' Wrote:Indeed, should make the max number of characters one can have to 10, or more extreme, 5.
Max of 5 characters?! Some of us are doomed.... doomed I tell ye!
I cannot fathom the amount of effort that's required to ensure mine and Widows two factions ships are not deleted. DSE) alone has over 40 shared ships used for various purposes ( 4 wings of 4 ships set in specific locations as per role play), various miners, transports and barges. We've already lost two ships on one of the security wings. 4 x Clays and 2 x Armour 8...
I've tried keeping character count down though I'm slipping again lately after joining two factions in for the sake of players to play with.
I have....quite a lot ships. But i use max 5-6
Two of them are most active *LS*
One is for fun...making crazy things.
One is Nephi...wich i use as freeport( come to me! I can resupply you in nomnom space)
Then...my fist Bs...using it to earn cash now.
The rest chars are just getng dust. I got them from friends..etc..but i cant sell them cuz i still hope they return back.
Sometimes I want to move huge amounts of material as a junker with my pirate train and earn some credits/rp with local police and pirates. Sometimes I feel like being a Xeno and shooting up everything in sight (when in certain areas). Sometimes I want to pilot my AI drone and just explore.
This is the best server I've ever seen for the game, but it IS an rp server and that means you need multiple characters if you want to play here and experience all that the mod has to offer at the same time. I'm up to 5 and for the most part that's just covering liberty and the edge worlds.
Depending on how you define chars, I have only a few or many.
If "char = ships" that are not more than ship+(pilot name), I have a lot.
If "char = a real, 3-dimensional person" with family, friends, defined hobbies, developing story... so that is more than a ship+name, I have only 3.
Why do I have many ships + name? Because...
... 4 h rule almost forces you to have ships somewhere else
... I like to test these ships, but e.g. my indie bomber in Cali to shoot pirates doesn't need more than a name. It will never get much rp and I don't want to rp a lot when I log it.:)
... I like to have indies in the hot zones so I can pvp when I want =)
Generally I agree with the OP. I sometimes wish people would focus on one faction, and then have some few others that are linked with the main faction, e.g. I play IMG| mostly, but am a simple member in GMG|, [M], |IDF... that's all factions somehow linked to IMG (so I don't end up fighting my own people).
Hmm, I just can't resume only at 10 or less chars. Only for one faction I have 6. Also, usually I make chars against the faction I'm in to balance the fights, so they start getting quite many. I have around 26 now (not shared ones), but still, I am a young disco player.
I was always getting rid of chars/ships which I don't use enough.
While I had 11 Lane Hacker ships, 8 IMG ships, 4 LN(S) Ships + ~15 more, I reduced it to the 5 IMG|s and my Dagger.
I wish I had time to play all my old char.. but I been working sooooo much in RL that I I sold or just gave away 45 or so, most had 40+ hours on each some in the 100's. ( Ive been here a lil bit LOL) Now I stick to 15 to 20, and try and look for a decent ship to buy off the forums to play with.. Dang I really need to cut down to 10 or so but Ive had so much fun in all of them its hard to get rid of them.
I feel a acc clean out brewing some were in my mind....
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