Rokien's new thread on multiple character slots

[Akumu]

Perhaps a more important question... one that I have not seen asked... the answer to which can be both awe-inspiring and terrifying at the same time....

Why? Why was it felt that we should be able to have 8 characters per world? Why did SE feel this would be a 'benefit' to us? Why 8?

Scarry and un-founded speculation:
Will it be possible to do things only on one character, that you need 8 to experience the content?

Limited class/job advancement per character? (Only one level 99 job per character, so you need 7 to experience them all)?

Limit of one Crafting 'Job' per character?

Is there an 8th job line comming?

Will there be 8 grand companies, and if you wish to experience them all you need 8 characters?

Will some worlds be PVP *ENTIRELY* ?

Will PVP be open-world but only for participating characters (that are then 100% of the time PVP)?

Or was it just a /random roll and they said 8 sounds lucky?


Not meaning to cast wild panicy speculation... just something says that there is more to this '8' then just a lucky number.

8 characters per world is typically the standard for almost every MMO. That is where the 8 probably comes from. Yoshi-P seems intent on bringing XIV to at least the standards of a modern MMO as he continues to build on the game.

Also, there is a chunk of "Altoholics" who love creating multiple characters.

edit: There will also be releases of new races as seen by the player poll. So it would be great to able to slowly work on a new race without spending more money per month to do so(or deleting your current character).