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Originally Posted by Vexenu
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Otherwise there are no limitations, and we should then assume that all four players in the theoretical group have access to full accounts of alts and guildmates to help them in whatever situation they face. In that case, there is nothing to even talk about, because it doesn't matter what they play.
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I am going to dismantle this argument more directly. It is easy to disprove, and I am not sure why people keep trying to make it.
There are four different character types the community generally agrees upon. They are categorized differently because they operate differently:
1. Main Characters - These are the characters you play the most, and invest the most resources into. You don't normally share your account information for Main Characters.
2. Alternate Characters - These are the characters you play less often, but still pour resources into. These can become Main Characters one day if you like them enough. You don't normally share your account information for Alternate Characters.
3. Mules - These are low level characters which store items that your Main and Alternate Characters cannot hold. You don't normally share your account information for Mules.
4. Pocket Characters - These characters are specifically designed to be geared and leveled as minimally as possible, so they can provide utility when needed. You DO share the account information for Pocket Characters, so they can res your character for example. This is due to the restriction of being unable to res yourself without another player's help for most classes. Because you share your Pocket Character's account information, you don't want to have a bunch of expensive items on a Pocket Character. You never know when people who have access to your account will steal or destroy stuff.
It's not accurate to try and claim Pocket Characters are somehow equivalent to Main/Alternate Characters, and thus the discussion becomes moot when you include them. They are not the same. The spirit of the discussion involves four individual players and four Main/Alt Characters that are casters/priests. If these four individual players have Mules and/or Pocket Characters, this does not invalidate the four Main/Alt Characters they are playing most of the time. People do have a Main Character Cleric and a Pocket Cleric if they want to keep their Main Character Cleric's account information private, but still want a Pocket Cleric around to res their other characters.