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Pewty McPew
EVE Corporation 2357451
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Posted - 2013.02.25 11:52:00 -
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In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support? |
Jason Xado
Xado Industries
64
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Posted - 2013.02.25 11:55:00 -
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Would you play Age of Empires with just one villager? |
Princess Saskia
Hyperfleet Industries
xXPlease Pandemic Citizens Reloaded Alliance.Xx
72
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Posted - 2013.02.25 11:56:00 -
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Yes people do. They stay in highsec and become bears for their eve career before giving all teir isk away to corpies and then leaving.
Hyperfleet Industries is selectivly recruiting. Enquire today.
Killboard
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xxMads
No Protocol
Anger Management.
7
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Posted - 2013.02.25 11:57:00 -
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Honestly that really depends how "far" you are into the game.
I played without any alts for a good 2-3 years, but ended up being in need of various cyno and scout alts. Also alts are mainly used for actions you dont want your main to do, such as piloting supers and titans.
Now for industry and mining i dont really know much, but i people mainly use mutiple mining alts either because they can or because they want to make mining profitable with 5+ Hulks :) |
Christine Peeveepeeski
The Imperial Fedaykin
227
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Posted - 2013.02.25 11:58:00 -
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I know a few, all but one flies out of high sec and the one that does only ever goes on frig roams because he can't scout gates.
I have 3 accounts, to live how I do in EVE I'd have to have 2. The 3rd is a luxury that makes my life in eve easier. |
Angelique Duchemin
Divine Intentions
8
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Posted - 2013.02.25 11:58:00 -
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I used to have 1 hauler alt and 3 miner alts but then I did the math and if I wanted isk it was more efficient to just take those 4 plexes that i paid for every month and sell them on the market. The ISK from that was many times more than the alts earned.
Now I just play with this character. |
tgl3
Wormhole Engineers
Greater Realms
295
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:00:00 -
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I've been playing for 2.5 years without an alt. I only got one last week because of a need for a cyno alt. Was perfectly fine up until then (and arguably don't need the alt, either)
For the record I've done RvB, Lowsec yarr and Wormholes without the alt (and still don't have the alt in the wormhole) so yes, it's possible.
Member of the EVE Blog Pack - Through Newb Eyes
Twitter - TG_3 |
Gillia Winddancer
Brave Newbies Inc.
310
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:00:00 -
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Jason Xado wrote:Would you play Age of Empires with just one villager?
Candidating for the most stupid post of the year per chance?
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Whitehound
977
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:04:00 -
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God gave me two balls, CCP gave me three characters. CCP wins.
Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling. |
Skeln Thargensen
The Scope
Gallente Federation
29
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:07:00 -
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I had alts but got rid of them because the temptation to skill them up was quite strong and it's just ruining my main's development.
if I got a second account I'd be tempted to skill an orca pilot as the dockable mobile base thing has potential for awesome.
I take back my previous statements and judgements of others. -áyou can mine in iteron if you want. |
Zimmy Zeta
RvB - RED Federation
8666
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:16:00 -
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I actually did this until last week when I got my first alt account.
It's nice to be able to do everything with one toon, but as soon as it comes to hauling stuff during wartime a second character in a npc corp is invaluable.
Please don't feed me. |
Kehro Urgus
Ab Obice Saevior
879
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:19:00 -
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Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
Yes I do and I even post with my main. 
What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about? |
mr ed thehouseofed
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
15
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:23:00 -
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just this one playing at moment , only 10 months young  still learning its intense , may set up a alt later . still exploring away .
real gamers only need one toon-á |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
165
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:34:00 -
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I have one account, 3 toons; This guy is my main, a second for PI and light hauling, and the third gets deleted and remade when I feel like making a character.
I have always felt that boxing takes a lot of interaction out of the game and that the split attention required to do it is a limitation that I don't want to deal with. There's nothing an alt can do that a Friend can't do better and I think that it is possible to explore all of the content in New Eden without an alt.
That's just my opinion and I certainly don't think its "the" way to play. Boxing is a great challenge for a lot of people and often brings new life to games that would otherwise become stale.
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
CrazySpaceHobo
Haddock's Legitimate Trading
4
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:35:00 -
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Confirming for being in the single character minority.
It's lonely. |
max scrotes
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
3
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Posted - 2013.02.25 12:54:00 -
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1 character - 1 account. Been playing on and off for 7 years like this, as a casual player i have never really needed an alt. I have had to cross train to do everything that i wanted to try out but i am happy with my character  |
Agent Eunoli
BRAB0
65
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:15:00 -
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Early in my EVE "career" I had two accounts. After Incarna I unsubscribed one account as a protest to the NEX shop.
Using one account was refreshing and more enjoyable to me.
But, then this whole New Order of Highsec thing popped up and I subscribed to a new account just for that. Why? Because my main account already had all three character slots filled with characters.
As such, I am now back to having two accounts.
Cinematic HD EVE Movies: http://www.youtube.com/user/EveEunoli/ |
Degren
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
2098
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:17:00 -
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I used to. I honestly didn't need the extra accounts, but Nulli got so butthurt over cloaked rifters in their ratting systems I couldn't help myself.
OP is bored/outraged/emotional? -áCheck. -áOP is in high sec? -áCheck. -áOP is in NPC or solo corp? -áCheck. -áOP demands CCP fix the situation? -áCheck. -áLaugh at OP |
Whim Aqayn
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
6
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:18:00 -
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I do. I find the notion of using alts repelling. |
ChromeStriker
The Riot Formation
Unclaimed.
492
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:20:00 -
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o/
This is my one and only character. I live in deep 0.0 and have been playing for many years (40mill skill points ish).
The only time i will get an alt is when i start needing cyno's ... even then only if i really have to.
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Nulla Curas |
Darek Castigatus
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
323
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:27:00 -
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Ive lived in lowsec for almost three years on one account and one character, whats your excuse?
Pirates - The Invisible Fist of Darwin
you're welcome |
Takseen
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
290
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:32:00 -
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Yes. One account, 3 characters. One for carebearing, one for pvp, one for forum contributing. |
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
1752
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:38:00 -
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Gillia Winddancer wrote:Jason Xado wrote:Would you play Age of Empires with just one villager? Candidating for the most stupid post of the year per chance?
Note a fan of sardonic hyperbole are we?
-1 for you, +1 for the AoE fan.
I find that without a good mob to provide one for them, most people would have no mentality at all. |
Tarpedo
Incursionista
20
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:45:00 -
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My situation is exactly the opposite to multiple alts for playing: I have multiple characters and I don't play EVE. |
Jame Jarl Retief
Murientor Tribe
Defiant Legacy
1045
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:51:00 -
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I only have 1 account, no alt accounts. And all the SP goes to this character.
And yes, the game's mechanics are obviously designed to really push people towards alt accounts (more money). It can be argued that the original design idea was to play along with other people, but EVE's tiny population spread all over an unnecessarily large (but empty) game space, makes it difficult at times, so an alt account is just readily available and oftentimes more reliable.
Why just 1 account? Just on general principle. I've never paid for more than one sub concurrently. Never have, never will. Especially not when it's for the same bloody game. Sorry, I refuse to pay more for flawed design.
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Varius Xeral
Galactic Trade Syndicate
551
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:57:00 -
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I do.
I went to two accounts for cap ships, but got bored of null play, so I'm back down to one account, one character. |
Jon Joringer
Zero-K
14
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Posted - 2013.02.25 13:59:00 -
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I have no alts or other accounts. Most people tend not to believe me.
Sometimes it's a little difficult. Especially being on the verge of criminal status (I've got to try and keep about -4.5 so I can access my .5 trade system). But I don't mind. |
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
Home Front Coalition
360
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Posted - 2013.02.25 14:17:00 -
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I play without alts, one account and one character exclusively. As I read in another topic, what kind of peasant lights his own cyno's? I see no reason why I would want to cheapen mechanics that were clearly intended for co-operative play. I enjoy interaction with other people and creative problem solving. I consider alts to be an alternative to ingame friends. |
okst666
GNADE Inc.
211
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Posted - 2013.02.25 14:19:00 -
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I do.
Allways had only one account with only one character and no alts.
[X] < Nail here for new monitor |
Na Und
Galactronics
6
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Posted - 2013.02.25 14:40:00 -
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One account here. I use this alt to check prices in Jita. My main has 90+ million SP. Haven't bothered to use the third, although eventually, he will do simple pvp.
To each his own (so I'm not ripping on folks with multiple accounts). I figure that if I need more than one account to play a game on the internet, I should instead concentrate on my real life. |
Mag's
the united
Negative Ten.
