Quote Originally Posted by Umo View Post
Last time I hit C it was displayed a window called Character. As soon as I hover over 'Community' menu at official website I can see 4 options, Character being one of them. IIRC, as soon as we log into the game, a Character Selection screen is displayed and you can see Characters created and saved through Character Creation feature.
Hmmm... What's written above "Allyra Arianos", right next to your avatar image on this very thread?
What is this magic!? Bewitching, isn't it?
Every game, from what I've seen, call the avatars Character, but it's players, over the years, who've decided to call them toons. Mostly those who are too lazy to actually say Char/Character.
I personally tend to flip back and forth depending on who I'm talking with. And a good portion of it took off with WoW more than EQ due to the car-toon-y looks of the characters. (Which, isn't a bad thing btw. The style worked for them for a very long time. And it's only with the upcoming Xpac that this is changing to a more realistic look)

@OP: It really comes down to personal preference.
It is much easier to gear up the other classes when it's all on one character, as you can then roll for offspec's. But, if you prefer to have a full background, history, and story for each character, then feel free to make multiple characters.
Do keep in mind the game is very young. And there has been mention of more jobs coming. Without knowing for certain how those will go, it may even be best to level two characters, going with each path available on each class later on. (Think SMN/SCH atm. It's almost worth having a separate character for each of these due to the stat allocation.)