Multiple characters... why?

[BadOmen]

This is a question i wish a representative of SE to answers me, are developers planing onto some sort of benefit or not even a benefit but give us something we can use as a "reason" to have more than 1 character?, as right now we all know there no real reason to have more than 1 single character unless it be to play with friends in diferent worlds.

Examples of some reasons they could give us to play multiple characters but without make it a "MUST HAVE" (yes only examples);

1.- Have 1 character peer world and use it to interact betwen all world's in any way like lets say sent items cross-worlds betwen our own characters? (tbh i think this be a bad idea for multiple reasons like the mess up on world's economy but who knows maybe it be allowed in a similar manner but for unique and untradable gear or something else,im just givin ideas)

2.-Allow us to pick one of our characters to log in as it, and use other of our characters in that same account as a NPC fellow (allowing us of course to interact with it at certain degree like selectin its job and gear and maybe a "behavior"). who knows?, maybe it could even be a more advanced kind of "mule character" for when you play gatherer classes by havin your secondary character follow you and hold items for you for extra space.

3.-View story of a certain content like quest or seasonal events from diferent points of view. hell i would like have a bad guy and a good guy characters.

4.-Make critical decicions that affect deply your character development/growth you cant undo or redo on 1 single character. Like lets say you get forced to take a decicion that will give you as reward some amazing ability/spell suitable for only 1 job and you wont be able to change or pick two afterwards, so every char you make can have diferent abilities specialized. (however i dont really like this last idea either strictly as it sounds, but is just an idea)

Anyways to make it short... will Developers give us a good reason to use multiple characters? This a question i wish Developers answer to us, not speculations from other gamers, however yes i would like hear the opinion of everyone about this.

Im talkin only for me self when i say, i wish they gave us a reason to play diferent characters that dont affects the gaming of those who decided play only 1, but still give us the satisfaction of play multiple characters beyond the reason of do it only to have a diferent lookin character.

[Ruisu]

More options, I guess?

I can join The Immortal Flames, or The Maelstrom on an alt, if I really cared that much about the story of the other two.

I can experience levelling up on that character, if I'm bored of endgame, etc.

I dunno, I don't really plan on doing any of that. It's just a nice feature to have. More than one character isn't really a big thing.

[Denmo]

It's probably inconceivable for a person who spent the past 2 years getting 50 on all jobs, but I actually enjoy creating new characters to specialize in certain areas and experience the updated game from a different point of view.

It's just freeing up player options without slapping us with a new fee for every character we make. What's so wrong with that?

[Ingolf]

In preparation of dual boxing.

[BadOmen]

In preparation of dual boxing.

Dual Boxing was not definetivelly on my mind, but use only 1 at a time as somesort of NPC fellow would be neat.

[Denmo]

I doubt you'll get any better reasons for it other than, "why not?"

[BadOmen]

Im not complaining about have multiple characters, indeed i enjoy having multiple, i have 3, 1 on each nation, i do for the diferent story and just for diferent lookin on chars, everyones know my characters so not hiddin away from ppl as some others use them for, however im tempted lol.

Still i feels like it not enough of a good reason , would like something else, more reasons as to have multiple characters than just last described, i doubt you get nto understand me unless you be one of those few like me that want play more than 1.

[BadOmen]

Maybe SE should make a survery about their gamers that want to play more than 1 single character on their own account to know more about those customers, maybe they could get something new from it even for those players that only play 1. why not? dont hurts to make some customer research.

[Keres]

Why have multiple characters in any MMO? Variety is the spice of life, etc. There doesn't need to be a special reason.

SE doesn't really need to give us a special reason to play multiple characters, they just need to not continue the archaic practice of charging a fee per character, which no other MMO does (and which SE wisely has said they'll stop doing in 2.0). That's enough for me.

[Alokin1988]

I like having multiple characters but considering how 1 character can become every job it does take a little bit out of it. So I think SE should consider adding some small benefits to having multiple characters. One thing I've always wanted is to have all of my characters hang out in one Mog House.

BTW Bad Omen I need an invite to the LS!