Buying character slots?

[Sayori]

I feel like it's unnecessary.
8 Character slots per server is a lot already and we already got enough additional services and stuff on the mog station.
What do you people even do with that many characters?

[Alistaire]

I feel like it's unnecessary.
8 Character slots per server is a lot already and we already got enough additional services and stuff on the mog station.
What do you people even do with that many characters?

"Unnecessary" isn't really a good argument against this. Do you actually think this would be detrimental in some way?

[Sayori]

"Unnecessary" isn't really a good argument against this. Do you actually think this would be detrimental in some way?

I never said it'd be detrimental, I do think its unnecessary cause the time is spent better on another part of the game however.
Like I said back there, 8 characters is already a lot. If people really need more than 8 characters, then just like other people stated, why not explore the other servers?
You'd save money and SE'd save development time so we can actually get content everyone wants, win win situation?

[Alistaire]

I never said it'd be detrimental, I do think its unnecessary cause the time is spent better on another part of the game however.
Like I said back there, 8 characters is already a lot. If people really need more than 8 characters, then just like other people stated, why not explore the other servers?
You'd save money and SE'd save development time so we can actually get content everyone wants, win win situation?

Yes, you didn't say it's detrimental, which is why I asked if you thought it was instead of saying you thought it was. The point is that's the only valid argument against this, the only reason to disagree, if you think this would cause problems.

And even "detrimental" as in "time spent on better things", but really, this would take 0 development time.

And honestly, I'd probably not use this myself. The only detrimental thing that could happen from this is economy balance from being able to get 9+ mhachi matter a week. I stopped at 4 characters though and don't know anyone with higher that'd fulfill the requirements for that so I doubt it'd get abused.

But when you come into a thread and want to debunk it, you should use a good argument for that. And "unnecessary" just doesn't fit that here, nor does "waste of development time" for something like this since (unless it's coded really poorly) the 8 character limit is just a spot in the code where it puts 8 slots there and could be changed to 9+.

[Terrini]

And even "detrimental" as in "time spent on better things", but really, this would take 0 development time.

I'm not against the idea, but something that seems really simple like this can actually cause a lot of development time depending on how things are coded - and it's likely a universal code that states the allowed number of characters based on your subscription type, and having any changes to that at all, especially on a case by case basis could really break their code, plus, adding more characters per server, they'd need to adjust the character log in page display and be able to add another row of characters or a page feature to display all the characters, so it would require time.

That said, if they DO implement such a feature, the ideal would be simply doubling the allowed characters per server to 16 with a new subscription type instead of just adding a +1. Or maybe just add a max of what they can fit on the current character page, but I don't think much more can be fit on with smaller screen sizes.

[Niwashi]

... but something that seems really simple like this can actually cause a lot of development time depending on how things are coded ...

But that's just it. It DOES depend a great deal on how things are coded, and none of us discussing it know enough of that coding to say whether it's difficult or not. It could possibly require some work in the character selection UI, or it could be as trivial as changing a single number in some configuration database.

Since only SE knows which is the case, it's best to leave feasibility/difficulty discussions to SE themselves. (After all, they're going to have that discussion anyway on any feature they consider.) That leaves the only part that's suitable for player discussion being whether or not there's an interest in the feature. The answer seems to be that for at least some players, there's an interest, even though there's probably a lot more players for whom it would be irrelevant.



p.s. On my main account, I'm at 5/8 alts on Coeurl, with at least one more planned, and 1 character on Jenova. I also have a secondary account, only occasionally activated, with 1 more character on Coeurl. I could see myself eventually hitting the 8 character limit and wanting more, though I haven't reached that point yet.