Curious about playing "alts"...

[segreto]

I try to keep alts to a minimum - maybe 1 or 2. This way, I can see parts of the world I might not see by playing only 1 character or 1 race, but my main always is higher level than the alts. This way I can use hand-me-downs and spend extra plat on only a few alts instead of spreading it too thin. My main reason for alts is to see other areas of the map or places I might not have leveled on my way up.

Since I am still very new, my level 10 monk is going to be lonely for a while. And I understand the "now I have limited playtime" quandary. I wish I could play all day like I did in 1999, but this is still fun and I feel productive ingame.