How many Guild Wars accounts do you have?

SharonC

SharonC

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

USA

Confused and Ridiculously Lost [CARL]

R/

Well, I know that of the 4 in my guild, 3 have only one account. Of the 6 people in my allied guild, 1 has 3 accounts, 2 have two accounts, and 3 have one account. None of them participate in these forums, so can't vote in poll.

Kazza

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

UK

TLH

E/

2 accounts inherited one account and bought my account online

moriz

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

bought a second account a year ago to contribute to the kiSu project... too bad it is mostly dead now.

xxx wraith xxx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

The netherlands

N/

Out of the 3 i have i only bought 1 myself...the rest are accounts of retired people. Dont ever use them unless i want to brag about having an r12 acct.

Strider77

Strider77

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Wandering alone...

Last Of The Dark Hunters [MINE]

R/

I have two accounts. I am only planning on bringing one into GW2 though. My second one really doesn't serve any purpose at all and was given to me by someone who stopped playing years ago.

Shasgaliel

Shasgaliel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

[bomb]

It would be nice to have a poll how many accounts of retired people you have.

I got one additional account together with a headset.... (was quite surprised to see prophecies disk inside)

Regala

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2009

10+ (none inherited)

I find it interesting that at the time of this post, the # of accounts represented by the 10+ group is greater than those in the "one is all you need" group.

The reason for multiples is obvious: Anet/NCSoft rewards it. In the absence of a monthly fee, though, who's to blame them for encouraging sales of their product?

Antares Ascending

Antares Ascending

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2008

E/

Two accounts. Got the second as a storage acct before char slots. I keep a character in Pre-searing on 2nd account to just putz around and relax.

II Lucky Charm II

II Lucky Charm II

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Seoul, Korea

Mo/Me

I currently own 15 accounts. Why, you might ask? For the most logical reason and maybe the most arrogant choice on my part, I want to help contribute to the upkeep of Anet's server by purchasing more accounts. To be honest, I only use 2 of the 15 accounts I bought.

Eragon Zarroc

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

accounts acquired through friends, although im back down to just 2 now, lol. some friends just enjoy taking long long breaks =P

Lomi79

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

R/Mo

22 accounts... is that weird?

Mad Woody

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Estonia

Rt/

^ yes


I'm happy with my 1 account, don't really need more than that.

Twisties

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mars ... aka Country Victoria

Guardians of the Azure Sky

R/Mo

I have two accounts, both have all games/campaigns and other extras. First one I gave to my son to use after repeatedly farming to be able to afford elite armour for my ranger only for him to spend it on his warrior ... grrr did that to me three times! Second account is just for me ... although tending to use it for storage, noticed the son raided it last week ... hmm ... his warrior suddenly has a set of Vabbian ...

Bah! maybe I need a 3rd account ... my daughters boyfriend wants to play

bsoltan

bsoltan

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2005

UK

[SoF]

Two accounts that I bought myself, these date back to before you could add character slots so they were required to have numerous different professions.

Since you could add character slots I only use one as my main account and only have one character on my 2nd account that does anything useful.

Then there are several accounts that belonged to friends that either didn't get into the game or have stopped playing for whatever reasons. Puts me between 6 and 9.

Billiard

Billiard

Doctor of Philosophy

Join Date: May 2005

Pacific Northwest

Team Love [kiSu] www.teamlove.us

I have four accounts that I purchased from ANet. Two have all campaigns, two are PvP only. All are fully unlocked.

rohara

rohara

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Rt/

9 accounts.

main account, 2 pvp accounts, and 6 prophecies only accounts (amazon had them on sale for $5 each, what can i say...i like the zaishen chest)

A. Noid

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/A

R/E

2 here, 1 for me and one for my kid.

tonini

tonini

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2007

Retired from guildwars for good:D

[]

R/

i have 2 because i got a friend to buy the game and i got it a week later...

mage767

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

I got just 1. lol

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

just the one here too

Fril Estelin

Fril Estelin

So Serious...

Join Date: Jan 2007

London

Nerfs Are [WHAK]

E/

2 full acounts (1 is the original bought patiently, one made of cheap campaigns found everywhere ), plus one NF account which was a gift.

