EVE New Citizens Q&A

HI All first time poster so be gentle,

I have noticed the male avatars can look quite rugged, whereas the female avatars seem to have the eternal spring of youth permanently attached, sexism perhaps?

I was hoping to be able to create an aged persona however hitting the age button only seemed to had the merest hint of lines around the eyes, in addition my characters hair is supposed to be white but it turned out blonde.

OF course these may seem small details but I love the idea of role play and disappointed I can't play the rookie granny/grandmotherly figure trying to make ends meet becasue the pension isn't paying too well. Oh and hopefully using her image to her advantage in a flight or fight situation.

Any plans on the cards for a more radical image change?

Illusio.

I see your point here,

I was just thinking being able to be old would be fun. The males seem to be able to get to middle aged in their looks I couldn't get past 29 using the aging button.

OH well perhaps I can play the annoying younger sister instead of the overly fussy granny then.

Thanks for your reply!

Illusio.

Thank you Lillianna,

Well explained! I think you hit the nail on the head there. So we're luxury items huh?

I created my avatar and was a little disappointed at how plastic I looked ( a great choice of words on your part). With the history you imparted in mind, I understand the reasoning now and I guess I have nothing more to do than accept it and perhaps hope I find and anomaly in space that rapidly ages me!

Illusio.

Try an Amarr character. They typically look the oldest. I've seen some very old looking female Amarrians.

Yes it is quite possible to make amarr look old... so old...

For the gray hair (at least for Vherikor) try choosing the option that looks more "bluish".For me the option is between brown and light brown.
I know it makes little sense and the light colors should be the gray, but like with you the colors that i thought was supposed to be gray were actually blonde

Thank you all for the replies, really helpful and informative. I read some off site forums that people could be harsh on here.

I know I know it was not a very important topic and on the surface rather superficial but I like the role play aspect and being in character helps that. I guess for now my character looks how she does and she is stuck that way, kind of like being born that way!

Thank you again and if you ever see me flailing about in 0.0 space say hi before you shoot!

Illusio

Amarr is the best choice. And not just for age reasons.

This section of the forums tends to be pretty nice and have less trolls. Head over to GD and suddenly its a lot different

For your character. You can change it as many times as you want but there are some "rules".

Things like hair, makeup, clothing and portrait can be changed whenever you want as many times as you want. This is completely free, but note you can not change bone structure or similar with this.

If you want to make a complete change (which means changing the bone structure and similar) you can do so by buying PLEX's and then trade them for a full re-customization. A PLEX can be bought for either 19$ or in-game ISK.

I want a character design option to set the size of my trouser bulge to better portray the enormity of my cahones!