Don't know if anyone cares but here's my thoughts on the whole matter:
Since PM is making a game that's suppose to appeal to the mass gamer and non gamer alike, character customization in the beginning will be near non-existent. The reason for this is because he's PLAYED games like Oblivion and Final Fantasy and such. What made games like that unapproachable when it came to the average gamer? The extreme amount of customization of nuances. I will give some examples---
In Oblivion, how many of us can honestly say we created our character within 30 minutes? I'll tell you right now my first character didn't get out into the world until well after an HOUR of noodling with it and running through that first stupid dungeon in the castle catacombs.
Now as far as final fantasy goes, I'm quite aware that there is no customization in terms of looks, but just the customization of characters in general can take hours. Lets take FFVII: Who thought it was a ****ing NIGHTMARE to reorganize your materia after Yuffie stole it. Jesus that was one of the most annoying points in the game because I had every character running on 100% and that little cripple just rearranged everything.
Anyway, those are just my thoughts. Anyone agree? Disagree?