I have alts mainly for something to do. I can't stand farming. Basically everything I do has to have a reason behind it or else I get really bored. I'm not the type that can just log on and go do random stuff and then log off, I have to have some sort of goal (X amount of honor for item Y, Z amount of Primals for item W, etc), and so alting is a way to entertain myself while my characters sit, essentially gear-capped for where I am in progression.

So after I got my first character in pretty much the best gear that was possibly within my reach, I started seriously playing a second character who got about half way there before I got bored of them and made a third. As things stand now my first character stands to gain almost nothing untill my guild progresses further, my second I never play, and I lead Karazhan runs twice a week on my third, who still has a couple things to get from there, on top of badge rewards. When I'm not raiding I spend my time leveling a fourth character. although I have 10 characters on my server, other than the aforementioned 4 characters only one is even above level 30, but at the current rate I'll probably have at least a 5th lvl 70 in respectable gear before WotlK kits

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