# What's the point of character creation **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607 "2018-03-29T14:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Krall\_J\_Rnlav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krall_j_rnlav/32/374091_2.png) [@Krall\_J\_Rnlav](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krall_J_Rnlav)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/22 "2018-03-29T22:28:44Z")
Sweet~ ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/23 "2018-03-29T22:31:00Z")
Point is I see the point of creating stuff CCP never imagined. CCP on the other hand dont. ---
**Author:** ![Krall\_J\_Rnlav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krall_j_rnlav/32/374091_2.png) [@Krall\_J\_Rnlav](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krall_J_Rnlav)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/24 "2018-03-29T22:33:23Z")
But why set yourself in style and all people care are your ship skin and skill… They don’t even have a fashion show… ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/25 "2018-03-29T22:34:48Z")
I do it for myself and if someone else likes it too, its good. 👌 ---
**Author:** ![GoPackGo\_Aurilen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gopackgo_aurilen/32/453007_2.png) [@GoPackGo\_Aurilen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/GoPackGo_Aurilen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/26 "2018-03-29T23:11:32Z")
I wish the attributes had some meaningful use in game. Your race, education, etc…should have pro’s and cons in game imo. ---
**Author:** ![Solstice\_Projekt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/solstice_projekt/32/503293_2.png) [@Solstice\_Projekt](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Solstice_Projekt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/27 "2018-03-29T23:20:38Z")
They do. You should not mistake a lack of scripted stuff as evidence that there is no meaning. I can tell you a few. You can find people roleplaying racists or pretending dislike of your faction, or looks. A character’s education, in EVE, is literally your skillpoints and the amount of brain you invest into both the game and while socializing. This, too, has serious impact on people’s gaming experience. Chosing a female character allows for interesting reactions and new game play options when it comes to male players, including: gold digging, awoxing and NSFW stuff. The game is fine. The people are broken. ---
**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/28 "2018-03-29T23:58:19Z")
> [@GoPackGo\_Aurilen](#): > > I wish the attributes had some meaningful use in game. Your race, education, etc…should have pro’s and cons in game imo. They do, they affect how fast you can train each type of skill lol ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Lopez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mr_lopez/32/484486_2.png) [@Mr\_Lopez](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mr_Lopez)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/29 "2018-03-30T00:03:39Z")
Its a relic of the early days when your race and origins mattered. Your attributes effected your gameplay in a meaningful way. Then there was Achura one of the best races due to low charisma. My Achura alt still has her prenerf attribute allocation. Your avatar did matter at one time before the army of basically faceless alts that now saturate eve. But skill injectors mean age is nothing. That 3 day old char can possibly pilot a titan. Not likely but possibly. Its all out the window now… ---
**Author:** ![GoPackGo\_Aurilen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gopackgo_aurilen/32/453007_2.png) [@GoPackGo\_Aurilen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/GoPackGo_Aurilen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/30 "2018-03-30T00:46:25Z")
My vernacular was off. I wasn’t talking about character attributes in terms of intelligence, memory, etc…I was talking about race, education, profession. ---
**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/31 "2018-03-30T03:33:03Z")
> [@GoPackGo\_Aurilen](#): > > My vernacular was off. I wasn’t talking about character attributes in terms of intelligence, memory, etc…I was talking about race, education, profession. They did have meaning, they affected the skills you started with, not sure if they still do but that was the reason they existed back in the day and there was no point removing them ---
**Author:** ![K\_uata\_Sayus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/k_uata_sayus/32/187161_2.png) [@K\_uata\_Sayus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/K_uata_Sayus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/32 "2018-03-30T21:18:57Z")
I identify with my characters. I once had a female and I just couldn’t reconcile the feeling of awkwardness, nor could I feel comfortable imposing my male psyche to guide her actions. It just felt phony. Someone will now suggest psychotherapy, but it was just easier to banish her to the clone vats and form a male character. I can imagine her resenting not getting enough skill training time, and complaining about playing time, getting a new ship, etc. Yeah, I’ve been married… ---
**Author:** ![Solstice\_Projekt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/solstice_projekt/32/503293_2.png) [@Solstice\_Projekt](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Solstice_Projekt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/33 "2018-03-31T07:23:20Z")
> [@K\_uata\_Sayus](#): > > Yeah, I’ve been married… 🤣🤣🤣 ---
**Author:** ![MinerArt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/minerart/32/33728_2.png) [@MinerArt](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MinerArt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/34 "2018-04-01T01:35:53Z")
> [@Zircon\_Dasher](#): > > The point is to sell clothes. Same as its always been. Streakers In SPACE now for the low low cost of… wait… that happens at downtime. Almost forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Nnaerie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nnaerie/32/67494_2.png) [@Nnaerie](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nnaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/35 "2018-04-18T12:35:05Z")
![character%20creation3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/e/0/e0b20b79763735d791bdd29627fe6f96ea178c7d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Krall\_J\_Rnlav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krall_j_rnlav/32/374091_2.png) [@Krall\_J\_Rnlav](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krall_J_Rnlav)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/36 "2018-04-19T07:40:37Z")
Nice one lol ---
**Author:** ![Vorac\_Bloodrinker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vorac_bloodrinker/32/66543_2.png) [@Vorac\_Bloodrinker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vorac_Bloodrinker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/37 "2018-04-19T18:29:35Z")
This is actually not the case. At one point, the race and background chosen set your starting skills and equipment. Currently - I would say it is more a role playing thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lasisha\_Mishi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lasisha_mishi/32/435004_2.png) [@Lasisha\_Mishi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lasisha_Mishi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/38 "2018-04-19T18:38:42Z")
for me, its to have some attachment to the character. as ships come and go, but my character remains. plus she looks sassy as hell \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Nnaerie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nnaerie/32/67494_2.png) [@Nnaerie](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nnaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/39 "2018-04-19T18:41:49Z")
after ages of fiddling around i managed to get a pretty good snapshot instead of a donkey i swear, this snapshot function is killing me… ![qwert](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/5/1/511096da96fc96fb4cb97fed7651797e95cf61e9.png) ---
**Author:** ![Nnaerie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nnaerie/32/67494_2.png) [@Nnaerie](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nnaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/40 "2018-04-19T18:45:32Z")
> [@Vorac\_Bloodrinker](#): > > I would say it is more a role playing thing. > [@Lasisha\_Mishi](#): > > its to have some attachment to the character. pretty much a combination of this. i agree. i quite love character creations in any game, unless its ■■■■ like the snapshots edit: i am the kind of person who can create characters for hours without getting bored, so yeah ---
**Author:** ![Gadget\_Helmsdottir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gadget_helmsdottir/32/374037_2.png) [@Gadget\_Helmsdottir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gadget_Helmsdottir)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607/41 "2018-04-19T19:13:35Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/5/453a93f24786a8d021eef91854db97b980aecf52.jpg) –Gadget also like the new look 😜 [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-point-of-character-creation/66607.md?page=3)