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Oosel The Nightwatch	Posted - 2011.04.27 15:59:00 - [1] does anyone else play this game with just 1 toon only or am i just deluding myself in trying to think you can enjoy all aspects of eve just with 1 toon
Corina's Bodyguard	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:05:00 - [2] The only alt I have is for forum posting... and staying in my wh so I can always find the way back. Other than that, I can enjoy everything with only one. So far.
Delkana Fox	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:09:00 - [3] You don't need an alt. Recently I've only been using mine for the fleet bonuses.
Cheekything Gallente Macabre Votum	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:09:00 - [4] It's not required but it does help you focus on two different area at the same time. Also it's easier to make money if you have two characters.
Mara Rinn	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:10:00 - [5] I spend most of my time on one character, even though I have many accounts. I spend less time multi boxing now that I have an active corp of competent people to play with :) -- [Aussie players: join ANZAC channel]
Aiwha Caldari 101st Space Marine Force Nulli Secunda	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:12:00 - [6] It's very easy to play with just one alt, I have three, but for the most part they don't really interact too much. I have a combat main, cap alt, and logi alt. There's no such thing as overkill, only degrees of effectiveness.
Mag's the united Negative Ten.	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:14:00 - [7] 'Toon' Originally by: Allestin Villimar Also, if your bookmarks are too far out, they can and will ban you for it. Originally by: Torothanax Low population in w systems makes afk cloaking unattractive.
Ashlar Maidstone Amarr Intergalactic Combined Technologies The Chamber of Commerce	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:16:00 - [8] Hi Oosel, I am posting on my MAIN character, and to answer your question(s) you CAN enjoy all aspects of Eveonline without the headaches of having more than one character. Even tho it may seem like it would be more fun with more than a main character I have come to find out it's more manageable with just one and just concentrate on skills that I need for now. I enjoy industry as a miner and even in mission running and 0.0 ops as well with my corpmates and alliance. Sure, an alt may be nice sometimes but I see no real need especially when you cannot skill an alt on your main account while your skill training is active on your main character. It really in my opinion defeats the purpose of having alts unless you want to add another account to train an alt there full time as well. I have seen enough members of the community here do such a thing and feel it's just a waste of time and money that you don't need to spend unless you have a rich uncle around (hehehe), in closing it's up to your to decide if one is enough or if your want to spend extra money to open another account to have another alt to do the things you want it to do. Hope this helps a little bit, Fly Safe
Spurty Caldari V0LTA VOLTA Corp	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:26:00 - [9] Only true benefit is controlled / throw away cyno characters. After that, you really need 'friends' in this MMO, not more micromanagement. Fizzt!
Vincent Athena	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:27:00 - [10] Originally by: Mag's 'Toon' I prefer "pilot".
das licht Gallente Echtzeit AG	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:34:00 - [11] I enjoy the game with only one character! It's possible.
Ingvar Angst Amarr Omni Industrial Coalition Talocan United	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:35:00 - [12] I am only me.
Joe Phoenix	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:36:00 - [13] I only use my alts for marking wormholes, nothing else. 1 toon ftw
Othran Brutor Tribe	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:38:00 - [14] Originally by: Oosel does anyone else play this game with just 1 toon only or am i just deluding myself in trying to think you can enjoy all aspects of eve just with 1 toon I spent the first 12-18 months only using one account. If you're not in a corp you hit a point at which you either go down the alt/second account route or you accept that large chunks of the game aren't accessible to you. Eg - I have a JF alt so moving from one region to another is painless enough for me to do, can't do it without someone to light the cyno and when the ship is 5bill+ and the cargo is much the same then best to light it yourself on a second account tl;dr most people that do anything other than highsec missioning have a second account
The GreenT	Posted - 2011.04.27 16:59:00 - [15] I'm a low sec pirate with no corp (1 man corp) and get along just fine with a solo account. I activated a second account after about 18mo of playing, but consilidated my accounts because I found I don't really need an alt. While they are handy, I find the game more enjoyable (and more challenging) with only one account Of course this is a alt on that account, for protection purposes =)
Wedding Peach	Posted - 2011.04.27 17:39:00 - [16] My alt is just for forum posts. -------------------------------------------------- I am the Love Angel, Wedding Peach, and I am very displeased by your lack of love!