14279
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Posted - 2013.02.25 14:47:00 -
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I have 1 account, although I will increase this to two when I start playing again. When I had it subscribed, I used my second account for scouting mostly.
Vote Malcanis for CSM 8 |
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
2802
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Posted - 2013.02.25 14:47:00 -
[32] - Quote
Me. |
Lupus Borealis
Lupus Borealis Trading
0
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Posted - 2013.02.25 15:37:00 -
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Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
I do. And I just restarted. Eve is fun again when you get rid of everything, including old characters. |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
861
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Posted - 2013.02.25 15:41:00 -
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Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
CEO of my corp does - he lives in WHs, mostly. Of course, he's got some heavy experience behind him, so it's not that big a deal for him. It does limit is his flexibility, though - he delegates a lot. Sooner or later, that will come back to haunt us.
Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
Malcanis for CSM8 |
Aeril Malkyre
Knights of the Ouroboros
204
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Posted - 2013.02.25 16:21:00 -
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Confirmed single account carebear, no alt accounts. My main for missioning, my second slot for a miner/industrialist. Hoping to skill that up into a hauler one day, because moving my entire fleet to a new hub is a nightmare. If I can ever stop skilling my main  |
Killer Claw
Sky Fighters
Talocan United
1
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Posted - 2013.02.25 16:40:00 -
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I do, and I'm in one of the biggest Wormhole alliances in the game. I don't have the time to maintain or use a second character, one is fine enough for me. |
Complex Potential
Blackstar Privateer Consortium
Enigma Project
224
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Posted - 2013.02.25 17:04:00 -
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I started a character back in 2006 and after a month was told that he had the wrong attributes for pvp so I should start a new one. He became my main and my original character became an alt who I occasionally pumped more SP into.
I use my alt for running PI and hauling but since I only have one account, that's about the extent of his usefulness. The next time I get a chance I shall train him for Cov Ops frigs and scanning since that will be bloody handy next time my main is logged out in k space overnight and I need to find my way back to my W system. |
Totalrx
NA No Assholes
78
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Posted - 2013.02.25 17:16:00 -
[38] - Quote
One account here.
Did a second account once, but didn't keep it going very long. |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
RAZOR Alliance
4055
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Posted - 2013.02.25 17:46:00 -
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I have a cyno alt to help with corp logistics. That's about it.
Maybe when I get spacerich I'll buy a super alt. Maybe.
Malcanis for CSM 8
Phrases like "you can't nerf / buff X EVE is a Sandbox" have the same amount of meaning as "If this is a sack of potatoes then you can not carrot." - Alara IonStorm |
Ager Agemo
Imperial Collective
227
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Posted - 2013.02.25 17:55:00 -
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No alts here, been playing for a while now, I live in a wh, been in ls, hs, ns,fine, even without scouts you can survive if you know how to fly properly and not derp on idiotic ways.
probably if I ever decide to fly capitals, I will get a cyno alt, but its unlikely,probably will ask a corp mate to cyno for me, after all... playing with yourself on a MMO sounds sorta idiotic to me. |
ElQuirko
Jester Syndicate
WHY so Seri0Us
1066
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Posted - 2013.02.25 18:00:00 -
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Jason Xado wrote:Would you play Age of Empires with just one villager?
This is the best post I've seen so far this year.
CISPA - Readin' your secret corptheft mails since 2012 |
Beekeeper Bob
Beekeepers Anonymous
442
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Posted - 2013.02.25 18:01:00 -
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Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
No...and the minimum is five now...so you better get on that right away......
The single biggest danger to EVE is the proliferation of ALTS! Kill an alt today!
Petition for a Minimum bounty of 10 mil. Prevent useless bounties!
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Steveir
Hagukure
Disturbed Acquaintance
48
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Posted - 2013.02.25 18:27:00 -
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Well I started mining, and that meant one to mine one to haul.
Then I trained for Orca, and discovered the ruddy Orca doesn't mine, so I decided to use the power of two to quickly skill up an hulk pilot.
They I discoved that two miners and an Orca makes more ink in an hour than anything I could have dreamt of (for me). So I'm now hooked on crack altism - damn you CCP.
So I'm running three account, but they all do something different, so I wouldn't say I run three alts - I have three account, and three characters that all completely different.
Mostly I load the account and play depending on what I want to do; if it's mining then I'll run all three, but otherwise just the one. |
gobbybobby
KILL-EM-QUICK
RISE of LEGION
13
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Posted - 2013.02.25 18:31:00 -
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Its certainly easier playing with an alt.
I did sub an alt account for a while, but stopped as plex price got to high. |
Mire Stoude
Antelope with Night Vision Goggles
123
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Posted - 2013.02.25 18:42:00 -
[45] - Quote
Next level achievement: 1 account, 1 character, 1 ship. |
Jensaro Koraka
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.02.25 18:45:00 -
[46] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
Me. |
Dessau
Phaeornis Asymmetrics
124
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Posted - 2013.02.25 20:42:00 -
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After having as many as 9 concurrent accounts at one point, going back to 1 is refreshingly straightforward. I much prefer it.
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Captain Tardbar
NEWB ALERT
166
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Posted - 2013.02.25 20:52:00 -
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Maybe I have an alt in two major alliances (have to keep on seperate accounts due to API key verification reaons).
Maybe I don't.
Maybe I will say hello today on that account.
Maybe I won't.
All I know is that I reserve this account for forum trolling.
"Entitlement" is a euphemism for "I hate the way you play and it makes me cry like a baby".
If you fantasize about being immoral it means you enjoy being immoral deep down. |
Sir Substance
Quantum Triplines
587
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Posted - 2013.02.25 22:05:00 -
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I have two "backup" characters on this account, one with a frighter for moving **** during war and one with a mission ship for earning isk if I get locked down somewhere. They don't get used all that often.
I do have another account, but it hasnt been subbed for two years, because I barely used it.
If I had a capital ship I'd probably roll a cyno alt on a seperate account, thats really the only thing that would compel me to multibox.
Ishtar Starfire: As a pure caldari pilot i feel that with the deployment of the new tier 3 battlecruisers you have given an unfair advantage to everyone except caldari pilots. an example would be like giving a fat kid a whole cake while the skinny kid has to watch and get nothing.
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Mallak Azaria
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
2515
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Posted - 2013.02.25 22:06:00 -
[50] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:recent norm
Heh.
Apparently booking your flight & accomodation to Iceland BEFORE you buy the tickets for the convention which is pretty much the only reason you wanted to go there in the first place is popular. |
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
456
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Posted - 2013.02.25 22:11:00 -
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This character is my only real character. I have two others for non-important stuff and could biomass them and it wouldn't matter.
I probably will wind up using my other character slots for something, however I'm not willing to divert training time on this account to another character at the moment. Once my skills are more completed then I might consider training up an alt for something.
I accidentally my assets, is this bad?-á |
Skorpynekomimi
458
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Posted - 2013.02.25 22:21:00 -
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I used to, but it got to the point where I needed a research alt. Then I decided to train them to manufacture as well. And do mining and PI and fleet boosting and missioning.
And now I'm needing more slots for things, and trade-hub alts.
I certainly can't afford more accounts at the moment, though. I COULD plex them, but that would take ISK out of my system that I could invest in things. |
Lupus Borealis
Lupus Borealis Trading
1
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Posted - 2013.02.26 09:25:00 -
[53] - Quote
Jason Xado wrote:Would you play Age of Empires with just one paid licence? Fixed for you. 
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Super spikinator
Hegemonous Conscripts
Hegemonous Pandorum
100
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Posted - 2013.02.26 09:36:00 -
[54] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
if you had of asked me this question 24 hours ago, it would of been yes. |
Tub Chil
Last Men Standing
31
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Posted - 2013.02.26 10:07:00 -
[55] - Quote
I do, I multitask bad. |
To mare
Advanced Technology
172
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Posted - 2013.02.26 10:31:00 -
[56] - Quote
i have 1 character for playing and 1 for forum trolling
i was used to have another account with 50M sp but its not active anymore, wasnt worth the money |
Juno Valerii
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
140
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Posted - 2013.02.26 10:45:00 -
[57] - Quote
I do..I account. 1 character. I don't have the bandwidth in my life to do more. |
luZk
x13
Whores in space
139
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Posted - 2013.02.26 11:18:00 -
[58] - Quote
I have A LOT of alts let's just say combined on my chars I have passed the 1 billion skillpoints a loooong time ago.
Not saying it's impossible to play with one account but I want to be able to do EVERYTHING in eve and then one account is just not cutting it. Also I enjoy the journey of building up a new char, talking to new people, getting to know them, perhaps joining thier corp/alliance. See how they do things and learn from it.
