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

[Coratanni]

I think I have around 7 alts. 1 is at the end of post MSQ for ShB. The others are in various stages of SB(That story grind suckkssss)

[Saraide]

I have one alt on NA, originally to meet people there and maybe play with them. But then I kinda lost the drive (the latency is atrocious) to do that so I've just barely finished 2.0 on that character. I then used it to check in on a certain FC house and havent logged back in since.

[Rilifane]

I made one alt for easier subbing/ helping out during raid lockout and ended up playing it a lot more and it's now my main. And my former main will be my raid alt. Keeping two characters decently geared, especially on different roles, is a hassle and I'll see how seriously I'll do it next tier but it's nice to have the option.

I have one or two old chars on Shiva where I played before transferring to Zodiark, one of them was for playing with a friend that wanted to play the story with me but they ended up quitting post 2.0 so I don't really use it anymore. I only used it once to help a friend get a house by throwing my name in in their name and that's it. The game doesn't feel alt-friendly enough for me to actively play them, I've been a notorious altoholic in other games but being unable to transfer things between characters without having my own FC was a bit of a dealbreaker for me.

[Anienai]

I have 3 alts and 4 total characters.

[Bobby66]

I have 7 alts and I use them to dye non soulbound gear using gold feathers. Mail the gear to the alt dye it then mail it back. Thankfully I was able to add them to my friends list during that brief window.

[Knot_D]

I have 7 alts and I use them to dye non soulbound gear using gold feathers. Mail the gear to the alt dye it then mail it back. Thankfully I was able to add them to my friends list during that brief window.

That's... actually a genius idea. Thank you for sharing this

I have quite alot of gold feather on alts and probably will use them to dye glamour gear

[Brill_]

I have several.

Alt 1 - created in the content drought at end of stormblood to replay the story(before NG+). Still use it to play the newer story again. Usually 8-9 months behind my main in content.
Alt 2 - My 1.0 character. This has the tatoo and other 1.0 goodies. When 2.0 came out, friends wanted to play on a new server. Since I couldn't transfer my 1.0 character off a legacy server at the time, I rolled a new character that is now my main.
Alt 3 - Character on EU datacenter. Don't play often, but came in handy last December when NA was congested. I was able to log into EU no problem.
Alt 4 - Character on Japan datacenter. There was a time back in 2.0 where NA/Japan maintenance was separate for smaller maint windows. The work schedule I had at the time, I would get home right when NA maint started. I created a character on Japan datacenter to play. They don't do separate maint anymore, haven't touched this one in a while.

A bunch of single use characters on various servers. Mostly to check out a server for some reason. Most common reason to check out a cool housing design someone posted about. This was before cross world visit was thing. I should really delete these at some point.

[LittleChickenNugget]

I have around 8-10 alts, 4-5 of them which are at end game EW. I use them to roleplay and have different dolls I can dress up. Yes, I've bought a story boost for just about all of them, though I never via dungeons and whatnot.

[Myrany]

I have alts on various datacenters. That way if a DC is having issues I can still play on a different one.