Originally by: Nero Scuro

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Legitimate idea is suggested, legitimate idea takes money away from CCP, CCP are money-*****s and won't do it, dumb-asses flame topic because that's what dumb-asses do.

Try Darkfall when it comes out, I believe it's taking a SCS stance (Single Character per Server).

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Originally by: Kassidus

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Now this is just my opinion disagree if you like it wont hurt my feelings, But I think One of the Biggest and most important problems in EVE is alts.

Theres 2 types of alts, The ones for rich people (second accounts) and the ones for poor people (Second Characters)

Both Cause huge issues in EVE.

Second accounts are probably one of the bigger issues, it allows people with more money to gain an unfair advantage over other players, they have the ability by using multiiple accounts to bypass many game rules and alot of the game mechanics Example soloing in a carrier is not possible if you only have 1 account, if you can afford a Cyno alt you now have bypassed the intended design of the game (in my opinion that sounds like an exploit).

Another issue is with scamming, It seems every person in EVE has a Scaming alt now, if there were no alts there would be virtually now scamming in eve, you would scam someone and become instantly blackballed and eventually quit eve cause you wouldnt be able to do anything, but instead people just scam away and make more alts.

Wars and pvp are drastically effected by alts you can use an alt to move goods, you can use a alt to sit at a gate and provide intel you can use a alt as bait you can use multiple accounts and always have a wingman able to follow your exact orders and fill exact roles without the problems associated with team comunication. Basically you name it and alts have effected all of eve drastically and for the worst.

I dont know what can be done about multiple accounts, I doubt CCP would do anything about it cause they make assloads of money, But a Family feature could be added to EVE that could correct this and make eve alot more interesting.

Make an account , pick a first and last name , finish character creation, if you want another character you pick a first name last name carries over from the original so all of your alts will be linked by ancestory.

The only way to fix multiple accounts is to have ccp link multiple accounts if its to the same household in the same manner so once someone creats an eve account all other accounts and characters will always be under that same fictional last name.

all names wwouldnt have to change, just under your character description it would show a family name.

Anyways just an idea if a bit long winded :)

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Originally by: Crumplecorn

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I've always considered it strange that people make a distinction between different groups of characters working together based on whether those characters are controlled by one person or multiple people

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Originally by: Sen'ile

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... if you stop smoking or stop drinking once a month...

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Originally by: Kate Nexus

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Originally by: Crumplecorn

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I've always considered it strange that people make a distinction between different groups of characters working together based on whether those characters are controlled by one person or multiple people

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nobody plays the game to be a sacrificial scout for another player to travel through chokepoints. sorry but it just doesnt happen. this is a role reserved for alt accounts and is a big advantage. if anyone tried to take away my ability to use an alt account for scouting and metagaming I'd probably quit. I love blowing up a carebear and when they try to gatecamp me I can just use my alt to wait for a way out.

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Originally by: Crumplecorn

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How can that be metagaming?

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Originally by: Crumplecorn

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And anyway, the fact that real people rarely scout doesn't change the fact that they can.

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Originally by: Ilkin Kaptan

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Edited by: Ilkin Kaptan on 30/04/2007 01:49:46
Edited by: Ilkin Kaptan on 30/04/2007 01:44:52
go away. . . seriously. . . just go. Go play WoW, stop posting this whiny stuff about alts.

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Originally by: Kion

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TomB not long after Eve started stated CCP biggist mistake was in allowing alts, it distorts gameplay.
They did not change it then and they are not gonna do in now! So don't bother crying about it

Kion

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Originally by: Selnix

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Originally by: Aindrias

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Edited by: Aindrias on 30/04/2007 18:50:37
To me, above all else, alts ruin the need for "corpmate" wtf? With 3 characters who need anyone else? You can.. uh.. go play with yourself...how Er33t are you then? This is the most damning thing of all about alts

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Conversely, having multiple accounts can also allow you to more fully take part in your corporation's activities. Say you have your main account trained for PVP and there is a corp mining op going... You gonna hop out there in a BS with T1 miners, or are you gonna log your alt in a covetor? Maybe your main is an industrialist that makes mods and such for the corp, but a corpmate comes under attack in the belts... Do you go to his aide in an iteron or do you log on your combat alt to kill them? Perhaps your main is sitting in empire with a full set of +5 implants in his head training battleship V and a corpmate needs someone to scout him into 0.0... Do you lemming-jump your main through gates in a frigate or do you log on your alt in a shuttle?

In all of the above cases, a person with only the main would be faced with a situation where non-participation is likely the best choice.

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Originally by: Kassidus

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Another issue is with scamming, It seems every person in EVE has a Scaming alt now, if there were no alts there would be virtually now scamming in eve, you would scam someone and become instantly blackballed and eventually quit eve cause you wouldnt be able to do anything, but instead people just scam away and make more alts.

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