I consider eve my main hobby and i spend more than 20 hours on it weekly so I would'nt be without my army of alts.
http://z0r.de/3808 |
Iva Soreass
United System's Commonwealth
R.E.P.O.
2
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Posted - 2013.02.26 11:19:00 -
[59] - Quote
I have owned 2 accounts previously, but only 1 is active atm since i came back after a long long break.
So yes people do play with 1 character as i do. |
Hannott Thanos
Notorious Legion
403
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Posted - 2013.02.26 11:32:00 -
[60] - Quote
Need 3. 1 scout and 2 PVP skilled for solo dualboxing nullsec catecamping fun |
Major 'Revolver' Ocelot
GRU Special Forces
23
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Posted - 2013.02.26 11:39:00 -
[61] - Quote
I've made an alt primarily to be a neutral hauler in times of war and to handle trade and market transactions.
I love to reload during a battle!-áThere's nothing like the feeling of slamming a long silver missile into a well greased chamber... |
PantrashMoFo
Bruggen Raiders
U.S.A.T.O
14
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Posted - 2013.02.26 11:45:00 -
[62] - Quote
Ager Agemo wrote:No alts here, been playing for a while now, I live in a wh, been in ls, hs, ns,fine, even without scouts you can survive if you know how to fly properly and not derp on idiotic ways.
probably if I ever decide to fly capitals, I will get a cyno alt, but its unlikely,probably will ask a corp mate to cyno for me, after all... playing with yourself on a MMO sounds sorta idiotic to me.
But it is a fantastic way of passing the time whilst gate camping. However the FC can freak out a bit if you forget to release the push to talk switch....... Come on now, hasn't everyone done it just because an actual IRL girl is talking on teamspeak?
Anyone? No? Me either. Was just kidding. like i would do that.
/sobs
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Nissui
Millennial Dawn
Touch Fiberoptic
24
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Posted - 2013.02.26 16:23:00 -
[63] - Quote
Yes, one character and no alts here, though I don't often have to solo since my corpmates are usually keen to throw down. Wouldn't know what to do with an alt even if I had the ISK to pay for it. |
Stegas Tyrano
GLU CANU
Open Space Consultancy
230
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Posted - 2013.02.26 16:24:00 -
[64] - Quote
Do PI alts (on the same account) count?
[PROPOSAL] INGAME ADVERTS FOR PLAYERS |
Mayhaw Morgan
State War Academy
Caldari State
58
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Posted - 2013.02.26 16:31:00 -
[65] - Quote
<--- That's all, folks!
Robert A. Heinlein wrote:A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
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Domer Pyle
Northern Flemish Bastards Inc
Technical Exploration Conglomerate of Hemera
33
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Posted - 2013.02.26 17:59:00 -
[66] - Quote
<---1 account. this is an MMO. multiple accounts are for people who can't make friends, or have bad corpmates. |
Hernan Johuihen
Zero Atmosphere
2
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Posted - 2013.02.26 18:01:00 -
[67] - Quote
i play with only this char :) |
Major 'Revolver' Ocelot
GRU Special Forces
26
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Posted - 2013.02.26 20:27:00 -
[68] - Quote
Domer Pyle wrote:<---1 account. this is an MMO. multiple accounts are for people who can't make friends, or have bad corpmates.
You under estimate the value of an alt!
I love to reload during a battle!-áThere's nothing like the feeling of slamming a long silver missile into a well greased chamber... |
Skeln Thargensen
The Scope
Gallente Federation
40
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Posted - 2013.02.26 20:31:00 -
[69] - Quote
yo dawg i heard you like orca alts.
i always thought it would be cool if you could fit an orca in a rorqual.
I take back my previous statements and judgements of others. -áyou can mine in iteron if you want. |
Ajit Kumar Bhattacharya
Metaphysical Utopian Society Explorations
1316
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 20:34:00 -
[70] - Quote
Been playing for more years than I care to admit, and I've multiboxed with multiple accounts with multiple alts. Not anymore. To me it's just not cost-effective these days when you can just buy some plex and be an instant multi-billionaire for less money than it would cost to pay the monthly subscription fees to skill up your army of alts high enough that they can start bringing in the isk themselves. On this account I have the alt spaces filled but I built them just because I like creating interesting portraits. Never used 'em that I can recall.
I get into PvP and wardecs with my corpies just fine with one character and I have plenty of isk whenever I need it. |
Tempban Darkfall
Darkfall Corp
2
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 20:39:00 -
[71] - Quote
I do. I wish there were some high-end things I could invest my money into that would be fun. Currently I'm waiting on the training to do lvl 5 missions in a Carrier, but no idea what ill do with my money after that besides trying to do a solo POS. |
Castrisles
8-bit Slackers
4
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 22:08:00 -
[72] - Quote
I have a mining alt, I did him just because.. I wanted an account for mining and one for PVE. I never thought about PVP AT ALL before like... 2 weeks ago..
and so far, I haven't been impressed.. probably because I can't seem to find anything else than strategic cruisers ratting the lowsec.... |
Kais Klip
Rhokri
0
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 22:10:00 -
[73] - Quote
My stubborn arse insists on viewing alts and PLEX as cheating (not that I'm against cheating). Most if not all tasks that you would use an Alt for can be completed much more enjoyably for all parties using some apt social skills. As for PLEX, in my case much easier to acquire a PLEX using rl finances vs those in eve, so PLEXing would remove some of the much-loved risk from the game for me.
WHO STANDS WITH ME? |
Trash Candice
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
6
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 22:24:00 -
[74] - Quote
Everyone needs at least one alt for their main to contract unused station containers to.
Oh and to shiptoast on the forums with as well  |
Agustice Arterius
Couch Athletics
17
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 22:35:00 -
[75] - Quote
I remember an article on The Mittani blog that said something about this. Something along the lines of "Requiring people to play alts for supercaps is a terrible gameplay design, but a great way to force players to pay more money" It was in less words though.
Or the quote, "CCP is less inclined to bring in new players, and more to entice older players into buying more accounts".
Honestly, almost nobody plays an MMO with one character, but the majority play with one account. In EVE however, I'd venture a guess that a good 30-40% of the playerbase have alt accounts.
I don't. Probably never will. But having simple alts on one account still has its uses.
I do see the outrages number of alt accounts as a bit of a cancer, and one of the reasons I can't take this game seriously. I'm sure most disagree with me though, as I'm sure CCP does. |
Destoya
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
64
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 22:57:00 -
[76] - Quote
Nope, I wouldn't be able to live without my 4 alt accounts, or at the very least be able to live in null as I do now.
One account is my main and a Jita alt, the second is another combat and leadership alt, the third a collection of OOC cynos and hictors, and the fourth my supercarrier and a freighter/JF character.
I could probably get by with just my main and my mothership, but I really see no reason not to greatly expand what I'm capable of with more alts. They function pretty much the same as a force multiplier, and I'm not one to forgo an obvious advantage in a game like this. |
Agustice Arterius
Couch Athletics
17
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 23:10:00 -
[77] - Quote
Destoya wrote:Nope, I wouldn't be able to live without my 4 alt accounts, or at the very least be able to live in null as I do now.
Just wondering, do you see that as a joke? Or at the least bit ******** on any level? Cause I feel like a large margin of people would.
Edit: I'm asking if you see the system as a joke. What you are required to do to play the way you want. |
Jason Xado
Xado Industries
81
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 23:10:00 -
[78] - Quote
Domer Pyle wrote:<---1 account. this is an MMO. multiple accounts are for people who can't make friends, or have bad corpmates.
Well what type of MMO? Some people play EvE-Online as an MMO-RPG with a single character and that is fine. However, some of us prefer to play EvE-Online as an MMO-RTS. My coporation IS my character. Don't you think each player should decide for himself how he wishes to play the game? It is a sandbox after all.
Also having multiple accounts does not preclude you from making friends. It actually levels the playing field so a small group of friends can take on much larger organizations because each player has many accounts. I see that as a good thing in my opinion. |
Arronicus
Vintas Industries
Mistakes Were Made.
287
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 23:14:00 -
[79] - Quote
Gillia Winddancer wrote:Jason Xado wrote:Would you play Age of Empires with just one villager? Candidating for the most stupid post of the year per chance?
Except it's a completely valid point, and thus, not a stupid post like yours is. |
Kathern Aurilen
36
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 23:55:00 -
[80] - Quote
I only have one main(not counting my forum alt)
No cuts, no butts, no cocanuts!
