Give me a reason for alts...

[Shougun]

Wow also has account wide pets (minions) and mounts. They started adding account wide stuff in the 3rd expansion after years of saying they wouldn't.

The legacy in SWOTR is on each server. All characters on any one server are technically in the same "family" which could be annoying, but it really doesn't effect gameplay much. Strongholds (their housing system) are legacy wide and last I checked you could have 4 houses on your legacy. SWTOR also has a collection system that is somewhat cumbersome, but allows you to buy many items (mounts, pets, clothing) for other characters once one has obtained it.

Rift has an interesting account wide "glamour" system. Any character obtains any item just in their inventory and it's style is added to the account collection. You can buy things on the auction house just to learn the style and then put the item right back up for sale. (however free players have limitations on the auction house)

Of course these are all games where you have only one class per character.

Thanks for expanding on the legacy system, I've never played the game but was just vaguely aware of it from a friend. It sounds kind of cute to me (better than I thought even), and I really don't mind seeing alts getting neat little tie ins like that but if there are a bunch of rewards in these systems then I would hope that non-alt players could partake in a way. For example if we could create delivery NPCs or something in place of an alt character, "alt light" character, so I don't need to do the MSQ again if I don't want to (but someone who wants to really customize their character story could do so). If it's mostly RP / aesthetic or QoL between characters (like easier mailing) then that's fine though (I just mean content rewards unique to a system that works with alts, hopefully has some other method to interact with it too - like NPC/Trust).

Also way to make me sad about the housing system lol. Another game that lets you be where you want without worry about memory limitations, and is cross alt :3. ("sorry Shirogane Large, full no can do - can have a small goblet though or leave your server ;/").

The rift system sounds a bit like WoW's is that an accurate assessment? In WoW you get cross character glamour log that can hold nearly every item in the game, big difference between Rift and WoW might be though that WoW requires you to bind the item to you.. so.. can't resell it lol. I hope FFXIV can get to that tier of glamour log, that'll be really neat.