Poll: [Ascendants] Customizable MC

Okay, so as title says, this poll is related to Ascendants, one of the 2 projects lined up for the future. And this is a V IMPORTANT thing I want to ask for you folks' opinions on. I know this is a sudden poll but this is a sudden opportunity that arose so!

Basically, if you've read the preview posts for Ascendants, you may know that the game is intended to have a customizable MC in terms of names / pronouns / origin background / skill specialty etc. Similar to Emberfate, MC is not a predefined main character and is up for the players to imagine themselves or an OC in the place.

Now, I wasn't going to offer a customizable MC sprite originally, other than a few skin color palette options which may be referred to in the script or shown through a hand or two in the CGs, due to the costs involved in doing such a thing.

BUT a programmer friend of mine has made this amazing shader for using in-engine methods to recolor images in game, which means instead of needing color variations of each customizable element in a separate image (think: hairstyle_1_ebony.png, hairstyle_1_chestnut.png, hairstyle_1_auburn.png ... and so on for every single hairstyle variation), I can now just have 1 single image for each hairstyle, and have it be recolored in game!

Which opens up a lot of doors, as you can imagine. Instead of needing 5 hairstyle variations x 10 color variations, I only need 5 hairstyle variations in a single color.

So I'm once again reconsidering the issue of making a customizable sprite for the MC.

Now, due to limited budget (and as this is still a free game), I still can't go all out and offer a million customizable elements and options (especially as the variations still need to be reflected in the CGs whenever MC is present in them). So I'm here posing the question to y'all: yay or nay to customizable MC sprite?

Pros:

• Fun character creator where you can choose from a (limited) customization options to make a pretty side sprite
• Side MC sprite shows expressions to add better context to scenes
• MC - LI interaction CGs possible, rather than only POV CGs of the LI alone -- which means kisses / hugs as CGs are now on the table
• More personalization details possibly reflected in script to make it feel more personable (e.g. color of eyes / hair / skin referred to in the script when LIs speak to you)

Cons:

• Limited options available may restrict the player's ability to self-insert or imagine up a whole completely unique OC, which may break immersion for some players
• As an extension of the above first point, MC's outfits would also be set by default and won't be customizable
• MC will be present in some CGs instead of all just POV CGs of the LIs alone (if that's your preference)
• My bank account is crying still :(