Ok, confirmation is in that there is actually going to be an attempt made to fix character creation.
So I cannot run that up immediately, but the good news is that off-line play testing has continued to go at quite a speed, to the point where I am confident that we could begin play by the end of the month and play all the way through without having to stop for more story.
Not that we will, I am just saying we could. I am considering some options:
1. Opening up (or simply bumping) the Zion thread for people to begin RPing and socialising and what not
2. Linking this with a set of pre-game briefings and other in-game events to get people into the swing of what is expected of them and what kind of things might happen in game- other than the basics, people can be familiarised with what approach this game takes with Agents and, perhaps more importantly, Exiles.
3. Opening up a new Dojo for practice fights using pre-generated characters(which is what the game is being tested with)
4. Starting a training mission also using pre-gens, so you guys can get used to things before customising your own characters come playtime.
Opinions?
End of the month? Damn, that's a lot sooner than I expected.
What's going to be fixed about character creation, anyway?
...and I think the old dojo thread has a fight that started over 2 years ago and was never finished...
And if we'll be practicing with pre-generated characters, well, you know I'll want to use the same character sheet.