Thread: Multiple Characters in Ver 2.0

Originally Posted by nasomi

Compared to most games? That are free? Well obviously. HOwever lets look at other subscription based games.
WoW: $14.99/mo
FFXI: $12.99/mo
Rift: $14.99/mo
SW:Tor: $14.99/mo

FFXIV: $9.99/mo

Super expensive when compared to other subscription based games...

FFXIV 1.0 $9.99/mo
FFXIV 2.0 $12.95/mo

remember that we having it at discount too 2.0 is release.

Originally Posted by Yves

Up to the Uldah convergence it is the same. Yes, GC is the same. Look, I clearly stated "imo" - not sure the reason for the tonality in the reply. We disagree on content - no biggie. It doesn't make one better than the other.

There is only a tonality shift if you choose to read it that way...

But back to the crux of my position, prior to "fade to white" the three cities quests are completely different. In my opinion much to their indavidual detriment they all end on major cliffhangers and shunt you rather haphazardly into a unified storyline, that also ends abruptly.

The GC's also have considerable differences in quests, both offered by the headquarters and by NPC's in town that are only available once you pledge to that particular company.

I like to see everything that an MMORPG has to offer. In most of FFXIV's competitors this can be done on one character. At current, FFXIV requires either multiple rerolls of one character, or multiple characters.

Because of this, I dislike the "pay to have more characters" that both XI and XIV employ, and on that we will have to agree to disagree.

But to get back to the original topic...

OP, no. It is highly unlikely that you will ever be able to log in to one account simultaneously in multiple places, there are a host of reasons: technical, and in my opinion nor importantly, security wise that this will most likely never be a possibility.
Typically, most places see a simultaneous log in to accounts as evidence of a possible stolen account. I once had my WoW account locked because I logged on when my brother was using my account and blizzard decided my account must have been hacked.

Originally Posted by Rane

Anyway, while it's great to have a level 50 character, the level 50 content will only be a slice of the new game. If you want to experience the new content in its entirety, you have to start over. Knowing that, I'd really like to start a second character when 2.0 hits, so I hope SE gets rid of the per character fee.

We'll get a new "1 month free" with 2.0
In this month you can make 8 chars without to pay, if you like

Why not make your main charcater both DoW-DoM and DoL-DoH?

Originally Posted by nasomi

Compared to most games? That are free? Well obviously. HOwever lets look at other subscription based games.
WoW: $14.99/mo
FFXI: $12.99/mo
Rift: $14.99/mo
SW:Tor: $14.99/mo

FFXIV: $9.99/mo

Super expensive when compared to other subscription based games...

No, "compared to most games" that you PAY for. >.> I wasn't talking about free games at all.

XIV is only on a discount for now, but I was speaking of the cost of extra characters.. where most games have no extra cost per character.

Originally Posted by Masamune1004

Nabiri was referring to the cost of extra characters being too expensive, which they are. $3 per character is ridiculous, should be free like every other MMO except FFXI. SE just like screwing over people anyway they can.

(Posted before I saw you say this..) Yes, thank you. ^^; He must have misread/misunderstood.

Most game force you to make extra characters to play other classes as well...

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.

Thank you for saying this.
No one needs to be judging the way others want to play. That has nothing to do with anything.
I like to play more than one race. It doesn't matter if someone else doesn't see the use in that. It makes the game fun for me. Besides that I feel I never run out of things to do having more than one character. And I get to level a job I enjoyed all over again. See quests a second time. Experience different cities story-lines, etc.
But I shouldn't even need to explain myself.. it's beside the point. We all play differently. If someone only wants to play only one character that's none of my business. Have fun with that.

The fact is extra characters in this game cost much more than most pay-to-play MMOs. It may drive away players like myself who get really bored just seeing the same old character on their screen all day.