If you choose to kill people for fun, live with the consequences, don't go running to a law-abiding alt to continue having fun while someone else is left to pick up the pieces of what you just left behind.
one pilot? or more?
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If you choose to kill people for fun, live with the consequences, don't go running to a law-abiding alt to continue having fun while someone else is left to pick up the pieces of what you just left behind.
From this thread - "Players Ignore lists are based on player accounts, not player characters" - ergo, we will have at least 2 online characters available per account.
My response in the PBT:
1 character per account blows any chance of a family with one PC and a copy of the game sharing it.
My house is blessed with more than one PC, but really... do none of you lot have kids? Brothers or sisters? A game-playing spouse?
That's not true, according to the DDF archive, with some effort your reputation is always reversible.
*glares at you*
Think before you post.
If I kill people with my pirate then that pirate will incur penalties and they will remain even if I log off ... I will still have the bounty on my head.
Again, leave the drama out replies thank you.
As a compromise would those advocating having more than one character per account object if other players could click on another players name and see what 'alias' he/she has i.e. everyone can have multiple characters but cannot hide behind anonymous alts?
I could live with that.
I could live with that.
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Yes, I know ... but until you do reverse things those doors are closed to you.
Irrespective I will play 2 commanders and I wish to take them as far as I can, be that with 2 accounts or 1:
- Pirate with my friends
- Explorer when alone and they are offline
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With multiple account you never have to reverse things, missing the whole point of the game.
I think its you who hasn't thought this through.
That wasn't the point being made. I don't give a toss about your pirate, what I'm against is people griefing other players then running off and playing another character with no consequences following them. And before you go off on your high horse, I know pirating is a legitimate play-style and I'm sure you'll be an honourable one, but there will plenty of others that will exploit the use of alts just to ruin other peoples day.
It wouldn't make much sense if the players were different.
Also, what do you mean by "anonymous"? I certainly do not intend to anyone elsewe don't know in real life see my children's real names in an online game, and you're not going to see my surname associated with my commander. Other players will know us by our commander names and that's that.
Do you really think there's not going to be characters playing both sides of law like yourself and not just looking to use it as a so called "legal exploit?" Sitting around with a couple of laptops with their main computer, pirating, loading up with as much cargo, jumping "groups" to their good citizen characters, meeting up and off loading the goods to be sold for profit with no hassle? Lovely eh? Or do you not see that happening or not being possible? Having toons running about the way you like, that is exactly what is going to happen along with all the other rubbish that goes along with them.
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Indeed and if those alt-pirate accounts split their loot with their friends, they can log on with their regular account and benefit from it without any consequences.
*glares at you*
Don't shoot the messenger.. I mean the mediator
Was hoping that this thread remained 'civil' but still with arguments but I sense it's starting to veer off course.
Every other game I've played with multiple characters per account will not let you log in more than one at a time. What you suggest above would take multiple accounts... and that's an unstoppable "exploit" anyway.
As per Michael's reply to Liqua, and my post above - multiple characters per account are confirmed... just not HOW many.
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The trouble is even if you limit it to one char per account it doesn't prevent rich kids with daddy's credit card buying alt accounts.
Too many negatives ..
Are you asking if I think there are going to be people who will play 2 commanders at once and enjoy the experience of both sides of the law ? If so, absolutely.
Do I think that everyone who wants to enjoy both sides of the game will also use this as a legal exploit ? No, not in the slightest. I am sure some will, but not all.
I thought stolen goods were marked as such so giving them to good characters makes them incur a penalty ?
Or "daddy" himself having more than 1 account, like I do
Don't shoot the messenger.. I mean the mediator
Was hoping that this thread remained 'civil' but still with arguments but I sense it's starting to veer off course.
It will be "civil", we all have handbags here! No ones using suitcases to hit each other.
I meant anonymous in regards to which characters are associated with an account.
Say someone has a main character that they play all the time. A law-abiding trader for example.
Then they get bored and create a 2nd character solely to cause mischief and grief other players, trash talk, etc. People would be able to see that both characters are played by the same person (no real names of course) thereby making the 'main' a target for retribution. Something no cowardly alt abusing trash talking muppet could live with
. It could curb the use of throw-away characters (Eve suffered from them and I don't want to see ED follow suit).
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That's like saying "Even if you have seatbelts, it won't prevent people getting injured in a car crash"