I’m closing in on “done” — my own peculiar version of done, anyway — on my ninth character in Guild Wars 2. I’ve rolled one of each class and put off actually leveling and learning my least favorite classes to the very end. As I’ve been playing my unloved Thief and Revenant upward, I can’t help but think about characters and classes I prefer and wonder whether my time wouldn’t be better spent on them… or maybe even on another version of the same class with a different race.
I seldom do this in MMORPGs, but in Guild Wars 2, leveling is easy and options are many, so why not? I’m apparently not alone in considering this; here’s one thread from a few years ago where people are admitting to rolling dozens of characters — some for different regions, some for cultural armor, some for different builds and armor setups, some for roleplaying, and some just because they love the leveling process. Plus: Buying a new character slot is the most efficient way to expand an account’s storage.
Do you roll multiple MMO characters of the same class in the same game?
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