EVE General Discussion

I know this is an obvious troll, but I'll bite.

For those of us who have trained alts on our main accounts this is a welcome change. See, if I wanted to train further one of my alts on this account, yet still keep my main character on this account training, I would have to spend two Plexs or 20 bucks to transfer them to another account to train. With this system I can pay the 2 Plexs and get 2 months of training time, and not have to pay for another account. Now beyond 2 months it starts to get more logical to just transfer to a second account, but imo I welcome this change. Especially since it saves me time if I just want to train for like a month and quit again.

2 PLEX for a transfer

I for one will make good use of that new feature.
And since I had no intention to get a second account so far nor to have one in the near future anyway, CCP will get money from me.

And then what?

In the dual training case you have a trained alt you can use without further expenses.

In the second account case, you have a trained alt you have to pay more to be able to use. Either extend the sub or transfer the character to the original account. Both options being more expensive then the dual training one. It's also likely that changes in game mechanics or your own goals will require further alt training at an unknown point in the future, so having the dual training option available becomes increasingly more sensible and less expensive then other alternatives.

I will definately purchase 2 or 3 plexes for my trading alt on this account.
I don't want to keep another account just for a trading alt if i can keep it alive with this account.

Multiple accounts are for multi-boxers. Some people don't want to multibox, but have an alt on the same account that comes in handy for things like moving stuff during wardecs without getting the attention of WTs. The way it is now, you can pay to have a second account and train two chars simultaneously. Why NOT charge for, and grant, the ability to train two chars simultaneously on the SAME account?

It's cheaper if you create a character that is specialised that may only need a few months training as you only need to PLEX for those few months. Whereas if you have a specialised character on another account you have to continue with the sub.

The downside of having them on the same account is they can't be in-game at the same time, but for some people that won't be an issue.




I don't know of any other game where you can train multiple characters on the same account due to game design, meaning you have to be in the game to actually progress (there maybe some out there but not that I'm aware of) .

CCP will continue to this approach for some time to come so get used to it! The continuous driving up of prices and introduction of things like tiercide (increase bs costs) and capital rigs are an attempt to force players to bridge the gap with Plex purchases.

I wouldn't be surprised if this summer there was a new launcher released that is loaded with PLEX!

Ultimately it boils down to how long you're intending to train the alt up for and how you fund your accounts (rl cash or plex)

There is a difference between plex price (if you buy them with rl cash) and subscription rates. Playing with bought plex is more expensive.

But you have to take into consideration the cost of the account transfer fee too, so it's not a good idea to set up a long skill plan and buy plex to train the alt when it would be more cost effective to set up another account then after 4-5 months pay to transfer that character to your original account.

In the end, it's a service that CCP are providing for you, it's up to you if you want to take them up on it or not.

This feature is great.

My army of forum alts can now also get some skills and be less alty.