Because I enjoy it. How is this a question?

Phage wrote: »

I prefer dedicated characters for roles. No gear swapping, no skill resets, no cp resets, and they can all do daily writs, missions, bounties, etc.

Exactly^

vpy wrote: »

Builds : What do you mean by this ?

Not sure if serious...

I don’t, I just respec my main toon so I can play differently and use different gears.
My main is 9 trait crafter and learnt all styles and have 320 skill points, can’t stand playing a new toon that is inferior.

i enjoy playing all the classes, theyre all different and i wanted to be proficient at each of them. ive levelled 7/10 classes- and done vMA with 6/10 of them. finding levelling the warden boring this time of all the classes.
plus as someone said if you do writs with each of the classes u make a lot more money with little more work- and when it ccomes to farming motifs- like doing dailies- do your round with one toon, then switch toons and do it again- and again- and you can easily farm a motif in a couple days that way- as opposed to like weeks and months.
but most of all- playing all the classes- theyre all differnet in their own way and enjoyable in their own way- feels good when yoiu understand the keys to each class. i only wish some achivements were account wide- like trials and so on- i get it- u need to do it with each toon to count, but questing and those kind of achievements, wish carried over.

I play multiple characters across two accounts. They don't have "roles" as I play solo or, in the case of e.g. dolmens, world bosses and delves, cooperatively. Playing different characters keeps the game fresh compared with just logging in one character the whole time which always seems more like a chore to me. All the characters are different, and I enjoy playing them.

You might be able to re-spec everything else but you can't re-spec your class. I used to hate playing a NightBlade. Hated it with a passion. I decided to try again and now I love it. Now I'm getting ready to see if I can find some love for a Sorc. I'm not sure I will, but I'm going to try. And after I do that, I'm going to try the Warden. I couldn't do any of that if I didn't have alts because in ESO, you can't change your class once you've chosen one.

I first leveled alts before One Tamriel was a thing. I had Varanis Arano, who became the Vestige and a hero of the Ebonheart Pact alongside her Argonian husband (Dunmer MagDK). I had Maria Montclair, my blackhearted thief and assasin who nontheless answered the Covenant's call to save her native Rivenspire from the vampire scourge (Breton StamSorc). My Dominion character, Elrin Naarifin helped forge the Dominion (Altmer MagSorc). Sure, Varanis helped out with the Dominion questlines in Cadwell's Gold, but my actual hero of the Dominion was Elrin Naarifin.

With One Tamriel. any character can do any content. Those three characters leveled up in their zones, in their alliances, and were shaped by those stories. My newer characters do the zones that fit into their stories.

As for why I have alts? Both Varanis and Maria have maxed crafting. Varanis is my tank, my crafter, my PVP healer, and my main character. Maria is my DPS and my farmer. Maria is a stamina character, so she can run therefore farming much more efficiently than Varanis. They have totally different playstyles that I enjoy playing both of them.

I've got other characters. There's Akaviria, my Imperial daedra-summoning, necromancing, Legion Zero Stam Sorc who's really a DPS but can tank when needed to make dungeons go faster and who's built to melt mobs with AoEs. There's Nerevara Almalexia, my Dunmer warden who's leveling in Morrowind with no CP for an extra challenge.

This is a long way of saying that I have alts because I have characters with stories that are interesting enough to be played. There are times I'll make an alt to try out a class or because I need a toon to fill a certain role, but mostly I do it to enjoy playing those characters and their stories.

I have no explanation. Currently leveling four alts simultaneously. Very slow going.

While I think I will always prefer to play DK's, I am leveling/have leveled many other classes, both stam and mag. I think it is hard to say what one may prefer to play unless you have explored multiple options. My stamblade will be used only for thievery related activities, perhaps writs and stuff at a later time. I have a dedicated healer and a dedicated tank that are in the works as well. Using multiple characters to do things such as writs and other random dailies increases your odds at receiving those extra special rewards (master writs and motif pages for example).

For completions sake, I only care about one character, the rest it doesn't matter what all they have done or have yet to do. The goal is to spend time playing with a specific idea and decide what I could possibly enjoy or what sort of a purpose this character will have if I keep it. With the final result being all characters remaining being completed, correct, and useful in some fashion.

Besides, I get bored. Having so many choices on things to do, or things that need to be done, keeps me busy.

Drakkdjinn wrote: »

vpy wrote: »

In WoW, we had classes which were designed for a particular role in the holy trinity (tank , heals, dps).

For example Shaman class cannot be a tank at all and Warrior class cannot be a heals at all.

But correct me if I am wrong , with the exception of high end PVE stuff like vet trails, all classes can perform any of the 3 roles efficiently in ESO.

Also ESO’s leveling is more story oriented than others as such once you experience the story/lore/content you do not need to do the same quest again.

So why folks level multiple alts ?

Not every class can perform each role as well as others.

Examples - want great trial dps? Go magsorc.
Want PvP easymode? Go Magsorc
Want a great PvE/PvP support build? Go magsorc.

See...

wait.. hold on, let me try again

So wardens right...

Is that a joke? If so, its not a very good one.

Because all classes are fun and different

vpy wrote: »

In WoW, we had classes which were designed for a particular role in the holy trinity (tank , heals, dps).

For example Shaman class cannot be a tank at all and Warrior class cannot be a heals at all.

But correct me if I am wrong , with the exception of high end PVE stuff like vet trails, all classes can perform any of the 3 roles efficiently in ESO.

Also ESO’s leveling is more story oriented than others as such once you experience the story/lore/content you do not need to do the same quest again.

So why folks level multiple alts ?

I am not a fan of the One Character To Rule Them All. I actually prefer that example from WoW, where not every class and not every race is good at every thing. In a Role Playing Game, like ESO, one should not be able to do everything, and take every option, explore every corner, do every quest, join every organization, all with a single character. Make a decision and live with it, says I. Decisions are important.

So, it isn't as important to have alts of every variety anymore. I started out doing that, but now I do alts primarily to do the different stories and achievements again.

I have an account that does not have easy access to all the riches and benefits of my main account. No ESO Plus. No crafting bag. No millions of gold in the bank, tons of mats, or expert crafters. It is fun doing all again, like a new player.

I have more characters below level 50 than above level 50. It is far more interesting to level up to 50 than it is to play at level 50. I look forward to the level boost, and Champion Rank just does not cut it. One Tamriel sort of blunted this, as there really is not a lot of danger in the world anymore, but that just means that I have more to do as I level my characters.