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Jett0
Team Kitty Choke Slam
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Posted - 2012.04.27 21:57:00 -
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I don't log enough hours to entertain the idea of multiple accounts, but I've always been curious, especially since it's encouraged by the game.
For the multiboxers:
What made you finally decide to make the jump?
Is the game actually more fun this way, or would you rather just have a few roommates that play?
For those who multibox to PLEX their subs, is there a "sweet spot" of accounts that is enough to raise productivity without requiring an overwhelming amount of effort to PLEX them all?
Any fun stories you want to share about managing multiple accounts? Unfortunate circumstances? Funny trolls?
Occasionally plays sober |
urbino
S0utherN Comfort
Cascade Imminent
7
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Posted - 2012.04.27 22:00:00 -
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once u start flying caps, cyno alts
mining, since the only time consuming thing u do is click and drag every 100 seconds just multiply it by as many accounts as your pc can take
market orders
extra dps while pve'ing |
Rath Kelbore
The Six-Pack Syndicate
EVE Animal Control
175
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Posted - 2012.04.27 22:06:00 -
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I started multi boxing for PVE activities. I guess I still do. I have a high sec market/manufacture alt which provides my isk. I have this character, and one other that I use for scouting.
The only time i've used all three together was farming querious 6/10's. I had my indy alt in an orca, alt for scout/probes, and my main in "combat" ships. I wanted to farm null sec without living there so I'd day/weekend trip down, use the orca for storage of loot and extra salvage and probe ships.
It was a lot of work looking back but at the time I made a fair amount of isk from it.
Almost got caught once. A group of five or so saw me jumping out of a system in my orca, i cloaked on the other side and started slow boating away. They of course followed and began trying to de cloak me getting as close as 3-4,000 meters from me. Some how I managed to not get decloaked and after about 30 minutes they gave up. No doubt calling hacks, I would be.
I plan on living forever.......so far, so good. |
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
490
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Posted - 2012.04.27 22:09:00 -
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Jett0 wrote:For those who multibox to PLEX their subs, is there a "sweet spot" of accounts that is enough to raise productivity without requiring an overwhelming amount of effort to PLEX them all?
Mining with a multibox software adds linearly if your computer can handle it. Better, since an enemy might gank one or two, but the rest will get away. And each account makes more money than the plex (in null anyway) pretty easily.
Those who cannot adapt become victims of Evolugalbugaslugakjlwsdhvbzxd |
Shepard Book
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
44
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Posted - 2012.04.27 22:12:00 -
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Jett0 wrote:I don't log enough hours to entertain the idea of multiple accounts, but I've always been curious, especially since it's encouraged by the game.
For the multiboxers:
What made you finally decide to make the jump?
Is the game actually more fun this way, or would you rather just have a few roommates that play?
For those who multibox to PLEX their subs, is there a "sweet spot" of accounts that is enough to raise productivity without requiring an overwhelming amount of effort to PLEX them all?
Any fun stories you want to share about managing multiple accounts? Unfortunate circumstances? Funny trolls?
Day one I started 6 accounts. I then consolidated them to two accounts like a year or so later. Now I have a character for almost every role I enjoy in Eve. Forgetting where items are and which character has them can be challenging sometimes.
The old log in screens did not help having multiple accounts by having to exit out completely. They could really make it easier to switch characters still.
Bubbling my other character is always fun 
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Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
662
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Posted - 2012.04.27 22:50:00 -
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I started multiboxing when I found out how slow and easy EvE was.
Outside of PvP you can easily 6 box 2 miners and 4 L4 mission ships and still watch TV and post on these forums.
Auditing | Collateral holding and insurance | Consulting | PLEX for Good Charity
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Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
360
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Posted - 2012.04.27 22:56:00 -
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When it became apparent that the only way to beat four neutral Guardians is by using six neutral Guardians. |
Serene Repose
Perkone
Caldari State
720
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Posted - 2012.04.28 07:10:00 -
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I'm still trying to figure out how to pick my nose and flip through channels at the same time.
