Rokien's new thread on multiple character slots

[Rokien]

This is the dumbest thread I have seen since these forums opened.

I don't understand how anybody could be affected and against other peoples decisions to make multiple characters.

.. lmao

You have no idea how this could effect anyone? Really? There are many ways, especially if you can just reroll give all your stuff to your new char, all you would have to do is spend a week leveling up one class to 50. There are many ways this could get out of hand. I know, I play with a person who does crap to other people, and he will take advantage of this.

[Arcell]

You have no idea how this could effect anyone? Really? There are many ways, especially if you can just reroll give all your stuff to your new char, all you would have to do is spend a week leveling up one class to 50. There are many ways this could get out of hand. I know, I play with a person who does crap to other people, and he will take advantage of this.

If someone wants to spend all that time and effort doing that, it's up to them. Some people also re-roll for less malicious reasons. Out of hand though? Hardly. Other MMOs allow you to do this and I've never personally seen an issue with that. People are allowed to do what they want with character spaces.

Ya that's taking advantage of the inventory system.

Advantage? Sure but it's something that everyone can do. It's not against any rules set forth in the game or the ToS.

[urtv]

server transfer solves all problems

[Mirage]

server transfer solves all problems

You're suggesting I switch servers on a weekly basis because I know people on multiple servers?

Not sure if serious.

@Arcell
Yes, this is what they should do. Let blacklists work on a per-account basis.

[tymora]

1 main, 7 mules. Problem?

[Rokien]

1 main, 7 mules. Problem?

Ya that's taking advantage of the inventory system.

[urtv]

blame SE for making too many servers with such a small population game

[Mirage]

blame SE for making too many servers with such a small population game

I don't plan on blaming them for anything. The issue will be solved in v2, seeing as they will at the bare minimum let you create a character on 8 different servers, and 8/40 for legacy and "full" subscription plans.

I'm just here to display my disagreement with Rokien's suggestion of denying people alternative characters.

[AmyNeudaiz]

"Some people might use them as alts for inventory space" how does this effect you?
"Some people won't be attached to all of their characters" how does this effect you?
"Some people might use 7 slots as mule accounts" how does this effect you?
"Some people might reroll and give all their gear to their new character" how does this effect you?

The only thing that could possible effect you is people making alt's to troll and this can be solved without the hassle of preventing people from enjoying the game how they want to - an option for blacklisting all characters from that account. You don't need to come up with these grandiose ideas that penalize everyone just because "some people might" instead come up with real solutions to problems. Heck, for you "inventory" argument you could just make it so that you can't mail things to your other characters (but I don't agree with that either, but it's a better alternative than "NO ONE CAN HAVE FREE ALTS")
In regards to every other point you made - it doesn't effect you, so don't complain about it.

[Punainen]

Uh, and what other people choose to do is your business, how? If others want 8 characters (Most are usually family who wanna play the same game but don't care if they don't play together) why do you care? No one is forcing you to have 8. What is because of the limited inventory, people one a battle main, a crafting alt, and a gathering alt? Or what if people just plain want more than one character? (Maybe they wanna pretend to be more than one person? Maybe they roleplay?)

I had two characters in XI. One was a RDM as main, and also did other jobs, and my alt character was strictly a thief... Simply because I wanted to. It was actually easier than going home and swapping out inv/gear to change to a different job, because my alt was already dressed up and prepared for the job.