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Dual character training or separate account?
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Charlie Nonoke
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#1 - 2013-08-04 01:17:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Charlie Nonoke
I'm trying to weigh the differences between the two.

Both require PLEXes for a duration of 30 days. Essentially it is the same as a new account, however with a separate account, I see the following benefits:

  • An extra 21 days for the price of your initial PLEX due to buddy invite.
  • Your buddy essentially is free for 51 days since you get the PLEX back to your main account.
  • Able to dual client and be in space at the same time.
  • Lower risk of account compromise should one be hacked.

If there's something I didn't realise, please enlighten me.

The way I see it, if you're creating an alt, you had the intention of doing things together anyway.

My question is whether I should do which?
RavenPaine
RaVeN Alliance
#2 - 2013-08-04 02:09:57 UTC
Duel account!

Light your own cyno
Rep your own ship
Boost your own ship
Fly two directions at once
Do 2 careers at once (isk stream)
Share missions
No need to log one out to activate the other

Duel training is a really cool new feature, but it has limitations. Same cost, less useable
Dual accounts has no limitations
Zor'katar
Matari Recreation
#3 - 2013-08-04 04:49:33 UTC
If you plan on paying for/PLEXing two accounts long-term, then you might as well just do two accounts. The dual training is mostly for people who want to give some basic skills to a PI/industry/research/market/etc. alt without stopping their main's training or paying 2 PLEX to transfer from a temporary second account.
brinelan
#4 - 2013-08-04 10:14:42 UTC
Zor'katar wrote:
If you plan on paying for/PLEXing two accounts long-term, then you might as well just do two accounts. The dual training is mostly for people who want to give some basic skills to a PI/industry/research/market/etc. alt without stopping their main's training or paying 2 PLEX to transfer from a temporary second account.


This. If you just need a small amount of training for an alt for a specific purpose and dont need them both on at the same time then dual training.
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2013-08-07 00:44:46 UTC
2 accounts so you can multibox them and harvest twice as many tears.

Throw ISBoxer in the mix and it will be glorious.
Drax Concrilla
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2013-08-07 22:00:48 UTC
Two accounts, definitely.
MarkusDaguire
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-08-07 22:10:12 UTC
Two accounts, no contest. Am I the only who feel they are being shafted if they took the dual training deal? Come on CCP. One plex for a few months dual training I could live with. Most people at least get bought a drink before the get f^$^&ed
Zor'katar
Matari Recreation
#8 - 2013-08-08 11:23:01 UTC
MarkusDaguire wrote:
Two accounts, no contest. Am I the only who feel they are being shafted if they took the dual training deal? Come on CCP. One plex for a few months dual training I could live with. Most people at least get bought a drink before the get f^$^&ed

If all you want is some basic PI/market skills for another slot on your main account that's only ever going to log in for housekeeping stuff, it's a deal. Before, your only alternatives were to either stop your main's training for a while or pay a PLEX to train on another account and then two more to transfer it over.
Elena Thiesant
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-08-08 12:39:50 UTC
MarkusDaguire wrote:
Am I the only who feel they are being shafted if they took the dual training deal?


It's way cheaper than transfering an existing alt to a new account, training two months and transferring the alt back.
Ciaphas Cyne
Moira.
#10 - 2013-08-13 20:43:06 UTC
RavenPaine wrote:
Duel account!

Light your own cyno
Rep your own ship
Boost your own ship
Fly two directions at once
Do 2 careers at once (isk stream)
Share missions
No need to log one out to activate the other




this is the only thing about eve i dont like. that you can do all that. go play sim city if you wanna be god.

"buff only the stuff I fly and nerf everything else"

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