Feeling punished for having alts...

[yukiiyuki]

There's no QoL for alts because that goes against how the game was designed in the first place. If they suddenly made things just for people with alts, then there'd be more of a reason to have alts and people would feel like they're now required to have alts to get maximum enjoyment out of the game, which would completely negate one of the main things that sets FFXIV apart from other MMOs. If you want FFXIV to be more like other MMOs, go play those MMOs. If you want to cap out two to twenty characters per week, more power to you. Just know that you're going to have to live with the fact that FFXIV wasn't designed for that kind of playstyle. You can totally play it that way, but it'll cost you, and it'll be extremely inconvenient for you.

This man went further beyond your typical unsub therapist, ultimate white knight, that will send you play other game even if you just want some basic improvements, even if you love game so much that you don't mind play on different characters and go through same quests again an again.
Circus getting bigger and bigger.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

This man went further beyond your typical unsub therapist, ultimate white knight, that will send you play other game even if you just want some basic improvements, even if you love game so much that you don't mind play on different characters and go through same quests again an again.
Circus getting bigger and bigger.

We need more "unsub therapists" to counter "I want this game to become (insert X MMO here) with an FF paint job" people.

I also didn't know that pointing out that not favoring alts =/= punishing for having alts is being a white knight. What does that make people who overexaggerate things as they are to complain about them? Black knights?

[Tlamila]

Why do people still need to justify to some random troll the value of alts?
Alts are a thing, deal with it, if you don't like them just don't make one, but stop going against people who make them (as per game possibilities).

You also can play the whole game with just one mount, they all have the same function anymore, the rest is just fluff so why collect more, right? They should just force people to play with only one mount.

[Videra]

Why do people still need to justify to some random troll the value of alts?
Alts are a thing, deal with it, if you don't like them just don't make one, but stop going against people who make them (as per game possibilities).

You also can play the whole game with just one mount, they all have the same function anymore, the rest is just fluff so why collect more, right? They should just force people to play with only one mount.

Alts utterly lack value outside of roleplaying and fringe raiding uses that are questionable at best. This game has more severe problems than the 'alt experience'. For example, the garbage state of healers, the stale content cycle, the fact we're getting LESS content. Sure, give feedback on the fact leveling alts sucks - but it's not really that important.

[LaylaTsarra]

Alts utterly lack value outside of roleplaying and fringe raiding uses that are questionable at best. This game has more severe problems than the 'alt experience'. For example, the garbage state of healers, the stale content cycle, the fact we're getting LESS content. Sure, give feedback on the fact leveling alts sucks - but it's not really that important.

I love my whm... sorry they made it even more fun to play. And what do alts have to do with your healer issue.

[Videra]

I love my whm... sorry they made it even more fun to play. And what do alts have to do with your healer issue.

Congrats, you're not a Scholar or Astrologian player then. Scoot along. Also, please - I'm using example of bigger problems than this alt nonsense.

[LaylaTsarra]

Congrats, you're not a Scholar or Astrologian player then. Scoot along. Also, please - I'm using example of bigger problems than this alt nonsense.

Find another thread then healer issues don't belong in here. And so sorry alts aren't your thing but hey you're enttiled to your view. Me and many other enjoy our alts daily. And I might add mine are all endgame and not simply for role play.

[Trianna]

I really don't mind having to unlock stuff or replay the MSQ, that's actually one of the main reasons why I want an alt...
But the lack of possibility to transfer items to alt by mail or shared bank, it's the real pain.

It wouldn't cost a thing to let us add ourselves as friends or let us define a retainer inventory "shared" for the entire accout or even, a housing item like a company chest that allows you to trade stuff between characters.

[Tlamila]

I'd really like to know how on earth does having extra retainer solves the trading stuff to alts problem.
You're saying I craft an item on main, put it on a retainer and it automagically gets transferred to alt?
I don't think we're playing the same game...

[Avidria]

See, conversely, the alt QoL in WoW hugely increased my enjoyment of the game. I had dozens of alts. I had a full server roster I played mostly regularly, with a "main" or two on each faction that I also played pretty regularly. Being able to share mounts and pets and eventually transmog was a godsend. I didn't even properly have a bank alt, but being able to just mail excess crap to an alt and pick it up later was fantastic (even if it got me in trouble with missing items sometimes). I had multiple characters with totally unique personalities, looks, and backstories, and actually RP'd with several of them. I didn't see a need to, but I could easily justify my alts getting access to all my loot by saying they were allies, family, or friends. Each alt also generally had a set of pets or mounts to choose from that worked best with their look or personality, and on some I had a story for why they had what they did regardless of how I the player got it.

And yeah, it's already possible to circumvent the inventory limits. It's a massive unnecessary headache, but people with the time and desire to do it absolutely can. The biggest QoL improvements that are imo reasonable would be allowing mail between alts and sharing houses. It only makes sense... especially when having alts on the same server is literally a paid option. Yeah, they wanna make more money from extra retainers, but they're also literally charging more money to have alts on the same server and then still leaving it as an absolutely massive headache to do. It's not my biggest complaint about this game by far, but it's definitely on the list of frustrations.