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Maximus Martinus
Universal Dynamics Corp Silent Requiem
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Posted - 2014.05.23 08:51:00 -
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Can anyone give me advice or links to the benefits tor otherwise of setting up an alt?
Thank you
MM We are here to educate and amuse |
Ro Agaja
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.05.23 09:12:00 -
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Your alt join FW, your main is safe, doing missions, mining what ever. Your alt in logi reps your main during PvP. Just two usages, that came into the mind of newbee without alt ;)
You will have to pay two subscriptions. |
Jur Tissant
Hemah Industries
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Posted - 2014.05.23 11:34:00 -
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I am using Multiple Character Training to train up a PI alt. This, in combination with my main toon who has good PI, should be able to afford me a PLEX each month. In my third slot I have a character who sits in Jita and trades my goods so I can continue to do other things and check in on my sell orders every so often.
Other than that, FW gets you on the bad side of a lot of people so having an alt for that specific purpose can be useful.
If you're willing to drop another subscription/PLEX each month, having a second account lets you use two characters at once. A common use is hauling your ore back to station, so you can bring out a Covetor and mine for as long as you want without the downtime of dumping your ore. |
Tyrendian Biohazard
Ubiquitous Hurt Exodus.
285
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Posted - 2014.05.23 13:28:00 -
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1) PI for additional income 2) FW for additional income (so your main doesn't have to worry about the problem of being in a militia if you want to mine or run missions) 3) Train to haul your combat characters stuff around 4) Focus on another career path other than your main (mining, combat, trading, exploration) 5) Basic training and use for scouting 6) Placing the character as a cyno alt (though as a newbie you probably won't be worrying about this for a long while, if ever) 7) Awoxing fun 8) Attempt to infiltrate a corp and steal everything 9) Train for links/boosts for your other character
The list goes on and on. My twitch stream to help new players: http://www.twitch.tv/biohazrd51
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Feyd Rautha Harkonnen
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2014.05.23 20:16:00 -
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Maximus Martinus wrote:Can anyone give me advice or links to the benefits tor otherwise of setting up an alt?
Thank you
MM A bit of an open ended question. If by alt you mean a second-account alt to supplement a PVP 'main'...but as mentioned above...
Exploration to feed your main ISKies
Scouting/Probing/boosting to keep your main alive.
Awoxing for both lolz and ISK, keeping your main clear of the taint of said sins.
Ganking, who you don't mind going -10 while your main stays clean as a whistle.
...and the countless other uses...PI for ISK, mining/industry for ISK and to build your own ships, carrier pilot to taxi your main's **** around the universe, etc etc etc etc etc etc. (Or the inverse, a PVP/gank alt to supplement a PVE/indy/trading main...)
Point is, if you plan to stay in the game longer than six months to a year you are going to need one, and its a question of when you get one, not if. In fact the dirty little secret of EvE IMHO is a minimum of two accounts is needed to be effective at a lot of things.
IMHO.
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
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Posted - 2014.05.23 21:04:00 -
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I have 5 accounts:
Alt #1 = My shadow. His purpose in life is to make mine easier. Primarily a booster alt, and secondarily a drone-boat pilot.
Alt #2 = Research & manufacturing & trade, POS Manager. His purpose is to earn me ISK. As he stays in hisec, he also is mission-capable.
Alt #2.5 = Research & manufacturing, only. (Second character on same account, partially dual-trained, 12.77m SP).
Alt #3 = General assist. Started as a miner-only character, but has gone way beyond that (e.g. HIC & drone-boat pilot, covert cyno).
Alt #4 = Alt training account. Currently has a 62.7m SP Science & Industry char that I plan to transfer to my main account someday.
All of them can do PI, research, and manufacturing. All are POS gunners. Most are Logistics pilots (can pilot Basilisk & Guardian, though some do more), and freighter pilots. Most are jump freighter pilots.
The above doesn't include cyno alts and market price-check alts that are on the same accounts. |
Maximus Martinus
Universal Dynamics Corp Silent Requiem
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Posted - 2014.05.24 10:12:00 -
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Thanks to all for the responses. I might go for an alt.
A "technical" question - do you run them via the "select a character" screen where there are 3 choices or do you open a second EVE session? Does it make any difference?
Can I benefit from setting up an alt eg perks from the Buddy scheme?
Sorry to be so ignorant.
MM We are here to educate and amuse |
Tyrendian Biohazard
Ubiquitous Hurt Exodus.
287
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Posted - 2014.05.24 10:43:00 -
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Maximus Martinus wrote:Thanks to all for the responses. I might go for an alt.
A "technical" question - do you run them via the "select a character" screen where there are 3 choices or do you open a second EVE session? Does it make any difference?
Can I benefit from setting up an alt eg perks from the Buddy scheme?
Sorry to be so ignorant.
MM
No need to apologize
Only one character per account can be logged in at one time. So if you wanted two characters in space, you would need to sub two accounts. However, if you wanted another character to do things when your main isn't logged in, you could keep it on one account and switch back and forth when necessary. Additionally, only one character per account can be trained at a time, unless you use a PLEX to activate multiple character training from month to month. My twitch stream to help new players: http://www.twitch.tv/biohazrd51
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Dreadchain
Lavateinn
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Posted - 2014.05.24 21:45:00 -
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Ro Agaja wrote:Your alt join FW, your main is safe, doing missions, mining what ever. Your alt in logi reps your main during PvP. Just two usages, that came into the mind of newbee without alt ;)
You will have to pay two subscriptions.
Why would you run missions or mine if you're in FW? You make much more money in FW, seems like kind of an odd idea. www.minerbumping.com |
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