Thread: Multiple Characters in Ver 2.0

Regardless of weather you agree or disagree about the whole character thing, there is no reason it should cost a lot. 3$ is expensive, and most people, from .. EVERY OTHER MMO who is USED to having multiple slots will instantly see it as 3$ x 8 (or w/e common value they are into). I see it in comments all the time whenever XIV has an article "lol this game is so expensive!" Its just way to complicated for the player, they should make slots free, no reason to be greedy.

That said, you can actually login to your account from multiple locations, you just cannot get onto a character(s) from different locations once one has been logged in. You just go to the character selection screen and trying to select any characters results in an error. It was possible in Alpha to actually do this but was restricted later. It is quite common to restrict so I dont see it being changed. RMT issues or account sharing etc. 8 friends could just use 1 account at 13/month or w/e, rather than 8 friends having seperate accounts and SE making 8x13/month, so from a business perspective, no it will never happen.

Originally Posted by viion

Regardless of weather you agree or disagree about the whole character thing, there is no reason it should cost a lot. 3$ is expensive, and most people, from .. EVERY OTHER MMO who is USED to having multiple slots will instantly see it as 3$ x 8 (or w/e common value they are into). I see it in comments all the time whenever XIV has an article "lol this game is so expensive!" Its just way to complicated for the player, they should make slots free, no reason to be greedy.

It's not complicated. You can play the whole of the classes/jobs with just one character. Thus, you get the whole game with one slot for which you really don't have to work extra for gear (even sending things via mail would be a pain). That's one of the things I hate most from other MMOs, the whole stupid "one role per char" thing.

It's perfect as it is.

Originally Posted by Answa

It's not complicated. You can play the whole of the classes/jobs with just one character. Thus, you get the whole game with one slot for which you really don't have to work extra for gear (even sending things via mail would be a pain). That's one of the things I hate most from other MMOs, the whole stupid "one role per char" thing.

It's perfect as it is.

That right there is why it is complicated, because that is alien to some people, there is an insanely low amount of games which allow you to do this, its not "normal" so people dont know if it. Sure you can tell them, but it doesnt tell you anywhere on the SE account that you only need 1 slot.

Should people have to do a bunch of research and start asking around before knowing? No, they should be able to activate an account and jump in, SE have made this the most difficult way possible.

It would be much better if you had 1 fee and x number of slots on that fee, like pretty much every other well known MMO. It is a model which people are used to and are happy with.

Originally Posted by Yves

Actually, I wouldn't play an MMO that limits my character to one class..

Why are you bringing this up? No one is saying that, have I? No. Has absolutely nothing to do with the arguement, the argument is the fact that you have to PAY for multiple characters, doesn't matter about the game mechanics, the general consumer see's "$3 per character" and nothing else.

You can explain to them why they dont need more, they dont care, it looks greedy and is not helping SE at all. It is of course part of the big "lol@SE's Failure" that is common.

Also just to backup Pandastirfry's statement, you'd need 3 characters to also experience all Grand Company stories. Not just the starting main scenario.