Forum alt, unskilled in the was of pewpew! |
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
Cosmic Consortium
3134
|
Posted - 2013.02.26 23:59:00 -
[81] - Quote
When I was living in null sec I only played one character, since keeping two characters going was too taxing on my attention.
As of Retribution, I generally only run one character since my old machines have delusions of being jet planes thanks to the graphics updates. In order to avoid industrial deafness I will only have one computer running unless I'm planning on AFK mining (since being AFK means I'm also away from the jet planes).
But all my accounts have three characters, each with at least 10M SP. They are mostly idle, I'll switch to one when I want a change. So instead of running missions with my missile spamming tengu mission runner I'll run missions with my missile spamming corax.
Day 0 advice for new players: Day 0 Advice for New Players |
Jim Era
6361
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 00:10:00 -
[82] - Quote
Do I win something if I say yes? |
ian papabear
The Maverick Navy
Black Legion.
43
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 00:17:00 -
[83] - Quote
its becoming harder and harder to maintain your eve lifestyle with only one account, especially with people moving into nullsec or in general moving into a part of the game where you only PVP.
if you do pvp on the same scale as me, it requires a lot of isk and investments into getting ships and what not. I cant manage all that on one char so i have my highsec toon run incursions that way this char stays where he is at and pvps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_FJBdQUAO4 |
noXza
Brimstone Tactical
Covert Intervention
0
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 01:12:00 -
[84] - Quote
As of 2 weeks ago i am only playing with 1 char
Didn't need my other char, as mining/industry was boring me the freck out, so i decided to sell it for some isk for gametime.
I do mainly FW and have fun with that :)
//noX |
Jack Miton
Aperture Harmonics
K162
1438
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 01:13:00 -
[85] - Quote
people play with only 1 account? |
MuraSaki Siki
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
0
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 01:17:00 -
[86] - Quote
o/
one account only, live in null
one main char , with an other sit at jita to check the price and purchasing |
Sab Sab Five
Purging Maelstrom
Sicarius Draconis
32
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 01:32:00 -
[87] - Quote
i mostly run missions to fund my FW fun. As i get into t2 ships, though, i realize i will need more money. Time is my issue, so i will prolly just buy plex instead of worrying on a second account.
That being said, i started the game with a second account for the isk i was rewarded, and kept it going for 6 months. I really felt like i got alot out of that char, since i didnt look with longing at other racial skills... i just trained em with the 2nd account.
sadly, my alt got to t2 lasers with a tricked out pvp oracle long before my gallente drone boat isk mission runner ever even worried about isk/hour...
sad times. Fun times. I had lots of fun making a pure dps armageddon with an energy transfer, armor logi tanking Domi and running missions. My boss had 2 alts, and we would sit in the office just alt'ing away... hahaha
EVE is cool that way.
He is down to one account now, but instead of FW, he joined RvB |
Revman Zim
Aura of Darkness
Nulli Secunda
91
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 03:28:00 -
[88] - Quote
For years I played with only one account and one character. Four months ago I got my first carrier.
The necessity of a CYNO alt was never more clear, so I now have 2 accounts. One for my main and one for my cyno alt and I have a miner on that accout too, since I only took my cyno toon to 895K SP for clone reasons. |
Ai Shun
885
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 03:32:00 -
[89] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
Interesting question (That has probably been asked a few thousand times)
I have this character, my "main" that is primarily for dabbling in Industry with a nice side dish of Exploration for the next few months. But, I have other accounts. One deactivated with a pure trade character. Another on the Power of 2 promotion that is just training in the background with a purpose as of yet undecided. And another deactivated account with my Faction Warfare pilot (And almost as many skill points as this account).
I only ever play one at a time and don't use them to support each other.
Does that count as 1 main or many for the purposes of your question?
EVE Ambulation and Avatars as a separate game - see here |
Ris Dnalor
L'Avant Garde
Happy Endings
460
|
Posted - 2013.02.27 03:42:00 -
[90] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
I used to run 3 or 4 accounts, using the alts as a way to make isk.
It seems so much simpler to cancel those accounts, and instead buy plex with the same money.... but maybe that's because I don't have nearly as much time for eve as I used to.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=118961
EvE = Everybody Vs. Everybody
- Qolde |
Alice Katsuko
Terra Incognita
Unclaimed.
204
|
Posted - 2013.03.01 23:48:00 -
[91] - Quote
I've been playing with one account, one main for the past four years or so. I do have to rely on others for things like lighting cynos during major moves, but that's not really a bad thing, since it creates a reason to work together. |
Wu Jiaqiu
Heretic Army
Atrocitas
142
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 01:47:00 -
[92] - Quote
Had alts, but now this is one and only. |
colay Starwolf
HelpMyMissioners
Epsilon Shimmy Alliance
19
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 02:12:00 -
[93] - Quote
one and only
EvE is a big mmorpg ( Many Men Online Role Playing Girls) game |
LOL56
Galactic Express
39
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 03:47:00 -
[94] - Quote
I have about 90 million SP, 2 carriers and no alts. I use friends when i want to move around. it can be a little bit frustrating but it usually works out in the end. I do have one other character on this account, he sits in jita, cheeks prices and buys stuff. |
loki energon
Voodoo Children
Workers Trade Federation
12
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 03:58:00 -
[95] - Quote
what? no one told me you can have more than one account!!!!!
kill em all. |
Iminent Penance
Interstellar Military Assistance Corporation
38
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 05:11:00 -
[96] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
Me. |
Gelatine
EverBroke Geeks
7
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 07:00:00 -
[97] - Quote
I played for about six months with one character/account then made a second account after watching an old Rooks and Kings video. At the time my main had been in an indy corp and I had received a lot of bad advise from them leading to a real mess of skill-points on my character; the alt was made to test gold ships and to experiment with things on my own terms while I tried to fix the mess my main was in.
I now have six accounts (which is why I view subscriber figures as misleading in how many real life players they are.) Four are different race for testing hulls, the other two get trained up on the things I like or need; I only really want two accounts at most - one ideally. Hypocritically, I think multi accounting is incredibly bad for EVE in the long term, but that's a topic for a different day. |
Hacklespur Harrowhound
The Abdication Corporation
WHY so Seri0Us
3
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 09:18:00 -
[98] - Quote
1 account, 2 characters. My other character has under 1mil skillpoints, and is honestly not needed in any way. Yay cheap market trading alt!
I have also led the same corporation for close to 3 years, lived in wormhole space, carebeared in highsec, lived in multiple regions of nullsec (armor and shield based), market traded, hardcore mined, explored, pvp-ed in multiple ranges and races of ships big and small, researched, pirated, etc. etc. etc. all on one simple character.
I understand the almost need for multiple accounts or actually skilled account alts, and I know people that use multiples of both very effectively, but I do have a certain sense of pride I suppose from doing so much with just one character. It can be frustrating, it can be slow, but I know for a fact that you can become fairly self reliable with just one character. |
Oxandrolone
Bite Me inc
Bitten.
147
|
Posted - 2013.03.02 09:27:00 -
[99] - Quote
I have 5 accounts and i think 12 useable characters on the accounts.
There is an old bitter-vet in my corp with 1 character at 140mil SP or something. He also only ever flies 1 ship (cloaky proteus) |
Hrothgar Nilsson
Black Core Federation
Black Core Alliance
273
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 02:22:00 -
[100] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
I have one account, and didn't use my other two slots for anything until a couple months ago.
One character I ground up standings to use for locator agents, the other I have two weeks of training for PI, but haven't done any yet. Until recently I've been using the character to buy stuff from Jita.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzA_xesrL8 |
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
3450
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 05:25:00 -
[101] - Quote
Yes. This "I" might one day make off with your highsec corp's stuff, of course.
Those who cannot adapt become victims of Evolugalbugaslugakjlwsdhvbzxd
Click for old school EVE Portraits: http://jadeconstantine.web44.net/Maison.htm |
Wacktopia
Noir.
Black Legion.
474
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 08:54:00 -
[102] - Quote
I did, for years.
Pvp with the odd bit of high value PVE on the side.
The bottom line is that now I have one of those annoying signatures. |
Viktor Fel
Blitzkrieg.
Insidious Empire
38
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 09:40:00 -
[103] - Quote
Yes
Tears, I harvest them. |
Otrebla Utrigas
Iberians
Iberians.
55
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 10:47:00 -
[104] - Quote
This game is MMO, if you play with alts, is just like any other single player game with multiple Boxes.
If I would like to play alone and control several characters at the same time, I will play the X series or any other space sim.
I know players who have small fleets on their own, with scouts, DPS, ECM and logis, and they are quite good with them.
