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Character Merging

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Kirilosk Hareka
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2014-06-20 13:11:26 UTC
Good Day Folks.....

I was wondering how much Character merging has been discussed. Specifically I have two toons on my account, I pay for training for both my main and my mining alt and now that he is mining worthy it would be nice to just merge him into my main character.

I have posed this question to the powers that be and they said it was/is worth looking into and to place the question out on the forums.....so here it is....

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Solecist Project
#2 - 2014-06-20 13:13:17 UTC
I merge with other characters all the time... *cough*

But seriously, it's not possible and never going to happen.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Doreen Kaundur
#3 - 2014-06-20 13:14:58 UTC
As much as I like the idea, it won't happen. EVE is a game based on training time and "time" is how CCP makes its money.

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ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-06-20 13:16:21 UTC
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
As much as I like the idea, it won't happen. EVE is a game based on training time and "time" is how CCP makes its money.


Actually to be fair he's paid for the training time for both characters, that's indisputable. The idea is interesting; it seems a bit bloody stupid but I can't exactly think why it's a bit bloody stupid.

Dodixie > Hek
Doreen Kaundur
#5 - 2014-06-20 13:19:17 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
As much as I like the idea, it won't happen. EVE is a game based on training time and "time" is how CCP makes its money.


Actually to be fair he's paid for the training time for both characters, that's indisputable. The idea is interesting; it seems a bit bloody stupid but I can't exactly think why it's a bit bloody stupid.



good point.

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ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2014-06-20 13:20:09 UTC
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
As much as I like the idea, it won't happen. EVE is a game based on training time and "time" is how CCP makes its money.


Actually to be fair he's paid for the training time for both characters, that's indisputable. The idea is interesting; it seems a bit bloody stupid but I can't exactly think why it's a bit bloody stupid.

good point.

I guess there would be some issue to do with employment histories and character identity. Meh.

Dodixie > Hek
Kirilosk Hareka
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2014-06-20 13:22:15 UTC
Very True......it is about money, and I am ok with that.....free market economy and all.

It would be nice like I said to now be able to merge these two toons....easier to just stay logged on as one and mine when I want then to logout then back in to just switch toons.......

CCP would not lose money, they may make more with the cost of the skills merge.....
Decado Thellere
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-06-20 13:24:01 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
As much as I like the idea, it won't happen. EVE is a game based on training time and "time" is how CCP makes its money.


Actually to be fair he's paid for the training time for both characters, that's indisputable. The idea is interesting; it seems a bit bloody stupid but I can't exactly think why it's a bit bloody stupid.



If the suggestion was to pay plex to have 2 simultaneous skill queues on your character how would you feel about it? It's basically the same effect in the end.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#9 - 2014-06-20 13:25:27 UTC
I like that you're thinking,
I dislike that it's about sp reallocation.

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Ser Name
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2014-06-20 13:34:19 UTC
Sell both characters and buy one character that has both sets of skills.
Kirilosk Hareka
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2014-06-20 13:35:22 UTC
Interesting point pay two plex.........

If I am merging the skill sets, taking the best from both (in my case it is just moving over the mining skills and drone skills for the most part) then there would only be one skill set training as I would only then have one character.

Worth discussing.....
Doreen Kaundur
#12 - 2014-06-20 13:35:43 UTC
Ser Name wrote:
Sell both characters and buy one character that has both sets of skills.


The problem I have with buying characters is that you cant change the name. If that could be done, they would sell more IMO.

(Just include previous names in the history like employment)

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Elmonky
Alternative Royal Dynamics
GameTheory
#13 - 2014-06-20 13:39:45 UTC
Isn't Jamyl Sarum a corruption of two clones?


They could probably do it as long as your character starting randomly switching modules on and off and initiating warp at the wrong time to show just how mental they had become.....
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#14 - 2014-06-20 13:39:56 UTC
Kirilosk Hareka wrote:
Interesting point pay two plex.........

If I am merging the skill sets, taking the best from both (in my case it is just moving over the mining skills and drone skills for the most part) then there would only be one skill set training as I would only then have one character.

Worth discussing.....

No it isn't because the core skills will be duplicated, making at least a third of one toons sp redundant and unless you're going burn those this turns into a stealth sp reallocation thread .

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Solecist Project
#15 - 2014-06-20 13:41:43 UTC
If you merge characters, you open a huge can of worms.

Think about all the connections a character makes in the game,
mechanics wise I mean... not socially.

Without breaking the DB I can only see this work if the char never actually did anything.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Kirilosk Hareka
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2014-06-20 13:45:17 UTC
I envision this as putting the work on the player to some extent......the player pulls down a spreadsheet with three columns....columns one and three and your two soon to be merged characters the new one is in the center is the new character....the player pulls over from whatever side the skills he/she is merging.

just skills, money and stuff, no standings this would be the game cost that is paid, as this is a new (name etc...) character.

then you pay your money to ccp, they pull the two characters, merge them, place them where one of the original two were and you off and running.......but starting over standing wise with everyone..........
Komi Toran
Perkone
Caldari State
#17 - 2014-06-20 13:46:16 UTC
This idea is basically buy plex to double or triple your training speed. As such, it's terrible.
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#18 - 2014-06-20 13:47:02 UTC
Im not sure character merging is a good idea

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#19 - 2014-06-20 13:51:10 UTC
... there are enough "multiple" and "split" personalities in this community as it is...

That being said, the "Golden Rules" quite clearly states that if it's a potential revenue stream... it will happen, irregardless of any concerns.

"EVE is dying." -- The Four Forum Trolls of the Apocalypse.   ( Pick four, any four. They all smell.  )
TheMercenaryKing
Collapsed Out
Pandemic Legion
#20 - 2014-06-20 13:55:16 UTC
The problem I see is buying an account and merging it into your own.
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