Alt's why?

[Noxifer]

I have far too many alts ^^; In the beginning, it was because I liked playing with the character creation, and being an avid pen-and-paper RPer (plus some forum-based RPing) I made a couple of characters based on my RP characters. Of course, in the beginning me and my flatmate pretty much played this as a Co-op game, and we gathered all our alts into an FC to make it easier on us (and avoid random FC invites from strangers who didn't even talk to us first D: ). Then we met people we clicked with, who enticed us to move a pair of our alts into their FC, and.... then those alts managed to become our mains xD

We still log into our alts now and then to level them up or do some MSQ, though I admit that for me that happens mostly when there's an event going on ^^; My flatmate has gotten one other of those alts HW-ready, while I haven't.

And since I bought all the Fantasia potions possible when they were still account-wide, I now have a total of 11 Fantasias delivered whenever I make a new character... So I have two 'extras' that I only use to try out Fantasia combos on xD Once they run out of potions, I'll probably delete them and make a new one.


Anyway, that's my situation, but I've heard others who level and gear their alts up to endgame level, and then use those for raiding once their mains have reached the weekly cap on stuff. Which isn't a bad idea at all, considering the raid-loot lockout with "1-3 people done it before? one less chest. 4-7 people done it before? no chests" system.

[Ayuhra]

Playing with a different aesthetic and replaying story quests vs FATE grinding is my reasoning. That said, usually if I find I like a class I'll dig into it on Gale. Gale, by far, gets most of my attention.

[Makeda]

There are still 5 races.
I keep 3 characters, one for each role. I would have 5 but my server is locked against character creation.

I would ask how someone can be so limited as to be able to stand having no variety and play the same chatacter day after day... Because that has never made sense to me in any game.

[Colorful]

There are still 5 races.
I keep 3 characters, one for each role. I would have 5 but my server is locked against character creation.

I would ask how someone can be so limited as to be able to stand having no variety and play the same chatacter day after day... Because that has never made sense to me in any game.

I have plenty of options for variety as is on a single character, multiple classes on one, glamour, hairstyles, etc. I'm honestly of the opposite mindset, I don't know how people can stand to play more than one. I find it difficult to get "attached" to more than one, not only that, but having alts is a chore in the game. Do the entire MSQ again? No thanks.

To each their own though, I never with more than one character at any single time in any game, singleplayer or multiplayer (unless it's something like Dota, LoL, HoTS or whatever else that requires it).

[Zojha]

Because Fantasia isn't something your local alchemist can produce nilly willy.

I love my Miqo'te, but sometimes, I want to be a Hyur. Or an Au Ra. On rare occasions when I'm angry even a Roe...for 5 minutes or so. So...I have such alts. I unfortunately can't equip them all with pretty glamours (Even when they reach the level, I'm poor and can barely afford a few glamour 'crystals' every now and again), but it's still nice to have them.

[Catwho]

Because Fantasia isn't something your local alchemist can produce nilly willy.

I love my Miqo'te, but sometimes, I want to be a Hyur. Or an Au Ra. On rare occasions when I'm angry even a Roe...for 5 minutes or so. So...I have such alts. I unfortunately can't equip them all with pretty glamours (Even when they reach the level, I'm poor and can barely afford a few glamour 'crystals' every now and again), but it's still nice to have them.

Yep, this is why. Katarh Mest is my tabby cat forever, but I have my Roe boy Body Count, my Au Ra Anzu Waterkeeper, and my Legacy Lala Taprara Rara. Sometimes you just want to see the world from a different perspective.

[Ayerinn]

Why alts? Different Race + not having to do a ridiculously boring grind from 1-60 on an alt job on main...WTB ability to reset MSQ and/or side quests for alt jobs (even if the only reward is XP.)

[Fendred]

I raised an alt due to inventory issues on my main. While it is possible to raise all jobs on a single character, the current inventory system makes this increasingly difficult the more jobs a character levels up. After a certain point, it becomes impossible without throwing out valuables.

[Werhusky]

I have 2 alts one "high level" that I first raised due to boredom (had all 50s) and later used to have a progressive raid and still be able to raid with friends. Atm she's a tad left behind but I started leveling her.
The other alt is on another server only level 25 on main... not in any rush only using him when I'm fed up with people on my server or just want to enjoy being a low level

[CrystalRainbow]

I mostly agree with the OP.

But I have an alt because my wife and I both play female characters and there was an even what was gender locked needed male and female.

Also I have an alt just for RP