Chieftain Heavyhand

Chieftain Heavyhand

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

wpg

2 accounts

My main account that I have all chapters and EotN and a second I bought for storage which was a trilogy set for 30 bucks. I could have bought 3 character slots or 3 storage slots for that or bought the trilogy which has 8 character slots and 4 storage slots plus the free birthday one. Second account also helps bring loot over from pre so my permapre can stay right where she is.

Pistachio

Pistachio

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chieftain Heavyhand View Post
...Second account also helps bring loot over from pre so my permapre can stay right where she is.
Same with mine. A second account is pretty essential if you want to have permanent Pre-Searing characters. They're great for storage, and for shuttling all the dyes I seem to get over to post.

Miss H O T

Miss H O T

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Holland

Sword Of Justice [SOJ]

W/Mo

1 acct, hard enough to manage my real life rite now, wonder what i'd do if i'd have 16 chars to take care of :P

Spiritweaver

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2009

One account. I really don't need two accounts to play this game.

Horatio Griffenfeld

Horatio Griffenfeld

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Knights of Echovald [KoE]

W/

I have 3 accounts.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

I had 3.

#1. Named account
#2. Buying account
#3. Selling account

Star Gazer

Star Gazer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Zerohour Enterprises [ZHE]

W/

4 accounts.

1 primary (Proph GotY/CE Factions/CE NF/EotN)
3 Mules
- 1 Proph/Factions/EotN (bought for $40)
- 1 Proph/NF/EotN (found NF for $8.88 @ target :O)
- 1 Proph/NF/EotN (same as above, bought all copies left )

Anon-e-mouse

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

@ Home

League Of Friends [LOF]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fril Estelin View Post
plus one NF account which was a gift.
::nudge, nudge, wink::

::cough::

FengShuiDove

FengShuiDove

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA]

A/

3.

-Main account.
-Secondary account (all campaigns, my new characters since I seldom delete but love to play through the whole game again).
-Storage/XTH account.

Fril Estelin

Fril Estelin

So Serious...

Join Date: Jan 2007

London

Nerfs Are [WHAK]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Anon-e-mouse View Post
::nudge, nudge, wink::

::cough::
Yeah I bet you have the same . Nice to see you again.

The other guy (can't remember his pseudo, sorry!) who was at the community days said he had 10 accounts, he was playing on most of them!

cresus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2009

super noob whit some cash

E/Me

I have 15 compt mostly from friend who stoped to play ^^

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Just one....never saw the need to use more than 8 character slots, and storage has never really been an issue.

Arachnephobia

Arachnephobia

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

Tyria

FaR

E/

1 account, 10 character slots. I'm good to go.

I would like to get the abandoned accounts from my friends, to give it to those who want to play GW with me.

R_Frost

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

California

Me/

3 accounts here, all bought before character slots could be bought

my main has all 4 games and 14 character slots
2nd account has everything but EoTN and 10 slots
3rd is just prophicies and factions with the base 6 slots and has been the best for mini pets of my 3 accounts. got 2 mini lich's the last round of bday presents. also its holding a luxon guild for when i need to work on my luxon title seeing my main and 2nd are kurzick aligned.

Cale Roughstar

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

5 Accounts
Main account - All campaigns, toons, yada yada yada
Cousin's Account - Proph, Factions, EotN, he doesnt play it, I use it to get gifts.
3 Proph only storage accounts (yay Amazon.com + Black Friday deals!)

jimme

jimme

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Netherlands

Mo/

3 accounts, when/if XTH gets fixed I'm getting #4

The Scorpion Knight

The Scorpion Knight

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2009

3, one which is my own that I play. Others that were given to me.

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

I only have the 1 account, never really needed more - and by time i considered getting another account due to wanting to play even more characters, ANet introduced the in-game store and the ability to buy slots.. so never had any need to buy more accounts. It has all campaigns & the expansion.. and 20 slots all full.

TottWriter

TottWriter

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2009

South East England

Gorgutz War Band

Mo/Me

I have one account. Ten slots mind, (and all campaigns but no BMP). I'd probably have more so I can start another monk, but I ran out of money by having a baby. Another account would also be good in a sense - it'd avoid the temptation I have when starting new characters to cheat and outfit them with the gains of other characters...

Maybe when I have money again though.