Multiple Characters vs. Sticking with one - Thoughts?

[Kipling]

Figured this might foster some interesting discussion, since I see this being talked about a lot in my server.

Main reason for this seems to be the way Coil lockout is set up and the way Mythology is earned/caps out. Otherwise I don't think there would be a point.

Seems a lot of people are doing the alt character thing so that they can have say, a healer and a tank - two vastly different classes which don't share gear, and still do coil on both and gain myth on both since gearing up every class in myth is very slow.

Anyone else doing this? I'm kind of considering it aside from the obvious cons of not being able to share gear you might get more access to on your main and etc.

[lilbubbles]

I just leveled a second character, and let me just say... I wish I hadn't.

[Seravi Edalborez]

In the process of leveling my 2nd now (main SCH, alt-to-be WHM admittely kind of stupid) and all the while debating just getting 2* i70 shit on my main if I really want to play other jobs so bad.

[Deadgye]

You don't really need +1 relic or mytho gear for entry level coil, so I personally won't be making an alt anytime soon. Then again I also have no desire of pimping out a second class right now.

[Jakson]

I've got a WHM on one char, WAR on another, and GSM on one, and CRP on the other, and now I'm regretting it. I just leveled CRP for fun, but after spending all that time, I wish I'd leveled it for fun on the character that already had GSM at 50.

[Tyrath]

I barely have time to keep up with 1 character + myth caps, not to mention the patience when I do have time. I wouldn't subject myself to the grind of 2 characters.

[Lokus]

I have two extra alts from 1.0 (my lalas were too cute to get rid of) that have 2-6 jobs capped out each and been contemplating just using them to gear different jobs. I'm still indecisive on my main character on which job to Myth out since I like playing so many of them. That aside, current endgame leaves a lot of free time so it's not too hard to catch up an alt.

[Spider-Dan]

I look at multiple characters in XIV the same way I would look at someone who leveled multiple characters in XI because they wanted to do Dynamis more than twice a week:

Why?

[Kipling]

I look at multiple characters in XIV the same way I would look at someone who leveled multiple characters in XI because they wanted to do Dynamis more than twice a week:

Why?

"Why?" as in you don't have the motivation/why bother? Or "Why?" as in you don't see how the possible trade off of gearing up faster might be worth it?

[Seravi Edalborez]

I could point out that XI had more things to DO at 75 than just dynamis (ground sky, sea limbus nyzul salvage othershit if you count expansions) but then we'd be pointing out we're not at expansions yet in XIV anyways so moot comparison.

But I didn't get into XI endgame until well after CoP was released so idk.

[Ksandra]

If I played more I might. In theory I'd really like to. In WoW I usually had two mains per expansion. 1 to run events with my guild, another to do lfg/shout runs on the side (or pvp). I kinda wish I could do that here, but I am not dedicated enough to go through that storyline again.


Especially when I hold onto hope they are going to do something about the lockouts to make it so you could have at least two mains.

[Kipling]

If I played more I might. In theory I'd really like to. In WoW I usually had two mains per expansion. 1 to run events with my guild, another to do lfg/shout runs on the side (or pvp). I kinda wish I could do that here, but I am not dedicated enough to go through that storyline again.


Especially when I hold onto hope they are going to do something about the lockouts to make it so you could have at least two mains.

The way they handle coil lockout and myth is like... in tandem, at least to me it seems. The rate you might get gear from coil is around the same as the rate you would get myth gear, unless you're either really lucky or extremely unlucky. I don't see them changing the lockout or myth cap any time soon because they want these sets to be the best. I feel like when we get new turns in 2.2 we'll still have the same lock outs but with better gear obviously.

[TheDirtyHobo]

"Why?" as in you don't have the motivation/why bother? Or "Why?" as in you don't see how the possible trade off of gearing up faster might be worth it?

But you don't gear up faster. You gear another character up at an equal rate. You still can't put any more mythology or BC gear per week on your main account. At least with the Dynamis comparison, you could theoretically give the excess currency generated by your alt to your main account.

[Ksandra]

But you don't gear up faster. You gear another character up at an equal rate. You still can't put any more mythology or BC gear per week on your main account. At least with the Dynamis comparison, you could theoretically give the excess currency generated by your alt to your main account.

Pretty sure he means you would gear up two classes faster than having the two on the same account.

Getting 300 myth per week per class is going to be faster than getting 300 myth per week for all classes.

[Kipling]

But you don't gear up faster. You gear another character up at an equal rate. You still can't put any more mythology or BC gear per week on your main account. At least with the Dynamis comparison, you could theoretically give the excess currency generated by your alt to your main account.

The idea is: You would level those classes on your main anyway, and have 300 more mythology to work with, no?

[shepardG]

yeah, i don't understand this train of thought of having multiple characters... since everything that's worth a damn is rare/ex. and i've yet to see someone dual boxing their way through AK/WP with any sort of efficency i just don't understand it....

So you gear out your bard main and your whm main with Binding Coil gear..... and you just keep gearing out the two characters so that you can play one or the other if it's needed for Crystal Tower? I guess or...

If you enjoy playing the game that much and want to run coil twice/thrice a week, that's cool, I can't knock that. But my FC leader did this and he litterly only uses his alt if a healer doesn't show up for our alternate coil groups.. which has not occured yet.

[Spider-Dan]

Unless everyone else in your group is also leveling alt characters (to evade coil lockout), what's the point? DL is good enough for anything not-coil, so you're basically mythgearing up a second job so you can... run the coil with randoms?

It seems silly to create another character explicitly for purposes of spamming the narrow retail-release endgame content more rapidly, but it's your time, I suppose.

[Berabouman]

Personally I don't really see the point. One of the good things about FF11/14 is being able to do everything on one character, and easily switch classes/jobs any time you want. Levelling an alt seems quite unnecessary.

[Ksandra]

yeah, i don't understand this train of thought of having multiple characters... since everything that's worth a damn is rare/ex.

That's like all other mmos though.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Personally I don't really see the point. One of the good things about FF11/14 is being able to do everything on one character, and easily switch classes/jobs any time you want. Levelling an alt seems quite unnecessary.

Some people would disagree XIV does this solely on the grounds of myth/coil forcing you to limit your focus to 1 job, maybe 2-3 at best.