Multiple Characters, Same Server, Same Account?

[raditz]

hi everyone,

Couldn't find a factual answer so I ask this here. Is [title] possible?

My goal is, having an off character for an extended and expanded territory so I can build a more robust base.

Seen a guy doing this and wasn't banned so I guess it's legal having multiple characters for the same reason, however, I'm not sure it's achievable doing so on the same server AND under the same (Steam) account.

Anyone has knowledge on this? (NOT guessing or ideas, actual knowledge / experience, regarding all aspects from 'legal move' to the way to do this)

Thanks!

[Narezza]

Lots of people with the same type of comment in that "The devs haven't specifically mentioned it as cheating, so therefore it must be ok". At the same time, you've got to go through a ridiculous number of steps to get the alt on the same server/same account.

The devs clearly didn't want people to have multiple accounts. They wanted people to form Hives and Warbands, and grow the community. If they wanted you to have multiple characters on the same account then it would be an easily accessible choice on the main menu.

Who knows if you're going to get banned. Its probably not a high priority, so if you stay under the radar you'll probably be ok.

[Millie Sec]

What the dev original intention is.... and they always change their intention from time to time.

"At launch, players were only allowed to create one character in Once Human. The game doesn't allow characters to be deleted, so players were upset to find themselves committed to only one character and asked for the option to be able to create multiple characters to use across different servers....
The developer has since responded to this player feedback by opening up the functionality for multiple-character creation. The announcement also includes an apology for the initial decision to limit character creation at launch, saying it unfortunately led to a "poor gaming experience.""

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/once-human-adds-multiple-character-creation-following-player-feedback/1100-6524846/#:~:text=After%20launch-day%20backlash%2C%20players,multiple%20characters%20in%20Once%20Human.&text=Once%20Human%20is%20a%20new,a%20limitation%20with%20character%20creation.

[raditz]

Handed out a few awards just to honor your comments, people.

All in all, the conclusion is, original intention was 1 character only and for good, later they decided players can go up to 10 but they say "across servers" so I guess their intention is closer to what @Narezza says.
Yet it's far too easy having multiple characters on the same server and many think this was intentional...

The Studio didn't answer my mail (yet?), so better safe than sorry, I stay with a single character per realm (Server), until they clearly state it is legit having more than one.

Cheers y'all!

[LostME]

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Postat inițial de Ogmios:

Sure, you can, I have 4 characters on same account. Next season I merge all 4 to same server. What are you talking about?

And this is no cheating, I play all 4 characters active in every season, bring every of the characters in first two phases at level 50.

And it is good so, then the game is so boring lol

It could be cheating, if you are with 2 or more characters at the same time in game active with scripts.

It's about the same server part, not the multiple characters part -- If you were meant to be able to do it then you wouldn't need to migrate your other characters into a server as a "workaround", it's obviously an exploit that they just haven't addressed yet.

And whether you think it's cheating or not (imo having access to multiple sets of memetic specializations simultaneously as a solo player is where that comes in), it's still taking up multiple server slots for yourself which may prevent a group of others from legitimately playing together.

If transferring several characters to a new season is an exploit, then what prevents you from having a non-steam client and a dozen accounts for the game?

[Ogmios]

Postat inițial de -Tr¡Ρ-:

Postat inițial de Ogmios:

Sure, you can, I have 4 characters on same account. Next season I merge all 4 to same server. What are you talking about?

And this is no cheating, I play all 4 characters active in every season, bring every of the characters in first two phases at level 50.

And it is good so, then the game is so boring lol

It could be cheating, if you are with 2 or more characters at the same time in game active with scripts.

It's about the same server part, not the multiple characters part -- If you were meant to be able to do it then you wouldn't need to migrate your other characters into a server as a "workaround", it's obviously an exploit that they just haven't addressed yet.

And whether you think it's cheating or not (imo having access to multiple sets of memetic specializations simultaneously as a solo player is where that comes in), it's still taking up multiple server slots for yourself which may prevent a group of others from legitimately playing together.

If you wanna talk about 'taking server slots'. then we should talk first about all that inactive players on an season server, they don't use any server slot? loooooool

You have no clue, 3 of my characters were created originated as bug testing on differnet servers and different conditions (begeinner, normal, hard server) in different times.

So, surelay I need to mitigate all together lol.

Anytime this happens automatically by joining new season. So you CAN have different characters with the same account on the same server lol.

And before you wanna talk about an game, you should check others for their playtime in that game, then with 213 hours you are an absolute beginner lol.

[LostME]

Postat inițial de Ogmios:

Postat inițial de -Tr¡Ρ-:

It's about the same server part, not the multiple characters part -- If you were meant to be able to do it then you wouldn't need to migrate your other characters into a server as a "workaround", it's obviously an exploit that they just haven't addressed yet.

And whether you think it's cheating or not (imo having access to multiple sets of memetic specializations simultaneously as a solo player is where that comes in), it's still taking up multiple server slots for yourself which may prevent a group of others from legitimately playing together.

If you wanna talk about 'taking server slots'. then we should talk first about all that inactive players on an season server, they don't use any server slot? loooooool

You have no clue, 3 of my characters were created originated as bug testing on differnet servers and different conditions (begeinner, normal, hard server) in different times.

