Do you have alts? If so, do you clear all content on them?

I'm an altaholic which I know is weird for this game. But I love variety. My FC mates think I'm crazy for having alts in a game that rewards you for doing everything on one character.

Yesterday, I grouped with a couple people in Bozja doing skirmishes and CEs, and one of them started talking about how they needed to do all this stuff again to gear up their alts. I immediately wondered about this because that seems to go against the grain in FFXIV. I also felt a kinship spirit with this person because I have three separate level 80 characters and one other close to 80, and then a few in the mid-50s range.

But I really don't do anything on those alts other than the MSQ and maybe an alliance raid or two. I level them mostly for aesthetic reasons. (I like to play as different races.) Whereas on my main, I do everything the game has to offer and make sure it's geared.

So I'm curious. Do you have alts and if so, do you also clear all the content on them? Keep them geared, have everything unlocked, etc.?

I got an alt on primal that I use to pug the savage tier and occasional attempt ultimate pugs with. It only has a couple classes that I play unlocked so gearing it isn't bad.

Hello fellow Altaholic!

I have at least 7 alts. Most are cosplay type alts for the feels, but I think I tried to do two things on two toon only and it was exhausting...and it made the content boring real quick. Main is FuSoya, but I don't see myself doing the same on Kadaj, Rydia, Tellah, Aunty Entity, ect...

So its a no for me unless its just the regular msq. Nothing too much beyond that unless its 'events related.

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Originally Posted by DBriggs304

Hello fellow Altaholic!

I have at least 7 alts. Most are cosplay type alts for the feels, but I think I tried to do two things on two toon only and it was exhausting...and it made the content boring real quick. Main is FuSoya, but I don't see myself doing the same on Kadaj, Rydia, Tellah, Aunty Entity, ect...

So its a no for me unless its just the regular msq. Nothing too much beyond that unless its 'events related.

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This is pretty much me exactly. My alts are mostly just for fun and aesthetics.

Yes, a lot, and No, HECK NO!

I got my lala i was gifted from my wife... i wanted to play with one other char to replay story etc - that started long before we got the new game+.

I do try to clear everything but im not gonna farm much - i also am on the same server and fc as my main to make it easier...

None. The game isn't particularly alt friendly and I don't fancy doing the MSQ's all over again when there's very little payoff for the plot points that actually intrigued me.

Yes, and yes. It's a nice way to pass the time when I can't be bothered to achievements. I'm working on what is essentially my third Amaro mount.

I have one alt (a Miqo'te) who's finished the MSQ up to current, another (an Au Ra) who's near the end of Shadowbringers but I haven't found the motivation to go through the Tempest again yet, and a third (a Lalafell) sitting back in Heavensward because I kinda forgot about her.

Several. Most of mine are still struggling with the leveling grind but I've got two completely caught up with the MSQ and another done with ShB proper. Let's just say the factory glam chest is a big motivator to help me reach that goal post.

Everything? Hardly. There are things I have little interest in like PvP or (up until a few weeks ago) Savage so I can hardly claim to do everything on my main much less my alts. To answer the spirit of the question I've done things on my main that I have yet to do with my alts and that mostly boils down to lack of friends with compatible play times.

I don't even clear stuff on my main.

I have a few 8 characters in Tonberry and a few more in other Elemental DC servers. I have alts in at least one world of each data center. This is just so I can jump/visit worlds in a server trending/making news (like Meoni jumping to Tonberry due to the Ishgardian Restoration).

I don't clear content with the alts though. I have one levelled up to 25 so I can setup a solo FC, but that's about it.

No alts.
I've temporarily made some characters when needed something for a specific race or if I'm troubleshooting something, but they are promptly deleted.
I've never felt the need to actively use alt characters.

I have six characters that I want to eventually be caught up to current MSQ - right now there are two at endgame, three around the start of Shadowbringers (one via story skip) and one halfway through Stormblood. I also have a seventh still in early ARR but might or might not level her eventually. There are a few more characters I have in mind that I would like to make but I think I've hit my functioning limit with them.

It's very much about character designs and wanting to keep them as independent characters I can play around with and glamour individually.

