WildStar's Troy Hewitt talks about the game's design philosophy

@DarkWalker
Yes, we have established that you want to do EVERYTHING with just one character, and never have to roll an alt to experience the rest of the game. That's not how most games work. I do not consider this a flaw, but a design decision.

@StClair

Never said it's a flaw. As you said, it's a design decision.

On the other hand, there are enough options out there that allow me to play the way I want that I don't need to look for games that don't please me for my fun.

The Path system - and how it is used to prevent each character from doing two thirds of the optional solo content if he is by himself - is my only large issue with this game. Without it, I would be looking towards WildStar. With the Path system used as an artificial restriction on what players can do, though, I will only look back to WildStar if I lack other options.

It's as much an issue with the game system as with the philosophy behind it, BTW. If the devs think imposing artificial restrictions on the player like that is good for the game, what is there to prevent them from restricting the players ever more in the name of "fun"? The system by itself might not be such a big deal, but I don't really trust developers that try to restrict players that way.

Regarding alts: I'm an alt-holic by necessity, not by choice. I want to do most things the game has to offer, and will create enough alts to do that. But, on the other hand, the lower the number of alts I need to achieve this objective - and the less grind I'm forced to repeat due to it - the happier I am with the game.