Altaholics Uncovered!

[Savanja]

Do you suffer from a growing need to create character after character?  Have you purchased a second account just to get more character slots?  Does your guild see a new character and automatically assume that it's one of your alts?  If you show these, and other behaviors, you could have an alt addiction.  Just know that you are not alone.  Savanja steps into the light, and out of the closet of shame, in this eye opening and stunning <a href="http://eq2.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=829" target=_blank>confession of an altaholic</a>.

[SweetiePie]

<P>Great article.  :smileyhappy:   Oh yeah, I have alts..... I have a templar and pally that I consider my mains tho.  I also have 10 on the test server.    Everyone is looking really worried with the new expansion coming out....who will die for the new alt????</P> <P>Linnette</P>

[Amataelia]

Here's hoping they open more character slots.......I hate deleting alts <span>:smileysad:</span><span>Amataelia64 Wizzy70 Tailorand too many alts to listGods of ChaosBlackburrow</span><div></div>

[Icarii_Raven`Lyon]

<DIV>I plead the 5th, but lets just say I have enough that I cant always remember all their names =/</DIV>

[Cyber_Cowb]

Great article, I have to admit I'm a one toon man myself though.  Oh I've tried to play an alt, a friend will join the game so I'll roll something to help them on the newb isle.  The problem is I feel guilty leaving Erek, my main on the shelf while I'm off having fun.  as soon as the friend gets off the isle Erek comes back out, gets mentored down 60+ levels and starts fighting in the newb areas with said friend.  I have 3 people I regularly group w/ who are both altaholics  I can't tell you how many times I've been to that castle in Nek forest to help them finish all their HQ's AGAIN...... oh well I get to feel UBER burnin through the grey mobs with one hit when they don't care about the XP.<div></div>

[Shipwreck_GPA]

<P>Bah, I have 10 and I play them all.</P> <P>:smileyvery-happy:</P>

[Savanja]

<div><blockquote><hr>GPA_Shipwreck wrote:<div></div> <p>Bah, I have 10 and I play them all.</p> <p>:smileyvery-happy:</p><hr></blockquote>Yeah, you (among others) were exactly who I was thinking about when I wrote that.  <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Nytetyme]

<P>*counts on her fingers ...... takes off her slippers .... continues counting on her toes ..... 'glances around' .... ahhh ..... pulls out the calculator .... </P> <P>hmmmm ..... no that can't be right .... 'begins again' ...... Nooooo ..... * </P> <P>Geesh ...... looks as tho I need to join the program too .... </P> <P>four accounts .... all station access ... no empty char slots ...... </P> <P>'gets up and pads off to the kitchen for a drink'......hey .... its not a 12 step for alchohol  ~~!!~~</P> <P> </P> <P>lol  :smileyvery-happy:</P> <P> </P>

[l_doggy_l]

<div><blockquote><hr>Nytetyme wrote:<div></div><p>four accounts .... all station access ... no empty char slots ......</p> <hr></blockquote>::blink:: ::blink::How does one manage 40 characters?  ::boggle::</div>

[Feydakeen]

<DIV>OMG insane !!!!! lol <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Cafa]

<DIV><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3><STRONG>Hiya Everyone,</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3>    My Name Ratticus,Prime,Jacell,Gammaa,Dafa,Cafa,Gafa,Fafa,L afa, and Bafa.  I am a Altaholic, and I am so ashamed of myself, Not only do make alt's an level them fast, but torment my fellow guildmates with taunts of don't let me catch you and pass you.  I know this is wrong as I now see this addiction rubbing off on others. So I will run outta of empty toon slots, and maybe then I will find peace.  Or heck I'll just delete the most worthless toon and start a new,  what ya think maybe a Fae Guardian?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3> Ratticus 70 wizard</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3> Prime 58 warlock</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3> Jacell 28 Zerker</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3> Gammaa 14 warden</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3> Dafa 11 Templar</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0033 size=3>    Don't hate me for knowledge, I didn't have Beauty to get by on, so I had to use my Brain.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Sirlutt]

<div><blockquote><hr>Savanja wrote:Do you suffer from a growing need to create character after character?  Have you purchased a second account just to get more character slots?  Does your guild see a new character and automatically assume that it's one of your alts?  If you show these, and other behaviors, you could have an alt addiction.  Just know that you are not alone.  Savanja steps into the light, and out of the closet of shame, in this eye opening and stunning <a href="http://eq2.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=829" target="_blank">confession of an altaholic</a>.<hr></blockquote>hehe.. great article !!.. we have the same sickness.. i'm on my 31st alt .. i have 1 station access and one normal account  .. i've played all classes to 20 except shadowknight and i've betrayed 6 times.I tend to name all my chars similar .. i started with Grizzlebaum, my first.. Zerker.. and i'll never delete him .. then came Fizzlebaum (RIP) a gnome wizzy, then Gaelenbaum, beardless dwarf healer .. then "Hulk" who was my first of many Ogres .. he was renamed because of the naming violation of Hulk .. to Ironhide ... so my naming fetish changed .. I have/had ironhead, Ironheal (last name Fo'Money), Ironside, Ironward, Irontank, Ironrust (WhenWet)- All ogres and all looking exactly a like.then came my new main, the ranger changes made ironhide lacking in "fun factor".. so i made Phabian .. Noraths hunkiest guardian (and he knows it) .. ladies want him .. men want to be him .. and with him came my "Ph Phase" ... Phabian, Phiesty (hot female DE bruiser), Phlank, Phatal.Stand alones that didnt fit  a theme were Boomtastic - warlock ... Eyedun (last name Geddit) (he's be rerolled 5 times as a Zerker, Troub, Brigand, Wizard and now finally a coercer) .. and Gneow ..I play gnomes ogres and humans mostly .. all my Ogres are a Iron* and my humans Ph* .. my gnomes are a mixture ..but I have no problem .. well .. actually i have a small problem .. not enough time <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Sirlutt]

