If you've beaten the Main Scenario, you should have the option to carry that over.

[Krylo]

So you'd rather run through the same story over and over doing a lot of fetch quests?

I mean, sure, but they vastly increased the XP for MSQ quests. You literally have to do nothing else and you can hit fifty in, like, a day or two, of just hitting escape during talk scenes. There's still a few quests that are boring/silly/stupid (yes, lets dance for everyone in this village, that is a good use of my time, Yda. Thank you), but they're worth doing because you'll level faster doing them than anything else you could do.

Edit: Though I wouldn't mind if all the MSQ locked stuff was unlocked on alts. Would make getting retainers on alts much faster/easier.

I can understand it for the sake of using the 3 new characters right off the bat (or as soon as you hit 30/50) to use the class, but I honestly can't understand why anyone would have more than 1 character, if you do that's fine and hope you enjoy. I just don't see it myself.

Free retainer space, with item transfer through FC chest.

Or, I guess, people use them for RP.

Or a friend wants to try the game but can't get onto your server and doesn't want to pay for a transfer until they know it's good.

Or you just want to look different but don't want to change your main 'cause you still like that one.

Or someone starts playing and you want to go through the MSQ with them rather than just bum around next to them on an armoury bonused character that can't do any of their quests or level alongside them properly.

And this (other than the RP thing, ironic, considering I'm on Balmung) is why I have like 9 alts. Only two have gotten any real levels though.