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Marcus TheMartin
Gallente
Tuxedo.
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Posted - 2007.01.27 02:57:00 -
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Now In eve it is very common to come across a player with the holy trinity of accounts The Pvper, The Industrialst (lottery player), and the miner.
Some of us have 1 alt some none but the existence of alts really does make things a little difficult.
The Pro's of Alt's
1.Back up income when you F'Up
2.Scouting
3.Hauling
4.Spying/Corp Theiving
5.Market Checking
6.Disposable Cyno Slave
The Cons of Alts.
1. The small frieght business isn't exactly booming due to haulers being so readily available
2. Alt scouts are really annoying (get an escort darnit)
3. Throw away suicide cyno pilots really make travelling a breeze (in my opinion but I wont be touching a capital for quite a while).
4.Making an alt just to play the BPO lottery.
Things that should require a team of people can now be achieved with rl cash something that is usually shunned by forum dwellers.
If the Alts were gone:
In theory Market hubs in lowsec and 0.0 would form (in theory depends on how the end of the hauler alt effects pirates)
The small hauling business would open up and all courier missions wouldn't just throw you to the end of the galaxy for 5 mill 
You couldn't be captian Super spy because you've got an extra $15 in your pocket.
There would be NO NEED FOR LOGON SCREEN SHOTS! DO YOU HEAR ME NO MORE WORRIES ABOUT ALTS IN YOUR CORP JUST WORRIES ABOUT THE REGULAR PEOPLE IN YOUR CORP!
The list just goes on of course maybe alts are allowed because you guys like money (I don't blame you but just putting out my 2 isk)
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Reggie Stoneloader
eXceed Inc.
INVICTUS.
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Posted - 2007.01.27 08:26:00 -
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Yeah, sure, it would be great, but there's absolutely no way to eliminate alts. The ones who are willing to go above and beyond the normal limits of the game to win will always develop workarounds. they'll get new creditcards, have their friends start accounts, do whatever it takes to get the edge they depend on. Plus, what do you do to existing alts? Everyone has to choose one character and junk the rest?
It's an interesting thought experiment, but nothing more.
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Mr Xofar
Xofar Mining -N- Trans
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Posted - 2007.01.27 08:47:00 -
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Well, the thing is, the whole alt concept falls right inline with the disposable bodies pilots have. It would be nothing to write a storyline of "wanna be" pilots subjecting themselves, to the whims of "real" pilots in an effort to get their foot in the door of the pod pilot industry/field.
Personally, I only have one pilot. Mainly because it just doesn't make sense to train two pilots on one account due to the excrutiatingly long amount of time some skills take. One is enough. There are other ways to scout than wasting time making a disposable alt. As for the other reasons people make alts, well, to each their own.
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Marcus TheMartin
Gallente
Tuxedo.
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Posted - 2007.01.27 15:42:00 -
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 Originally by: Reggie Stoneloader
Yeah, sure, it would be great, but there's absolutely no way to eliminate alts. The ones who are willing to go above and beyond the normal limits of the game to win will always develop workarounds. they'll get new creditcards, have their friends start accounts, do whatever it takes to get the edge they depend on. Plus, what do you do to existing alts? Everyone has to choose one character and junk the rest?
It's an interesting thought experiment, but nothing more.
You could limit the I.P access on an account for homes and have businesses like cyber cafes register their ip as a cyber cafe and that would put a slight stop to it.
But how to deal with families or siblings that play eve that is another question regardless alts are game breaking
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Reggie Stoneloader
eXceed Inc.
INVICTUS.
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Posted - 2007.01.27 17:46:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus TheMartin
regardless alts are game breaking
Alts are game-breaking like warp scramblers are exploits and insta bookmarks were cheating and fueling POSes with freighters is an abuse of game mechanics and gate camps are cowardly.
It's core gameplay now, and abandoning it would be more game-breaking than embracing it.
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Mathsage
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Posted - 2007.01.28 22:18:00 -
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This is true. It's a little late in the game to suggest such a radical change, especially for one not all too affected by it.
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Mercurios Jones
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Posted - 2007.01.29 01:15:00 -
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I'd just like them to get off the fence. There's slots for three characters, but when it all boils down only using one is feasable. I say they either gank the two extra slots, or let training multiple character slots happen. Either way I'd be cool with it, but you can't have it both ways (or at least a gimpped version of one, anyways  )
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Nim9i5
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Posted - 2007.01.29 04:31:00 -
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Lets first get rid of the 3 toon options, that is too easy of a resource to use. Can take care of alt's later, but the 3 toon issue is a easy one to fix and doesnt affect ccp's wallet 
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Zankoku
Amarr
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2007.01.29 10:25:00 -
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Originally by: Nim9i5
Lets first get rid of the 3 toon options, that is too easy of a resource to use. Can take care of alt's later, but the 3 toon issue is a easy one to fix and doesnt affect ccp's wallet
Yes it would effect CCP's wallet. If I could only play 1 char I would be outa here! or worse, I never would have subscribed.
On every MMORPG I play, I usually fill up all the character slots until I figure out which one will be my main alt. 
As a matter of fact, I wish there was 1 more slot so I could have 1 char of each race.
Yes, I am an altoholic...
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Hypo Psycho
Minmatar
Universal Army
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Posted - 2007.01.29 11:59:00 -
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i am the owner of 2 accounts and six chars
2 of these are my mains one is combat the other is for everything else
as for the alts one sits in my home system (i flew him there logged off and never logged him in again) another is in the forge to check market prices and the last two are newer combat chars when i get bored i use them in high sec its fun to start at the begining again
admittedly all chars on the same account should automatically join the same corp
but do you honestly think deleting alt accounts is a good idea??
alot and i mean ALOT of players use multiple accounts so if all these were to just disappear what would that mean?
CCP would be making less money less money less game content you really think the game would be as big as it is if less accounts were active?
prices of ships and modules would double triple due to the deletion miners/manufacturers on alt accounts
i also would be demanding my money back on my alt account i have payed over a years subscription fee for it all to just disappear??
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