I usually have one main, and one or two alternates to get to enjoy the game more, but I usually enjoy focusing on one character to make it really powerful.

I played 1 character on WOW. And quite a few on Guild Wars, but it was mostly just two mains. After that, NWN found me (or I found it) and MMOs lost their flavor forevermore.

One main and a side, for when I feel like horsing around or some such, that gets a lot less attention. This also holds true for role playing games that are off-line, like Mount & Blade. When I do not want to do that me against their 4500 battle but still play M&B I go on that other game I have going.

Several accounts in MMOs can get really expensive.

I have sworn not to pay a single cent for on-line gaming anymore. Never again.

I don't like [strange acronym with lotsa letters] much ... it always contains a real shitty bug called "actual people". but I did play some Diablo II. Anyway, I typically grew tired of my characters at some point. They just begin to feel stale. Yeah, I could go on, and at a time next month I would level up, and then I could place one more point in that stat but ... So in Diablo II, I ended up with quite a lot of characters. I just didn't get that strange 'hardcore' mode back then, even though others where real enthutiastic about it. I felt it was wierd to play a game where my character would be deleted if I failed. I prefered to keep them forever. Of course, all my Diablo II chars are now gone since I failed to log in every 90 days.

Yeah, some people have sunk a lot of time into those games. I have done 6-ish weeks on one, and 2 weeks on a couple others. I quickly find it can't keep my attention that long. Although i tend to solo game a lot, perhaps that's related to it...

Usually 2, one heal and one dps. In WoW I have a 100 priest and a 97 warrior. The only games where I only made one character were The Secret World and Ryzom because there are no class.

It depends on the game. I prefer to only have to make one character, where I can switch to what is needed, such as, FFXI did(I only made one). For a game like FFXI, I probably will make a second or third character to fit various needs.

However, since most games lock you into one role per char I'll make as much as they let me. At least one of each archetype since I play every role. I prioritize on Tank and next the healer/CC.

I spent a few years raiding, but the majority of my playtime was solo. /shrug

Some MMOs are more accommodating of that than others - WoW actually had quite a lot to offer the solo player (at least as a time suck), esp. on a non-PvP server where there was no danger of being gang-tackled.

By comparison SWTOR was pretty punishing after lvl 25 or so- the higher level worlds and even the core class quest were nigh impossible solo, so at least for me it became an exercise in doing lots of PvP.

The MMO i've sunk the most time into is FireFall; I like how the missions are given to you as you go rather than a block of text to accept. Since you can't do 7 missions/tasks at a time instead it felt a lot more like a book opening and a story rolling out; It also had a good Sci-Fi theme. However getting to Epic (40+) it was definitely feeling too much a grind, a number of missions were team/group only, and the recent play changes vs how it played 11 months ago was annoying as well.

I got Elder Scrolls Online a few months ago when it was super cheap. I've never played an MMO. i like the Elder Scrolls games.

I created a character and played for 30 minutes. I haven't picked it up again since. I didn't hate it. Just have other games to play, and an MMO seems to demand my time more than other types of games.

Thankfully, 0

Usualy one.

I stick to a class and play it as well as possible. I had it easy in WoW during my playtime (WotLK era) since I really liked Druids.

Oracle in Dragon's Prophet.

Engineer in GW2.

Dreadnought in L2.

The only exception is Ragnarok Online, where I use my main (Biochemist / Geneticist), a Gunslinger / Rebel, a Ninja / Oboro / Kagerou and a Star Gladiator for diverse situations which the main doesn't shine at (farming, EMP Break, WoE infil).

And only one in FFXIV since all classes can be unlocked and used with a single character.

When I played EverQuest, I think I had 5 or 6 characters, altogether. One main and then would play the others when I wanted to try something different or just got bored with the current character.

Same with the few MUDs I have played. A main and maybe a couple alts.

Wow I'm pretty sure I've only ever played Lord of the Ring Online. Weird!

I had maybe 3 characters? One that I used most often and the other two or three (I think only two) were to play around with another class.

My main guy was a hobbit spellcaster (I forget the role - I think bard - whichever the "offensive" spellcaster was - LotRO had a "wizard" caster that was less of a typical damage guy). Then I had... wow you know I forget - maybe it was the "Officer" type class? Lord of the Rings had a lot of unusual / different classes and they were all fun to play in their own different way (or at least the ones I tried) but because they were a bit atypical I can't quite remember the actual class names LOL.

Obviously I've only ever dabbled. Oh I DID have a character in Star Trek Online! I actually got to max level there although that was VERY quick and easy. LOTR I didn't even come close. I'd be surprised if my guy had hit level 30-ish.

Depends on the game

Secret World - 2 - Its a heavily story driven game and I wanted to start again
Star Wars The Old Republic - 8 - wanted to see all 8 class quests.
Neverwinter - 1 - The mage was the only one I had any fun playing
World of Warcraft - 6 - paladin, mage, shaman where my favorites. Druid, rogue, death knights were ok off and on.
Guild Wars - 3 - ranger, elementalist/necro, paragon are the three favorites. Had many others off and on while trying different class combos
Guild Wars 2 - 3 - Elementalist, Paragon, Ranger
Wildstar - 3


No, they don't seem to demand more time - they do demand a lot more time than any other type of game.
I wish is could say the same. I've played 9 of them over the years. 7 of them ended badly.

UO - anger
WoW - anger then boredom.
Neverwinter - not much to speak of
Tabula Rasa - shut down
GW, GW2, wildstar - technical issues.