We'd like to see alts played more. Currently people feel that playing them is a waste of time as it does not benefit the main at all.
Current idea:
- All gold earned on alts goes to main in Strategus just like gold earned on main would
- Alt can be consumed by main, meaning:
- Alt is permanently killed
- All heirlooms on the alt are transfered to main
The question is, is this good enough to make playing alts feel sensible again? Just playing the main would let you level up faster (gen bonus), keep the earned gold (and gain smithing skill, but it might work differently later).
Other considered options:
- Convert alt's heirlooms to heirloom points and transfer those to main. This is bad because it allows generating and storing heirloom points and works against the idea that heirlooms are always picked at the time of retirement.
- All gold and items are transfered from alt to main. This is bad because it allows farming alts with low upkeep gear and allowing a main to use heavy gear all the time, making current smithing skill concept worthless.
- Transfer gen bonus to main. This does not exactly cause any problems, but kinda goes against the fluff and seeing how gen bonus caps relatively soon, is perhaps not a good motivation.
Post if you have something sensible to say on the topic.