Usually I'll start off with the intent of keeping alts with just a few specific jobs that suit their personality but glamour ideas are usually the driving factor for that and I'll end up picking more jobs just for specific ideas. I won't level everything just for the sake of it though, like I have on my main.

I unlock most "normal mode" content because I want variety while levelling up through roulettes and also because I want to be available to help when others are trying to get into those dungeons or trials. (Also, collecting glamour.)

I don't raid and I won't be keeping alts geared with top-level equipment - not that I'm really doing that for my main either*. It'll be a mix of things I like for glamour and getting enough ilevel to do content I want for glamour... or possibly just wait for 6.0 to arrive and make the whole process easier.


* Mostly I've got Eden and Neo-Ishgardian gear with a mix of Crystarium as I can afford it and if I like the pieces. I'm not making any effort to get the weekly 450 tomes - a lot of treadmilling for not much point and with too much else to do, both in game and outside of it. I don't really like either of the current Expert dungeons anyway.

I have two characters that I play regularly and my "main" has more accomplished but she's also been around a couple years longer. I don't have any concrete goals with either. In the beginning I thought I'd stick to the msq with my second and definitely no crafting/gathering. Now she's all over the diadem, Eureka, and I think higher than my main for HOH.

I have many alts. I'll list them out by name, because I can't keep track of the numbers.

Vicious Zvahl - My Main - Male Highlander > Male Xaela > Male Highlander again with a 2 week stint as a catboy, though being my main was debatable for all of HW and Stormblood - Everything's unlocked, most jobs are 80, just missing a few crafters and DNC really.

Vyre Vahzl - My first alt, arguably my main during some of the game's life - Male Roegadyn, now Male Highlander, made for raiding as a DPS since my main got locked into tank, but also made originally to fill the last slot in a friend's static during Second Coil of Bahamut. Filling friend's raid statics would be the impetus for all future alts. Several 80s. Up to current, but haven't unlocked Bozja.

Sinistral Madgod - Second alt - Male Raen, now Male Highlander - Specifically to join in my Sarg FC's reindeer games. I also occasionally PUG'd Savage on him in Stormblood due to having an over abundance of playtime. Up to current, all unlocked, except TEA.

Glacia Eclipse(formerly Tyr Ullr, then Barren Eclipse, Then Claudia Firebrand) - It varies - Third Alt - Roleplaying alt. Initially for serious roleplay, but I found most of the RP community to be very insular, except for ERP, so it eventually devolved into being for that and being for Fantasia whoring. Only has two jobs at 70, leveled manually in Stormblood era.

Alyna Viper - Highlander Female - Fourth alt - Still at 70. Only created to watch a friend's house, but eventually moved to help a friend's static. No one likes when I play her, not sure why.

Gael Darkblood - Wildwood Elezen - Fifth alt - 50s - created to try to play with Thamriyell when he was first starting up, but I went too slow and Tham went so fast, Gael got left behind. I wound up never touching him, though I did do a 4 man floor 200 run of POTD with him.

Clyde Wyvernhide - Sixth Alt - Male Highlander - high 70s - Currently just before Mt. Gulg - This alt was made for my Let's Play. Originally had him on Brynhildr, but moved him to Excalibur to share in FC buffs and move items/aid to him more easily.

Clyde Wyvernhide again - Seventh Alt - Male Highlander - Low 70s - A literal back-up alt for recording mishaps, since we cannot rewind story progress, and since losing footage is quite easy since I record with the PS4's limited Share function.

I have several other alts, none worth mention, as they are all lower than level 10 and are mainly for aesthetics, practical jokes on friends, and ERP.

I only have alts for RP purposes frankly. They're lucky if they finish the current MSQ, let alone side content and raids.

I have alts, but none of them is caught up with msq at all, it just takes a long time and I already have a lot to do on main, my highest alt which used to be my main is only just started with SB. I actually msq-skipped one of my last alts, my lala, but levelling still takes time. And most times when I log alts I end up doing squadron + GC turnins + saucer and sometimes roulettes for money, so that eats up possible msq time.
I have a friend though who used to raid on both chars, just so they could do it more times a week with friends and not mess up their loot.

My alts are all end game. They keep me busy but i love each and every one of them.