But I still don't see the point of that. I prefer to make roams and operations with a corp, isntead of myself with multiple accs. |
Acac Sunflyier
Burning Star L.L.C.
526
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 10:54:00 -
[105] - Quote
Well I do have a dust character. But that's about it
CCP don't make us wait another decade for a drone overhaul; DRONE OVERHAUL NOW! |
Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
4677
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 11:02:00 -
[106] - Quote
Otrebla Utrigas wrote:This game is MMO, if you play with alts, is just like any other single player game with multiple Boxes.
If I would like to play alone and control several characters at the same time, I will play the X series or any other space sim.
I know players who have small fleets on their own, with scouts, DPS, ECM and logis, and they are quite good with them.
But I still don't see the point of that. I prefer to make roams and operations with a corp, isntead of myself with multiple accs.
Playing with alts is nothing like playing single player games. The reason for alts is convenience or wanting to do multiple different playstyles at the same time. If you have an alt, you're always guaranteed to have the ability there when you need it. It's not dependent on anything or anyone else and won't inconvenience anyone else. You can also trust it without a doubt, so they provide great benefits you simply can't replicate perfectly with other people.
The way training works also makes using alts very attractive. Either you wait for years to be able to fully specialize in multiple professions or you use additional accounts and progress in them all from the start with characters you've made yourself. If you want to play in many different ways and aren't poor, there really isn't much reason not to use an alt account for this. |
Dazram Two
Viziam
Amarr Empire
6
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 12:12:00 -
[107] - Quote
I'm making 3billion isk per week on my main character, so I've gotten to a point where I can afford 2 accounts and just started up my alt earlier this week with the intention of having that character fly a Chimera by end of the year and then move into a Wyvern by end of next summer.
If you have a good isk income every week like me then you can actually afford many accounts. But I only plan on using two as that's all I really need. |
Andar Purvanen
AirHogs
Zulu People
1
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 16:20:00 -
[108] - Quote
Just me, alone, on my one account.
I'm too confused by my own actions to manage more than that...
Death does not deter.-á I will mine until you surrender. |
Alara IonStorm
4362
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 16:29:00 -
[109] - Quote
Yes |
Pohbis
Neo T.E.C.H.
322
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 16:53:00 -
[110] - Quote
Otrebla Utrigas wrote:This game is MMO, if you play with alts, is just like any other single player game with multiple Boxes. This comes up again and again.
I do understand the reasoning behind it, but it's flawed. Especially for a sandbox MMO.
Unless of course you want to argue that playing games like Starcraft, or any multiplayer game really, against a human opponent, is the same as playing against the AI?
Emergent gameplay doesn't happen when you're alone with AI. Just because someone spends the majority of their time playing solo, doesn't mean they don't value what a gameworld filled with other humans brings to the table. |
Jason Xado
Xado Industries
88
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 17:12:00 -
[111] - Quote
Otrebla Utrigas wrote:This game is MMO, if you play with alts, is just like any other single player game with multiple Boxes.
Having alts does not prevent someone from interacting and teaming up with other players.
Also there are many kinds of MMOs. For example...MMO-RTS where you have each player controlling multiple units in the game world. To some Eve-Online is an MMO-RTS. |
Michael Angelo Batio
Space Tree Inc
12
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 17:47:00 -
[112] - Quote
just one character here...... |
Zarcan
The Yellow Eye
36
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 19:24:00 -
[113] - Quote
Wow, pretty rude people posting......
Single character here. I'm not made of money.
I'm one of those few people who treats eve like some sort of game that is casual fun in spare time or something. |
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
5656
|
Posted - 2013.03.03 22:02:00 -
[114] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
I have one active account. This is my main and the only character I use in the game. If I need help with something, I just ask other players.
This is a MMORPG, right?
DMC |
Cpt Arareb
Ideal Machine
Diplomatic Incidents
41
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 01:36:00 -
[115] - Quote
only this guy here.. sometime before I had two no sp alts to check prices in jita and amarr, dont need them anymore so this is the only one |
Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
1123
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 02:47:00 -
[116] - Quote
I played EVE for the last two years without an alt. I recently got one. It's amazing you can do two things at once! |
Inquisitor Kitchner
Galaxy Punks
Executive Outcomes
870
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 03:21:00 -
[117] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
'sup.
(If/when I get a capital though sadly this will have to change).
"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli |
Mars Theran
Red Rogue Squadron
Heart 0f Darkness
1636
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 04:01:00 -
[118] - Quote
I have an alt account and a couple alts, but I don't use them for support. They're more like temporarily amusing character creations. Actually, this is my only active account atm; my other has been offline since winter. Don't have much use for alts or multi-boxing.
zubzubzubzubzubzubzubzub |
Calathorn Virpio
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 04:02:00 -
[119] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
1 toon man here
(though i have 3 in dust, soo......)
|
Xercodo
Xovoni Directorate
2201
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 07:33:00 -
[120] - Quote
Just a corp alt that keeps it open while I'm off actually participating with other groups.
Otherwise I'm a one toon man for about 4.25 years.
The Drake is a Lie |
Shawnm339
Apex Overplayed Coalition
Fatal Ascension
74
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 08:54:00 -
[121] - Quote
Kais Klip wrote:My stubborn arse insists on viewing alts and PLEX as cheating (not that I'm against cheating). Most if not all tasks that you would use an Alt for can be completed much more enjoyably for all parties using some apt social skills. As for PLEX, in my case much easier to acquire a PLEX using rl finances vs those in eve, so PLEXing would remove some of the much-loved risk from the game for me.
WHO STANDS WITH ME?
I'm kind of the same stick in the mud, I joined a corp to work together as a team, I am carrier ready and corpies have asked me to light cynos so I also will ask the same of them, the day there's no one available to help out will be the day I move on. I am currently approaching 40m sp and yes it's been a pain in the arris getting him to skill up so many different things, the sense of achievement when you get there is so much sweeter....I can't be doing with alts and the only reason I forsee needing one is to skill up to fly a cloaky hauler and be a cyno biatch...
|
Bubanni
ElitistOps
Pandemic Legion
679
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 08:57:00 -
[122] - Quote
Princess Saskia wrote:Yes people do. They stay in highsec and become bears for their eve career before giving all teir isk away to corpies and then leaving.
Hello, I play with 1 account, and only 1 character :) all I do is pvp in 0.0 and lowsec
Supercap nerf - change ewar immunity https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=194759
Module activation delay! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1180934 |
Cyprus Black
The Learning Curve.
684
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 09:16:00 -
[123] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support? I used to have two accounts, but never really used the alt for anything. So to answer your question, yes. I do only have one active account and only use one character. I don't need alts to do various other tasks like mining and industry because I don't do those tasks at all.
Trolling is like art.
Anyone can finger paint, but it takes true talent to create a masterpiece. |
Damoraath Sponge
Solarise Flares
Get Off My Lawn
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 11:01:00 -
[124] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
I do.... Just have the one character. Live in Null. Not saying at some point I may not have an alt...... But, as it stands this minute. yes... Yes I do.
A true outlaw finds the balance between the passion in his heart, and the reason in his mind...-á The outcome is the balance of might and right. |
Aracimia Wolfe
void.
Happy Endings
227
|
Posted - 2013.03.04 12:28:00 -
[125] - Quote
Cyprus Black wrote:Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support? I used to have two accounts, but never really used the alt for anything. So to answer your question, yes. I do only have one active account and only use one character. I don't need alts to do various other tasks like mining and industry because I don't do those tasks at all.
This. Have an alt never use it, it's not even subbed right now. Confirming I spend most of my time in low
Malcanis for CSM 8 https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=192717
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Dravik Erata
Hellbound Turkeys
Alliance of Abandoned Cybernetic Rejects
0
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Posted - 2013.05.16 14:31:00 -
[126] - Quote
1 account, 1 toon.
For some reason I've got it stuck in my head that using alts is cheating. I guess using different toons is fine since it's commonplace in many other MMO's, but alt accounts just seem downright damaging to the game. |
Gealbhan
Used Shuttle Sales Representative
187
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Posted - 2013.05.16 14:45:00 -
[127] - Quote
This is my only char and only account. This is my own corp, I play totally alone and talk to no one from one day to the next.
Boring? sometimes. Want to change it? Not really. |
Maggie Evenstar
Tantrum Pussycats
48
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Posted - 2013.05.16 14:47:00 -
[128] - Quote
I've only recently made a second character with a minimum set of probe skills so I can probe down the exits to my WH in the event I get trapped outside.
