Why should alts get freebies?
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So you have no practical argument then? Just your opinion?
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Sure thing OP, while they are at it they can transfer all the gear and stuff you earned to. I mean why not…you done the work once already why do it again?
This is what iv’e been saying. Just make everything else BoA while were at it
My argument is why should someones alts be at the same level as their main? You don’t want alts you really just want 15 mains.
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I’m very confused by this.
When have gear/items tied directly to a character’s power ever been BoA?
And in an expansion where everyone is complaining that gear is too easy to get, what’s the problem with having other sources of character power that require more effort/dedication to obtain?
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No, you have to immerse yourself in the lush world with every character
Its only fair 
I don’t know why they abandoned the rep boost feature from MoP. It was perfect for alts.
That’s literally what people want. Next thing they will want all gear from raids to be BoA
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Slippery slope! Slippery slope!
Like someone else said - the fact that this game restricts you to one player per account influences people to think of all of their characters as equals.
So when someone does a boring questline, farms out a mount, or completes things like rep requirements - they expect to have those things available on all characters.
It would be different if different people could play on different characters - then it would make sense to have each person play through the requirements to get the rewards.
Some people just don’t enjoy or see the point in having to play through boring and redundant content over and over again to regain what they’ve already earned.
Maybe people like yourself have plenty of time to refarm all of that out - but not everyone falls into that bucket.
Your argument is actually a question - you don’t seem to actually have an argument; just an opinion based on feelings.
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You can’t expect your alts to be on par with someone you’ve grinded on for a while in a matter of a day. That said essences are really making having alts very unfriendly and that’s a bummer for those that like to play with alts. I think the whole pearl system is fine. Go get them to upgrade the armor. But the essences just make things a little bit of a nuisance to grind.
Let’s be honest though, they heard feed back on catch up mechanics and want to make things work in a way that you just can’t pick up a character and go full equipped. I get that though.
Like the “feeling” that you shouldn’t have to farm this “boring and redundant content” on other characters?
How are they completely unusable. 5/6 of mine are using the free giveaway one and they are doing fine. Do you have a different definition of unusable that normal ?
I have no idea why people would even think of things in those terms. Most games only allow one person per account. I sure don’t think of alts in that manner. If I don’t feel like getting them all ilvl 400 plus gear I just don’t.
Most of the essences aren’t of the same value for all classes/specs anyway and so you could just sort through them to determine which is best for what and just do the process once in total for each essense. Sure you won’t have the BEST one but do you really need the BEST one on each ?
I actually only play one character and have only ever had one alt that I hardly play at all. This has been my main character since Nov 2004 (was originally a gnome). I have never had any reason or want to play through the same type of content on multiple characters. I don’t find it enjoyable. Does that mean it should be made easier for people who do? No I don’t think so. It’s your choice to play so many diff characters and it’s my choice to just play one.
MMO’s have always been based around this type of game play though of having a main character. Power increasing items/abilities have never been BoA; they have always been tied to a specific character. Be happy you can actually use mounts/pets/toys/transmogs across all your characters rather than it being restricted like it was in the past.
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Exactly. Neither opinion is wrong. That’s why i asked for more information and was hoping for a decent argument to defend his position. Sadly, i didn’t get anything useful. Was hoping for something intelligent and enlightening.
Right - we’ve covered this already. And your only argument is that “you don’t think so”. I was hoping for an intelligent argument to support that opinion.
Incorrect. In FFXIV you can have 1 character and you swap weapons to change classes. In Warframe you have 1 character and you swap different warframes to change “classes”.
Back in the early days when Everquest and games were like that, sure Vanilla was on par - but times have changed.
They made the Azerite Necklace ilvl (power increase) be BoA.
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Correct - but games are now built around 1 character and being able to switch though the various “specs” without having to redo the underlying plot/story/quest content.
They aren’t going to change things from character based to account based after 14 years just because other games made the decision to do that.
This game allows you to have 50 characters for a reason.
Those were the result of quests earned via rep and I don’t think they should have done even that but people were crying in a bad expansion.
So what. This game isn’t. You don’t like it go play those other games.
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