Well, there is already a perk that heals you and consumes food/water. Not sure we need a duplicate of it. TFP has also been pretty focused on making all options available to all players. Having things locked because you chose a specific "class" type trait instead of a different one probably won't go over well with them. And a lot of people would hate it based on all the complaints about the perk trees requiring people to pick where to spend points even though you can get all the perks you want there. Being locked to you would probably enrage many of these players.
I definitely understand where you're coming from, it's just that right now profiles are purely cosmetic and nothing else. It feels like it has a lot of potential and is otherwise under-utilized. Also, unless it's selected otherwise by the host, you can change your character profile whenever you jump into a game. It feels to me like more could be done to make that more than just a cosmetic.Well, there is already a perk that heals you and consumes food/water. Not sure we need a duplicate of it. TFP has also been pretty focused on making all options available to all players. Having things locked because you chose a specific "class" type trait instead of a different one probably won't go over well with them. And a lot of people would hate it based on all the complaints about the perk trees requiring people to pick where to spend points even though you can get all the perks you want there. Being locked to you would probably enrage many of these players.
I personally don't mind so long as it is done well. I enjoy RPG games where I have to choose a class and am restricted from other classes, so it's no problem for me. I even once made a suggestion here to add classes (just weak ones that don't impact overall play). But I also see the responses here and can't imagine it going over very well.