I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility toward every form of tyranny over the mind of man.-á |
Kriegman
Raging Ducks
Goonswarm Federation
29
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Posted - 2012.04.28 07:18:00 -
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Multiboxing is not an option, its a requirement for anyone flying capital ships. Nuff said. |
fgft Athonille
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
24
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Posted - 2012.04.28 07:21:00 -
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to win |
Gogela
Freeport Exploration
Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
677
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Posted - 2012.04.28 07:42:00 -
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There comes a time when you realize that there is a larger eve game you have never seen. Ultimately, you always have known it was there. You started out in an Ibis... gradually you got into frigates and then destroyers and then cruisers... finally you got your battleship. You fought for a year in your battleship and ratting and doing plexes was the ultimate triumph. You expanded your industry from frigates to cruisers to indys... and as you jumped up in paygrade and as you started to see the tiers of play you begun to think... "well how many f***ing tiers are there?" Then you realized the tiers were your own abstraction layer to the game. There are no tiers in eve. There is no progression or skill levels and there is nothing that seperates you at all from the very best players that have been in it since 2003... the truth is your own understanding of the game is limited only by you. You think you need to progress so far for this or that. You think you need to join under the protection of the more powerful player to gain whatever benefit. This is a conceptual fallacy in EvE. You can have whatever you can take. There is no one in the game a player of 3 months can't take from a beta player if you know enough. You become great in this game when you realize you can do whatever the f*** you want if you take it from another player. At that point you will center yourself on what you can achieve and you will see the inherent benefit to having multiple accounts. When you master this you will see that it is really a time and efficiency equation. How many accounts can you maintain at a time for what you can put in the game given your strategem (to borrow from the Shakespearean parlance)... what is the efficiency equation for your roll and your goals... for Gogela, I have 4 characters and 2 accounts. It is the most efficient game play I can come up with for myself. I know guys who need 11. To each their own. When you decide that there is a broader game you are playing and your tastes and goals start to get out of control, that is when you need another account.
my 2 isk.   
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Qolde
Bombs Away.
Nulli Tertius
0
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Posted - 2012.04.28 07:55:00 -
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I wanted a scout for my mastodon. |
Zimmy Zeta
Paramount Commerce
Masters of Flying Objects
997
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Posted - 2012.04.28 07:56:00 -
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I don't get it.
About a year ago, there was a huge uproar because of the "fearless" leak and people were massprotesting out of fear that ccp might introduce "gold ammo" in the Nex. Eve is a sandbox, "no pay to win" they cried.
Yet people find it totally normal to have several accounts, since specialized alts are almost required to be successful in certain areas- and none of you seems to have a problem with that....
I mean, come on, "the alt-account is free because I plex it" is about as true as "minerals I mine are free".
Just my 2 cents.
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Degren
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
159
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Posted - 2012.04.28 08:04:00 -
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Zimmy Zeta wrote:I don't get it.
About a year ago, there was a huge uproar because of the "fearless" leak and people were massprotesting out of fear that ccp might introduce "gold ammo" in the Nex. Eve is a sandbox, "no pay to win" they cried.
Yet people find it totally normal to have several accounts, since specialized alts are almost required to be successful in certain areas- and none of you seems to have a problem with that....
I mean, come on, "the alt-account is free because I plex it" is about as true as "minerals I mine are free".
Just my 2 cents.
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Seleia O'Sinnor
Drop of Honey
212
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Posted - 2012.04.28 08:16:00 -
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I started when I got my first real life tattoo. It became a drug!
No really, trying different careers in Eve at the same tame made me create another account. Then I scaled it some more for industrial stuff. Having a set of toons which all are capable to scan, research, haul in freigthers and manufacture stuff and just sit in cloaks and watch wormholes and gates is pretty useful.
EGD: If you jettison what's in your brain, at least expect can flipping. |
Asuka Solo
Stark Fujikawa
Stark Enterprises
1434
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Posted - 2012.04.28 08:19:00 -
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Caps + cyno alts
Carrier Spider tanking alts
Battleboat blob
1 man gate camps
[insert # of accounts here] times the isk p/hour
More manufacturing lines
More research lines
More is more |
Daddy Thundercock
Corsair Tactical Inc.
3
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Posted - 2012.04.28 08:39:00 -
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agreed, multiple accounts are essential. Simply put having the ability to train 2 characters at a time is the key factor. Otherwise I would be fine with 3 characters in 1 account. However training this toon for PvP related skills, that frees up my other account to work on science, industry, and trade....and still has cyno capabilities once I need them. With the added bonus that I have a good relatively safe way to make isk when I may not be able to so easily on this toon. Total I have 3 toons I use, one additional as a hauler for my indy toon. That's my personal preference though, as I am a more casual player. I think it's a matter of how you want to play, what you want to do, and how much time you want to put into all of that.
Everyone so far has made very valid points. Basically if you think you could use another toon, you probably could. |
ElQuirko
Gravit Negotii
Rogue Elements.
633
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Posted - 2012.04.28 08:44:00 -
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Two weeks ago 'cause I had spare money and there was that deal with 3 plex for 6 months or something
CISPA - Readin' your secret corptheft mails since 2012 |
Diablo Ex
Pro Synergy
11
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Posted - 2012.04.28 08:57:00 -
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Multi-Boxing is seriously the only way to go if you are one of those "Dread" AFK Cloakers. Did you honestly think we just sit there in your system for hours on end just watching? No, we are running missions in highsec on the other box...