I'm an alt-holic as well! 5 alts at 80, tons others at 70, and some others at low level. I usually do most content with 1 or 2 characters. The rest only do the content they need for whatever glamour or mount I want for them. As you well said, just for aesthetics ^^

I know the feeling of wanting to experience different charismas, especially if you're an RPer like myself. Having alts is a lot of fun in my opinion, and for all the trouble it gives, it has its rewards (like not having to use Fantasia, or the fact that a single inventory isn't going to explode with tons of glamours for the different classes).

Yes, many. I like messing around with different aesthetics and angles for RP.

How much content I complete on alts...including whether or not they make it through MSQ...varies.

Currently I have:

1 character to make it most of the way through Shadowbringers (this character who has done through Dying Gasp and at some point I will return to the story stuff)
4 characters to make it into Heavensward of which one has done Singularity Reactor
and 5-6 characters scattered around in Realm Reborn content on servers with road to 70

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Originally Posted by Lium

I'm an altaholic which I know is weird for this game. But I love variety. My FC mates think I'm crazy for having alts in a game that rewards you for doing everything on one character.

Yesterday, I grouped with a couple people in Bozja doing skirmishes and CEs, and one of them started talking about how they needed to do all this stuff again to gear up their alts. I immediately wondered about this because that seems to go against the grain in FFXIV. I also felt a kinship spirit with this person because I have three separate level 80 characters and one other close to 80, and then a few in the mid-50s range.

But I really don't do anything on those alts other than the MSQ and maybe an alliance raid or two. I level them mostly for aesthetic reasons. (I like to play as different races.) Whereas on my main, I do everything the game has to offer and make sure it's geared.

So I'm curious. Do you have alts and if so, do you also clear all the content on them? Keep them geared, have everything unlocked, etc.?

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I have one alt, I rolled - I have a few threads that talk about this - and I am doing all the content - why? To experience the story again, save the gil and create a new "story" for my self.

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Originally Posted by SavishSalacious

I have one alt, I rolled - I have a few threads that talk about this - and I am doing all the content - why? To experience the story again, save the gil and create a new "story" for my self.

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I find altoholism saves me a ton of RL cash. I'm not at all interested in single character cash shop items. :cool:

3 lvl 80 technically raid ready characters. I like helping, I don't like bring unable to help if I mess everyones' chests.

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Originally Posted by GeminiReed

I find altoholism saves me a ton of RL cash. I'm not at all interested in single character cash shop items. :cool:

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Uh, same, there are so many outfits there I want but the thought of having them on just one character instead of all seems like a waste of money. Though emotes still get me.

No alts here. My primary reason for creating alts in other MMORPGs is being able to play different classes, and that reason just doesn't exist here. Another is seeing all the different storylines, which was pretty big in SW:TOR but almost doesn't exist here either. I'm hoping I'll be able to experience the starter quests of the other city-states through new game+ (or maybe I can already, I should check). Reasons that could be relevant in the future but haven't yet is creating a character on a different data center or getting more retainers for storage and MB sale slots.

A crafting alt that I made to take advantage of having more specializations and desynth types, but I haven't needed it since those restrictions/benefits were removed or reduced. I only did MSQ as needed to get access to more areas.

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Originally Posted by tdb

No alts here. My primary reason for creating alts in other MMORPGs is being able to play different classes, and that reason just doesn't exist here. Another is seeing all the different storylines, which was pretty big in SW:TOR but almost doesn't exist here either. I'm hoping I'll be able to experience the starter quests of the other city-states through new game+ (or maybe I can already, I should check). Reasons that could be relevant in the future but haven't yet is creating a character on a different data center or getting more retainers for storage and MB sale slots.

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The city starter quests are all pretty much exactly the same, beat for beat, there's just slight differences. Most come down to locale and Scion partners.

My favorites are Limsa > Gridania. Nothing wrong with Ul'dah... but meh.

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Originally Posted by tdb

No alts here. My primary reason for creating alts in other MMORPGs is being able to play different classes, and that reason just doesn't exist here. Another is seeing all the different storylines, which was pretty big in SW:TOR but almost doesn't exist here either. I'm hoping I'll be able to experience the starter quests of the other city-states through new game+ (or maybe I can already, I should check). Reasons that could be relevant in the future but haven't yet is creating a character on a different data center or getting more retainers for storage and MB sale slots.

