So, What's De's Stance On Alt. Accounts.

[billthebetta]

So, when these tenno player ships come out I'd like to see what it's like to start a game all afresh.

 

No mods. One frame and set of weps. No foundry. No sent. No clan. One node to start with. Oh yeah. And no credits vs. my current 2mil+

 

Whenever I start a new frame I have all these resources to help me rank up and in general be a badass. Basically, I'd like to start a new account but before I do I'd like to know what DEs stance is on players having multiple accounts on the same computer. Uh. So yeah.

 

Edit: I'm only thinking of starting an alt. to see what the new player experience is like. I have/had all of the frames barring Volt and Nekros, so the idea of starting a new account in order to get a frame is foreign to me. It's just that if we are "forced"(looking forward to it personally) to build our ships up from the bottom, my account will be able to get all of that done very quickly, with all the resources I have at my disposal. It'd just not be the same.

Edited May 27, 2014 by billthebetta

[Archistopheles]

Just don't try to add it to your main account like a referral.

[immolator1001]

I believe DE doesn't care as long as they don't interact at all. I'm not sure they can be in the same clan either.

[Letter13]

Alt accounts are not really encouraged, and are prohibited if used to circumvent certain limits in the game (using an alt account to get a diff starting frame, using for referrals as Arch mentioned, boosting clan score in events) or on the forums (i.e. evading suspensions and/or mod queue).

 

I imagine there will be a way for all players--old and new--to experience the "quest" of building the ship up. It may even be mandatory for all players regardless of rank or equipment (I have no issues if it is mandatory or not, I just want to be able to go through the questline of building up the ship).

 

I would say wait until player ships get released before you make an alt account. I have a feeling that you won't need to.

 

More details can be read about it on Paragraph 5, Section 3 of the Warframe Terms of Use Agreement.

 

 

 

tl;dr Please avoid making alt accounts unless you have to (such as getting in touch with support to regain access to your main account if you lost it).

[OneBulletCurse]

Honestly whats the point in having Alt accounts anyway, you only need one, i cant wait for the ships and see what stuff we can add and change on it :3

[Philosopher]

Honestly whats the point in having Alt accounts anyway, you only need one, i cant wait for the ships and see what stuff we can add and change on it :3

Depends on the game, sometimes you can level one account till you're a badass then team up with your alt(if you have more than one computer) and power level your alt so you dont have to go through as bad as a grind aka Vindictus

[billthebetta]

Just don't try to add it to your main account like a referral.

Thanks. I hadn't even thought of that. That's kinda cheap tho.

 

I believe DE doesn't care as long as they don't interact at all. I'm not sure they can be in the same clan either.

 

I didn't know about the clan restriction. Thanks.

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Thanks. I was planning to wait until U14/ships come out to start(if I do) an alt. but don't get me wrong, I'm just curious how difficult it'll be for new players to get all of that stuff. As it is with my account, I'd just steamroll my way through getting my ship all shiny and whatnot and I'd rather see what it's like to somebody with no resources.

[Zubaz]

Apperantly it is cool as long as you are clever about it.

 

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Edited May 28, 2014 by Zubaz

[Keltik0ne]

I started an alt account to try a new player experience.

It was educational.

[billthebetta]

Depends on the game, sometimes you can level one account till you're a badass then team up with your alt(if you have more than one computer) and power level your alt so you dont have to go through as bad as a grind aka Vindictus

No offense to you or anything, but that's *ahem* LLLLLLAAAAAAMMME. :P

[-InV-Skitz0]

The creation of alternate accounts will be handled on a case by case basis, and we reserve the right to remove accounts used to circumvent any form of restrictions to the game or the Service including the official Warframe forums.

[Kratos]

No offense to you or anything, but that's *ahem* LLLLLLAAAAAAMMME. :P

Off-Topic: Do you mean the Audio Codec?

 

On-Topic: Creating an alt account should be OK imo, as long as you don't use it to boost your main account in any way, shape, or form. (But this is only coming from me. DE has their ruleset, and I respect said rules.)

[RoboDoge]

I have alt account and i use that for "Old school xini experience". Used it once or twice, not interested much.

[Kartumterek]

I'd recommend scrapping the whole alt account idea... works well in some games, it most likely will end up getting you banned in Warframe.

Edited May 28, 2014 by Kartumterek

[VegetableBasket]

While there is merit to rules on having alt accounts, the game is in beta and some bugs cannot be tested with certain accounts. I have an alt that I used to check out what making a new account is like, tried to break the tutorial, etc. That's just me doing my duty as a beta tester. Some people have accounts they use to exploit trades and so on, that's not cool.

