This is a game that's supposed to value each persons gaming style. I feel like they're about to fail at that.
Some say alts are bad because these people aren't teaming with other players and that's not how a mmorpg should be played... There is at least one person who states they have never and will never team with anyone because they like the satisfaction of being able to do it alone. But they are very social. So is this person wrong? Should they spend money elsewhere?
Someone brought up boss camping... How is a few alts looking out for a spawn different from a guild or faction posting players to do the same? And the same would go for digging.
People keep saying that Beef can't be that good or that he's playing less efficiently than he used to. For all you know something has happened to make him not as fast at alt-tabbing or how ever he does it. We all have good and bad days and IRL distractions. I have watched people afk digging and it's never been him.
These people that have multiple alts are helpful to the community, both new and old players, with advice and gear. Not to mention the added real world money they're paying. The money is a good part of what keeps all of us being able to log in. Servers aren't volunteers and accept gratitude as payment.
This isn't like some other games where you get uber, kick the whole servers rump and then sell your toon for top dollar. Alts don't hurt anything any more than an organized guild or faction does. If you don't like playing with alts, don't have one. If you don't want to team with an alt, ask the person to leave it behind or don't team. It's pretty simple.
As for PVP and OPs...Get over it. Every army has stupid drones that just do what they're told. If you feel out numbered or whatever, recruit more. Offer a collage fund or something. There will always be a winner and loser and the tides will always turn.
What needs to be dealt with is people that are actually using 3rd party programs to run alts. No matter if it's 10 alts or 1. Deal with that, not the people that are thought to be too good to be true. The dev team needs to work on that not dictating how paying players live on Atys.
Some say alts are bad because these people aren't teaming with other players and that's not how a mmorpg should be played... There is at least one person who states they have never and will never team with anyone because they like the satisfaction of being able to do it alone. But they are very social. So is this person wrong? Should they spend money elsewhere?
Someone brought up boss camping... How is a few alts looking out for a spawn different from a guild or faction posting players to do the same? And the same would go for digging.
People keep saying that Beef can't be that good or that he's playing less efficiently than he used to. For all you know something has happened to make him not as fast at alt-tabbing or how ever he does it. We all have good and bad days and IRL distractions. I have watched people afk digging and it's never been him.
These people that have multiple alts are helpful to the community, both new and old players, with advice and gear. Not to mention the added real world money they're paying. The money is a good part of what keeps all of us being able to log in. Servers aren't volunteers and accept gratitude as payment.
This isn't like some other games where you get uber, kick the whole servers rump and then sell your toon for top dollar. Alts don't hurt anything any more than an organized guild or faction does. If you don't like playing with alts, don't have one. If you don't want to team with an alt, ask the person to leave it behind or don't team. It's pretty simple.
As for PVP and OPs...Get over it. Every army has stupid drones that just do what they're told. If you feel out numbered or whatever, recruit more. Offer a collage fund or something. There will always be a winner and loser and the tides will always turn.
What needs to be dealt with is people that are actually using 3rd party programs to run alts. No matter if it's 10 alts or 1. Deal with that, not the people that are thought to be too good to be true. The dev team needs to work on that not dictating how paying players live on Atys.
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