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Could EVE ever be a game played with one toon per player?

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Hestia Mar
Calmaretto
#1 - 2012-08-07 10:34:58 UTC
Almost always when newer players ask for advice about going to low-null, the advice is use a scout alt (or similar).

I used to have 3 paid accounts but since I lost my job I've had to juggle finances so I only have one account, which got me thinking as to whether the game could be played with only one account per player, rather than some people multi-boxing (my CEO has 9 active accounts, all online at the same time!). I know things would be less convenient - for example heading back to a station to change ships can be a pain I know, but I wonder if restricting players to single accounts would level the playing field a bit?

Would only having a single character actually spoil the game for you, or would it in fact increase the enjoyment? Help me decide, so that when/if I get another job, I can decide whether to re-sub at least one of my dormant accounts!
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Doomheim
#2 - 2012-08-07 10:35:44 UTC
What's a toon?
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#3 - 2012-08-07 10:37:56 UTC
Sure it could.

It would just be impossible to enforce.
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-08-07 10:41:49 UTC
I've always been a one-character kind of player.

I don't think it would be all that entertaining having more than one.

Besides, my laptop would probably explode if I tried.
Serena Serene
Heretic University
#5 - 2012-08-07 10:44:47 UTC
I play with only one account, and aside from looking at the market around Jita every now and then with another same-account character I only use this one.
Well, I don't play for long so far, but I plan to use only one character in the future, too.
Richard Desturned
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-08-07 10:48:05 UTC
lots of people play with only one account/character

i'm not one of them, but it's certainly doable

npc alts have no opinions worth consideration
Kryss Darkdust
The Skulls
#7 - 2012-08-07 10:57:57 UTC
Having multiple accounts gives a player a tremendous edge, in particular if you diversify the character skilling and get involved in a number of "projects" at once. I can honestly say that I make about 10 times more ISK with 2 accounts than I would with 1 account on a daily basis. The applications of having a second account go far beyond scout alts.

As such anyone playing with one account is technically at a disadvantage comapred to someone playing with 2 or more accounts, that is an undeniable fact.

I personally would love to see some sort of enforcements of single accounts but from a technology perspective its simply not possible. So its mute to discuss it, but I do believe the game would be much better.

The reality of Eve is that, if you don't love it like it is today, you should probobly go ahead and unsub. 
Carlton Foster
Doomheim
#8 - 2012-08-07 11:00:02 UTC
Eve Online is an MMO-RTS. Would you want to play Age of Empires with a single villager?
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-08-07 11:01:29 UTC
Carlton Foster wrote:
Eve Online is an MMO-RTS. Would you want to play Age of Empires with a single villager?

I tried once.

He got eaten by a lion Sad
Sephira Galamore
Inner Beard Society
Kvitravn.
#10 - 2012-08-07 11:02:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Sephira Galamore
I have managed quite well so far with only one account.
I have mates with alts tho and agree that is often is a nice convenience. When none in our group had alts, we either had no booster or someone would have to stay alone in a safe spot to do the boring job, whether in PvP or PvE.
Scouting... is something I have done for friends occasionally even without having an alt, so don't see much of an issue here.

Likely the only reason I would get an alt is to let him permanently sit in a capital ship. Or maybe for RvB... :thinks:
Herr Hammer Draken
#11 - 2012-08-07 11:03:58 UTC
The average is 1.2 accounts per player. So more play with 1 account than those that have more than 1.
Consider that many that have more, have 3+ accounts then to have an average of 1.2 most players have only 1 account.

Herr Hammer Draken "The Amarr Prophet"
DrSmegma
Smegma United
#12 - 2012-08-07 11:04:56 UTC
huh what

Eve too complicated? Try Astrum Regatta.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#13 - 2012-08-07 11:05:31 UTC
Herr Hammer Draken wrote:
The average is 1.2 accounts per player.
Source?
Caitlyn Tufy
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-08-07 11:07:56 UTC
One account = hard mode, two accounts = normal mode, three or more accounts = easy mode.

And they say MMOs don't have difficulty levels :D
Terrorfrodo
Interbus Universal
#15 - 2012-08-07 11:09:10 UTC
Hestia Mar wrote:
Would only having a single character actually spoil the game for you,

Yes.

Having multiple accounts is a good way to experience different aspects of the game, flying different ships etc. within a reasonable timeframe, for those of us who have not been in the game since 2003 or 2005.

For example, after a year of playing EVE I had one character who was really good at flying battlecruisers and battleships and a second character who was very good at electronic warfare, scanning, logistics and recon ships. To have the same abilities with only one character I'd have needed a lot more time.

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Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#16 - 2012-08-07 11:11:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Eternus8lux8lucis
Yeah getting stuck with the boring duties would suck badly if you only had one account. Ill second the scalability of multiple accounts in terms of isk generation over multiple avenues. Some suit themselves better to more accounts while some less. I know Id be bored out of my tree if I had to only run one account now.

Its not something enforceable and I though I think even from an RP perspective itd add a huge volume of depth and accountability to a person its just not feasible to do. Thered be no more scamming alts, pirating would be the only thing you could do and sec status would mean something again as well as a LOT of other things. What would be lost instantly are spies and corporate espionage as a whole with API requirements as well as cyno alts for capital toons. So tbh a vast majority of the nefarious actions that CCP encourages would be broken right off the bat if they could enforce it somehow.

Player turnover would be higher as youd be stuck in your character more and a bad decision, like real life, would follow you around forever. So someone just out for the lolz of something wouldnt stick around after the funny aspect has worn off and they cant do anything with the toon for whatever reason and being locked out of content due to actions in game.

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Nirnias Stirrum
UberWTFBBQ and Battle Technologies
#17 - 2012-08-07 11:11:35 UTC
I played Eve for years with just 1 char. It was only last year i decided to get a second one. And then 4 months ago to get a third char (but the third char is solely to train and sell him).

So yes it is possible.
Herr Hammer Draken
#18 - 2012-08-07 11:13:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Herr Hammer Draken
Tippia wrote:
Herr Hammer Draken wrote:
The average is 1.2 accounts per player.
Source?


An eve survey listed that in the eve data base.
I believe that is derived from the all time number of accounts including unsubbed accounts since eve began 9 years ago.

Herr Hammer Draken "The Amarr Prophet"
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#19 - 2012-08-07 11:17:38 UTC

Could it be played with one character per player? Yes.

Would having one character ruin it for me? No.

Would it increase my enjoyment? No.

Should you have an alt account? Yes.

Eve is designed around having multiple accounts. They encourage you to have alts. Several things require more than one account to accomplish. Choosing not to have an alt account on any sort of basis of principles or rules from other games is pretty dumb. Those principles and rules don't apply to Eve, why handicap yourself?



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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#20 - 2012-08-07 11:19:50 UTC
Herr Hammer Draken wrote:
An eve survey listed that in the eve data base.
Do you have a link to it? If they finally got their thumbs out and tried to produce some kind of real stat, that would be sweet.
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