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What about different races? Yes there are potions, but I would rather make a new alt if I wanted a new race, alas my new alt is still the same race as my character here on the forms. >.> LOL. I wanted to make a sexy bunny lady - but I could not come up with an RP for her in my head. For my Human race its always "I am not from here, I am poor and I will make my way" alas my Main - this character - is poor and my new alt is gaining wealth through dungeons and MSQ alone oO - even though they say you don't make "real money" off the MSQ. try again peeps!

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Originally Posted by tdb

No alts here. My primary reason for creating alts in other MMORPGs is being able to play different classes, and that reason just doesn't exist here. Another is seeing all the different storylines, which was pretty big in SW:TOR but almost doesn't exist here either. I'm hoping I'll be able to experience the starter quests of the other city-states through new game+ (or maybe I can already, I should check). Reasons that could be relevant in the future but haven't yet is creating a character on a different data center or getting more retainers for storage and MB sale slots.

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It goes by your city state you first started in. So if you selected a class in Limsa you will new game + in limsa regardless of the GC you are in, unless I am doing something wrong because I tried this last night because I was curious how it worked.

My alt is sub 50. More of an RPG side of things, because I can do all content with one character there isn't much need to level an alt just to do content.

I was tempted to make a Femroe alt (on deciding to not fantasia my character into one, after all) but I'm only now going through ShB and, man, I don't know how people can do this multiple times. Don't get me wrong, it's great! But it also takes a really long time (time that is quite literally money in this case..) to get through. Especially if you're leveling multiple jobs, too, which i've been slacking on

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Originally Posted by Vyrerus

The city starter quests are all pretty much exactly the same, beat for beat, there's just slight differences. Most come down to locale and Scion partners.

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I didn't expect them to be wildly different. Not like SW:TOR where the planet stories and side quests for force / non-force starter planets and republic / imperial side are completely different. But there's probably still different dialogue, different NPC personalities etc.

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Originally Posted by SavishSalacious

What about different races?

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I see my character as an extension/manifestation of myself rather than just someone I control and a miqo'te girl is what I best identify with. Midlander is the only other I could think of being. Changing races is not my thing though.

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Originally Posted by MsMisato

It goes by your city state you first started in. So if you selected a class in Limsa you will new game + in limsa regardless of the GC you are in, unless I am doing something wrong because I tried this last night because I was curious how it worked.

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Ah, that's a pity. Guess I'll have to create alts for that at some point then. But it's not very high on my list of priorities.

As others have said, my alts are mainly for aesthetic and glamour purposes. Sometimes items and color combinations that don't work on my main are perfectly suited for an alt. It's kind of like playing with dolls except more cost effective and less clutter in my house. XD
Plus the different emotes definitely affect the kind of personality they can convey. There is also somewhat of an rp aspect to it, since each character has their own backstory and personality.

I don't feel obligated to level them, but will play on that character if I feel like it. I always try to complete the seasonal events on them though.
I have no plans to level anything more on my alts than their main job. I'm saving some jobs just for an alt and not capping it for my main, this way I can experience the story but on a character that story fits. For example, my hyur is a Disney character cosplay with summoner as their main job because I heard it gets dark and think it would be more fun to play through that story on that character than my main.

Alts have also saved me so much money on Fantasia based on my mood. I always go back to my main character feeling great and happy to think I didn't/won't change her.

On my main, I have three battle classes at 80 with three more planned to level to 80. I plan to level all battle classes to 30 just to get a feel for them, but some I have no interest in playing, so I'm talking my time. I am also pursuing omnicrafting, and omnigathering. Fishing is the last thing I plan on doing because it makes me giggle to think of my character retiring and fishing because she did literally everything else.

Tldr: Yes, I have alts, but I don't unlock everything on them.

i have a couple for playing on other data centers, and one on my home server so that i can raid with two statics next tier (because i make good decisions with my time), but i absolutely do not feel the need to do everything on them. that is reserved for my main.

I keep an alt on a European datacenter for when I want to visit with the people I played with when I worked nights. Gearing up multiple characters on a regular basis is a pain in the ass, though. As long as I'm geared enough for level 80 maps.