multiple characters

[Dexlan]

What do you think of people creating multiple characters?
Is this a bad thing for the game?
If some one has several character\'s but intends on using each one in the full spirit of the game do you think that they should really just stick to one?

[acraig]

Crystal Blue will support multiple characters.  As to how many, we haven\'t decided yet.

[lynx_lupo]

Originally posted by lynx_lupo

Originally posted by Caldazar
I think it\'s a really bad idea to be in multiple guilds. The leaders wont know if they can trust you or not.

Exactly!

So unless you\'re always in the same guild or guildless, I can\'t support the idea.

[_Yuhevon_]

I have to agree with lynx. Its way too easy to guild hop.

[Yarulion]

Yeah... cause NOBODY has alt e-mails or something they could create a second account with... :rolleyes:

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OK, my sarcasm came out a little vague. Anyways, this turns into a legalization-of-marijuana style argument where one side feels like it should never be done and the other side feels like if we let it happen it won\'t happen as much. I am of the mindset that it will happen either way so we might as well support it to some limited extent and lose the false sense of security.
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[Evanchild]

i think peope should have one character per email but it can join multiple guilds.  when someone joins a guild it should appear somewhere

[shangralah]

i think you should be able to make 3 or maybe 4 characters to every account but thats what I think   . Some people just like trying different chars without having to waist more account names

[CadRipper]

I have to disagree with Evanchild on this one. I think handling characters in multiple guilds X, Y, ... is the source of conflicts.

Either the guilds are allied or friendly, and that should not cause *too many* problems, except decisions in guild X will be biased in favour of the guild Y and vice-versa. In any case, it will not reflect a true, logical decision process. Hence, it\'s not good for the gameplay.

Or the guilds aren\'t allied nor friendly, and this is the high way to gossip, spying and worse. Don\'t tell me a normal person (I mean the player) can handle mutliple characters this way without mixing them.

Anyway I don\'t see the point, better to take the time for one thing rather than spoiling it all over multiple contradictory characters spread over several guilds. That being said, I see no problem if the chars are in the same guild or guildless  

Oh and btw, some guilds don\'t accept characters owned by persons who already have in other guilds *hint*

[Dexlan]

I knew when i posted this that there would be problems with Guilds. I think that having more than one character in different Guilds is abusing this game feature and so cheating the game. I did say however
\"If some one has several character\'s but intends on using each one in the full spirit of the game\"
...meaning no guild spying and so on as that would not be in the spirit of the game. Rather what do you think of using one character, which you are able to adjust and change races anyway to having several characters of differrent types of race or profession etc. ?

[lynx_lupo]

People are weak. We can just make a rule \" use each character in the full spirit of the game\". If such things would be possible there\'d be world peace and happiness around the globe.

Well, metamorphosys would be a solution, but people could abuse that too.

[CadRipper]

Dexlan, I\'m sure nobody thought you told the opposite. That\'s exactly what I meant. I think using several characters in the way you described is possible and enjoyable for everyone, I\'m all for it    I just wanted to discuss that guild point.

Lynx, I agree it\'s not possible to constraint people too much, and anyway it would be boring, rules have to be somewhat loose for the whole system to work. We have to count on social pressure for that kind of abuse, like for some forms of cheating. That is, if we can count on the support of some kind of authority.

[lynx_lupo]

Yep. In my mind is the next problem: How many times can one polymorph?

If the number is definite and low, people would complain, after they used it to the limit. The usage should be done very carefully with much premeditation, but that\'s not your average player\'s MO. ;(

Elseif the number is definite and large, people would abuse it and polymorph almost whenever it would give them an edge.

Elseif the number is infite, worse than above. Shapeshifting would be a regular thing to do, pe. \"uf i can\'t reach it. I\'ll just make me a klyros.\" or \"man is it dark... converting to dermorian\"... aaaaa

So my conclusion would be that raceshifting should have a lot of penalties, so people wouldn\'t do it on a regular basis.

[CadRipper]

Metamorphosys or polymorphism ? Eeeek ! That wouldn\'t add any depth to the gameplay, and like you said, it would cancel any advantage of one race over the other.

First, do we speak about the same character that takes several appearances, or about several characters and an easy way to switch between them ? I suppose that\'s the latter Dexlan meant in the first place ?

I think the character context should entirely change, meaning the name too, they shouldn\'t have anything in common to help the player immersing easily. A sharp transition, that should ideally not happen too often, but that has be up to the player of course, one cannot rule that !

[lynx_lupo]

Several would be better, yes. With the guild thingie on, oc.

Rather what do you think of using one character, which you are able to adjust and change races anyway to having several characters of differrent types of race or profession etc. ?

See, he meant it all.

[Axsyrus]

well, this is a free game, how will they stop people from making multiple accounts.. even worse, how are they going to stop people that offend the ps rules(botting, cheating etc.) if you delete the accounts they will just make new ones..