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Alts turn into indispensable mains over time...
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Sir John Halsey
#21 - 2012-06-12 15:09:17 UTC
I'm too lazy to fly too ships when i do exploration. I use the Caracal Navy for most of the things this days (and I'll probably switch to a Gilla)
Last time i took the Buzzard/Drake combo out of the hangar? Weeks ago.

Training two characters? Now way :)
Demolishar
United Aggression
#22 - 2012-06-12 15:19:49 UTC
I don't need alts to do nothing.
Marjolaine Soucie
Grott Shipyards
#23 - 2012-06-12 16:01:49 UTC
With so many alts and bots, kind of makes you wonder how many people actually play this game.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#24 - 2012-06-12 16:17:29 UTC
'Alts' and 'mains' are so 1999.

These days you have a number of accts (I'm down to seven now) that each specialize in a different area of expertise.

For instance, you might have a cyno/stealth character, a 0.0 builder, a missioner and a PVP combat pilot on different accts all training completely different stuff from each other. This is efficient as ISK for PLEXing accts is practically showered on you for doing next to nothing where as training a multi-disciplined character is going to take years.

So, no mains anymore. Just specialists.

Mr Epeen Cool
Feanos
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2012-06-12 16:19:15 UTC
8 Accounts here. Lots of cyno alts and things of that nature, which really require seperate accounts :(
Torneach
Doomheim
#26 - 2012-06-12 17:38:02 UTC
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.
MadMuppet
Critical Mass Inc
#27 - 2012-06-12 18:05:57 UTC
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.


Yeah, that was the other reason I got rid of the other accounts, my alts were all assholes.

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Victoria Sin
Doomheim
#28 - 2012-06-13 08:36:23 UTC
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.


Yea, well consider this: you have multiple accounts AND you team up with other people.

There..... Got you!
Marcus Harikari
#29 - 2012-06-13 08:53:36 UTC
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.

Tell me more, I've never heard of these things before.
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#30 - 2012-06-13 14:20:44 UTC
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.


They tend to be unreliable, thieves, or worse, you could owe them favors. Other people are fun to talk to on TS, fun to fly with, fun to gank with, but no one else is going to help me move my crap at 3am.
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#31 - 2012-06-13 14:32:48 UTC
Multiple accounts here as well. But I rarely keep them all active at the same time. Sometimes, because of how the game is design, you need/want more than one account:

1) Mission Runner / Loot & Salvage Alt
2) Miner / Hauling Alt
3) Capital Pilot / Cyno Alt #1 / Cyno Alt #2 ..... / Cyno Alt #n
4) Trading alt with Gallente Standings (for dodixie) / Trading alt with Caldari standings (for Jita)
5) Industry Main / Research/Manufacturing Alt #1 / Research/Manufacturing Alt #2 / Research/Manufacturing Alt #n
6) Generic 0.0 Toon / Scout Alt
7) Goon Member / B.O.B. Spy <-- This combination seems to pay off the most


"This is the Ninja. He will scan you down; he will salvage your wrecks and there shall be no aggro"
Kijo Rikki
Killboard Padding Services
#32 - 2012-06-13 14:37:15 UTC
Ptraci wrote:
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.


They tend to be unreliable, thieves, or worse, you could owe them favors. Other people are fun to talk to on TS, fun to fly with, fun to gank with, but no one else is going to help me move my crap at 3am.


I don't even think they're that fun to talk to. They start talking about meaningless things in their lives like the fictional spouses that are divorcing them because they neglect them or the fictional jobs they are losing because their work ethic sucks.

You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam. 
Cloned S0ul
POCKOCMOC Inc.
#33 - 2012-06-13 14:40:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Cloned S0ul
Victoria Sin wrote:
Alts slowly become indispensible mains over time.


Agree with this but what to do... http://eveboard.com/pilot/Cloned_S0ul?level=5 This is alt i dont see any difirence betwen my main and this alt. After long period of time alts become good skiled toons.
masternerdguy
Doomheim
#34 - 2012-06-13 14:43:21 UTC
Kijo Rikki wrote:
Ptraci wrote:
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.


They tend to be unreliable, thieves, or worse, you could owe them favors. Other people are fun to talk to on TS, fun to fly with, fun to gank with, but no one else is going to help me move my crap at 3am.


I don't even think they're that fun to talk to. They start talking about meaningless things in their lives like the fictional spouses that are divorcing them because they neglect them or the fictional jobs they are losing because their work ethic sucks.


Fictional spouses are great though since they can't take your stuff when you divorce them.

Things are only impossible until they are not.
Kijo Rikki
Killboard Padding Services
#35 - 2012-06-13 14:48:33 UTC
They can't give you the special treatment while you're killing a titan either. Sad

You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam. 
Rhanna Khurin
Doomheim
#36 - 2012-06-13 15:14:44 UTC
This is my FW character on the same account as my main.
I would like another but never really got around to it.
Victoria Sin
Doomheim
#37 - 2012-06-13 15:19:40 UTC
Cloned S0ul wrote:
Victoria Sin wrote:
Alts slowly become indispensible mains over time.


Agree with this but what to do... http://eveboard.com/pilot/Cloned_S0ul?level=5 This is alt i dont see any difirence betwen my main and this alt. After long period of time alts become good skiled toons.


Haha love it.
Veronica Kerrigan
Surgically Constructed L Feminist
#38 - 2012-06-13 15:47:24 UTC
Malerter wrote:
I hate the whole idea of alts, I think everyone should just be limited to one character.

Of course that would never happen, CCP would lose a lot of money..but for one it just doesnt make sence from a lore prespective....no capsuleer is seriously going to sit in a station for 90% of thier life and then haul stuff for free for someone else out of nowhere.



My alt is very much indebted to my main. I saved her from a secret blood raider capsuleer training facility during a mission. In exchange for helping me wherever possible, I provide her with the ISK needed to fund her operations. It's a fairly good deal in all honesty.
IGNATIUS HOOD
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#39 - 2012-06-13 15:58:26 UTC
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.


Uhm, no... If I'm jumping to a Cyno and not part of a fleet jump to a target. It will be my Cyno. Not yours or anyone elses thanks.

@OP

I have four accts, all with their own personalities and purposes. I however like redundancy and uniformity, and I believe in doing a few things really really well. So many activities in this game have profitability that scales very well. And even today, PLEXES are cheap.
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."   --H.L. Mencken
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#40 - 2012-06-13 16:31:31 UTC
Marcus Harikari wrote:
Torneach wrote:
You know, there are these things in MMOs called 'other people'.

You might want to look at finding some of those and teaming up with them.

Tell me more, I've never heard of these things before.

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