simon perry Hostile. PURPLE HELMETED WARRIORS	Posted - 2011.04.27 17:40:00 - [17] Edited by: simon perry on 27/04/2011 17:40:20 Anyone using one account and has a capital I am more than willing to help light a cyno for you, anywhere you need
NightCrawler 85 Phoibe Enterprises Peregrine Nation	Posted - 2011.04.27 17:40:00 - [18] Used to have two characters but i have only used this the last...2 or 3 years. But im also not in a position where i need different chars to train skills for different aspects of the game anymore. Phoibe Enterprises
Feligast Minmatar GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation	Posted - 2011.04.27 17:44:00 - [19] One character, no alts crew checking in.
GIGAR Caldari	Posted - 2011.04.27 17:48:00 - [20] Well, EVE was made for multiple people. That it took off as multi-boxing on many parts is just slightly unfortunate, but ohwell :) ------------ "I've yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet." - Heavy Weapons Guy
FeralShadow RipStar. United Front Alliance	Posted - 2011.04.27 17:51:00 - [21] I have no alts, and am doing just fine. Get a couple good friends that play with you regularly and you can do anything you want, plus the company makes it more fun than if you were doing it yourself. Obviously those who look at "just the bottom line" will realize that using alts of their own allows them to get more isk per hour, but those people are also not playing eve for fun, but are rather making it work. _______________________________________________ "If you want to taste the ground, feel free to attack." - Kenshin Himura
jason hill Caldari Clan Shadow Wolf Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2011.04.27 17:58:00 - [22] well fek my old boots ! its returned from wow destroy everything you touch
Lissian	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:07:00 - [23] I see EVE as an adventure for me and my character, I don't see the need to create another one.
Feligast Minmatar GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:09:00 - [24] Originally by: FeralShadow Get a couple good friends that play with you regularly
Demolishar	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:11:00 - [25] I recently decided the constant alt-tabbing, and 370mil/month just wasn't worth it, so I'm back to being a single-character player.
Aargolos Minmatar Estrale Frontiers	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:12:00 - [26] I only have one character.
Tosser Galore	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:32:00 - [27] Everyone should have a falcon alt, and at least one hauler toon freighter/JF, mining toon. PvP toon. Carebear toon. PI toon. Cap pilot Titan pilot. afk cloaker, griefer alt, station hugger. etc .. etc. Please re-size your signature to the maximum allowed of 400 x 120 pixels with a maximum file size of 24000 bytes. Zymurgist
Melkath Bandrom Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:34:00 - [28] I have 3 accounts, all 3 slots on all 3 accounts are full of active characters. I actually USE all 9 characters, just not at once as thats not possible. I am NEVER at a loss for something to do in EvE! Got my own mining corp, my own R&D/missioning/indy corp and 2 alts in different 0.0 corps. Plus my Forum alt...lol. Anyone who says they have nothing to do ingame isn't trying hard enough
Mirabi Tiane	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:36:00 - [29] Edited by: Mirabi Tiane on 27/04/2011 18:37:12 One account, one character. I'm a member of a corp. I can barely s c r a p e up enough ISK to buy one PLEX each month, so supporting a second account is out of the question. _____________________________ [Sebiestor tattoos and Intaki hair: NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER.]
War Kitten Panda McLegion	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:41:00 - [30] Originally by: Delkana Fox You don't need an alt. Recently I've only been using mine for the fleet bonuses. Originally by: Corina's Bodyguard The only alt I have is for forum posting... and staying in my wh so I can always find the way back. Other than that, I can enjoy everything with only one. So far. Originally by: Joe Phoenix I only use my alts for marking wormholes, nothing else. 1 toon ftw Yes, take the advice of these fine people who seem completely oblivious to the fact that they're indeed using alts, but truly believe they have only one character. :) "Here's your sign..." If you don't get it, look it up. Somebody didn't like me doing it for you.
