So where am I going with this? Am I just some crazy forum goer with a dream? Probably. But I have a reasonable, and realistic dream.
Think for a second about how the character selection screen looks. You have a bar for each class, and 4 races within each bar. Most were grayed out for you when you first loaded up the demo right? Well, as you progressed, you obtained these neat shiny cards that unlocked new races for each class. (after getting male human soldier 14 times, of course) So now, after a bit of a grind, you've unlocked a new race for a class.
But say you've been playing this game since ME1 and you've already developed a sort of ME world identity for yourself. What if you just love Turians, but you're also the best damn infiltrator in the world? Well, sadly, you don't get to live out your dream as a stealthed Turian. But wait, Ruk has a crazy idea.
You load up your ME3 demo for the first time. You go to character selection and find 5 bars, each one represents 1 of the playable races. You click on Asari, but alas, only the Asari soldier is available. The rest of the bar contains pictures for each class, albeit grayed out. "what the hell" you think. You look at all the races to find that each one only has soldier available. (it's really not hard to carry a gun around right?) you dejectedly pick a quarian soldier and play some games.
Finally you have enough points for a veteran box! You open it up and find that you recieved an Infiltrator card! You rush over to the character selection screen, and you see that each race's infiltrator class is highlighted. Now you get to pick which inflitrator you want! Of course, you pick Turian. You notice that each race/class combo also has slightly differing skills. (you know, to make them different.) Customization options like colors? Baseline, of course. I don't think it's very hard to paint armor.
What the hell am I getting at? This: All classes should be available to play on any race. The accepted excuse is that not every race can be certain things, like biotics and tech. But wait, aren't we supposed to be some kinda special forces? Why shouldn't we be rare and talented people? I know for a fact that biotics can be found in every race, and I don't think tech is hard to teach. There really isn't a decent excuse for the absence of choice. This goes back to my whole customization speil. Why are we tethered down by arbitrary boundaries, that just limit our freedom of choice, and our identities as ME players? I don't think theres a reason.
My idea would keep the current random pack system, but would let us have freedom of choice. So band together Krogan Vanguards and Turian Infiltrators! to Salarian soldiers and Quarian Adepts! We are in 2012! Customization and uniqueness is the future, why do we live in the past?
Cheers, and I'll see you all March 6th!
Modifié par Rukioish, 24 février 2012 - 09:55 .
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