So there’s something rather unusual about Keredria that I’ve been meaning to write about. (Well, there are several things unusual about Keredria but tank-healer confidentiality prohibits me from writing about most of them.) Of all the people I’ve met while playing WoW, disregarding a few people who are relatively new to the game, Keredria has the largest proportion of her time devoted to just one toon. Most people I know have at least a few alts, and many have alts that are 80 and quite a few have alts that can raid content at or near the same level as their main. Some people I know don’t have a well defined main but rather distribute their time quite evenly to several toons. I have four 80s, two of which I can raid with, and a handful of alts at various levels that I play for fun once in awhile. But Keredria is almost always Keredria, and except for a few goofy nights when she felt bearish, always resto. As of late she spends a reasonable amount of time on her inscriptionist alt (she says her “alt” is making monies), but she doesn’t play it, and she does have a 60ish priest although I have no idea how she managed to level it up so high. She’s had that toon for some time. All of my high-level toons at once time or another quested with her priest but eventually passed her up.
So anyway the point of this post was that I got to wondering how the one-toon experience might change one’s perspective on the game in comparison to having spent a significant amount of time on one or more alts. There are some obvious advantages to having alts. They give you some flexibility in terms of things like roles in parties and raids, PvE versus PvP, and professions. And as a raid leader I think I do get some additional insights into various classes and specs based on my experience with my alts. But I wonder sometimes if this has at all detracted from my experience and relationship with my main. My main is very special to me for a variety of reasons, and I feel like I’m really “into” my main, but I wonder if that because I usually have the option to play another toon, and often do, if I’ve missed out on something.
There are three big advantages if you play just one toon: you can specialize your ui just for that toon, your musclememory is able to take over ^^ which means you don’t have to think – you just did it. Third, if you want to max your achievement-points there is simply no way to play multiple toons (at least for me, playing only for two years now, its hard to catch up to those having all the old reputations). Still I need my other toons (5 80s so far and 5 others between 64 and 75) – sometimes I need a vacation from my main and I probably would have stopped playing a long time ago if it weren’t for them.
I’m a one-toon-wonder as well, I just can’t seem to find the interest in leveling other toons.
Aside from a couple 60-ish alts that I use for professions and a lvl 1 bank alt I just find that I’m useless when it comes to playing other toons. I always end up on my tank doing what I love… getting hit in the face.
My guild loves me for it too, so thats an added bonus
I know… I am 100% completely dedicated to only K.
Though as I think about it, there are sorta 3 Ks:
1. Raiding K
2. BG and Arena K
3. Herbing and Fishing K
Because I do a decent amount of pvp and farming, I almost think of those roles as alt time as well.
4. Back-seat raid leader.
Hmmm true… however the back-seat (but sorta actually the real front seat) raid and guild leading occurs all throughout K #1, #2, and #3.
Well, I can understand K’s point of view. She is Keredria. I know that I feel pretty much the same way about Nico… my one other alt was an experiment in what it’s like to heal as another class. I like shaman healing, but I love and understand paladin healing. Nico is a Holy paladin… and will always be so. I’ll drag the other character along when K is in our group and will heal.