Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

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Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Arval » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:24 am

I have been playing Cantr for a about two weeks and I already love the game. I love creating a character with just a vague idea and see how does he or she turn up, what kind of people may they encounter, how will the experiences shape them. It's just enchanting and -unfortunately- addictive.

These days I have been with the ever-present feeling of creating more characters than the two ones I already own. But I fear this is just due to the initial excitement syndrome. I don't want to create a million characters now, play them for a while, and then having to kill them because I have no time for them.

That's why, uh, I wanted to ask you - how many characters can you handle at the same time? Do they take a lot of time from your daily life?
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby sherman » Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:20 pm

Well, that depends a lot about location you spawn, what you do with your chars and their position. I got 15 and I don't really have problems but if you want to focus on big things then I think less is better
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Millhouse » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:03 pm

6 is a good number for me.
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Arval » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:14 pm

Why 6?
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Millhouse » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:28 pm

I had 14 at one point and it was too much. Not just because of the time I was spending but because it was difficult not to bump into each other while traveling. I killed about half of them and now I find I have a bit more freedom.

Now I will say that the half that I kept were some of my favorites (not that I didn't like the ones I killed or the people around them. It was a difficult decision to kill them). So I guess you could argue that I couldn't have formed favorites if I didn't have 14 to begin with.

You just have to find a balance you're personally comfortable with. If you create a bunch and feel it's too much time being spent, but you'll have a really hard time killing them later then maybe hold off on making a whole bunch.
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Ahrta » Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:36 pm

I have 15,

Only two that I feel are very integral to what is going on around them, and only four others who I think would actually be missed.

The rest are very minor characters in the grand scheme of things, at least for the moment, "supporting cast members" basically. So I can often go days without them doing much other than perhaps a polite hello, or finding a new project if the current one is finished.

If they were all people of importance I certainly could not play them all and do them justice
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Arval » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:06 pm

From the current responses, I'm getting six maximum is an imperative in order to play the chars significantly.
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Millhouse » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:20 pm

It's not imperative, it's just what's worked for me. And you can't always choose which will be significant characters. You'll inevitably spawn a character in a dying town with no real way out or there's just no opportunity to play a big significant role. I'd maybe suggest spreading out character creation a few weeks between each to get a grasp of the pace of the game and don't give in to the urge to create a bunch of new ones when you hit a slow spell with your current ones.
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby the_antisocial_hermit » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:27 pm

The maximum depends on the person, and only the person can really judge what works for them based on what's going on in their life and their level of interest.

I have run the full gamut of characters in the past and been fine. At busy times of my life, some were more neglected. Some were always very minor. At times I would cut back, and I think I only kept about half (or maybe 10) toward the end before I stopped playing four years ago.

This time, about a year ago, I started with one. I added a second about a week later. It was another 3 months before I added a few more and until last month, I did not start another, because 6 was very comfortable for this time in my life. I was definitely tempted many times over the year, mostly by ideas I'd have, but I kept resisting. The 7th has worked out pretty well, and I'm still comfortable, though I do not plan on any more unless I lose one or end one when they are old enough.

Millhouse wrote:It's not imperative, it's just what's worked for me. And you can't always choose which will be significant characters. You'll inevitably spawn a character in a dying town with no real way out or there's just no opportunity to play a big significant role. I'd maybe suggest spreading out character creation a few weeks between each to get a grasp of the pace of the game and don't give in to the urge to create a bunch of new ones when you hit a slow spell with your current ones.

Spacing it out has been really great and I wholeheartedly agree with this suggestion.
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Re: Newbie question: how many characters can you handle?

Postby Arval » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:30 pm

Very well. For the time being, I'll try to remind six as a sensible amount and to manage with both of the chars I have. Thank you all for the suggestions. :)

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