An Idea concerning playtime.

[jaginun 87]

I was looking at the beards thread and I had an idea. What if there was some visual method of tracking your ingame time? What I suggest is this:

 

How this would work

 

At certain intervals, your player will 'unlock' the next level of scruffiness. To see the effect, a player would have to log off and back on again, as to eliminate any server pressure on updating character models, as instead it would just have to load in a different texture instead on log in. It would work something like this.

 

1h : Player recieves first level of facial ware(Mostly dirty marks on cheeks etc, nothing amazing), along with basic stubble (men only ofc)

2h : Player recieves second level of facial ware (Dirtall around face) and advanced stubble, slightly messy hair for women.

4h: Player recieves third level of facial ware (Dirt, as well as small wounds around chin and neck) , small beard and moustache for males, 'scraggy' hair for women.

10h: Player recieves final level of facial ware (Dirt, scars and open wounds, nothing grotesque however) , large beard and moustache for males (Think DayZ 2017), not sure for women

 

 

What this would achieve

 

In addition to immersion into the world, it would provide a system in which to identify players further, and to distinguish if the player you are talking to is a fresh spawn or a rugged veteran of the forgotten country.

 

 

Problems I forsee

 

To do this, 4 more textures would have to be added, combined with the customisation process means you would be looking at around 100 textures ingame for faces, all made by the developers. This may be too much to ask for in terms of workload.

 

Basic Idea of each tier:

 

1st Level : Male hair (http://www.beautyramp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/designer_stubble_bbrpe.jpg) Female :

2nd Level : Male hair (http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/z1/esq-george-clooney-stubble-111411-xlg.jpg) Female : http://www.glamour.com/images/beauty/2012/12/julie-delpy-messy-hair-w724.jpg

3rd Level: Male Hair (http://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/beard-hotties-25.jpg?w=500) Female : (http://tinyurl.com/ou59yc3)

4th Level : Male Hair (http://www.beards.org/patrick_index2.jpg) Female : ???

 

Open to comments and criticism.

Edited December 29, 2013 by Jaginun

[Magnusveritas 0]

Love it. The game definitely needs something to show off players with long in game life without a death.

[Bakercompany86 347]

I dig this idea.  I want a grizzly beard anyways.

 

But adding the element of a time indicator is pretty cool, I think.

 

I always wonder how many characters are relatively new and just blitzed to get their gear, and how many are actually survivors.  :)

 

 

 

 

 

Of course I say I want a grizzly beard, but this current character who's been alive for days happened to spawn with boobs.....regardless of my default character. *sigh*

[Jaygoon 240]

Real men grow grizzly beards irl :P

 

Edited December 29, 2013 by Jaygoon

[jaginun 87]

Bump?