Co-mains or Main Alt?

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If I play 2 characters on the same level every week, are they co-mains or is 1 the main and the other the main alt? Or are they both alts?

Curious to know what people think.

For context, I am talking about DK (tank) and Priest (healer).

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They’re all mains. Have 12 mains. Don’t stop there, make it 20!

In all seriousness though I generally have 2 mains. Anything after those two would be alts. If I end up say, raiding with a dedicated team, then that character would technically be my main but the other won’t be far behind.

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Do you prefer playing one over the other? If so, I would consider the preferred character the main, the other an alt. If you enjoy playing them both, then I would just call them characters. You don’t have to declare one character your main, or relegate any of them to ‘alt’ status. They can all just be characters.

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I have 65 characters. I consider “main” to be the characters I am actively playing to a higher level. I currently would say I have 3. This Druid(an M+ toon), a Resto Shaman I do raiding and M+ on, and a Disc Priest I do raiding and M+ on. Or sometimes like in a guild I am in, they don’t have any toon set as a main, they’re all listed as “alt” cause every season I change what I play lol.

Alt to me are toons I have, but not really playing/gearing or at least not often, maybe once in a blue moon if I am bored I login and do some Delves or something.

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I do want to draw a line though, because if I don’t, I’ll end up playing 7 characters weekly.

The last time I stopped having a character I labelled a main, I ended up playing 12-13 characters weekly. :stuck_out_tongue:

The thing is I love both for different things. I LOVE Blood DK, but I am also a healer at heart.

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im pushing 40 mains!

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Very ambitious. I support this.

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Its World of Warbands now! 2 is ok, 4 is better.

7 is optimum! 1 day of weeklies for each character.

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Whoever has more quests completed is your main.

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Why did you skip h, i, j, and k? Is it some joke where you say hi, jk?

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i think a main character is one that you consistently play, especially with some form of progression in mind. with this working definition, you could have lots of them and why not?

I have often had a main in each role: tank, heals, dps.

last season, I tried to do all that with one toon - a druid. But I didn’t like druid heals and I sucked at cat (not a fan of playing space chicken)

this season, I have pretty much only focused on one toon, my VDH. there is a lot of time left in this season so I might start playing other toons also.

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I kind of follow it Main, Main-ish, alts. This Hunter is my main who has the best gear, cash, achievements, etc. Depending on the expansion my main-ish varies. That is currently my WW Monk. The rest are played depending on time I have left and mood. I have lots of toons but only have time to actually play 4 at most.

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