Why not an alt instead of moving jobs?

[Stoutale]

Title says it all, but really I don’t understand why not make an alt? Leveling a new job seems tedious at best (given no MSQ) so what is the real benefit of having multiple classes on one character instead of alts, and being convenient isn’t really an answer to me because logging in and out isn’t that hard. I have to be missing something I’m sure.

[Mhaeric]

It is far easier to just switch jobs on the fly on a single character, multiple jobs use the same gear so you don't have to farm the same stuff three times over, and you don't have to complete content multiple times. The MSQ alone is incredibly long. There's also an exp bonus to your other jobs if you have one job at max level.

There are reasons to want an alt rather than a second job, such as role playing or wanting to play through the msq or even extra storage space, but none of them are related to being easier to level a job. It is far more efficient to level all your jobs on a single character.

[CainCrimson]

Base subscription only allows 2 characters btw

[Rongway]

Combat classes and jobs that are not your highest level get a +100% exp boost until Lv60. Then they get a +50% boost until 70.

[Naria]

It not that hard to get exp on an alt job. There is a lot of exp bonuses that stack: the armory bonus, FC or Scroll bonus, food bonus etc. I've leveled both alt jobs and an alt character and leveling an alt job on a character that already has completed the MSQ/unlocks etc is far faster in my experience than leveling a alt character. Just make sure that you are taking advantage of all the different ways to boost your exp.

[Stoutale]

Other then if you use the same gear for a different job (which I’d rarely do, if I want a different job I want it DIFFERENT) and the msq being lengthy (but still the best non Duty exp it seems) no one has really said why alts aren’t better. One person said two character limit so there is that, although I thought I had eight spots available

I’ve just seem multiple posts asking how to get exp after the msq is over without doing duties and to think of doing an alt job off only hunts, fates and duty pugs I’d probably just quit. I think I’m just old school and the game is more new

[Mhaeric]

Other then if you use the same gear for a different job (which I’d rarely do, if I want a different job I want it DIFFERENT) and the msq being lengthy (but still the best non Duty exp it seems) no one has really said why alts aren’t better. One person said two character limit so there is that, although I thought I had eight spots available

I’ve just seem multiple posts asking how to get exp after the msq is over without doing duties and to think of doing an alt job off only hunts, fates and duty pugs I’d probably just quit. I think I’m just old school and the game is more new

The eight slot limit is for the full-tier account. Basic accounts have a limit of 2, iirc. It depends on how much you pay for your subscription. Legacy accounts get the perks of the full subscription with the price of the basic one, for example.

One thing you sound like you're not aware of is that there isn't multiple sets of gear to gear jobs differently with in terms of function. I.e. You will always want to choose the highest level piece of gear. Glamour exists for the reason you give, and even with glamour there are more benefits to sticking with one character rather than an alt. E.g. You only have to farm up your various glamour items once instead of for each alt you might want to use them on, mogstation glamours are mostly only for a single character so you only have to pay RL money for them once, you can't share the glamour dresser across characters, etc.

There's nothing wrong with playing an alt in this game, ot's just not going to be as effective or efficient as doing it on a single character whether you understand that or not.

[Stoutale]

One thing you sound like you're not aware of is that there isn't multiple sets of gear to gear jobs differently with in terms of function. I.e. You will always want to choose the highest level piece of gear. Glamour exists for the reason you give, and even with glamour there are more benefits to sticking with one character rather than an alt. E.g. You only have to farm up your various glamour items once instead of for each alt you might want to use them on, mogstation glamours are mostly only for a single character so you only have to pay RL money for them once, you can't share the glamour dresser across characters

Clearly I don’t/didn’t understand it that’s why I asked. That said I still don’t understand because their is different sets of gear or we mean different things. Clearly a tank isn’t tanking in healer robes, right? I don’t mean to sound bad but when you said I don’t understand there isn’t different gear sets I am more confused

[HyoMinPark]

The eight slot limit is for the full-tier account. Basic accounts have a limit of 2, iirc.

Entry subscription is actually 1 character per server for a maximum of 8 characters total per account.
Standard subscription is 8 characters per server for a total of 40 characters total per account.

[Frizze]

Entry subscription is actually 1 character per server for a maximum of 8 characters total per account.
Standard subscription is 8 characters per server for a total of 40 characters total per account.

I was looking up this info to reply. I dont like having alts(the only time ive ever used them in other games was to pretend not to be me or get around stupid restrictions), so i downgraded to the Entry subscription ages ago. I basically get the 90 day price, but im subbed month to month. The "downside" is that i cant have an alt i dont want to make. Boo. Hoo.