People with Alts

[Dijana]

I have an alt, partially to re-experience the story, partially to sate my need to be a beastperson but I couldnt bring myself to be a catgirl as my main. Although since Im planning to change my main to au ra, the cat tail doesnt mean much to me. I also stopped doing main story after finishing the original 2.0 stuff, havent caught up with any of the patches. At this point its kind of overwhelming, but I should do it in case I want to keep playing her in heavensward

[AskaRay]

I'd like to make an alt on Balmung just to see what the big deal is.
Also just for fun, when I want to level/play without talking to anyone I know or be bothered by anything...

but really as for that nah. Even if I could make alts on the same server (cheap sub ftw) I still really wouldn't. Even if I feel the need to make a new character, spending an hour or two in character creator usually stops that, ahah.

Also I've invested too much of my life into this one character, so yeah.

[Saseal]

I'd like to make an alt on Balmung just to see what the big deal is.
Also just for fun, when I want to level/play without talking to anyone I know or be bothered by anything...

I pretty much did both these. The Balmung curiousity + an alt for the want to play but the need for space (I feel you).
Balmung is pretty nice - came across random nice people that I probably wouldn't on Couerl in the same circumstances, even if it is just their in-characterness. If you're curious about the roleplaying thing - there's no shortage of it. It's just too bad I find it difficult to step in-character around strangers, though o_Oa *has only ever RPed with old friends*

[Saseal]

*Points at signature + a few random, unlisted, alts* I've got about 6? soon to be 7? once Heavensward comes.

My problem is "I like the way this looks but I like the way my current character(s) look" and "I want to play a character that looks [insert characteristics that could describe a personality]". It's going to be the same when the Au Ra hit - 'I want an Au Ra, but I don't want to change the look of any of my existing characters'. Playing in the benchmark was unhealthy in my Alt-itis. Now I want an Au Ra that's loud, a lil obnoxious, loves his beer and bar brawls - but will help an old lady cross the road and play with kittens. The big, loud, scary guy with the giant sword that's actually nice and buddy-buddy. o_Oa So, playing in the benchmark, I just went with what I felt described this feeling of a character best. It's the old RP-er in me that hasn't left the mind. I pretty much did that with all my characters.
Unfortunately, the benchmark also spawned a few unplanned "I want to play this, too ;-;" characters..... *Pets the femme Au Ra sitting in the save slot*

It's a pain going through the story stuff to open dungeons over and over again, but, oh well. As far as having so many alts and etc, I tend to make them major in one particular class while only having the other jobs leveled to get the skills needed to enhance what they're maining. I also use one of my alts as a "I don't feel like being social and just doing my own thing" (ironic, in an MMO) un-guilded character.

[Limecat]

I'm preparing one as a precautionary measure in the event that the new crafting specialization system grants access to recipes/mats that are only directly available to your specialized classes. Hopefully I don't end up needing it and can ignore it after 3.0 comes out, but better safe than paying the blood price on the market for things I wouldn't be able to make myself.

[Atomusk]

I level mine to 15 then play triple triad with them.

[starLivitation]

I have 3 alts, the 2nd one used to help me with ixali quest getting another set of sealnuts for crafting, double my allouwance. i got boared tho. i also used it to farm second coil with a second static back in the day. once i saw how final coil worked tho, it didnt make sense to have alt anymore, nor it will for the heavensward. but i still got 4 retainers on it, which are geared and ready to farm any item i need, so there is some usefulless i guess.

[Erendis]

I have alt for digging boarskin maps

[Noshpan]

Because I have the entry subscription, I have alts on different servers. I also don't have all of my friends on one server (though that would be extremely convenient for me, but they won't transfer).

[lvlagmarink]

I have 1 alt on different server and managed to level it to 50 war/whm, however as the games turns to be more grindy, i havent had time to play it properly anymore since patch 2.3.. With this alt, i can compare the difference in culture/strat/tactics being used in eu/jp.. And of course compareable latency {:})