oh no.. i forgot about the PvP and Test servers <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />hmm.. it might be a bit worse than i thought .. oh dear <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Iagan the Swart]

I admit to having a bad case of altitis.  I have nine characters, and I play them all.  Most of then craft, but they all go adventuring all the time.  When EoF goes live, I will make my 10th and have him or her start in Kelethin.  For future expansions, I hope they add more slots.  I'd hate to delete any of my characters.

[Iinyena]

<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Between my Boyfriend's two accounts and my account, we currently have every class of tradeskiller.  Be it some of these toons aren't even adventure level 15 but their tradeskill levels are within the ranges of 70 and 42.  Let's just say, our two mains, both dirges, both 70/70, we tend to harvest alot for our alt tradeskillers.  When we decide to level an alt, one of us is toiling away at either a forge or work bench getting the next tier of jewelry and armor ready hehe.  Kesugeo and I have even gotten to the point where we recently started our own guild, named, you guessed it, <Crafters R Us>. </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Sad, I know... but we enjoy it!! :smileyvery-happy:</FONT></P><p>Message Edited by Iinyena on <span class=date_text>05-31-2006</span> <span class=time_text>03:20 PM</span>

[Savanja]

I started another char on test.  <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />It's ok if it's just to try out the new adventure pack..right?<div></div>

[BoriKitty]

<P>I don't have a station account but I"m very careful as to how many alts I have.  I too came from FFXI.  I had 4 alts (not including my husband who shared account with me).. I had one selling in each city :smileyhappy: (the ONLY way to make money in that stupid game I poured 2 years in......  but I digress...)</P> <P>I started out with the job I really wanted Illusionist.  I made her an Erudite to max out the stats as best I can.  That one I made her in the crafting job I always make.. a cook.  Heck.. I make alts JUST for Tradeskill!  So Bori is 67 Provisioner and her adventure is barely 51 LOL.  From there I wanted a healer.  I went and created a High Elf for that.  Then I leveled with her for a while and noticed "wow I'm running out of space".. so I created a carpenter just for the boxes!  SHe's in her late 40's in Carpentry and 30 in Warden.  THen I figured out .. I have a lot of wood I can share. .Oh!  So my Conjurer was born (she's 25 now) and got her Woodworking to 40.  Then I kept figuring out... "wait.. I can't make the spells I want.. and I haven't done a character that can betray".. so my Dirge was born (Kerra.. because I soooo wanted a bloody Mithra!!  :smileysad: ) in Freeport and then betrayed to get to Qeynos.. so.. did I jump up for joy when I finally had Escape??  Yeah baby.. she's 27 Dirge now.. and she's a 30 sage now.  Then I had problems imbuing wooden weapons because I didn't have enough extracts (and who in their right mind would BUY an tier 2 extract for 20 gold???)  .. so My first and only eville Character Dark Elf Necromancer (she' 20) and my Alchemist.  She's 24 now - just made her about a month ago?</P> <P>I have a space open for my Fae Fury.. I know It's a few months off.. but I'm totally ready for her.  In my plethora of boxes between my characters I'm saving masters and armor for that Fae .... </P>

[BSbon]

sav just write the best articles <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> GO SAV!!!!

[Nytetyme]

<DIV>lol .... not all the chars are played as adventurers ... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most are mules who sit quietly and hold items .... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Im more of a foragaholic than a actual altaholic I suppose .... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>but I keep that piece of armor I ripped from that dead beast ... no... I cant use it .. but Im sure one of my friends can ... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will stuff in bank till then ...... Oh .... advanced *insert tradeskill of your choice .. vol of your choice here* ... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>COOL .... betcha *various friends names float to the tip of the tongue* needs this .... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But you would be amazed at how all of a sudden those stacks of raw basil I stashed away last year when foraging .... are suddenly needed </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>by friends who are tradeskilling .....same goes for all raws actually .... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyhow .. thats my story ... and Im stickin to it ....and no one can prove otherwise <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />   *grins*</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hmmmm ...... *heard a slight moan ...or was it growl ..? ... from the alt closet .. * </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>better go che.............        </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>