Make FFXIV More Alt-Friendly... Please??????

[Pixieh]

They've made a lot of effort to make it very alt friendly recently. Unlocks are account wide. Even to the point you can skip large MSQ milestones on the alt if you've already finished it.

Minor QOL changes but its far from alt friendly where it counts.

[R041]

Minor QOL changes but its far from alt friendly where it counts.

I disagree, I'm new to WoW but was able to make several alts and keep global unlocks and MSQ progress on the account itself. It's VERY alt friendly now. I don't know or care what past experiences were like. We deal with the now.

[Jojoya]

Minor QOL changes but its far from alt friendly where it counts.

Some would argue that the game is already alt friendly by eliminating the need for alts by allowing one character to have all jobs and crafting/gathering classes, unlike WoW. The only need for an alt now would be if you wanted to play in different regions, which few players do.

So what is "where it counts" and give examples of other MMORPGs that do it.

[Midareyukki]

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As someone with an alt on another region, there are a few things I'd like to be shared, even if I understand why they don't. I understand it, I just disagree with it.

Specifically I want event rewards to be account-wide. Especially for older events that won't be rerun and the stuff is on Mogstation. Having to re-purchase everything feels bad. I'd get stuff being on the store for people who didn't play through the event to get the rewards in the first place, but the longer you've played the game, the more you have to re-obtain.

That and I'd be cheeky and say "lol I want my Seal Rock Field Commander set be account wide please". I've obtained all the necessary wins on one character, I should not have to suffer through it all again on NA @w@;; EU isn't great on PVP but holy crap NA's worse!!

[Antharaes]

Minions should be account wide. Gil should be easily transferred between characters on the same account. Housing should be shared across account. Same goes for gear, materia and other basic stuff. I love this game, but having everything unlocked on 1 char is just plain weird to me. I'd like to play different races, like Viera and Au-ra, but starting over without help from a main character is just dreadful.

In that WoW did better. Pets, mounts, gold, gear, flying once unlocked on a main, the alts had it too.

[Pixieh]

I disagree, I'm new to WoW but was able to make several alts and keep global unlocks and MSQ progress on the account itself. It's VERY alt friendly now. I don't know or care what past experiences were like. We deal with the now.

That's because you're well...new. But once you get to end game and the grind starts...See it like having to do the grindfest that is a relic weapon. But for every single character you make over and over again or you won't get into Mythic+ and raids.
Also rep grind is locked to a character, not account.

That's as alt unfriendly as it gets. If you're just goofing around at low level and don't do mythic+ and raids then I can see how its alt friendly.

In WoW it can take weeks to catch an alt up to the same level as your main, IF the RNG gods are favorable. Reputation grinds take even longer.

[Pixieh]

Some would argue that the game is already alt friendly by eliminating the need for alts by allowing one character to have all jobs and crafting/gathering classes, unlike WoW. The only need for an alt now would be if you wanted to play in different regions, which few players do.

So what is "where it counts" and give examples of other MMORPGs that do it.

My reply was meant for WoW and not FFXIV.

Also people create alts not just for different regions but also to RP or even to have different races. I do the latter, I got my lala main but enjoy my alt Roe lady a lot.

A truly alt friendly game would be GW2 hands down. You do not need to grind at all on any character to be able to do content, glamour is unlocked account wide, too.

[Irishfae]

I don't mind going through the MSQ multiple times, but I also would like the game more friendly to alts. Mainly, the ability to mail items to my alts on the same account and same server. Or even some kind of shared account storage in the Inn room. I know of two other games that have account-shared storage (same server only), so would be nice to have something like that here. I DO get that this game wasn't made for alts, but there are just some players like myself that like to have alts for whatever reason. For me, it's all about having different characters that look different and are different races and/or genders. And I'm sorry, but I won't spend tons of money on Fantasia bottles.

This 100% and to add some more.
I've been playing since 1.0. My main has been all 90s since 3 months into EW and I've work on other content as the mood suits. My other 1.0 character is almost all 80s and then I'll take her through EW and get everything to 90s again. I've played through EW on another character just because (I know I can do new game plus, but I like ACTUALLY leveling. I also like going through with a new character who I imagine has a different personality than my main and answering questions differently. It is a RPG after all) and as soon as I get all 90s on the character I'm working on, I'll start a new one to do that same. Yes, the game wasn't intended for ALTS, but we have them for different reasons. I've been playing consistently for a long time (I like replaying the story and leveling jobs) and, generally, I think it is time the XIV team realizes that the longer the game goes, the more likely this is to keep occurring. People are going to keep maxing out characters (or whatever other reason they have) and wanting to start over, but be able to share resources between them.

SWTOR actually has done this pretty well and I would love to see it here.
1) Shared housing: Main chooses who on the account can have access to housing and that character can log in and do everything that the character that purchased the house did.
2) Shared storage: I end up using the FC chest or one of my kids' characters on another account to act as a go between for crafting items and other stuff (minions, orchestrions, etc) It would be really nice if I could just put everything into a shared storage and be able to move items between characters

[R041]

That's because you're well...new. But once you get to end game and the grind starts...See it like having to do the grindfest that is a relic weapon. But for every single character you make over and over again or you won't get into Mythic+ and raids.
Also rep grind is locked to a character, not account.

That's as alt unfriendly as it gets. If you're just goofing around at low level and don't do mythic+ and raids then I can see how its alt friendly.

In WoW it can take weeks to catch an alt up to the same level as your main, IF the RNG gods are favorable. Reputation grinds take even longer.

So they both suck then. But at least WoW's doing something for casual alt-play. But XIV just makes us buy our mogstation shit twice. lol

Also I thought rep for new expac was shared now? I'm not very far into Dragonflight.

[Wanzzo]

in SWTOR they made an interesting thing for our characters there: the option to make them relatives. There is like a social-tree where you can place each of your chars in the screen. In this way, one could be the father/mother of the other, or brothers, or whatever. You can ropleplay them based on this and it's a nice incentive for RP there.

In the same game, as someone already told, we share the same inventory (bank) with all our chars in the same server. And a lot of achievments comes from the "Legacy" system (all things you open in this system is valid for all chars in the same server like mounts, boosts, outfits, etc). It's similar to the Veteran Rewards here in XIV, but far better for alt lovers.

The alts here could receive more love, as well as RP, so... it would be cool if we have something similar to these here, don't you think?