I started multiboxing when I found the need to be 2 places at once.
PRO SYNERGY - We salvage and process the loot, and pay YOU for it.
Proven methodology, quick payout, great attitude. We'll do the hard work,
you just keep missioning!!!-á
- join game channel "Pro Synergy" for details. |
March rabbit
Trojan Trolls
Red Alliance
167
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Posted - 2012.04.28 09:34:00 -
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my first alt born when i decided to do some mining and industry. Didn't want to waste time on my main for training mining skills so i made new alt.
Other alts born when i came into carrier and found myself needed cyno-alts.
Then came PI and Rogue Drone 10/10 escalations...... |
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Industrial Complex
Cosmic Consortium
1294
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Posted - 2012.04.28 11:42:00 -
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I started making my own friends when I realised that I suck at making friends  |
MadMuppet
Kerguelen Station
286
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Posted - 2012.04.28 12:38:00 -
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I started multi-boxing when I the corp I was in dissolved. I had been working in logistics and doing PVE but wanted to get in to other areas of the game. At one point I had three accounts running, and a couple starting friends that joined in with me we had fun doing small fleet ops.
Then came Incarna and the huge performance hit. Unhappy with the game's course I cancelled all three account (voting with wallet). Once it was clear that CCP was changing course I came back, but only one PC was up at the time that was worth using, so I just went back to my main account.
Recently I brought all three accounts back online, but the tedium of running them all as well as the nurfbat to PVE and salvage has me going back to a single account. For me EVE is a hobby, multi-boxing made it a job.
I don't always finish my commentary, but when I do |
Karn Dulake
Souls Must Be Trampled
The.Alliance
579
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Posted - 2012.04.28 12:43:00 -
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When i realised that i could be an upstanding member of the community but have three alt accounts do all of the nasty ****** things that i did not want anyone else to know about and could not be traced back to me.
I dont normally troll, but when i do i do it on General Discussion. |
Jett0
Team Kitty Choke Slam
106
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Posted - 2012.04.28 13:00:00 -
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Am I getting this right? If the monotonous sections of EVE were "fixed," CCP would LOSE money...?
Occasionally plays sober |
Sentient Blade
Walk It Off
Imperial Ascension
368
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Posted - 2012.04.28 13:16:00 -
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Multi accounts become a bit of a necessity to introduce variety. If you intend to be good at one thing (say PvP) that excludes you from training up things such as industry for a long long time while you max your PvP skills.
There would be a lot less alts if you could simultaneously train multiple characters on the same account. |
MadMuppet
Kerguelen Station
287
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Posted - 2012.04.28 13:18:00 -
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Jett0 wrote:Am I getting this right? If the monotonous sections of EVE were "fixed," CCP would LOSE money...?
Potentially, then again the character might just get sold to people that don't want to train up and used that way.
I don't always finish my commentary, but when I do |
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Industrial Complex
Cosmic Consortium
1294
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Posted - 2012.04.28 13:38:00 -
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Jett0 wrote:Am I getting this right? If the monotonous sections of EVE were "fixed," CCP would LOSE money...?
You say "fixed" like something's "broken". |
Kengutsi Akira
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
452
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Posted - 2012.04.28 14:24:00 -
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Jett0 wrote:I don't log enough hours to entertain the idea of multiple accounts, but I've always been curious, especially since it's encouraged by the game.
For the multiboxers:
What made you finally decide to make the jump?
Is the game actually more fun this way, or would you rather just have a few roommates that play?
For those who multibox to PLEX their subs, is there a "sweet spot" of accounts that is enough to raise productivity without requiring an overwhelming amount of effort to PLEX them all?
Any fun stories you want to share about managing multiple accounts? Unfortunate circumstances? Funny trolls?
Wait is this about actually multiboxing (Ive always thought that was where you have programs and such that slave multiple computers under the direction on one player that you can play multiple accounts at once rather than the "open two clients and alt tab between them" type most ppl I know in real life do.
I do the "open two clients and alt tab/ play windowed" and I started doing it when I started mining and salvaging. Not having a ship that has actual hauling capacity and mining capacity and I like to mine in systems where there arent stations cause theres usually less people mining in them to compete with.
MadMuppet wrote:
Recently I brought all three accounts back online, but the tedium of running them all as well as the nurfbat to PVE and salvage has me going back to a single account. For me EVE is a hobby, multi-boxing made it a job.
Yeah when EVE becomes a job not a hobby is when I take vacations too.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1109909#post1109909
My stance on WiS
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Lt Angus
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
69
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Posted - 2012.04.28 14:41:00 -
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apart from scouting never had much need for using more than one account at a time  im not very good at multi tasking so any multi box combat resulted in one dead alt. |
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