WAR: Should I Start my Alt Now??

I’ve specifically restrained myself from starting any of the three alts I have in mind so that I could reach end-game with the guild.  We have a good bit of players that are going straight through the content.  I don't know if they are rushing through it.  I know that I'm not.  When I don’t feel like playing I don’t log on to Warhammer.  When I am online, if I’m only in the mood the chat and wander, I do that too. The big difference in WAR is that my putter is often related to an activity that still provides leveling XP.  Nice idea on their part no?  *Big smile*

I’ve heard from my nephew that Tier 3 content is rather lonely.  He’s level 28 and ends up grinding PQs solo or duo at the most, and can never get to the final boss for the chest loot.  He’s in a hardcore guild where his level is just the middle of the pack.  As a Shadow Warrior (tank), he has that option of taking on the PQs that far solo where as my classes won't.  And I’m not a huge fan of questing so if that’s the only way to level effectively in the upper tiers it would be torture for me.

However, reading this post on The Greenskin has me worried that waiting too long to start an alt will produce the same result on the opposite end.  WAR is a game where completing a majority of the content requires a passive group.  PQs and Scenarios necessitate other players – PERIOD.  There is no way around that mechanic.  How much of a problem will this present later in the game's life cycle? Could it be that these players are on low population servers whereas I’m on a VERY HIGH POP server?  My nephew is also high pop too.  Our guild currently has plenty of players still in Tier 1.  Should I roll one of my alts now so that I can continue to at least do RVR/PVP content with guild-mates? 

I admit to being a tiny bit worried.  The other classes I’m interested in are all healers.  And as anyone who has ever healed knows, healing stupid people is agony.  Healing stupid people in PVP/RVR is only a tiny step up from dying in a fire. Here's me at my height of frustration healing players in WOW.

I’m a bit conflicted.  Perhaps I’m looking for an excuse to start with the alts.  *Smile*  If Mythic remains successful long term then this might not be an issue.  They won’t have Blizzard numbers but you were never short on low-level players in WOW.  I think (pray) that Mythic is smart enough to implement scaling content for the PQs at a minimum, if this becomes problematic.  They must have considered low population as a possibility in planning these zones.  *Crosses fingers, toes and eyes*.

I’ve made the characters to secure the names but always deny the itch to play them.  I’ve NEVER started an alt before my main was max level. Hell, I’ve never wanted an alt until I was bored with my main.  While be ing this excited about other classes is a pleasant problem, I’m worried  because of how the content is structured in this particular game, that at some point it may become problematic for stragglers.  Healers are the only class where your existence is predicated on the presence of others, so that you can heal them.

Comments

[Oakstout]

I wouldn't worry bout it. There are so many different choices for alts that even if guildies are running T1 alts now, they will be running them again in a few months.

The real question is will the pop continue to grow? Because a growning revolving population will give you lots of T1 people to hang with.

But that depends on wheither people currently playing will keep their free subs after a month. If they do, then that sends a clear message to the gaming community that WAR is a hit and people should be playing. And once that happens, the game will pick up more subscribers.
People will also wait a few months so the developers can work out the bugs.

I honestly think we'll see a pop grown in a few months which will produce more T1 people.

Thats my opinion, so play an alt if you want or wait, either way I think you will be ok.

[Deadlysin]

just roll that alt, have some fun, and do not worry about server pop and all that jazz. I just hit rank 23 on my Warrior Priest and before I started playing WAR I told myself that once I hit tier 3, I would create my first alt. So I am about to role my Ironbreaker because everyone needs a Tank. We have too many character slots not to role an alt anytime we want.

[Saylah]

I think I'm going to hold out a little bit longer. :-) I'd like to do the Warrior Priest next so a little distance between having done the Empire content would be nice. It's nice to still have something fun to look forward to in the game.

[Khan]

I've been thinking about the content issue too. Seems a possibility that there may end up being a bottle-neck of sorts for the lower-level stuff when the server has a higher-level population. I think on the flip side, if WAR keeps its end game "progress" minimal (focusing on PvP and making it easy to have a maxed character) then it may actually encourage lots of alting to keep the action going. The issue for other games is that the "end" isn't really an end: players are trying to grind for those epic armor sets, etc. If WAR gives away decent armor and has some exciting PvP stuff to do for high-levels, I think people will keep playing their mains and also be encouraged to create lower-level alts as well.

[Saylah]

I hope it stays popular and people do the alt mania like WOW. If not, it will be a bit grindy for people who come along later. Not that they can do quests to level as in other games but not having the diversity of doing PQs and Scenarios would be missing a large draw of the game.