Final Fantasy XIV and it's discouragement of alts should really be looked at.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Better option:
Give us more stuff to do other than raids. MMO'S can be so much more than that.

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Last time I mentioned that my thread vanished into thin air.

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Originally Posted by Mapleine

...I'm sidelined by the game systems.
... here the ... system where you are encouraged to accumulate classes on one character...People need to gear up their main job as a priority and with the restrictions in place alts are simply left behind... raid tiers ... you can't run it a second time on an alt...

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That limitation was put in place at the very precise scope to avoid having people who does exacly what you want to do.

Leveling your alt class will take its own time.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Better option:
Give us more stuff to do other than raids. MMO'S can be so much more than that.

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This says it all really. This game doesn't need to be just a lobby for predetermined levels.

Anyone feels that alts will be even harder to gear up after the patch? Myth gear will be the new darklight, but after you get full i90 gear and maybe i95 weapon, what then? You can't run coil to gear up your alts because you will be running it with your main for upgrades until the time t6-9 is on farm, which might take months and you will be also gearing your main up with soldiery. So you're just sitting there in your i90 gear looking pretty. At least in 2.1, you had a chance of side upgrades from ct once a week.

I'm not sure what SE can do about this but in other mmos that I played gearing up alts to help with runs and stuff is a large part of the game experience. I enjoy playing all classes and challenging them in end game content but alts in ffxiv feel somewhat marginalized and an afterthought.

Though it be akin to beating a dead horse, i must say that there is no discouragement from the creation of alternate characters.
Welcome to Final Fantasy, the game series where half the time you can do whatever you want whenever you want and you are not bound to a single role. Many of us enjoy the freedom to not have to log out and back in on another character in order to change roles. that being said, there is nothing preventing you from having alts and using each alt as a separate pool for tomestones et cetera.

Also, why do you want to have an alt? if you do not need it, why do you desire to separate your roles? I could understand the item storage issues, but other than that i see no reason other than "just because."