So, surelay I need to mitigate all together lol.

Anytime this happens automatically by joining new season. So you CAN have different characters with the same account on the same server lol.

And before you wanna talk about an game, you should check others for their playtime in that game, then with 213 hours you are an absolute beginner lol.

I'm in season 4 now and my server only has 3 worlds. Previously servers had 15 worlds so where all these groups of people who didn't get on the server. XD

[Millie Sec]

Postat inițial de LostME:

Postat inițial de Ogmios:

If you wanna talk about 'taking server slots'. then we should talk first about all that inactive players on an season server, they don't use any server slot? loooooool

You have no clue, 3 of my characters were created originated as bug testing on differnet servers and different conditions (begeinner, normal, hard server) in different times.

So, surelay I need to mitigate all together lol.

Anytime this happens automatically by joining new season. So you CAN have different characters with the same account on the same server lol.

And before you wanna talk about an game, you should check others for their playtime in that game, then with 213 hours you are an absolute beginner lol.

I'm in season 4 now and my server only has 3 worlds. Previously servers had 15 worlds so where all these groups of people who didn't get on the server. XD

3 now!? 15 to 10 to 4 and now 3 worlds, we will have 1 single world soon.

[Neotropic]

Not reading every post. But.. I do use 3 characters on one server.

Main base where all my toons go and store ALL resources. And for purification's.
Other two bases are tiny bases for only farming oil and acid + farm,

What I recommend NOT doing. Building one giant base. We have some people with 4-5 accounts and blocking spawns at salt flats. Like 3 people with giant bases. Also, too much will lag others.

As long as you take other people into consideration and not interfere, then no one will really know nor care.

Why 3 characters? Mostly memetics. Plus, allows me to try and do different builds on each toon.

[BanzaiBob]

Postat inițial de Ogmios:

Postat inițial de -Tr¡Ρ-:

It's about the same server part, not the multiple characters part -- If you were meant to be able to do it then you wouldn't need to migrate your other characters into a server as a "workaround", it's obviously an exploit that they just haven't addressed yet.

And whether you think it's cheating or not (imo having access to multiple sets of memetic specializations simultaneously as a solo player is where that comes in), it's still taking up multiple server slots for yourself which may prevent a group of others from legitimately playing together.

If you wanna talk about 'taking server slots'. then we should talk first about all that inactive players on an season server, they don't use any server slot? loooooool

You have no clue, 3 of my characters were created originated as bug testing on differnet servers and different conditions (begeinner, normal, hard server) in different times.

So, surelay I need to mitigate all together lol.

Anytime this happens automatically by joining new season. So you CAN have different characters with the same account on the same server lol.

And before you wanna talk about an game, you should check others for their playtime in that game, then with 213 hours you are an absolute beginner lol.

the 'inactive slots' are place holders used by people with alts,. they stake a claim with it on a server, then go about pulling all their characters to the same server, since they have that space held by their alt...i,e, campsite,just the building terminal, or a single foundation with the terminal, it effectively saves that space for them whenever they are ready., usually this is done in large ore areas or areas that can be farmed heavily.

THIS is the core of the issue with players having alts, they effectively lock down areas OTHER players could be living at or farming until the last 2 phases then those areas are magically full of players, usually all in the same hive with houses linked. we actually had a guy on one of my past servers who started a hive that was SOLELY his alts and he would run them simultaneously and brag about it,

[Harmceo]

I think alot of the population have at least one alt from what ive been seeing lol. While they do get banned if reported most people dont care if its maybe one or two and they arent being used to block resources or other hot spots. Nothing is stopping someone in your house from making a account on the website launcher and having them join you on your steam account.

[BanzaiBob]

Postat inițial de Harmceo:

I think alot of the population have at least one alt from what ive been seeing lol. While they do get banned if reported most people dont care if its maybe one or two and they arent being used to block resources or other hot spots. Nothing is stopping someone in your house from making a account on the website launcher and having them join you on your steam account.

they also take spots in the game from new players. i have literally been on a new server that ran out of space in less than 3 days because of alts, LITERALLY in less than 3 days, that's what the devs are getting pissed about, no new players=no new money into the game=nothing new coming to the game as in content

[GTNBank]

Postat inițial de Harmceo:

I think alot of the population have at least one alt from what ive been seeing lol. While they do get banned if reported most people dont care if its maybe one or two and they arent being used to block resources or other hot spots. Nothing is stopping someone in your house from making a account on the website launcher and having them join you on your steam account.

The above is completely incorrect as the devs have never banned players for having multiple characters in the same scenario.

it is not against the rules to have multiple characters on the same account in the same scenario. I have been doing this for the last 4 seasons with no issues, others have been doing this since season two since we have been able to bring all our characters to the same scenario after the first season.

The devs have come out and already stated there is no issue with alts.

[raditz]

Postat inițial de sushihead:

it is not against the rules

Thanks for the update but I play the game less and less. Sadly, these season things are exactly the stuff ruin the experience, yet without this, the replayability is literally zero so...
Shame because this game could be huge if had a little depth...

Also, I still didn't get an official answer from the studio so... pfff...

But, thanks for the update again!