I have no authority but if you don't exploit it I doubt you will get in trouble and I think it will be a beneficial experience for you.

[Kartumterek]

While there is merit to rules on having alt accounts, the game is in beta and some bugs cannot be tested with certain accounts. I have an alt that I used to check out what making a new account is like, tried to break the tutorial, etc. That's just me doing my duty as a beta tester. Some people have accounts they use to exploit trades and so on, that's not cool.

I have no authority but if you don't exploit it I doubt you will get in trouble and I think it will be a beneficial experience for you.

Are we supposed to just believe and trust the playerbase that they do it with honorable intentions?

Come on, man

[VegetableBasket]

Are we supposed to just believe and trust the playerbase that they do it with honorable intentions?

Come on, man

DE can see our IP and trade history and so on, if someone does something dishonorable they should and can be held accountable for it.

I'm just saying making a new account to test things or get perspective on the new player experience shouldn't be immediately dismissed or discouraged.

Edited May 28, 2014 by VegetableBasket

[Kartumterek]

Anything to do with online polls and leaderboards and competition and possible enemy trolling and alt accounts is 100% of the time not going to end well. So now DE has to pull resources to track down online heathens? Just don't bother

I wonder how many Dark Sectors have been "attacked" by alt alliances already

Edited May 28, 2014 by Kartumterek

[BizarreFetalChimpanzee]

You should be fine, as long as the alt account has absolutely nothing to do with your main account.

 

I made an alt a while back that I occasionally log on to to test various aspects of the new player experience as updates are made to it, but I don't use it outside of that.

[Motakshi]

Alt accounts are not really encouraged, and are prohibited if used to circumvent certain limits in the game (using an alt account to get a diff starting frame, using for referrals as Arch mentioned, boosting clan score in events) or on the forums (i.e. evading suspensions and/or mod queue).

Referral abuse, clanscore, and ban evasions I can understand but what's the problem with getting a new starting Frame? My friend regretted choosing Mag after realizing how limited his Warframe slots were, for example, so he made a second account to choose Loki instead.

It doesn't seem right to punish players for not being informed on a (somewhat) major decision considering the time it can take to get a new Frame.

[Letter13]

Referral abuse, clanscore, and ban evasions I can understand but what's the problem with getting a new starting Frame? My friend regretted choosing Mag after realizing how limited his Warframe slots were, for example, so he made a second account to choose Loki instead.

It doesn't seem right to punish players for not being informed on a (somewhat) major decision considering the time it can take to get a new Frame.

I should rephrase what I meant. Some users have, in the past, used alt accounts as a sort of "extension" for their inventories on their main. They don't want to get platinum for slots so they create an alt account when they run out of space for extra frames or weapons.

[Kartumterek]

There's no other way to say it except that the potential for detrimental shenanigans is a lot higher than for positive ones... rechoosing the starter frame? Come on... weapon storage? So taking twice as long to level up Mastery Ranks is helpful?

I don't see a single positive and about 10 negatives from this

[Zarbain]

There's no other way to say it except that the potential for detrimental shenanigans is a lot higher than for positive ones... rechoosing the starter frame? Come on... weapon storage? So taking twice as long to level up Mastery Ranks is helpful?

I don't see a single positive and about 10 negatives from this

By re-choosing it is not that bad of a idea if they do it because they chose the wrong thing. Like taking a loki but still wanting to go guns blazing isn't that good of a idea. 

[Kartumterek]

By re-choosing it is not that bad of a idea if they do it because they chose the wrong thing. Like taking a loki but still wanting to go guns blazing isn't that good of a idea.

How do you know without playing the game though? Asking ppl? Using guns as a Loki is also very viable... why would you want to shoot mobs across the room when you can disarm them and bring them right to the pod? I bet your accuracy and your ammo efficiency are a lot higher playing like that versus trying to hit moving targets with no rate of fire mods...

Seriously if you are rerolling an alt account because of the "wrong" starter frame, you need to stop listening to whatever advice you are getting and just play the game. Every single frame is viable, especially at the beginning of the game when the pace is more forgiving. You should be focusing on game mechanics not frame mechanics

[Teorina]

If the OP is concerned about his built up resources trivialising the ship building "quest" (which I can kinda understand) then I have two counter points to make.

 

1. You could just not use your built up resources and refarm them on a newly forma'd frame/weapon (don't use the forma slot if you want to be ultra serious about this)

 

2. I cannot see DE adding something as major as this without also adding a new resource so that players old and new have to grind like crazy to complete it (oxium and argon crystals anyone)?