EVE General Discussion

For example I used to have 3 accounts and 6 characters, yes it is cool to make more iskies and specialize, but where do we leave the fun?

I reduced my "team" to 2 accounts and 2 characters, and now I'm more attached to both of them. I'm sure if I played with just a single character I would be even more attached since character=me... now I still have double personality lol. But it's very rewarding to have 2 characters in EVE so I will stick to both of them.

What do you guys think about this question? Do you enjoy switching your dozens of toons or it just feels like a second job like happened to me?

Discuss.

Yea I also having too many chars ruins the game. I've never really had more than 2-3 I think but now I only have 1 char and now this shroominator who I'm training for pvp and other ships I like to fly

Having multiple accounts doesn't just influence how attached you are to them, it also distorts fleet combat on a larger scale.

For instance, I would expect to see a significant drop in supercapitals in fleet fights if everyone was only allowed one account - mainly due to them being unable to dock, and leaving them at a POS opens them to... risks (read: ~forum QQ~).

Now, I'm not trying to derail the thread, so I'll just 'STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!'

So, IMHO:
Yes, having multiple characters is the best way to ruin your gaming experience if that kind of thing puts you off.
But apparently some people can't live without them, so yeah- it's a personal preference and I don't see CCP limiting people to one account per person, not when they've been throwing 'Power of Two' campaigns at us.

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I reminded myself of this right after hitting the 'post' button, so here ya go.

Personally, I've only ever had this account. I do everything with it; and while being a Jack-of-all-trades is considered a bit of a messy deal, every time I prove the opposite, it feels that much better.

I think having 1 alt is healthy for the gaming experience. But, I know people with +3 alts. You can never get them to do anything because they're busy doing their own thing, which is perfectly fine except when they want to make plans with you and others to do something but can't be arsed to quit doing their own thing long enough to do something else.

IDK, the problem is a paradox. It's hard to get people together to do things to begin with especially if it's something >you< want to do instead of what >they< want to do. So, there is a definite need to have a alt or 5 to do what >you< want to do when >you< want to do it. But then you fall into the issue of feeding those alts so you're too busy to do anything with anyone else. And so, altohol syndrome is self-perpetuating.

Excellent point!

I don't feel right when I'm running more than seven characters. I think it might start to ruin the game for me if I had eight plus on the go.

Mr Epeen

Since I am more a loner and like to do my own thing I found one account was not cutting it so I created an alt. Thing were going well so I created another and after a couple months I realized I was not enjoying myself. I then dropped back to what I consider my 2 mains as truthfully I fly them in tandem as a team doing what I do and have been known to chat and continue the conversation using the other account. Folks know both are me and have settled on calling me one or the other name regardless of which actual toon is chatting.

I think if I were to ever tire of the solitary life I am leading in game it will be hard to decide which to take into a real corp and which to leave behind if I could only have one so eventually I may be looking for a corp who wants 1 new member with a well oiled highly polished account team.

I'm starting to believe that one character is optimal for ... immersion.

This account is to be my frigate-SB account. The longer I maintain three accounts, the more likely I will sell one character and merge this one with the last one standing. Thereby, running one account.

I'm thinking that having one character earning sp is more of a logistical challenge. You have more at stake as well.

I've got an alt account, and I'm considering letting the subscription slide. Turns out managing three lots of PI in a WH while they train for weeks to do anything useful is not fun times.

On the other hand, it is SO DAMN HANDY to have an alt who can scan, cloak and salvage when exploring womrholes. Leaves more room for guns on my combat ship.

EVE is about the only game where I've actively used and enjoyed having alts. The multiplayer aspect is built so firmly into the game that even trying to do something simple -- like mine asteroids or run missions -- requires multiple characters running at the same time to do so with any degree of efficiency. I don't like going back to change ships, and if anything, having the right tool always present for the job makes the game both easier and less frustrating. Some such tasks seem so menial that the only characters I could ever picture doing them are alts, I mean, seriously -- how many people are actually designated Orca pilots on their main? Or fly salvage in a Noctis for hours on end?