Judicator Saturnius Amarr Viziam	Posted - 2011.04.27 18:47:00 - [31] Originally by: Demolishar I recently decided the constant alt-tabbing, and 370mil/month just wasn't worth it, so I'm back to being a single-character player. This. I've had up to four accounts running at once and it's far more trouble than I believe it to be worth. On the up-side, I did manage a healthy profit by selling my alts on the bazaar. That's about the only thing I do with an alt account these days: train up a character purely for sale (or re-sale).
Hermann Fegelein Amarr	Posted - 2011.04.27 19:50:00 - [32] This is an alt and i have a main. I used to only have a main but having an alt, even on the same account, still has uses.
Jennifer Starling Imperial Navy Forum Patrol	Posted - 2011.04.27 19:56:00 - [33] Originally by: Oosel does anyone else play this game with just 1 toon only or am i just deluding myself in trying to think you can enjoy all aspects of eve just with 1 toon You can enjoy everything. You just can't specialize a lot if you train dispersed so it will take a very long time until you'll be very good at one thing, let alone at a lot of things. Skilltraining is just very, very slow in EVE. And well the least you can do is make a forum alt!!
TImora Fosty Solar Pride Against ALL Authorities	Posted - 2011.04.28 05:17:00 - [34] I use another toon on the same account to control my trade orders and contracts in different trade hubs, while i'm 50 jumpes away =)
Cpt Arareb Amarr The Craniac Blazing Angels Alliance	Posted - 2011.04.28 06:13:00 - [35] me+me+me+me = one only me_ so me= 0 huh math is not my strength--..-- what Im trying to say is --is Just me,no alts See you in the darks
Radix Salvilines The Gummy Bears Blue Meanies	Posted - 2011.04.28 06:59:00 - [36] of course my philosophy is that my character is my real avatar in the world of game not only a toon/tool. So there cant be more "me" than one in one game. Ive spent like an hour with my gf to make my char look like me in rl (i believe ive done it right - my gf when seeing my character always says "oh sheet, he really does look like you". My char name is the name i am using in every game/chat. I value maximum of honesty and visilibity and no matter what i adress people always as me and i always make my intentions clear at the start. Having alts if ones intentions are clear is okay imo and i respect people with more than one accounts unless mthey use them for hiding something (alt forum posting, corp thiefs, long term corp devious scheming, ninjas, etc.). I saw some guys saying they post with alts... really people you are so low...
Kyra Felann Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2011.04.28 08:04:00 - [37] Edited by: Kyra Felann on 28/04/2011 08:09:32 I have zero "toons". I have exactly one character. BTW, I really wish these forums censored the word "toon". I find it fare more distasteful than ** or or ** or any of those words. EDIT: Actually I have one character on Duality for testing the new player experience, but it will, of course, disappear when the next mirror happens. But on Singularity, I have only one character--she is my alter-ego in New Eden and I have no desire to make another. If I could make any single change to EVE, it'd be that everyone would be limited to one character only. It's just a dream, but it's a nice one. -----WARNING SIGNATURE BELOW----- Bring back the NeoNeoCom!
Ania Hyperthron	Posted - 2011.04.28 08:31:00 - [38] Edited by: Ania Hyperthron on 28/04/2011 08:31:07 Im forum troll. Da big forum warrior. And i have nice boobs.
