Idea: Solution to Multiple Uber Chars

[RK47]

Doesn't it get tiring to see Master artisans running around and then logging off to play with his Master Warrior ?

Why not give a player 3 slots for his chars :
PRIMARY : unlimited level cap 100% XP Rate
SECONDARY : medium level cap 75% XP Rate
TERTIARY : low level cap 100% XP Rate

Why so?
This is to reduce the PRIMARY Master Artisan class (IE: Blacksmiths) suffering that gets less business from people who just have multi-chars in their accounts. Why bother playing a class that is easily replacable right?

Ofcourse players can demote PRIMARY slot to SECONDARY if they're bored. XP loss this way is permanent. Let's say Warrior PRIMARY is lvl 50 and Artisan SECONDARY hits his max lvl cap of 30. Shd player choose to drop his PRIMARY and unlock the level cap for his Artisan,he can take a perma-XP Loss on his Warrior.

Result: Warrior drops to Secondary slot at lvl 30 and Artisan gets unlocked level cap, remains at lvl 30.

This wouldn't fix multiple account users, but that's another problem.

Thoughts & Comments?

 

[DarkSign]

Doesn't it get tiring to see Master artisans running around and then logging off to play with his Master Warrior ?

Nope. It sure doesnt.

If someone invests the time in the game imho they should be able to have as many characters as they want with no restrictions.

 

[Nedrah]

In a comercial MMO enviroment, yes. Cause nobody really gives a fuck anyway. All it would do is encourage people spending money for more than one acc, thus further making the success ingame dependant on RL funds. Don't tell me they wouldn't.

 

[merry andrew]

FFXI handled this quite elegantly with 'your char can do anything and everything lol'.

 

[Nedrah]

Which indeed even does have some upsides (if you live inside the mmo). But it can't really be an encouraged and accepted solution, can it?

 

[Direwolf]

That's what CCP doing with EVE Online. You can only train one character on one account at the same time. To be able to train two characters you have to pay for a second account. It is annoying, but it is the game and it does bring in more cash for the company.

 

[DarkSign]

So you're advocating whatever brings in more cash for the company as an ideal?

To me, as long as the game is balanced, players should be able to do whatever the game wants them to do.

Having a crafting character, a combat character, and a mule is acceptable to me...because at its heart an MMO should be balanced. Just because one person has decided to spend more time than you, I wouldnt whine.

As a design ideal, however, I vastly prefer games where time spent doesnt = power. That is to say if a noob had a decent chance of killing a vet, that would be more fun than a vet getting totally decked out and one-shot kiling a new player.

I suppose I just mean that if someone takes the time to become a master crafter (which takes a lot of money and time) then outfits his character with stuff and gets really good at battle...who are you to stop him from having fun?