Altoholics: experience and wishes?

[Nils1986]

I'm another kind of altoholic (leveled all jobs) but i really don't understand the need to have a second or third character. Is it to have more storage space?
From my point of view, leveling everything on one character grants way more perks, starting with cross-skills.

[Versiroth]

I'm another kind of altoholic (leveled all jobs) but i really don't understand the need to have a second or third character. Is it to have more storage space?
From my point of view, leveling everything on one character grants way more perks, starting with cross-skills.

I agree with this. I am and have always been an altaholic, but this is the first game I can do it while only having one main character. So far, I have a Warrior in mostly Myth with his Relic, a Dragoon in full Darklight with his Relic and then my Paladin, with the CT chest/hands/boots with his relic. I'm thinking about leveling a WHM or SCH next and I love that I don't have to create a new character and go through the story again to do it.

[Kiayin]

Personally, I'd love a centralized storage space and the ability to befriend/mail your alts!

I'm another kind of altoholic (leveled all jobs) but i really don't understand the need to have a second or third character. Is it to have more storage space?
From my point of view, leveling everything on one character grants way more perks, starting with cross-skills.

I love creating different characters - as a roleplayer. I enjoy the different looks and I love coming up with outfits that suit them and stories about them. I also enjoy replaying the quests since I'm into the lore. I play all of them differently - I'm levelling one exclusively with a group of friends - another one, completely solo as she's a lone wanderer- another one in permadeath mode - and so on. ^^

[MurakumoMillennium]

the ability to befriend/mail your alts!

Until very recently, this was in the game as people found a way to do so using instances (it would show your characters as online if you logged out inside). They've since nerfed it, because YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH YOURSELF.

[File2ish]

Until very recently, this was in the game as people found a way to do so using instances (it would show your characters as online if you logged out inside). They've since nerfed it, because YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH YOURSELF.

We could do it in FFXI, a lot of people had "mules", I had one. It let me sell more stuff when I needed to and gave me extra storage. Hell, they eventually made it so we could send our Rare/EX equipment to them (but not to other players). The characters are on the same account and I wish I could send some stuff to one of my alts. I know XIV isn't XI, but it would be a nice carry over, considering the rate we get untradeable gear we collect (and don't want to throw since "I'm gonna level that eventually!").

[Naunet]

So any altoholics around and what's your experience? What are you doing about all your characters now with 2.1? What's the 3 most important changes you'd like to see in FFXIV that will make it easier for you?

1. Mail between alts.
2. Mail between alts.
3. ... guess.

I'm another kind of altoholic (leveled all jobs) but i really don't understand the need to have a second or third character. Is it to have more storage space?
From my point of view, leveling everything on one character grants way more perks, starting with cross-skills.

It's a combination of two things: 1) As a roleplayer, I tend to come up with multiple character concepts that I want to play out, and 2) I need visual variety. I get bored staring at the same character forever and ever. Having alts doesn't preclude leveling cross-class abilities. I've actually leveled PGL and LNC and MRD four or five times now because of cross-class abilities.