Guild Wars 2

The item/pack/mask/etc you pick in character creation implies that it’s a key aspect of your character, or deeply important to them, but for the most part, all of these items will be very quickly discarded (especially equipment items like guardian humans get)

My suggestion is simple: Allow the character creation item/choice/etc to scale with character level and/or improve as the character progresses through their story.
It just seems like a pointless aspect of character creation to be given this choice that’s totally invalidated when you can buy better gear within 20 minutes of making your new character

that’s transmutation charges are for.

^ what (s)he said…