[Suggestion] FFXIV Alt-Friendliness

[DPZ2]

To be clear, the only things I remember distinctly about alts in WoW are the following:

1. The only 'shared gear' was Heirloom gear. This included 'shared gear' via transmog. If I wanted to wear something on another character, I had to go fetch it.
2. Having leveled 28 jobs (when Alliance/Horde are concerned, back when job list had 14 jobs), I still had to level each and every alt. No shortcuts, per se.
3. There were no 'shared mounts' either. Purchase one, or get rewarded, and that character had the mount.
4. Bank space was not shared either.

What I remember about alts in Blade & Soul (and other F2P MMORPGS):

1. Crafters and banks had a few limited shared slots.
2. Paid Glamours (requiring actual bought-with-money 'crystals') were sometimes shareable, more so in Blade & Soul, less so in other MMORPGS
3. Advancement for alts was not easier
4. One picked up mounts the old-fashioned way - purchase them in-game with in-game currency, mostly.

Other games were less 'alt friendly' and more 'alt required if you wanted to play another class'.

Your mileage may vary.

[TheRealDesastr]

To be clear, the only things I remember distinctly about alts in WoW are the following:

1. The only 'shared gear' was Heirloom gear. This included 'shared gear' via transmog. If I wanted to wear something on another character, I had to go fetch it.
2. Having leveled 28 jobs (when Alliance/Horde are concerned, back when job list had 14 jobs), I still had to level each and every alt. No shortcuts, per se.
3. There were no 'shared mounts' either. Purchase one, or get rewarded, and that character had the mount.
4. Bank space was not shared either.

What I remember about alts in Blade & Soul (and other F2P MMORPGS):

1. Crafters and banks had a few limited shared slots.
2. Paid Glamours (requiring actual bought-with-money 'crystals') were sometimes shareable, more so in Blade & Soul, less so in other MMORPGS
3. Advancement for alts was not easier
4. One picked up mounts the old-fashioned way - purchase them in-game with in-game currency, mostly.

Other games were less 'alt friendly' and more 'alt required if you wanted to play another class'.

Your mileage may vary.

Your statement about WoW would be totally wrong now (I'm assuming you quit prior to the changes, which is alright, I'm just correcting so we're all up to speed and there's no misinfo!) - it would be true prior to Mists of Pandaria, but now and for a while, all transmog (glams in FFXIV terms), mounts, and pets are shared. It's an extremely alt-friendly game in terms of collections.

As for advantages, I'd not want any advantage more than we have now for alts, just collections like glams, mounts, emotes, pets, and hairstyles.

If some of that has to be limited, so be it, but something is better than nothing. Island Sanctuary stuff, for example, boggles my mind that it's totally character-locked and we can't give it to alts. Or sell it. I guess not selling it makes that stuff more 'rare', but this is Islands we're talking about...

[Ruris]

To be clear, the only things I remember distinctly about alts in WoW are the following:

1. The only 'shared gear' was Heirloom gear. This included 'shared gear' via transmog. If I wanted to wear something on another character, I had to go fetch it.
2. Having leveled 28 jobs (when Alliance/Horde are concerned, back when job list had 14 jobs), I still had to level each and every alt. No shortcuts, per se.
3. There were no 'shared mounts' either. Purchase one, or get rewarded, and that character had the mount.
4. Bank space was not shared either.

With respect, I think someone who is clearly not playing WoW shouldn't be typing out utterly inaccurate information about the game.

Thanks.

[DPZ2]

With respect, I think someone who is clearly not playing WoW shouldn't be typing out utterly inaccurate information about the game.

Thanks.

With all respect, I played WoW for ten years, starting in Burning Crusade. None of the things I mentioned were inaccurate over that time period. Snark away, but you clearly didn't play WoW back in those days.

Thanks.

[Ruris]

With all respect, I played WoW for ten years, starting in Burning Crusade. None of the things I mentioned were inaccurate over that time period. Snark away, but you clearly didn't play WoW back in those days.

Thanks.

I started WoW in Burning Crusade. WoW functioning differently at a different time period is not mutually exclusive with me playing WoW in the past. That is bizarre logic and not your get out argument. Thanks for proving me right and stating you played WoW in the past, though, so I'll reiterate to not pass on inaccurate information. Leave it to us who actually still play WoW.

[DPZ2]

Thanks for proving me right and stating you played WoW in the past, though, so I'll reiterate to not pass on inaccurate information. Leave it to us who actually still play WoW.

You know, if you had simply said "I still play WoW and it's changing" that would have been fine. You didn't. My reminisces are not "inaccurate". They may be out of date, but you didn't say anything like that in your initial post, did you?

All of that neat stuff announced at Blizzcon 2023 (https://blizzardwatch.com/2023/11/04...ts-war-within/) won't be available until the next expansion release, which is about a month away. It hasn't been a part of the game for the last 20 years. It's not a feature yet.

Now you could have said that the information I gave about what I "remembered" of WoW would no longer be accurate come the release of The War Within expansion [22 August 2024], but you didn't do that, did you?

[Ruris]

You know, if you had simply said "I still play WoW and it's changing" that would have been fine. You didn't. My reminisces are not "inaccurate". They may be out of date, but you didn't say anything like that in your initial post, did you?

All of that neat stuff announced at Blizzcon 2023 (https://blizzardwatch.com/2023/11/04...ts-war-within/) won't be available until the next expansion release, which is about a month away. It hasn't been a part of the game for the last 20 years. It's not a feature yet.

Now you could have said that the information I gave about what I "remembered" of WoW would no longer be accurate come the release of The War Within expansion [22 August 2024], but you didn't do that, did you?

Take your sermon to whichever games you enjoy these days. Clarity on how long I have played WoW for doesn't affect that I called you our on your inaccuracies. Your information would have still been inaccurate had I played WoW or not.


Two of your points are dated with the dinosaurs.

As some one who actually plays WoW, I can tell you warbanks were enabled yesterday. You do not need to wait for the expansion. So, once again, another outdated WoW info post from yourself. lmao.