I can't imagine playing more than one account. It sounds like an awfully lot of trouble. |
Six Six Six
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
41
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Posted - 2013.05.16 14:47:00 -
[129] - Quote
Yeah, me and I know of others that have a lot more sp than I do.
But of course it's not my place to tell you who they are. |
Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
1075
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Posted - 2013.05.16 14:48:00 -
[130] - Quote
I'm down to one account from two, one character for EVE and this one for EVE-O Forums. Although I'll probably roll a hauler/market alt using dual-training once Odyssey hits.
CCP has no sense of humour. |
Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
130
|
Posted - 2013.05.16 15:22:00 -
[131] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
Here, just this one toon, no alts.
There's nothing a million chinese guys can't do cheaper. |
Minmatar Citizen160812
The LGBT Last Supper
172
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:30:00 -
[132] - Quote
Running more than one account is too much like work and overkill for me. Cyno alts are nice but if you're a patient dude a friend will always take a few bucks to get ya where you're going.
Gotta laugh at the people who think you need more than one account to play outside of high sec. 4 years and counting here homos. |
Turelus
Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
The Fourth District
377
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:32:00 -
[133] - Quote
I know of at least three members of CAIN who have played for years and only have one account, I think the most they have alt wise is cyno characters in the slots.
Lieutenant Turelus
Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
The Fourth District |
Victor Dathar
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
66
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:32:00 -
[134] - Quote
Dravik Erata wrote:1 account, 1 toon.
For some reason I've got it stuck in my head that using alts is cheating. I guess using different toons is fine since it's commonplace in many other MMO's, but alt accounts just seem downright damaging to the game.
Very noble, I am sure if you ever fly a capital ship you will enjoy spending hours asking for someone else to light you a cyno so you can move it from the system it is currently in.
Seeing as I am one of the Princes of the Universe (Queen did a song about us it is p.good) I have many Space Peons to light my cynos so I do not need to wait and ask I merely command it. |
Shaden Nightwalker
Tryblium Sanguinis
12
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:36:00 -
[135] - Quote
I have 2 alts on this account, but I never use them. One sits in a wormhole somewhere and the other is a character I let my girlfriend make to get her interested in EVE.
Did work pretty well, too until the part where the character creation was finished. |
neo smith
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
21
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:42:00 -
[136] - Quote
Princess Saskia wrote:Yes people do. They stay in highsec and become bears for their eve career before giving all teir isk away to corpies and then leaving.
not true (tho some might) i have always played with just the one account i dont live in high or plan on quiitting or giving my isk'es away
i guess it up to the player but yes there are players who only have the one account |
Zen Dijun
Xoth Inc
Unclaimed.
17
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:46:00 -
[137] - Quote
Been playing since 2009 with one account. I do have another toon on that account, but that's it for me. I don't know why folks would want to pay for EVE 2x or more /month or /year. I am very happy with my one toon and the help I need I get from corp members. The purpose of a corp and alliance is to help eachother out. If you have to buy 5 accounts to move your stuff around, you're either one impatient person or you play with other EVE players who don't get the point of an MMO.
I have never understood the point of one-man corporations staffed with a single player's accounts. What a waste of MMO and it might as well change genre to MSO (Massive Single-Player Online) instead of MMO. The best part of this game is the multiplayer aspect of it. Alts are a thing of convenience (or necessity if you can't find folks to play with) for those who like to pay CCP lots of money or spend countless hours in the game trading/mining etc...
Either way, that's not for me. I like the MMO in MMO.
-- Zen |
Masuka Taredi
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
49
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:57:00 -
[138] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
1 Account. 1 Character here. I don't plan to be mass manipulating markets, requiring my own hauler 24/7 or needing anything that requires a cyno alt. Been playing for just over 6 months and having a fun time thanks.
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Max Von Sydow
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
235
|
Posted - 2013.05.16 16:14:00 -
[139] - Quote
Tried making an alt but couldn't justify the extra plex cost.
I do on the other hand intend to make two specialized alts when we get dual training, one for hauling and one for cheap pvp. |
Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
40
|
Posted - 2013.05.16 16:17:00 -
[140] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
I made an alt but don't play it, and i hardly belive i will ever play it... i would maybe if i could play with all characters in the same client at the same time
OMG! the asteroid is depleted! |
Adunh Slavy
795
|
Posted - 2013.05.16 16:31:00 -
[141] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
That would be me. However with dual training I may find something to do with that. |
Kult Altol
Viziam
Amarr Empire
257
|
Posted - 2013.05.16 16:32:00 -
[142] - Quote
1pve TOON
1pvp TOON
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded. A narrow mind is a focused mind.
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Lord Ryan
Donkey Hats
793
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:38:00 -
[143] - Quote
Paid for 9 accounts with real money for years. Sometime after the company turned hostile I switched to plex. I understand they actually make more money off plex than subs, so I only plex one account. I've found that my over all quality of life has improved during the time I've only used 1 account to occasionally PVE. Traded the excitement of PVP for real life and I still get to fly interent spaceships when there's nothing else to do.
Do not assume-áanything above this line-áwas typed by me.
Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
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Adunh Slavy
795
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:40:00 -
[144] - Quote
Destoya wrote:Nope, I wouldn't be able to live without my 4 alt accounts, or at the very least be able to live in null as I do now.
I see that as a problem. not with you, but with the game. |
Steve WingYip
Lumodynamics Power Control Corp
Panda Cave
38
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:42:00 -
[145] - Quote
Personally I do, but plan on making an alt when then dual character thing comes. |
ian papabear
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
66
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:43:00 -
[146] - Quote
At this point in time, I think if you expect to survive in eve you should at least have a minimum of two accounts.
in my case I do, I am an avid pvper and pve, but as you can see i am in a 100percent PVP alliance and with the exception of legio and engarde, this has always been the case.
i cant jumpclone/deathclone my main to low/highsec just to rat or yadda yadda, I like my main to be down i null with the rest of hte guys fighting duders, so my other account handles everything else on the pve side. because I have two accounts, i literally utilze every aspect of eve , without that second account I would have a hard time playing eve.
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Ayuren Aakiwa
Perkone
Caldari State
71
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:55:00 -
[147] - Quote
1 account, 1 main, 2 awoxers. It's the only way to play
pew pew 24/7 |
Xercodo
Xovoni Astronautical Manufacturing and Engineering
2307
|
Posted - 2013.05.16 17:39:00 -
[148] - Quote
Kehro Urgus wrote:Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support? Yes I do and I even post with my main.
Same
4.5 years in now. Will have a carrier again soon.
The Drake is a Lie |
Shaera Taam
Minmatar Death Squad
Broken Chains Alliance
70
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Posted - 2013.05.16 17:45:00 -
[149] - Quote
1 account, 3 toons
1 main (you're looking at her)
1 smuggler alt for those loads that I don't mind losing sec status over
1 placeholder char for that friend that "swears" he's never coming back to eve (pfft, like I believe that)
Thus Spake the Frigate Goddess! |
Aralieus
Shadowbane Syndicate
118
|
Posted - 2013.05.16 18:02:00 -
[150] - Quote
I do everyday with just this one, but since training two characters on same account is coming out soon I'm going to train a cov-op scanner, blockade runner and logi alt. Thanks for that CCP
Oderint Dum Metuant |
Iudicium Vastus
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
18
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Posted - 2013.05.16 18:13:00 -
[151] - Quote
Been playing with a single main character, no alt accounts.
When you have a great and close knit group of buds and haul/scout/help eachother, alts kinda seem like imaginary friends for you main |
Ken 1138
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
41
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Posted - 2013.05.16 18:15:00 -
[152] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
I do. 1 account, 1 character. |
Aurelius Valentius
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
348
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Posted - 2013.05.16 18:23:00 -
[153] - Quote
I used to have two subbed accounts... I think the first year I played EVE I started with 1 account, somewhere in there I opened two... and then the economics of it got a bit much to sub two for what I was doing, and PLEX was an option... because then PLEX was cheaper than the sub really... anyway... at one point I had 6 toons... 2 mains 4 alts... then...I figured out alot of my toons where crap, I was don't alot of things wrong, I had SPs all over the place and none of my toons did anything very well... and I was battleship mining on tops of that...LOL... *cringes*...
TIME TO START OVER...
So... BIOMASS... on mass...
Then I did the following, I made one toon, I decided to try EVE from a different point of view, as if it where an alter ego of myself... I actually look very much like my toon in real life... minus tatoos and the scowel... and I am a bit more olive in tone...lol.
I gave this toon a latinized version of my name and the name of my favorite philosopher to read... you figure it out on which is which, but I am Italian so... there is a clue.
