Why multiple accounts on FV?Follow

I've been told as part of another thread that many (if not most) people have more than 1 character on Firiona Vie although there's only a 1 per account limit.

These people do that in having more than 1 account on FV up to 8 so they have the 8 chars possible on every other server.

From the ones who actually have more than one I would like to know the reason why they are willing to pay SOE double, trice or even eight times more than neccesary. Buying 8 copies of the SAME GAME and spending roughly 100$ instead of 12$ a month would just be plain dumbness if there wasn't a VERY GOOD reason behind.

I try to look at that unbiased so I would *prefer* that no one posts here who "thinks he knows the answer" or "knows someone who does have more than one" but only people ACTUALLY HAVING 2+ ACCOUNTS on Firiona Vie.

I only hope I get the same amount of answers with this serious post as if i'd written "You all stink!" but we'll see.....


Edited, Fri Jan 23 08:40:06 2004 by Leiany

If you wanted to try out a new race/class why not also a new server? after all - everyone is a bit diferent from the style of play I've been told.....

1. I love my guild(ies)
2. I like the server

I have 2 alts on Bristlebane, and came to FV through these boards. A lot of the posters here are in Shards of Chaos. I would never abandon them, my guild or FV to fool around on another server.

Besides: I can twink my alts in this situation. I don't want to start all over somewhere else.

This is the first answer which seems 100% logic to me.

People were running multiple accounts for a variety of reasons long before FV even started.

You have still not explained how 1 character per account makes for roleplay or even why that rule is considered pro-roleplay. before moving to FV I was in a roleplay guild on another server. FV does not have the monopoly on RP.

As far as it being "One character per person" how could that ever be enforced? Why would they want to?

Since there is no recognisable relationship between roleplay and the 1-character rule why turn away revenue.


Hey I just thought - You don't suppose SoE is trying to make money out of running EQ do you! Conniving little swine - who'd have guessed. I thought they were just dedicated to providing a roleplay environment.

What part of "I like to have my alt in my guild even if this means I have to take a second account" did you not understand?

Leiany is, it seems, a poster-child for "I'm going home, and I'm taking my toys with me." Unless you give him (or her, but for now I will assume) answers that "add up" in his myopic little mind, you must be out of yours. Clearly one with massive potential here.

To Leiany, why does an answer have to be logical to be of import in a discussion thread? Do you fail to grasp that we are not by our very natures logical beings? Emotion creeps in to everything we do, say and think. Pure logic exists only on electric circuits. If/then statements can not effectively take in to account that a "VERY GOOD reason" is sometimes purely emotional. Spending money is a personal decision and each will come up with a set of criteria with which to base it off of. That it makes no sense to you, or twists your silk panties, is 100% immaterial. Once you get out of Junior High School, come on back and read responses for comprehension, not to find your preconceived notions confirmed.

If I can pick you up on that, Nobby. I assume that means that if you have "a couple" on FV then you have two accounts. And if they are "lowbies" then they were started after your mains on Tarew?

If these two assumptions are correct then you provide a nice example of someone who had 2+ accounts before starting on FV. In other words multiple accounts are not purely an FV phenomenon or a product of the 1-char rule.

Of course if I'm wrong then I never said that.

So I will answer all of your questions now: It could only be enforced if there where a completely different menu at creation - which would not only enforce it but in fact make it impossible to have more than one. I have no idea why they would want that.

So I will answer all of your question now:Not in that case, rude behaviour like that is untolerable be it my children or a grwen up.

So i will answwer all of your questions now:because I am looking for a solution to a why-question. if you asked if I understand that I'd say yes but a logical approach must be allowed.

This info comes unasked for: European, 39, married, 2 kids, a grade in psychology,played both every paper rpg since D&D 1st edition most PC rpg's since atari and won some championships in both warhammer and vampire: the eternal struggle (just hate magic TCG)

But I am sure you change very fast 180 degrees to make me from a unknowing frustrated school kid to a wise-*** bored housewife.

Be my guest

I hate to give impossible tasks but can someone please quote me where I originally stated that: as far as I remember I never stated any of this

No it couldn't. In no way can they prevent multiple account holding. What if you are following the letter of the EULA scrupulously and you and your partner play on the same PC? You obviously have 2 accounts since account-sharing is forbidden. How can the software tell which of you is sitting in the chair?



Well I hate to give impossible tasks too but please tell me where I said you stated this

You did however wonder why people had multiple accounts and definitely appear affronted that this - in your opinion - contravenes the 1-char rule of FV. I was merely establishing some parameters for the discusion. Namely that multiple account holding occurs on all servers and for a wide range of reasons. In other words the "8-times to play on FV" argument you put forward does not hold water. People will pay for additional accounts anyway if they feel like it.

As for rudeness:



This was the rudeness. You have no rights to close down anyone's options to comment. We are not pupils in some class you are teaching. Here you are the one who has much to learn.

I am sorry it has come to this, Leiany. Your ideas were quite refreshing but your penchant for lecturing on subjects you know little about, forming completely false concepts of how the game works and then becoming affronted when they are challenged, and your inability to explain the simple questions you are asked are turning you into just another troll.

You don't want to know why people have multiple accounts on FV or anywhere, you just wanted to generate condemnation of people doing something you consider wrong and are now discomfited that the consensus is against you.