How do you stick to a main character?

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Honestly? Love her. I’m playing a blood elf demon hunter. I’ve spent so much time on her, so many reps, items, memories, as much as I wanted to play other characters/classes I never managed to. I always make new characters to level, do some progress on but always going back to my main one. The only real changes I made since I made her in 8.2 was that we moved to horde with friends and again I couldn’t play anything else so I paid for a faction change. Annd…I kinda hate being horde, not gonna lie. I’m never paying for their overpriced faction change again though. (If they make void elf demon hunters a thing I might change my mind :sweat_smile: )

Even gameplay-wise. Nothing feels as good. No class has the same fluid movement to me, if I play a different one there’s always something in the back of my mind saying ‘‘this class lacks this or that’’. Always been in love with classes that have awesome movement even if something else lacks. My only issue is I have absolutely no support skills and I just love supporting others. Healing them, buffing them, you name it. That’s where alts come in to fill the gap though. Why not play a healer? If you’ve played a dancer/bard in ff that’s more my type of thing. Even though having more active support skills are always welcome too(say, instant cast raises on red mage, also some heals that can make or break a run sometimes)

(Oh and if you’re wondering why my forum character is a void elf priest and not the same character, that was her old name & server but I didn’t wanna lose my forum history and at the same time I just want to be a void elf so…there it is :smile: )

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Some of us are wired that way. Don't feel bad about it.

Being successful and useful on a specific character can increase the chance to play said character - such as raiding with a guild, or completing all quests.

Much of the grind is just a time sink for people who enjoy it. Doing the same content ad nauseum, using the same abilities, can get pretty boring. But it’s just a carrot, the same as Finish 1000 Freecell games. There are many people in the creative business who really can’t do grindy jobs, and certainly shouldn’t play grindy games! Whereas many jobs require a grind, such as packaging food, cutting timber, sewing…

Also, limiting yourself to just one character makes you only see part of the content. Of course nobody is expected to play all ~40 specialisations, but I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to try out a few. Sure, you can swap within a class now, but tanking and healing was traditionally a crippled role requiring support either from alt(s) or friends.

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This has been my main since some time during Wrath when I first tried her. My first character was an orc Warlock during TBC into Wrath. I was, and still am, the worst Warlock player.

I would do absolutely everything on my main if the game would allow it, all the professions etc.

I just don’t feel attached to any other alt, I have done everything on this character since that day, she has a great history and has even been a punyhuman for a while during WoD. The Alliance got the better garrison and I didn’t want to miss out. I went back to Horde towards the end of the expansion.

For me it’s easy to stick to one main, it’s the only class I truly enjoy playing, the point that during WoD I changed my army of support profession alts over to paladins. So I just have a bubble army.

I used to keep all my characters at max level so I could far the Love Rocket every year but I finally got it and I’ve barely touched alts since. It’s glorious.

Some players love the variety, they have a main, or a main and main alt, then they’ll want to gear up others and play them too. The variety is what makes it fun for them.

A friend has a different main nearly every tier. I’m happy being a one trick Puny.

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For me this question is equally as hard to answer to what/if something was before big bang.

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I started playing WOW 3 months ago but I haven’t decided on a main yet. But I think I have made some progress.
The most important decision is what role do you prefer in a group content - DPS, tank or a healer.
Now with all my respect to healers - they are the most important - I don’t like playing as one - staying behind and casting spells is not the most interesting thing for me.
That leaves me with 2 choices - DPS and tank.
DPS are 2 types - ranged and melee. I started playing as hunter - enjoyed it a lot in the beginning until I tried a melee class and found out it is more exciting to play.
With melee you have to be more active - chasing the mobs and bosses when they move, striking them from behind, trying to avoid damaging effects. I really like every time when I get shiny new axe/sword/mace/dagger and using it in battle.
So I managed to exclude ranged DPS - they are so powerful and in demand in raids but they are not for me. And besides that mages, locks and shadow priests can only wear cloth armor so not a huge choice of outfits.
I also managed to exclude druids because I don’t like when they are shapeshifted you don’t get to see the nice armor and weapon you just acquired. If I wanted to play an animal - I would just choose worgen, tauren, vulpera or panderen (no offence intended).
Another class I will not consider are monks - although I am the least familiar with them I don’t like my character main abilities to be martial arts.
Shamans are a powerful and versatile class but their inability to use swords is a dealbreaker for me.

So I managed to narrow my choice of a main down to:

  1. Rogue - I love the stealth ability but hate the inability to use 2-handed weapons
  2. Warrior - can use all weapons and also tank
  3. Death knight - similar to the above
  4. Paladin - great versatile class but not as strong DPS or tank as it is in WOTLK
  5. Survival hunter - can use most weapons (except maces which I like the least), has a nice-looking pet (compared to the pets of some other classes)
  6. Demon hunter - I like its wings but the limited choice of weapons is a concern to me.

Once I figure out the class what remains is to pick a race that can be that class which is going to be much easier than choosing the class itself.

