HKO Questions~

• Character Appearance
  • In the last Beta stage, there were very few options when it came to selecting your character's hair and face.  In Founder's Beta (henceforth to be shortened to "FB" to make typing easier...), can we expect the character creation system to be greatly expanded upon?  This is something that normally would not overly concern me in a game's beta stage, but announcements have said that those who participate in FB will get to keep their characters once the game fully opens.  The only problem with that is... what if a new hairstyle is added later, and someone from FB thinks it's really really cool, and wishes that their character could have it...  Eheh.  This concern sounds so weak while I'm writing it, but character customization is important to me (especially in MMO's) and I'm sure others feel the same...
  • If it does turn out to be the case that the full version of the game adds new appearances, is there a way in-game to change how your character looks, without deleting it and starting all over again?  An example of this would be like a hair salon or something.
• Multiple Characters on One Account
  • Is each account limited to having only one character, or can we have more?  (This isn't a huge concern, because creating new SanrioTown accounts is free...)
  • Will it be possible to trade items/money between accounts/characters that you have?
• Preview Before Purchase
  • In my understanding of the hompy system during the Closed Beta stage, players purchased a land title deed with a number (1 through 4, if I remember correctly), and the different numbers resulted in a different "themed" house (one pink and girly, another with a tiki theme, et cetera).  Is there a preview option for this system?  What if someone just doesn't like their tiki house, and wishes they had a pink one instead?  Again, this question goes back to the idea of personalization being an important factor in MMO's.
  • Same question, but for farms.  There are several different farm themes pictured in screenshots, but are these purchases seperate from buying your home?  Or does your home and farm share one theme, which is purchased at the same time?  (Sorry, I know that question is lame. n_n;)
  • This blog entry of Ripplecloud's reveals makeup as an equipable option, which I never knew about before reading it and I think is a wonderful addition (are we all very clear on the fact that BunnyWinx loves personalizing her character?).  But, she mentions that the makeup cannot be previewed before equipping, and it cannot be removed from the character (presumably until you purchase a new makeup design).  Same concern here as everywhere else in this post... preview before purchase is important.
• Controls
  • I haven't heard a lot from folks about the controls of the game.  If I had to guess, I would say that character movement is predominantly done by clicking on an area of the ground and your character walks to it automatically.  This method of movement is fine for the most part, but I have carpal tunnel and sometimes using the mouse a lot can be painful...  Does the game also support movement by using the arrow keys, or WASD?
  • Shortcut keys... can we assign oft-used skills to the F or number keys, for quick access?

 

Haha... I know it's a lot to read, I'm sorry. XD  I think there was more I wanted to know about, but this is all that I can remember for now.  Any sort of help would be greatly appreciated~  Alternatively, feel free to just say "BunnyWinx!!  Just wait the 12 more days until FB opens and find out for yourself!"

Practically every question you just listed are questions I am wondering about as well. Especially the one I quoted. Character appearance is really important to me when it comes to online games. And seeing how we get to keep everything from Founders, in many cases that is just wonderful and overwhelming, but if we can't change apperance and more styles will be released for creation... that would be one downside..  (although it would be the only one)

Originally Posted by BunnyWinx

In the last Beta stage, there were very few options when it came to selecting your character's hair and face.  In Founder's Beta (henceforth to be shortened to "FB" to make typing easier...), can we expect the character creation system to be greatly expanded upon?  This is something that normally would not overly concern me in a game's beta stage, but announcements have said that those who participate in FB will get to keep their characters once the game fully opens.  The only problem with that is... what if a new hairstyle is added later, and someone from FB thinks it's really really cool, and wishes that their character could have it...  Eheh.  This concern sounds so weak while I'm writing it, but character customization is important to me (especially in MMO's) and I'm sure others feel the same...