Jennifer Starling Imperial Navy Forum Patrol	Posted - 2011.04.28 08:56:00 - [39] Edited by: Jennifer Starling on 28/04/2011 08:56:20 Originally by: Kyra Felann I have zero "toons". I have exactly one character. BTW, I really wish these forums censored the word "toon". I find it fare more distasteful than ** or or ** or any of those words. If I could make any single change to EVE, it'd be that everyone would be limited to one character only. It's just a dream, but it's a nice one. Agreed, it's a silly word ... And one character would be nice but it would make life a lot harder (and boring). And next to that, you just can't prevent people using more accounts anyway. EVE is really designed to cater a many account way of playing (never seen "power of two" advertisements in any other game and in my opinion EVE has the largest multi account population of any ptp game) and I don't just mean cyno alts or highsec trade alts and neutral repper alts but just the time it takes to train and specialize in more than one way.
Mr Handsomness	Posted - 2011.04.28 09:20:00 - [40] I only play with one account but I use one alt for extra Planets in PI.
Kiandoshia	Posted - 2011.04.28 09:24:00 - [41] Originally by: Aiwha It's very easy to play with just one alt, I have three, but for the most part they don't really interact too much. I have a combat main, cap alt, and logi alt. Lol. I can stop smoking if I wanted to, I just don't want to right now ;) As for me, I have 3 chars and I enjoy playing all 3 and doing stuff that requires multiple chars with them. I wouldn't want to limit myself to one char ever again.
Furb Killer Gallente	Posted - 2011.04.28 09:25:00 - [42] I wish the forum censored everyone who had issues with the word toon. Toon Toon Toon Toon Now HTFU and get over it. Ontopic, I only got one account with one char on it, since real men have no alts and post with their main Downside as cap pilot is that you are always reliant on corpies/alliancies for cynos.
Oosel The Nightwatch	Posted - 2011.04.28 09:33:00 - [43] Originally by: jason hill well fek my old boots ! its returned from wow lol i thought i could sneak quietly back into eve and not get clocked but you being the bloodhound you are got me straight off....how are you my old friend....left wow 2 yrs ago and just weened myself off the cod series and knew eve would lure me back i have promised myself i wont spend hours on it though
Jenny Cameron Caldari Ordo Eventus	Posted - 2011.04.28 11:55:00 - [44] Originally by: Oosel am i just deluding myself in trying to think you can enjoy all aspects of eve just with 1 toon All aspects? It's hard if not impossible .. ________________* - If you're in favour of a bloodline change please vote in the Assembly Hall in this thread -
DarkAegix	Posted - 2011.04.28 12:41:00 - [45] I have no alts or other accounts :D Not even a Jita alt, I just clone-jump. I'd feel dirty for making one ;)
Jenny Cameron Caldari Ordo Eventus	Posted - 2011.04.28 12:50:00 - [46] Originally by: DarkAegix I have no alts or other accounts :D Not even a Jita alt, I just clone-jump. I'd feel dirty for making one ;) .... but do you enjoy ALL aspects of eve? ________________* - If you're in favour of a bloodline change please vote in the Assembly Hall in this thread -
Ripcha Headov Enterprise Estonia Northern Coalition.	Posted - 2011.04.28 13:06:00 - [47] I have been playing with 1 character on 1 account since i started in 2004. Its never really held me back from enjoying the game, sure there are some things that i need to turn to other people to help me with, such as make cyno's for me to move my capitals, or helping out if i find a nice juicy highend plex, or scouting a gate so i can move a few bils worth gear into lowsec etc. But if u find yourself a good corp there is no need for multiple accounts unless u really want to start using supercapitals, or ofcourse want to have spais in other alliances. I have 2 other 800k sp character on my account purely for keeping near market hubs to check prices and put up sell orders etc. It just takes longer specialise in multiple fields with 1 character. You can't get really good at industry AND combat with 1 charater without alot of years of training. Thats why i have spent most my time in eve training combat skills, so now i can fly all races of subcaps at lvl5 skills, and in recent years i finally turned to getting carriers for lowsec-0.0 logistics and now have 2 races of carrier skills and 1 race of dread. Don't let having 1 account hold you back. Where 1 guy might be able to do something solo with a bunch of alts, you can have more fun by bringing a few friends along and chat sh*t on comms whislt your at it.
