Buying character slots?

[Knahli]

Knew this was a Balmung post lol. The server already has an over population problem. Last thing we need is to make that worse by allowing people to have more alts. There's a reason the server is locked and this will not improve that problem. XD

How does having an alt contribute to the population? You are aware that you cannot login on two or more characters simultaneously, right? Once you log off to change to another character, the previous character becomes irrelevant.

then the two accounts idea could be good. Just have one account activate per month. they will need to select which one you want activate in that month.

...I will occasionally log in for events and the like...

...Having a secondary sub... I'd need a VERY good reason to log in on any character...

...I can't just do so on a whim like I would at present so that makes the price tag 100% not worth it...

...it's not a case of making a character, playing them once and then getting bored...

...I go through phases where I will give some more attention than others...

...character creation is crucial to my enjoyment of a game...

...It's simply something that helps bring this game to life for me...

If they tell me, " WELL my friend and I want to play the character I have on the other, OMG I can't decide!!!" then that is a problem because it shows the incapability to decide what they want.

You can attempt to trivialise the matter all you want with condescension but it won't make your argument any more compelling, if anything it suggests an inability to objectively debate a point. You don't have to like or support the suggestion at all, but if you're going to post replies then at least offer something that isn't based off of some self-appointed position of superiority. Just because the request caters to a niche group, it doesn't make it any less credible to at least explore the option of it. It's not as though this was ever tackled before and the Devs said it would take a lot of time and resources; all I want is for the request to be acknowledged and have it's viability determined.

Assuming you played several classes regularly but you could only choose two or three to unlock for the subscription period, tell me how petty and "incapable of deciding" you'd deem it to be when halfway through the month you feel that you wanted to use your BLM to fit into a new raid composition for a day or two, all while not regretting your initial choices.

Feelings are not so mechanical and linear. I can't predict what I will want to do tomorrow, next week or six months from now. What you're suggesting is that I am somehow fickle for buying orange juice every day for two weeks in a row and then one day deciding that I just want a regular bottle of water for a change.

This part I agree with, though. If you're going to have that many characters, it doesn't hurt to branch out a bit. Meeting more people along the way can be a good thing.

Naturally it sounds like something worth trying and I can't fault you for looking at it that way ^^ Though at least in my case, I'm the type of person who sticks with a few people and doesn't really endeavour to meet new people all that much. Sometimes it happens and of course it has over the years and I do not regret that at all, but it's not a goal of mine and I am quite happy with just sticking to my own little group. Games are for me to spend time with the people I know, not so much meeting new ones - again though, not that I see it as a bad thing! So in short, I wouldn't really go out of my way to get to know people in either case.

That's silly. In any other game, unlocking additional character slots IS a one time fee.

I think her point was simply that she didn't expect SE to take that route were this idea considered, which is an unfortunate but fair point really.

I really do not envy you on obtaining cross class abilities.

I re-obtained blood for blood and swiftcast on one alt and wanted to die from just that.

I also wonder how people even have the time to manage so many characters. I feel overwhelmed with things to do with just the two.

Do you really think so? Leveling to 60 on every class is already more than what I have done altogether! So cross-class skills only balanced it out I imagine. Plus these weren't all created at once but over a three year period! In fact, one character is still level 50(waiting on someone) and another is 56.