I've had... three alts since ARR launched. Miah was technically an alt. I made her after I got to 30 and unlocked Monk on my first character (a decent achievement at the time). I believe I felt that being a caster wouldn't fit my first character and I wanted to try one out, so I made Miah as a Arcanist, found that I enjoyed the character that I made and I've been playing her since.
I don't see anything wrong with having a PvE main and a RP alt, if that's what makes sense for you, then go right ahead and do it. However, as others have said, there are going to be those that hesitate to RP with a character that they know is an alt because the player of the alt has already sort of declared their own investment in the character - as an alt its not first priority. RPing takes time and the players should get invested in the story and the relationships that are built, and many would rather not risk wasting time with a character they may not see around a month from now.
There have been times when I had to deal with RP alts, and... well, its not easy really. Miahs significant other started off as an alt, and while they were still feeling the waters and dating, there were times that the alt situation became an issue. If I was going to tie Miah down to someone, I would want them to be around - I had just come back from a situation in Wildstar where my characters SO wasn't around often (eventually vanishing on me), leaving my character sad and lonely for most of the RP events. It wasn't something that I wanted to repeat. Eventually things worked out in FF14 though. Miahs SO became a main and they had their ceremony months ago. Its been great. I'm extremely happy that I decided to not blow off someone just because they were an alt.
I don't see anything wrong with having a PvE main and a RP alt, if that's what makes sense for you, then go right ahead and do it. However, as others have said, there are going to be those that hesitate to RP with a character that they know is an alt because the player of the alt has already sort of declared their own investment in the character - as an alt its not first priority. RPing takes time and the players should get invested in the story and the relationships that are built, and many would rather not risk wasting time with a character they may not see around a month from now.
There have been times when I had to deal with RP alts, and... well, its not easy really. Miahs significant other started off as an alt, and while they were still feeling the waters and dating, there were times that the alt situation became an issue. If I was going to tie Miah down to someone, I would want them to be around - I had just come back from a situation in Wildstar where my characters SO wasn't around often (eventually vanishing on me), leaving my character sad and lonely for most of the RP events. It wasn't something that I wanted to repeat. Eventually things worked out in FF14 though. Miahs SO became a main and they had their ceremony months ago. Its been great. I'm extremely happy that I decided to not blow off someone just because they were an alt.
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