Holdout	Posted - 2011.04.28 13:38:00 - [48] Originally by: Ripcha Headov I have been playing with 1 character on 1 account since i started in 2004. ...words...words...words... I have 2 other 800k sp character on my account purely for keeping near market hubs to check prices and put up sell orders etc. You do realize that these two statements are contradictory right?
DTson Gauur Caldari Underground-Operators	Posted - 2011.04.28 13:46:00 - [49] I quite recently dropped from multiaccount,multicharacter down to single account and one (well two) characters (the other is just my corp ceo alt) This game as it is, just isn't worth multiaccounting anymore, nullsec is supercap-online, lowsec is rather dead bar few areas and well... highsec is the vacation spot with the annoying kids (orphanage/privateers/what not).
Marcus Wilde Gallente HellHound's	Posted - 2011.04.28 13:56:00 - [50] I use all 3 chars on my account, but it's just for practical reasons. My main is an outlaw so I'm locked out of highsec, I use the 2nd char for resupplying me in lowsec, and the 3rd for making isk in highsec through some ninja salvaging and lev 4's.
Virtue Maulerant	Posted - 2011.04.28 14:21:00 - [51] I have been playing for 2+ years with only one character.Yes you can make more ISK,yes you can train two different things at the same time but still you will have double expenses and you can train those skills with your main anyway no need to have a "Mining alt" or a "pve alt" just do it all in one. The only real need I can see for alts is if you are a capital pilot in which case I consider having your independence(cyno mechanics)is a must.

CCP Guard	Posted - 2011.04.28 15:38:00 - [52] CCP Zulu is my alt. I would be lost without him.

Saint Lazarus Pwn 'N Play Chaos Theory Alliance	Posted - 2011.04.28 16:06:00 - [53] +1 for censoring the word toon Also +1 for one acc one char ----------------- My EvE Comic
Val'Dore Word Bearers of Chaos Word of Chaos Undivided	Posted - 2011.04.28 16:35:00 - [54] My two alts only serve one purpose, to hold the other two corps in my alliance. ~No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.~ Tiericide
Istvaan Shogaatsu Caldari Guiding Hand Social Club	Posted - 2011.04.28 16:40:00 - [55] This is my main, I have no other characters.
Xercodo Amarr Daj'Juntar	Posted - 2011.04.28 16:47:00 - [56] I use one toon for just about everything. The other two chars on the account are CEO alts. And one is a savings account....i send him batches of 100 mill to keep me from spending it XD -------------------------------------------------- The drake is a lie
Saint Lazarus Pwn 'N Play Chaos Theory Alliance	Posted - 2011.04.28 17:18:00 - [57] Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu This is my main, I have no other characters. Not to be random and stalkerish but I much preferred your old Avatar ----------------- My EvE Comic
J Kunjeh Gallente	Posted - 2011.04.28 17:40:00 - [58] No alts or second accounts here...though I can see the benefits in certain cases, I just don't know that it would bring the same meaning to the game to have a bunch of throw-away characters. I can see maybe having a market watching alt...but that's about it for me. ~Gnosis~
jason hill Caldari Clan Shadow Wolf Fatal Ascension	Posted - 2011.04.28 17:56:00 - [59] Originally by: Oosel Originally by: jason hill well fek my old boots ! its returned from wow lol i thought i could sneak quietly back into eve and not get clocked but you being the bloodhound you are got me straight off....how are you my old friend....left wow 2 yrs ago and just weened myself off the cod series and knew eve would lure me back i have promised myself i wont spend hours on it though give me a shout in game and i`ll see if we can get summat sorted out m8 ... krully got in touch a couple of weeks ago when he came back destroy everything you touch
MotherMoon Huang Yinglong	Posted - 2011.04.28 18:35:00 - [60] One account here. I once made an alt for cynos, but then I paid the character transfer fee, and brought it to my main. and haven't used her anyways forever. lol.

