tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post4656147141948224864..comments2024-03-26T20:47:12.919+00:00Comments on Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog: Too Many Alts or Not Enough Variety?Shintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-32787211210053726712015-06-27T17:29:17.597+01:002015-06-27T17:29:17.597+01:00Thank you very much for this post, Shintar. I thin...Thank you very much for this post, Shintar. I think it’s among the best you have ever written and I’ve added it to my <a href="http://maldwiz.blogspot.com/p/essential-reading.html" rel="nofollow">ESSENTIAL READING</a> page.<br /><br />I’m a serious altoholic as well and I especially enjoyed SWTOR because of <a href="http://maldwiz.blogspot.com/2013/05/swtor-different-realities.html" rel="nofollow">the effect alts can have</a> on one’s gaming experience. I feel that it’s even more pronounced here than in other games because of the Legacy system. Playing through the original stories (both class and planetary) is still the most enjoyable way for me to spend my time in the game.<br /><br />I also agree with the idea of specific alts for specific purposes. Back in TBC I was also keeping a number of alts ready for all different kinds of content. Even while I was raiding Back Temple and Sunwell on my main, I could experience challenging and relevant content on other characters, be it Heroics, Karazhan or Gruul’s. An alt for every occasion. All of that changed, however, with WotLK and each subsequent expansion because Blizzard was busy pushing everyone into the latest raid which made everything that came before even more obsolete.Maldwizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726258842496198525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-80909196555425365062015-06-14T22:05:36.589+01:002015-06-14T22:05:36.589+01:00I think that even limiting yourself to "only&...I think that even limiting yourself to "only" 8 characters is bound to get quite repetitive quickly when they all have to go through the same content post-50...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-76519655801051435612015-06-13T02:03:53.989+01:002015-06-13T02:03:53.989+01:00As someone that had three Hands of A'dal in BC...As someone that had three Hands of A'dal in BC and too many other alts in Wrath and up, I've had some of these same problems with my alt-ism. What I've started doing with SWTOR and its uber alt-friendliness is to mentally mark many of my alts as "story alts". That is, level them far enough to see the parts of the story I want to experience the variations of. After that I left them 'retire' to my strongholds until or if I need them again. That way I can just keep my 8(!) main toons ready to go for any new class-based quests.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136618065334135449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-24096809992733222312015-06-12T04:25:07.406+01:002015-06-12T04:25:07.406+01:00Even a second path of some sort would help. Or so...Even a second path of some sort would help. Or some planets that aren't directly involved in the big story. Or expand off the macrobinocular missions (or something similar) and have other sets of quests people can run around and do.<br /><br />It seems like most MMOs run into this - there are multiple paths/zones/whatever up to a certain point and then everyone gets funneled into a single path. (The only one I know of that maybe doesn't, depending on how you look at it, is Guild Wars 2. Since you can play productively in both the zone you're at level for and any lower zone (it drops your level accordingly), you have the option to ignore the storyline and just run around doing other quests, or gathering, exploring, etc, all of which earn xp. Doesn't fix the end game problem, but does somewhat avoid the alt funnel.)<br /><br />But you would think that some MMO would realize that if people like having multiple starting zones, they might like multiple ending zones, too. Even if it is more work.depizannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-39650812552205562592015-06-12T00:04:58.225+01:002015-06-12T00:04:58.225+01:00Yep, I've noticed that problem. 12X got me to ...Yep, I've noticed that problem. 12X got me to create new characters and run them through Corellia. Very soon, I might have to do Makeb->Forged Alliance->Rishi->Yavin->Ziost 10 times in a row.<br /><br />I'm thinking by run 6, I'll be ready for the next expansion to give me a way out. :)<br />The Nicksternoreply@blogger.com