Alts. How many do you have and what do you do with them?

[NonobiNobi]

I only have two alts, a Heavensward NPC and the other is a female Elezen oc that I really wanted to create in game. The NPC alt is mainly around for the giggles and cause I love this particular dumpster fire of a character. My femElezen is for the times where I want a break from the other two and so I can maybe flesh her out as a character a little more.

[Jeeqbit]

I have a lot of alts, but I only get 2 to max level. They are to do raids on other data centers, or just to play on other data centers.

[Packetdancer]

My minimum-height miqo'te alt -- who somehow perpetually looks like she wants to shank someone, possibly you, thus is affectionately known as "smol murdercat" -- exists solely as to be able to step in and sub if a friend's static is short some week, when doing so on my main would screw up chests (either for them, or for my actual static).

It is kind of a hassle to keep a second alt at least vaguely geared, but it is what it is; I recognize how badly cheesed gear drops would be if they didn't have lockout mechanics. (I wish they'd only ding the group a chest if you had two or more people who'd cleared that week, though; it would make finding a sub on raid night -- or being a sub on raid night -- a lot less of a headache.)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[kevin_satron]

1. visit my friend's EB (wedding)
2. visit balmung, quicksand
3. playing around with my friend
4. free 15 days game time when they add new server

[Kes13a]

when I first started, I came over from WoW a few years ago and alts ingrained into my head as the only way to do everything.

so I have 4 lower level ones that have been stalled for a while now because I an do it all on one. I take them out on occasion but really, I dont need to feed that altitis any more

[Jojoya]

I have 10. I have one each on Materia, Light and Chocobo for access to the other regions to tour housing. I have one on another NA world to play with relatives. Then I have the rest on Coeurl. Most of them were created just to replay MSQ but I got a bit attached to them along the way and never deleted them like I normally do when I'm done.

If you're an alt lover, I don't recommend having more than 3 that you play seriously unless you're able to truly no life the game. It gets to be difficult to keep up all of your alts on everything that interests you. Three is also a good number if you're into gathering to get maximum use out of the 2 hours timed nodes without severely straining GP available for the next node.

[Darthgummibear]

This is the first MMO I've ever played besides the original Secret World where I didn't have any alts. I can do everything there is to be done on one character and most things are so time consuming I fail to see the point. I can get the entry level subscription and 3 retainers for the same cost as a full subscription with a bunch of alt slots I'll never use.

[Atelier-Bagur]

I run alts mostly because I like to play characters rather than representational avatars of myself. So far, I only have 3, counting my main.

It's also nice that I dont need to be a fantasia addict to satisfy my want to play other races.

[Silverbane]

10 at present. 1 on Midgardsormr. 1 on Coerl, 8 on Fairie.
2 at endgame on Fairie, 2 casually leveling on Fairie, 1 on Coerl to play with a friend, 1 on Midgardsormr to enjoy the Road to 80. The others four were leveled to 50 to place lottery bids, but I'll probably keep leveling them in dribs and drabs.

5 Viera fem, 2 Auri fem, 1 Hyur fem, 1 Miquo'te fem, 1 Lala male.

[Silverbane]

10 at present. 1 on Midgardsormr. 1 on Coerl, 8 on Fairie.
2 at endgame on Fairie, 2 casually leveling on Fairie, 1 on Coerl to play with a friend, 1 on Midgardsormr to enjoy the Road to 80. The others four were leveled to 50 to place lottery bids, but I'll probably keep leveling them in dribs and drabs.

5 Viera fem, 2 Auri fem, 1 Hyur fem, 1 Miquo'te fem, 1 Lala male.

Oh, and should I mention that in total, I have between 30 and 40 retainers?
20+ of them geared to iLvl 570 or better, a mix of DoW/M and DoH.
Makes it easy to gather most mats.

If I was motivated, I'm sure I could make some serious gil with my retainers.