe a dropdown to choose your own town/city where you believe your character was born) and actual birthdate
5) Level, profession(s) and possibly the XP earned by the character
6) Perhaps a simple questionaire with dropdown options about the character's favorite things, such as place to adventure, weapon of choice
7) Display your PvP accomplishments, such as tournaments or events W/L, deaths, kills and awards (or rank)
8) Maybe even a Location to show your actual world origin (Player, not character)
To view someone's profile, right click on the character's name
Some benefits:
1) Able to show others the weapon/equipment your character is using/holding for selling purposes, or for any visual aide thought of
2) Allow others to see what you've written about your character and get to 'know' you before they get to know you.
3) Enrich the feel of the RP aspect if that's your thing, or find the right players for your PUG in PvE or PvP based simply on their presentation (which is already heavily weighed on by how you ask for a group, or how you request others to join your group)
An obvious downside:
Obviously, the server loads. Only allowing a single profile up at a time per player could help this, as well as automatically closing the profile after a minute of inactivity by the character ingame.
Any thoughts or additions/subtractions? I was only brainstorming, so feel free to go hogwild
Mr. G
hmmm i like it, i want do be able to give my char a backstory, but still it has to be number 255 on the priority list im afriad, these ideas are good but not vital
erick5876
/signed
AnnaCloud9
Oh I agree about not being vital. Just an idea, that maybe could be put in down the road that you take down the road you took down the road to get down that road
bamm bamm bamm
I really like the idea, it's one of those basic things that you would just expect to be in it already. Anyway, I tried to knock together a mock image:
I didn't put all your ideas on because I'm lazy, but it should totally be a feature of the game. Obviously this wouldn't be on hover as that would drive people nuts. You say right click and that sounds fine.
Anyway, /signed
I didn't put all your ideas on because I'm lazy, but it should totally be a feature of the game. Obviously this wouldn't be on hover as that would drive people nuts. You say right click and that sounds fine.
Anyway, /signed
Adamant
I've always wanted something like this. Perhaps it could be linkable, so that you could post it on guild forums etc. Anyway /signed
Gem
/signed
I have been wanting this for ages now. All RPers unite! Also quite handy when meeting old friends and stuff.
I have been wanting this for ages now. All RPers unite! Also quite handy when meeting old friends and stuff.
Knightsaber Sith
They already have this in City of Villains and City of Heroes. I was always too lazy to think up a back story though. Also, some people were mad that Cryptic Studios (creaters of CoV/CoH) has intellectual property rights over the character created profiles.
Mithie
/signed
Thank god, now I can put my gender in my profile so wammos can stop hitting on me because I happen to play a female ele.
Thank god, now I can put my gender in my profile so wammos can stop hitting on me because I happen to play a female ele.
mega_jamie
/signed
sounds more aimed at the true Roleplayers, I wudnt use it or update my character on it at all. But as long as some people would enjoy it, wtfn!?
sounds more aimed at the true Roleplayers, I wudnt use it or update my character on it at all. But as long as some people would enjoy it, wtfn!?
Knightsaber Sith
Just to get some more idea out there, I have some screenies of how profiles look in City of Villains/City of Heroes. To view a person's profile, you right click them and a window pops up with options like: whisper, invite to team, invite to super group(guild), and info(the profile). The profile itself has tabs for their backstory, badges (this would basically equate to titles in GW), and pvp (this would basically show total balthazar faction and fame).
I don't have an active time card for CoV atm as I've come back to GW for a while. So I'll have to use screenshots I happen to already have on file.
Unfortunately the only screenshot I have of a profile was one I took because this one was sooo awful. Guess this will illustrate just how bad they can be.
lol
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2...1400451ok8.jpg
Here's the badge screen:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5...0559141rl3.jpg
I don't have an active time card for CoV atm as I've come back to GW for a while. So I'll have to use screenshots I happen to already have on file.
Unfortunately the only screenshot I have of a profile was one I took because this one was sooo awful. Guess this will illustrate just how bad they can be.
lol
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2...1400451ok8.jpg
Here's the badge screen:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5...0559141rl3.jpg
Knight Othin Of War
/signed
Ian Savage
I do have to say that i like the idea, its something that adds more originality to the game, gives you more customization options, which is always a good thing. Somethin i would like to add though, is that once the profile is open, there could be an optional second tab with more account wide profile type things. say total balth/kurz/lux faction earned, other character names, maybe guild rank/rating. I dont really think that we want to get incredibly personal, seeing as how there are those that would take advantage of having others personal information.
to conclude,
/signed
to conclude,
/signed
boenan
i like this idea.
CoH had something very similar.
CoH had something very similar.
AxemRangerBlue
I think that this is a marvelous idea, so long as it can't be "hacked" in some way as to put foreign material into the profile pages. However, I think it would be good if right-clicking on someone's name to bring up this profile thingie also applied to the names in your Friends menu. Heavens knows I might not have deleted some people from it had I been able to refresh my memory with more information as to who in the world they were...
Ken Dei
"Signet of Approval"
mega_jamie
Not that its going to change my opinion on this, but I just thought of a negative, people could link to gold buying auctions / porn etc in their profile, and it may be seen less by peopel that know how to report. Just a thought on it :S
Shadow Dragon
It would be great if i could carve out the history of my characters. (all 8 of em)
Mars Dragonblade
Sounds good, I like it.
/Signed.
/Signed.
legion_rat
/signed
I may or may not use it but I like the idea.
~the Profiler Rat~
I may or may not use it but I like the idea.
~the Profiler Rat~
disarm76
/whatever. If it is easy to implement we may be lucky, if it's hard think Auctionhouse.
MMSDome
/signed
its a great idea that can give more life to your characters. It may stop the way some people lie
o well i love the idea.
its a great idea that can give more life to your characters. It may stop the way some people lie
o well i love the idea.
Carth`
I thought of this myself a while back. It doesn't even have to have a biography part if that's too much work, it can just show the information on the hero screen, and maybe /deaths, /age, etc, because Guild Wars already has all this information, it would just be showing it to other people.
x____cheese
This is just an idea i have people work to get all there titles, EXP and Skills exc... but only one title can be displayed at a time!
Was thinking about a "Character Profile" window you can open for each other Player. with a Bio, you can look at there titles, Xp the number of normal skill they have unlocked, Guild Details, Character Age, Number of Kills, Number of Bosses Killed, and/or any other things that people would be intrested to look at.
Just an idea think it would be quite cool.... plz feel free to give your opnions
Was thinking about a "Character Profile" window you can open for each other Player. with a Bio, you can look at there titles, Xp the number of normal skill they have unlocked, Guild Details, Character Age, Number of Kills, Number of Bosses Killed, and/or any other things that people would be intrested to look at.
Just an idea think it would be quite cool.... plz feel free to give your opnions
Dalimoor_Kalkire
I like that idea. It reminds me of Ultima Online, and how they had a profile that you could type in whatever you wanted. I don't much like the idea of them being able to see everything like titles, EXP, age, ect...but that's just me =^_^= But, I do think a little page we could write something down in would be nice. Other games have it, and it actually came in handy for selling, trading, or advertizing too.
Knightsaber Sith
This has been suggested before; I think the best example of a character profile would be CoH/CoV
Carl Butanananowski
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I think the best example of a character profile would be CoH/CoV
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Knightsaber Sith
City of Heroes and City of Villains of course 