Then I said, it makes not much sense to train more than one toon (at least to me) I would rather do everything well then do it with alts... I don't need really (for my play style) any alts (but I do have one now... I was going to do FW with a buddy but that never worked out... but she's a hot toon with huge bolt-ons... so I keep here if for nothing else as "eye-candy" when I log in...lol.
I work this this main, and I post with this main... and well I rank at the moment on EVE boards as 315 in online time and 216 daily average so I must play alot... but yea, I do, it's a valid play style and honestly I find it a bit more fun then having a bunch of alts... it's perhaps more of the real deal... and it's easy to PLEX, and so on... there are alot of benefits to solo toonage, just as there are to having alts, I think personally its just how you want to play the game... but lets face it, you never can really lose in EVE... you can have set backs... but as long as you clone is up, you can't lose SPs... and the reset is replaceable, with time, effort, or for some a credit card...lol.
Look at all the Macks in local...impressive...very impressive...I see you have fashioned a new exhumer...much like you father's...your skills as a miner are now complete...indeed you are powerful as CCP Devs have foreseen. |
Galaxy Pig
New Order Logistics
CODE.
762
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Posted - 2013.05.16 19:30:00 -
[154] - Quote
I just got my first alt accounts (Galaxy Chicken and Galaxy Mule) with the last round of CCP's 'Start a Sidekick' promotion at the beginning of this year. When I went to fanfest 2012 I only had one account, and it blew a couple people's minds. |
Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
2536
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Posted - 2013.05.16 19:46:00 -
[155] - Quote
i might actually get an alt going once this "training two characters on the same account thing with plex" gets moving. |
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
536
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Posted - 2013.05.16 19:55:00 -
[156] - Quote
One account/character here. Used to have an alt but its been inactive for...2-3 years? Basically never used it the past couple of years before that so it was pointless to keep paying for it 
Phoibe Enterprises official recruitment thread
The Eve Reader - -áAudio Recordings of Eve Chronicles
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Lyza Kimbo
Cat Scratch Fever
4
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Posted - 2013.05.16 19:58:00 -
[157] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
Yes.
I used to have two accounts, this was my alt account. The main account was banned back in 2008, and I keep hoping CCP will relent and un-ban it.
In their defense, I did something stupid; I can't really accuse them of being unreasonable, only unforgiving. Heh, one could say that if I'm still hoping for a reprieve five years later, I'm the one who's being unreasonable :)
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Plyn
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
59
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Posted - 2013.05.16 20:13:00 -
[158] - Quote
Played for a long time with no alt until I got a carrier. Needed someone to light a cyno for me :/
Hossenfeffer. |
PotatoOverdose
SONS of LEGION
RISE of LEGION
134
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Posted - 2013.05.16 20:22:00 -
[159] - Quote
I played with 1 account for about 2-3 years. Eventually got a second account, never looked back since tbh. |
Hungry Eyes
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
444
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Posted - 2013.05.16 21:42:00 -
[160] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:In Eve, the recent norm appears to have at least 2 alts on your main account and at least 1 additional account filled with alts for various tasks (Mining, PVP, Industry, etc.).
Just wondering if anyone plays Eve on just their main with 1 account and no additional alt support?
ive been playing eve with just one character since 2007. this is my forum alt, and occasionally i'll scout with him to make a risky jump. i do everything on my main: plexing, L4's, FW, and nullsec. |
Akali Kuvakei
Eclipse Navy.
Test Alliance Please Ignore
19
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Posted - 2013.05.16 23:40:00 -
[161] - Quote
I only have one acct, main because I'm poor , and can't afford another char, let alone the isk to buy one. Please feel free to contact me another char if you have you you don't need, and or send a few billion isk to halp a bro on his way. |
To Be Me
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.05.17 00:08:00 -
[162] - Quote
many people does
they for fun just a couple hours every other day on and off, belong to active pvp corp, and log for the kills and laughs, thats it
they use plexs to get isks |
Reaver Glitterstim
Dromedaworks inc
Tribal Band
512
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Posted - 2013.05.17 00:51:00 -
[163] - Quote
I have alts but I don't really use them much. One of my alts is decently-skilled (though nothing like myself), and the other (only 1 at current) has less than a day of training. I am not a high-bear, I like to explore all parts of EVE. I think there is quite an adventure to putting all my effort into one character. This character is an extension of me. This is ME in New Eden. When I gain a reputation, it follows me around. That stuff makes EVE far more real and visceral to me. I can't imagine why so few choose to follow my example, and I really suggest that you do. I'm nearing my third year and I am more convinced than ever that sticking with just my first toon is the best option and the most rewarding in terms of overall game experience.
Fit a warfare link to your tech 1 battlecruiser. Train Wing Commander. Get in the Squad Commander or Wing Commander position. Your fleets will be superior to everyone else's. |
Freyya
Omni Galactic Resource Excavation Inc.
Tri-Star Galactic Industries
52
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Posted - 2013.05.17 01:01:00 -
[164] - Quote
Single account running for 6/7 years now. My 2 alt spots are filled with noobs who cant do **** for giggles if i wanted to.
been around all of EvE so yeah, it makes playing the game alot easier...too easy really. Why play with others in this mmo when you can have your army of alts to do everything with right? At least it makes ccp soms money before the alts generate enough isk to play on plex right? |
Spurty
V0LTA
Verge of Collapse
855
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Posted - 2013.05.17 02:14:00 -
[165] - Quote
Down to one character.
Finding it hard to do anything non-suicidal so choosing to do almost nothing instead.
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GÇ£If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.GÇ¥
GÇò Philip K. **** |
Vega Umbranox
Eternal Darkness.
Fatal Ascension
10
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Posted - 2013.05.17 03:04:00 -
[166] - Quote
YES!!!! alts are horrible and should not exist outside of market/trade/scout type roles. i dont use alts for anything other than that. ruins da game! |
Arcelian
House of Praetor
R O G U E
10
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Posted - 2013.05.17 05:33:00 -
[167] - Quote
Vega Umbranox wrote:YES!!!! alts are horrible and should not exist outside of market/trade/scout type roles. i dont use alts for anything other than that. ruins da game!
Just curious, how does it ruin the game? I mean, how does my using alts ruin YOUR game? If anything it's more money for CCP, which benefits alt users and single players alike. |
Riot Girl
Thundercats
The Initiative.
898
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Posted - 2013.05.17 06:36:00 -
[168] - Quote
I made my first alt about a month after I created this one. I was focusing on BS training so I could run level 4s and had no time to train small ships for PvP so I made an alt for PvP instead. I also have a third account but I don't know why.
Oh god. |
AndromacheDarkstar
Zebra Corp
Gentlemen's Agreement
745
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Posted - 2013.05.17 06:51:00 -
[169] - Quote
Jame Jarl Retief wrote:I only have 1 account, no alt accounts. And all the SP goes to this character.
And yes, the game's mechanics are obviously designed to really push people towards alt accounts (more money). It can be argued that the original design idea was to play along with other people, but EVE's tiny population spread all over an unnecessarily large (but empty) game space, makes it difficult at times, so an alt account is just readily available and oftentimes more reliable.
Why just 1 account? Just on general principle. I've never paid for more than one sub concurrently. Never have, never will. Especially not when it's for the same bloody game. Sorry, I refuse to pay more for flawed design.
1.Your an idiot
2. Get some friends, there are enough people around and if you make an effort to hide your autism you might make some friends
3. The one and only mechanic that "pushes" you towards an alt is cynos and the game would be allot more broken with people jumping around everywhere
4. Dont confuse principles with being poor
Join the ZC Pub chat channel today and talk about joining-áZebra corp, hands down the best PVP corp in EVE keeping CFC killboards in the green singlehandedly |
Colonel Xaven
Decadence.
RAZOR Alliance
273
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Posted - 2013.05.17 07:34:00 -
[170] - Quote
I do have only 1 account. I never had more.
www.facebook.com/RazorAlliance |
Ravnik
Choke-Hold
7172
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Posted - 2013.05.17 08:31:00 -
[171] - Quote
Been playing this toon for 9 years now. Without an alt. Ive always been in corps who have haulers willing to move stuff for you / cyno pilots in corps etc
In fact ive only just made a couple of toons on this same account and am training them up to do some PI for extra iskies
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly.......... |
Lord Battlestar
CALIMA COLLABORATIVE
Atrox Urbanis Respublique Abundatia
42
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Posted - 2013.05.17 08:36:00 -
[172] - Quote
I have yet to meet anyone who does so on purpose. Usually it is either they can't afford more than one account, or they are so new they haven't thought about it yet.
