You have to be up to level 10 on your first character IIRC. But after that, any new character is not limited.
Basically the idea is - make a temp character - even just accept the default costume design for the AT you're trying out. Name the character "TESTMAN" or something - do the tutorial and then get him leveled in westside up to lvl 10. Go make a new character that'll be your REAL first character. SKIP the tutorial because now you never have to do it again (unless you want to). Put them in the powerhouse. Log out and delete the test character so that you have room for an alt. Log in with new character and have fun!
And yes - there is ZERO documentation on this and it is STUPID not to have it. It's caused Champions way too many problems because people think the costume creator is more limited than it really is. Even a straight silver character, once the basic options are unlocked, can do a LOT.
Basically the idea is - make a temp character - even just accept the default costume design for the AT you're trying out. Name the character "TESTMAN" or something - do the tutorial and then get him leveled in westside up to lvl 10. Go make a new character that'll be your REAL first character. SKIP the tutorial because now you never have to do it again (unless you want to). Put them in the powerhouse. Log out and delete the test character so that you have room for an alt. Log in with new character and have fun!
And yes - there is ZERO documentation on this and it is STUPID not to have it. It's caused Champions way too many problems because people think the costume creator is more limited than it really is. Even a straight silver character, once the basic options are unlocked, can do a LOT.