Feeling punished for having alts...

[LaylaTsarra]

I can't see how you can say you are being punished. The entire game is built in way that you don't have to create alts, unless you wanted to play on a different data centre or with a different character look. Granted, i think housing should be shared across all of your characters on the data centre.

The thing is, even for story replay-ability they have created New Game Plus so more and more there is less incentive for us to create and play alts. Which to me can only be a good thing.

Lots of us have alts. Things outlined in the OP are pretty reasonable. This can all be done on one character line doesn't float. You can't use multiple races on one character so if you want to play multiples you need alts. You also pay extra for additional characters with your monthly sub.

These are very reasonable requests in my opinion and they do exist in other mmo's but not this one.

No easy way to skip the main story.
No shared bank.
No shared achievements.
No shared seasonal and event items.
No shared housing.