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I don’t know, you just ‘‘feel’’ when a class is right for you and is your main. Most people can play and can appreciate a lot of classes but there’s always one class you simply click with.

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I don’t
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Same for me. The Human Warlock and Kaldoreidruid that I created during TBC when I first started I still play and I always have fun with them. Every other class depend on my mood.

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I don’t 100% stick to a single main, but I have a few that I play more than others, and this is why:

I play a CHARACTER, not a class.

My main going into DF is my druid, named Nylendis. She’s the elder of two sisters, had a goal to be a druid like her father and gain entry into the Cenarian Circle (back when it didn’t accept women). She eventually made it, but earned her parents’ disappointment by being drawn more to the path of the warrior druid rather than the healer. She joined the Alliance armies to escape the disapproval at home and made a name for herself. Meanwhile, her sister tried to fill her role in their parents’ eyes, but felt like she was never good enough. She vented her frustration every time my druid visited home and accused her of needing to ‘be a hero’.

Nylendis’s visits back home became shorter and less frequent, and a bad set of choices led to her being on Argus when Teldrassil burned. When the news reached her, she arrived back in the Stormwind portal room to find it full of her people… coughing, choking, suffering from terrible burns, some collapsing, others being led away to temporary hospitals. She pushed her way through to the Darnassus portal, just in time to see the mages closing it. They told her there was ‘nothing but fire now’ on the other side.

She eventually tracked down her sister among the refugees, and her sister told her that their parents had refused to leave: “You should have been there. You could have saved them. You could have DONE SOMETHING. Leave me alone. I hate you.”

Nylendis lost her family, her parents who died because she failed them (so she believes) and her sister who won’t see her or speak to her. She blames herself for the burning of Teldrassil. Even though her head knows she couldn’t have prevented it, her heart believes she could have ‘done something’. She’s made herself useful to the Alliance armies and she does her duty, but she’s broken inside.

That’s why I play my druid. I’ve made her into a real person in my mind, and I care about her. I’ve done something similar with the other characters I play most. I’ve spent time getting to know them and understand them. I play them because of WHO they are, not what class they are.

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Yep, this is me too. Except for the deleting part. I got “spare accounts” that I can move alts to for a “retirement” (and an occasional month of subs for a bit more game play).

I’d better not tell how many alts I really have in total and Blizzard is sworn to secrecy. LOL

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You need to find the class that has the playstyle that is the most suitable to you. Personally I’ve mained hunter for a very long time because I mainly PvP and I love the feeling of being untouchable. No other class feels as good and smooth at keeping your opponents off of you in my experience. Before that I used to be a warlock for a very long time because it is by far my favourite lorewise and thematically.

So in my experience the thing that matters most is the playstyle, then you combine it with a race you can either identify with or like for some other reason. Having a good and fun racial is a very nice bonus but it will not be as impactful gameplaywise as class choice so it is okay to go for aesthetics here, especially since you will be looking at your character all day.

If your favourite class game playwise ends up being the same one lorewise, then you are probably lucky.

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If Hunter was the worst dps in Dragonflight i would still play this character, Tyssera pretty much summed it up, i create a lore and story for my characters, thats why i stick with them.

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Way back at the start of vanilla, I knew I wanted a ranged character. I’d never really been into melee types up until then. So I made a hunter. Discovered they had a pet and that sealed the deal. Been my main for 99% of the time.

I’ve had a 3 month stint in TBC where I rolled a belf paladin with the intention of making it my new main, but like what you described in your post… I got bored with it. So I went back to my hunter and stuck with it because it just brings me the most joy out of any class and BM more than other spec.

What makes that character STICK to you?

Fun. Immersion. A Pet.

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I started in late vanilla with a Pally but when TBC hit i fell in love with my little tesla. mage. arcane.
I get tired when i returned in late Wod (i never played since mid pandaria) and so i switched to panda monk (ww) til mid legion. After that i tried BM hunter and i stick with it til mid SL when i preferred this toon.
Now im in crisis cuz i like Shammy (ele) and warrior (fury) so i guess ill have 4 main (1 for every type of mog). i think the shammy will be my main.
TLDR: i never stick to a main lately.

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“Oh, I’ll have to regrind all that stuff out again…”

Honestly though, I’ve fully embraced character switching. My main is whatever I happen to be playing the most at that moment, and what I find to be the most fun to play.

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I simply don’t log onto other alts.

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I have the opposite problem. My warlock will always be my main, but since Shadowlands I didn’t like the shadowpriest changes and that’s been my main alt for a lot of years.

Now I’m struggling to find a new alt that I enjoy and it’s not going too well.

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This has been my main since wotlk, The first max level for all expansions, and it is the Name i have for most online things.

Would just feel weird to not play him as main.

But i guess back in wotlk i just fell inlove with DK and did not look at any other class the same way after that.

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Fury Warrior is the only spec I actually enjoy so sticking with a class has never been my trouble…now sticking to a race or faction though… That’s my downfall… I dread to think how much money I’ve spent on race/faction changes.

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I’m a proud daddy.

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