First, LOVE Dean's post. :P Good attitude.
Next... since people say that it's just WLS supporting, and non-WLS against, or whatever... well, fine, I'll reply.
What's your deal? I mean, really, if a bunch of friends in multiple realms play together, so be it.
I'm not in WLS in Alsius or Syrtis (I would never, not in a million years leave my clan in Alsius, not with the members the way they are, and I am in a friend's clan in Syrtis for their sake). I might be inclined to join in Ignis, but I don't play there much at all. OK, sure sometimes people work together. Though, this happened before multi-realm WLS... after all, had some GREAT Alsian/Iggi Syrtian hunting parties, or Alsian/Syrtian iggi hunting parties in the past... not sure if they have had Iggi/Syrtian Alsian hunting parties... I haven't been in on those. :P
As for multiple accounts, if NGD wanted to get rid of this, the first thing they need to do is implement a banking system. A good shared (clan) and personal bank would be GREAT. Heck, personal banks are easy to figure out, then clan banks could be like... well, they could use the player ranks. So, when you deposit an item, you can set it for rank X and above, and of course everyone would always have access to whatever items they donated (with who donated it indicated, maybe? Maybe record the original and last person to deposit an item?) Say, with clan rank 1 being the leader, you could set it for anyone ranked 3+ can have access to the item, when you deposit it, and if you are the 4th rank, then you would too if you deposited it? Just a theory...
Beyond that, another reason for multiple accounts, people who want to have more than 3 players in a realm. Personally, OK, I can REALLY understand NGD on this, since the 3 player expansion is a purchasable item. All 6 of mine are on one account. For those who have the older accounts, it would be nice if, when people purchase that, they could combine accounts. Then NGD could make a way to still get people to buy the 3 player expansion, and combine, say, 2 accounts into one.
After all, actually getting the 3 player expansion is just a function of supporting the developers for their work, and I can respect that. Particularly given how much time I spend enjoying their work.
Heck, I'd gladly combine accounts if they made it so that you could buy a realm expansion to your account. Why not? I mean, MOST people do have accounts in multiple realms. It is surprising how many I talk to that do... so, work with it. I'd do it. Why not? Make it reasonably affordable, like the 3 player expansion, really, and there you go.
I mean, OK... I haven't done TOO much to support NGD yet... only have 1 L50... :P But, I see... making... an investment... when I get my other 5 Alsians to 50.
We'll see how it goes.
Point is, people do, WLS is great, and there are some good reasons for it. Beyond that.... OK, I got a bit divergent about my thoughts. Oh well. <sighs> Maybe my point is, why don't we just respect the devs, respect the other players, and all just... like WLS says, understand it's just a game? Bother...
- Your friendly neighborhood conj: signing off.