IDK why it's so hard for people to accept not everyone plays the same and no one is "doing it wrong".
This whole argument that alts hinder RP and there by ruins the game, pisses me off. I do not RP. I have nothing against people that do. My "RP" is that I'm a homin first, always loyal to the Reapers and my faith is with the Karavan. Always in that order. If you talk to me IC I will respect that and try my best to play along. I will not develop a back story and learn a new language to make someone else happy. I am not hurting anyone with my choice. If you need to rationalize my alt for RP, Khao is my best friend. Simple. She doesn't hurt anyone but me when she catches aggro. When I do team for levels or the one OP I've made it to, she stays behind.
Play styles and goals change and evolve. When I started in '06 I was very very spoiled by the guild and a one other player. I stopped playing in '09. I came back at merge to save toons. When I came back in Dec I treked my self everywhere with out an alt the first month, in crappy armor because I had nothing. In my first 3 years I got 1 dig master and 1 craft. Since I've been back I've mastered 1 dig and almost my third. I can over craft the hell out of jewels, armor and almost all weapons now. All of those were 100 or less when I came back. Being a spoiled brat isn't how I want to be any more. I don't team often, I don't talk a lot most days and I don't ask for things much. But I try to help any one I can.
That being said, I don't have as much at stake with alts as other players but if no alts were allowed like some have asked for, I would still play the exact same as I do now. Am I hurting anyone? Am I making someones gaming experience worse? Am I playing wrong? Should I leave? If someone thinks so, that's NOT the attitude that keeps players!
This whole argument that alts hinder RP and there by ruins the game, pisses me off. I do not RP. I have nothing against people that do. My "RP" is that I'm a homin first, always loyal to the Reapers and my faith is with the Karavan. Always in that order. If you talk to me IC I will respect that and try my best to play along. I will not develop a back story and learn a new language to make someone else happy. I am not hurting anyone with my choice. If you need to rationalize my alt for RP, Khao is my best friend. Simple. She doesn't hurt anyone but me when she catches aggro. When I do team for levels or the one OP I've made it to, she stays behind.
Play styles and goals change and evolve. When I started in '06 I was very very spoiled by the guild and a one other player. I stopped playing in '09. I came back at merge to save toons. When I came back in Dec I treked my self everywhere with out an alt the first month, in crappy armor because I had nothing. In my first 3 years I got 1 dig master and 1 craft. Since I've been back I've mastered 1 dig and almost my third. I can over craft the hell out of jewels, armor and almost all weapons now. All of those were 100 or less when I came back. Being a spoiled brat isn't how I want to be any more. I don't team often, I don't talk a lot most days and I don't ask for things much. But I try to help any one I can.
That being said, I don't have as much at stake with alts as other players but if no alts were allowed like some have asked for, I would still play the exact same as I do now. Am I hurting anyone? Am I making someones gaming experience worse? Am I playing wrong? Should I leave? If someone thinks so, that's NOT the attitude that keeps players!
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ErisAppleHomin Reaper Karavan