I never understood the multi-character troubles until now. Things need account wide.

[Eric_Riot]

I disagree with you completely as I am unable to see why a sane individual would need 7 alts at all.
I mean one or two is either situational or reasonable, but 7?

lol well I'm not sure how many other mmo's you have played but this is the first one that I've played where you can max everything on one chr. I have played UO, Lotro, Swtor, GW2, and now FFXIV. And every one of them besides FFXIV you could ONLY create one type per chr. In UO you had 700 pts that you could max out a single toon with, if I wanted a crafter, noxis fencer, caster.. etc I could not max it out on one chr. On Lotro, Swtro, Gw2 I had to create multiple characters to max out all the different classes that were available.

So a lifetime of creating different looks, characters names you tend to say "This is what my healer looks like and this is her name." "This is what my tank looks like and this is his name" and you get attached to these characters. So when I started playing FFXIV, there was no way my Tank would EVER be a girl or hold a bow or craft that is not who he is. Period. Every Tank I had is a male melee only. If I need a ranged hero I have a name and look that I use, same with healer and crafter and caster.

So a lifetime of creating toons that look and feel a cretin way. FFXIV gave me that same option as every other MMO I have ever played, so I used it. Period.

I mean there are perks, I get a ton of retainers that I can store stuff with and put up on the AH. I can own 7 FC rooms to store all of my excess housing items. But that's not the reason I created toon.

I'm not even complaining about not having access, I just want it, and when I see a chance I'm going to let them know that this is something people want. That's all.