Altitis Question: Under-used Toons

[Mopery]

I have 452 characters on Excelsior at the moment, no doubt I'll make more at some point, but right now I mainly play just a few of them.

I have some of those super powerful(can do the 4* stuff) characters, and I like their costumes and backstories well enough, but lately it's become all about the character itself.

Their name, story, origin, how they look as they're fighting... all of these things make playing a character that much more fun for me.

I guess it's become a holistic thing, after all this time.

Crunching numbers or copying the builds others make is commonplace, making an iconic hero/villain is not.

Not that there's anything wrong with any character anyone makes, so long as they are happy with it themselves, that's really all that matters.

If others enjoy the characters you've made and tell you so, that really is the highest compliment, so be sure to return it whenever you see someone else's character that blows your mind.

Games are meant to be fun, so if you're not having fun, take a break for a while, it can help give some perspective.

[Neiska]

3 Accounts here, Lord knows how many characters on them. I know it's at least 3 pages, mostly 40-50s. Almost all of them are Tankers or Masterminds, with 2 or 3 Crabbers, plus the odd other powers or builds I wanted to try at one point or another.

 

Lately though, I have really focused not on making alts but taking my current favorite and making it "perfect" or at least make it so it can solo +4/8 without being painful/cumbersome to do so. She does fine on +3/8 currently. (Shes a Crabby)

 

On a side note, I do tend to loose track of what alt has what. Sometimes I will blow the dust off one and log into a character I haven't played in 500 or so days, only to see that shes got an auction house full of storage, several things sold, sitting on 1-1.5 billion, with a whole pile of merits that I completely forgot that I had. And this has happened more than once! 😄

 

But yea, alts can be great, if nothing else to change up the feel and gameplay a bit. But my obsession with crabbys is keeping me busy for the moment.

[MoonSheep]

in the last 6 years of HC i’ve made 4 alts that i’ve played to lvl 50, though i’ve only invested significant time in two of them. my last 50 was in 2022 or 2023

 

i’ve played since 2005 and have tried most things over the years other than tanks and MMs, think thesedays i’m just happy playing what i know and enjoy

 

the poison defender is likely to become my new main, going to invest time in badging it out. great damage and huge debuffs

 

amount of time i spend playing each:

mind/fire dominator vet lvl 330: 10%

kin/sonic defender vet lvl 450: 50%

poison/fire defender vet lvl 60: 30%

elec/shield stalker vet lvl 30: 10%

[TaxibotJoe]

Incarnates make me feel weak on teams and the ITF gets dull. I tend to retire characters at 50+unlocked alpha.

 

It’s always fun to start a new journey.