I once podded myself by blowing a huge fart. |
Garresh
Opposite of Low
189
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Posted - 2013.05.17 08:40:00 -
[173] - Quote
I have 1 alt. I used it for 2 purposes: Orca hauling when I lived in w-space solo, and now station trading because I don't use it.
I live in lowsec. I do it without alts. Only reason the alt is still subbed is I found out I really like trading. So yeah, you can do just fine in eve with no alts if you're not an idiot.
It is, however, more fun to have alt. ;)
Edit: Seriously, my alt has only been subbed for I think 8 months out of the last 4 years. You don't need alts. But they do increase your fun amount if you have a second screen, cause you can trade or whatever during downtime on your main.
This Space Intentionally Left Blank |
asdf123 321fdsa
Brigada 81 Mecanizata
1
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Posted - 2013.05.17 11:20:00 -
[174] - Quote
12 accounts here with a 2.5 pilots/account average. I might do with just 6 accounts but that's the limit for me. |
Chopper Rollins
Sky Prey
211
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Posted - 2013.05.17 11:47:00 -
[175] - Quote
The main has about 55m SP and lives on the outer edge of the null map, flies every race to BS, bombers, dics, assfrigs, ceptors, hacs all that good stuff.
Another toon in the same corp just doubles the PI numbers and has about 3m SP in industry.
This guy has 100k SP and poasts here, steals ore in hisec, scouts null and generally gets burnt for laughs.
Goggles. Making me look good. Making you look good. |
Daimon Kaiera
Kraken.
289
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Posted - 2013.05.17 11:48:00 -
[176] - Quote
I have a Jita alt and an alt I use for just flying around whenever and wherever. They are both 55k sp and I use no alternate account.
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Elepherious
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2013.05.17 12:06:00 -
[177] - Quote
Pewty McPew wrote:, the recent norm
MMM... No...
This has almost always been the norm... I have had two accounts since just after beta... and up to 6 at one point...
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Jerick Ludhowe
JLT corp
448
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Posted - 2013.05.17 12:28:00 -
[178] - Quote
Jason Xado wrote:Would you play Age of Empires with just one villager?
dump post is dumn /facepalm
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Neti Keire
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
Sanctuary Pact
4
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Posted - 2013.05.17 13:47:00 -
[179] - Quote
Also a member of the one account/one character minority. |
Aarin Wrath
Dominion Strategic
16
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Posted - 2013.05.17 14:42:00 -
[180] - Quote
Me. I am going on six years with this one char. |
Josef Djugashvilis
Acme Mining Corporation
1214
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Posted - 2013.05.17 14:59:00 -
[181] - Quote
Yes.
This is not a signature. |
Whim Aqayn
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
16
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Posted - 2013.05.17 15:12:00 -
[182] - Quote
Playing with only one account. There is so many problems arising from enabling your players to have more than one that it's silly.
It's obvious CCP just want the extra cash and I don't blame them. But if they aren't careful their policy is going to ruin the game for a lot of people. For some it already has. |
Signal11th
The Retirement Club
964
|
Posted - 2013.05.17 15:23:00 -
[183] - Quote
yes me now, have mothballed all the other accounts just this one active now.
God Said "Come Forth and receive eternal life!" I came fifth and won a toaster. |
LittleTerror
Illuminated Foundation Trust
50
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Posted - 2013.05.17 15:29:00 -
[184] - Quote
I only have the 1 main account active now, its possible to move just about anything sub cap around in lowsec if you carry your pvp fit in cargo hold while having a travel fit fitted and of course using your head by checking the map intel. Its not as efficient as using 2 characters 1 being the scout but still its possible especially if you're in a corp with people that can provide intel. |
Rotseib Ratam
Blatant Tax Avoidance
Victrix Mortalis
12
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Posted - 2013.05.17 15:33:00 -
[185] - Quote
Kicked my roughly 10 alts from corp/alliance in the last few days.
Don't need them. |
Rayo Atra
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2013.05.17 15:59:00 -
[186] - Quote
This former alt is now my only toon, and i love it. Generally live in c4+ Wh's. Approaching that 50 mil SP point, so i can usually take care of whatever i need. (if anyone is looking for a solid WH pilot, i ended up having to leave a shiny C4, and am looking around)
I am all for less alts and more player cooperation, in and out of corp, Need a hauler? Try interacting with someone that happens to be a hauler. I am not 100% anti alt, and it is tempting to start training a fresh toon via odyssey, that i someday can move to a second account, but i think it kills part of the immersion/player interaction.
Also i remember when i was young, on my old main, many many years ago...and most of what i did in corp was hear " hold up while i get my alts in position" so much that i felt like a burden, or that they could accomplish the goal on their own without me. I try to never put younger players in this position. There is always plenty to do, and there are so many directionless pilots out there dieing to get into something other than missioning and derping around in hubs. Using and interacting with them is so much more beneficial to me, to them, and to the verse in general, than me tri-boxing. Fewer corps and more interaction is where its at.
I would love to find a way to have toons with some sort of Admin password, that would restrict certain changes/moving of assets and the like. I could then give a solid toon to a younger human pilots and have human alts :]
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Anabella Rella
Gradient
Electus Matari
743
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Posted - 2013.05.17 20:17:00 -
[187] - Quote
Yes.
What you want is irrelevant, what you've chosen is at hand. |
Charlie Jacobson
104
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Posted - 2013.05.17 20:22:00 -
[188] - Quote
Yes, one char. I tried the alt thing for a while, but the multitasking made the game feel like more of a job than a game. I like games better. |
waferzankko
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Legion
15
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Posted - 2013.05.17 22:26:00 -
[189] - Quote
i play just this one toon. alts are for nubs! |
La Nariz
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
861
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Posted - 2013.05.17 22:28:00 -
[190] - Quote
waferzankko wrote:i play just this one toon. alts are for awoxing in highsec!
Corrected that for you.
This post was loving crafted by a member of the Official GoonWaffe recruitment team. |
ZeeWolf Novus
ZeeTech Inc
8
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Posted - 2013.05.17 22:30:00 -
[191] - Quote
Only got the one character. Haven't left highsec since 2007 either. |
Alaric Faelen
Sabotage Incorporated
Executive Outcomes
121
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Posted - 2013.05.19 06:22:00 -
[192] - Quote
For my first two years in Eve I never had any alts, only this toon. I only created an alt to train for FW so I could check out orbital bombardment (rather than grind this one's sec status up)
Created a hauler alt eventually but don't really ever need her, so she collects dust with 300k SP.
Playing with only one toon, especially as a pirate outlaw, added alot of depth (and difficulty) to Eve. So I purposely avoided alts to get around my sec status. No longer a pirate so it matters less and less as this toon can go back to high sec. I was just 'cooking' my FW alt so I could jump right in once Dust got launched. Hope to bomb some fools from space soon.
So yeah, I have alts- but the two I use have nothing to do with each other. One is my main out in null sec, the other is just some militia pubbie. Never the two shall meet. |
Jadzia Idaris Devereaux
United Star Alliance
UNITED STAR FEDERATION
4
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Posted - 2013.05.19 08:23:00 -
[193] - Quote
yes and no i played for a few years with one account tell someone talked me into makeing a second account. Unlike other MMO's Training a second chr on the same account is not possible (at least tell june when u can plex 30 days of dual training. We wont even go there on that one.) So yes its doable but if you wanna be able to do 2 things at once say mining and moving your own material its easier to do it off 2 or 3 accounts.) Or even pi one account and sit in 00 in another and gate camp. (always fun) |
Brainless Bimbo
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
52
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Posted - 2013.05.19 08:52:00 -
[194] - Quote
One account, that's why i like the dual training coming in Ody, interaction with your second account character to get ahead means he-¦s called Master Bates in a MMO |
Arduemont
Rotten Legion Ops
1465
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Posted - 2013.05.19 09:17:00 -
[195] - Quote
I did. For about a year and a half. Works fine really. People complain there is a lot of stuff you can't do if you don't have an alt but that's rubbish really. In the end I got mine just for a cyno and to be able to train industry and PvP at the same time.
"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." |
Tanthos
Tanthos Corp
59
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Posted - 2013.05.19 09:18:00 -
[196] - Quote
I occasionally use Power of 2 to temporary train up an alt, but I always dispose of it after the 6 months is up. I much prefer to focus on my main. |
Irya Boone
TIPIAKS
229
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Posted - 2013.05.19 12:39:00 -
[197] - Quote
I was ... then i went living in a wormhole....
RENAME null sec systems With the name of REAL Universe Stellar Name like KOI-730 etc etc It will be awesome.
Need Black Ops be able to FIT cover ops cloaking device !!! |
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