(10-04-2016, 08:46 AM)Yian Kutku Wrote: I mean, most of the beginner's guides I've read tell me that alts are pointless, but checking random discussions on other forums about FF14, I see several people mention a variety of alts (usually three or four).
While most players don't see the need or point, there are two main reasons people have alts. 1. For raiding. There's some loot and practice hokey-pokey that raiders do for endgame content with lock outs. They'll have an alt for this. 2. For roleplay. It's a way to rp as different characters, which keeps things lively and more interesting for many players. (I actively play and have leveled 6, so I can vouch for this. xD )
(10-04-2016, 08:46 AM)Yian Kutku Wrote: EDIT: Completely off-topic additional questions, inspired by minor events when playing: firstly, is there any way to passively indicate to other players that I am on a free trial, and thus cannot reply to /tells inviting me to FCs? I feel kind of bad when I come back from a brief AFK only to see a nicely-worded /tell in my chat log, and no way of replying.
Secondly, is there any sort of in-game user-editable profile that other players can check out? I'm not sure how to describe it; CoH had something like that where players can write backstories, descriptions, bad jokes etc, but I've not seen any other MMO do anything remotely similar.
You should be able to edit your search info by targeting yourself and right clicking / using square button. But many FCs who focus on the quantity of people in their FC instead of the type of people, will just send out blind invites to everyone without a FC tag, regardless of what you put in your search info. ^^; This info box is REALLY limited on character space though. Any stories etc. that you want to write have to be put out of game either here, on the Lodestone blogs, or on some other social media website.