CCP Zulu	Posted - 2011.04.28 20:40:00 - [61] Originally by: CCP Guard CCP Zulu is my alt. I would be lost without him. CCP Guard is my alt's alt. But don't tell him. :Inception:

Anne Arqui Minmatar Diamonds in the Rough Enterprises	Posted - 2011.04.29 10:36:00 - [62] Reading this thread it seems that hardly anyone actually plays with just 1 character. I don't either! :)
Zars Boy	Posted - 2011.04.29 10:47:00 - [63] Originally by: Kiandoshia Originally by: Aiwha It's very easy to play with just one alt, I have three, but for the most part they don't really interact too much. I have a combat main, cap alt, and logi alt. Lol. I can stop smoking if I wanted to, I just don't want to right now ;) As for me, I have 3 chars and I enjoy playing all 3 and doing stuff that requires multiple chars with them. I wouldn't want to limit myself to one char ever again. This 4 is better but 5 does my head in
Hieronimus Rex Minmatar Infinitus Sapientia New Eden Research.	Posted - 2011.04.29 22:28:00 - [64] 9 characters here
Alexeph Stoekai Stoekai Corp	Posted - 2011.04.29 22:53:00 - [65] I don't have any toons at all. Characters though... -----
McRoll Minmatar Brutor Tribe	Posted - 2011.04.29 23:20:00 - [66] I believe that with just one character you can actually have more fun than with alts. This is because you really have to deal with the consequences of your playstyle. I for example pirated for a while and had to make a plan on how to get my hands on iskies. Another player would just have used his alt to run lvl 4's in empire. Now I decided to bring my sec status back up again and have to do so in a stealth bomber, flying alone through hostile territory never knowing whats behind the next gate. It is actually exciting and way more fun than just scouting ahead with an alt. Gives you that "lone wolf" feeling. I do not feel limited at all. I have to choose what to skill and how to play, instead to be able to do everything, which forces me to interact with other players and thinking about what to do next, just how it is intended. I havent experienced the industry side of Eve yet- so what? Do I really have to? Its like in real life, you cannot become everyone and be able to do anything. Besides, it gives me an option for training in the future, should I feel satisfied with my combat skills. Using alts prevents you from dealing with situations where you have to rely on other players- it is more comfortable but it is also boring. Its like playing a single player game. It is maybe one of the reasons some players burn out on Eve- constantly managing alts can turn the game to work and you have to pay with rl money for each account or spend 350+ mil every month for each alt- the question is if its really worth it. For me surely not.
Kumq uat Gallente Guiding Hand Social Club Dystopia Alliance	Posted - 2011.04.29 23:21:00 - [67] I have no alts. I promise! --------------------------------------- www.eve-pirate.com original author
Jennifer Starling Imperial Navy Forum Patrol	Posted - 2011.04.29 23:57:00 - [68] Edited by: Jennifer Starling on 30/04/2011 00:03:29 Originally by: McRoll I believe that with just one character you can actually have more fun than with alts. This is because you really have to deal with the consequences of your playstyle. Those consequences can cost you a lot of time and/or ISK though. Grinding up your security standings is not that hard but most people prefer an alt that can haul stuff out of highsec; many are proud of their -10.0 but don't want to face the consequences. Another example: FW or faction missions. That way you close yourself off from 50% of empire space and those standings are a hundred times as hard to repair. Meaning you can't get a good deal in half of empire space. You can't AP travel there. You can't haul or trade there. If you're a WH dweller and the entrance changes to another part of empire space you can only get out by pod or interceptor. Most "consequences" are just mere "limitations" and the fact that they're easy to overcome with training an alt for a short (or longer) while saves you an incredible lot of tedium. So no wonder 99% of the players have one or more alts. Or just don't do a lot of things because the gameplay limitations you suffer from it just aren¦t worth it. In fact EVE is the ultimate alt game because, more than in any other game, the gameplay mechanisms really direct you to more characters and accounts ("power of two").

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