tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post1098948697575564282..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: The View From Ehmry Bay or What's Wrong With This Picture? : GW2Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-48107823741833232922015-04-26T15:11:55.357+01:002015-04-26T15:11:55.357+01:00Thanks for the extensive elaboration! And for foll...Thanks for the extensive elaboration! And for following my blog (even though I'm not a pro GW2 player). :)<br /><br />I feel a bit conflicted about how servers work in GW2. For instance, I picked a European server to play on because my friends play on that server. I thought initially it was just for my character, and not for my whole account. Then last week I wanted to meet up with another blogger who had his character on an American server and that wasn't possible. Normally, I'd be able to at least create a new character and put that on his server, but that doesn't work in this case, because everything is linked to accounts. <br /><br />(This may have come off as a bit of a rant, but that wasn't my intention. I'm generally very impressed with the possibility to visit cross-server. It's just a shame I'll never be able to meet up with my American friends unless I buy another account.)<br /><br />Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-5051791651360090192015-04-23T20:20:56.776+01:002015-04-23T20:20:56.776+01:00In the Age of Subscriptions I only ever had one ac...In the Age of Subscriptions I only ever had one account per game although sometimes Mrs Bhagpuss would stop playing a particular MMO and I'd carry on, in which case I'd occasionally use her dormant account as well. It wasn't until SOE dipped a toe in the water with the Freeport server that we both made second accounts for a game we were actively playing.<br /><br />That was because we wanted to start over from scratch under the new ruleset. Then there was an...interesting...time after competitive voting was introduced to EQ2 for decorators. As a result of that we ended up with over half a dozen accounts, all of which were played for a while when I briefly got into multi-boxing. They're all dormant now bar two but who knows when they might wake again?<br /><br />GW2 was a different story. At launch the game was a lot less Account-based than it is now and we worked out very quickly that the most economical way, by far, to have all the characters we wanted and plenty of storage would be a one-off purchase of a second account. We've both played two accounts for the life of the game and it's worked out very well, although as time goes on and ANet move more and more functions away from per-character and towards per-account its not quite as attractive as it was.<br /><br />The third account was a whim based entirely on the amazing value of 75% off. I wasn't planning to use it seriously but of course I went and made a character that I really like so I've been using it more than I expected. Mrs Bhagpuss already has a level 80 on hers and is leveling up the next one. In the end though, even if I don't use it for anything else, it represents fantastically cheap storage compared to any of the other options and I am a total packrat!<br /><br />Also - added Ravalation to the Blogroll and my Feedly :)Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-16110954667642416542015-04-23T00:58:46.518+01:002015-04-23T00:58:46.518+01:00*Third* player account... wow. I have resisted the...*Third* player account... wow. I have resisted the temptation to create multiple accounts for the games I play so far. Out of curiosity: is it common for you to have multiple accounts in the MMOs you play? Or is it GW2-specific, because for instance it's cheaper to buy a new account with 75% than extra character slots (I have no idea), or because the server you're on is account bound rather than character bound in this game?<br /><br />(Sorry if this is a bit off-topic: I haven't had the chance to try some WvW yet, so I can't really say anything meaningful about that.)Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.com