You know how I said I was customizing all my companions? And how I wouldn’t ONLY IF the kits were so disgusting that I couldn’t stomach it? That happened.
Apparently, it was too much to ask to get rid of the mustache on Doc.
(Insert inappropriate joke about "mustache rides" here)
Apparently he has to have facial hair of some disgusting sort on most of the customization kits. Unfortunately, the previews are small. Also unfortunately, I was throwing up on my mouth for some of them.1
Doc Customization 2. Facial hair not improved
Doc Customization 3. Less hairy.
Doc Customization 4. I hated this hair on Corso. This hair + mustache + mutton chops = epic fail. Also, I have no clue why I sometimes get "black eyes" on small previews or on the character portraits. Pretend those aren't there.
Doc Customization 5. This facial hair looks like 2 leeches that got lost.
Doc Customization 6. You cannot appreciate the facial hair until you see it from the side.
Doc Customization 7. Same facial hair, from what I can tell. In gray...
I selected the least-hairy of the bunch on principle, just to have a kit. I put it on and just… no. Total no.
So he looks a little like House, but... no. Just no.
So I’ve got default Doc now. I’ll live with the mustache.
Next up is Lord Scourge who looks fine to begin with.2
Yes, I know my toon is short, this is the best I could do.
However, he has these doodads on his little face-tentacles, and when he talks the doodads move around and stretch his tentacles and I cannot stop staring.
The customization kit I picked fixes this distraction and gives him awesome lip rings to boot!
Scourge Customization 2
I mean, could he look badasser? Is that even possible?
But the rest of the kits weren’t godawful. Well some were…
Scourge Customization 1. Again, my stupid computer/graphics card/whatever giving black eyes.
Scourge Customization 2 (The one I picked)
Scourge Customization 3
Scourge Customization 4. All is looking promising until you turn to the side and see.. the weird ponytail.
Scourge Customization 5. The Mohawk. I was afraid he'd be so appalled by the indignity of this haircut that he might leap out of my computer monitor and slice off my head.
I always figured that the black eyes was the dudes hitting the guyliner a little too hard.
“my stupid computer/graphics card/whatever giving black eyes.”
Uh huh, suuuuuure.
Hey Doc, Scourge: TELL SOMEONE! Tell your teacher, or your principal, but you don’t need to be afraid anymore. And when she makes that joke about “what do you tell your companion character with two black eyes…” you don’t have to laugh!
If you hate Doc Customization 4, just wait until you see my toon now that I got rid of my hood…
Noooooo…
And now that we are both melee, you totally get to stand right next to me and marvel at my dreads, mutton chops, and mustache.
You better bring a puke bucket to Ops.
If I recall the rumors about melee dps, won’t I just have a screen full of boss crotch or butt, depending?
I give you full credit for my becoming more adventurous regarding my companion customizations. I may actually go for the mutton chops on Doc when I get him because then I can imagine him being a Steampunk gentleman adventurer.
I like original Aric and Corso too much to change them. I was really tempted with Elara but none of the other customizations I’ve seen for her have fit the uptight ex-Imperial who is in love with her regulations. T-7 did get the purple/gold option and I think Kira’s just too darn cute as she is so I haven’t even looked to change her.
My Imps, though… Mako is now a black girl (although I’m not in love with her hair) and Kaliyo got the tattoo option that covers her chin. I liken to her being akin to the Apache. She’s certainly bad-ass enough.
And now I’m seeing all the wonderful options I have yet to reach. So much to look forward to!
I find that the less attached I am to a companion, the easier it is to make changes. I just don’t care, for example, what Akaavi looks like that much. But when I lost Corso Kit 2 I was like… my toon went and made out with face #2, I cannot continue until it is restored… this is NOT the man she wants to snog.
I feel like Doc would be mega attractive if he just lost that terrible mustache. Isn’t Doc the romance option for Jedi Knights? When will people realize that while men love mustaches, most women do NOT love them? I mean, some small bit is fine, I suppose, and some people can pull it off (Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes, but that’s one part Jude Law and one part everyone looks great in period clothing) but holy crap, mustaches like that just always make me think of pedophiles.
And it’s so unfortunate that the one with the least amount of hair makes him look like a total toolbag. Facial tattoos can be pretty boss, but what IS that crap? >:
Condolences!
Seriously… the whole point of a companion kit is that I dislike something about my companion and want it changed… yet almost all the options still HAVE very similar facial hair. It would be the same thing if all of Risha’s customizations were variations on her default matronly hairdo bun thing.
Doc, switched at birth?
http://hercules-autolycus.seebyseeing.net/
I’m pretty sure Doc is supposed to be modeled after Bruce Campbell.