CharacterLimits
Your account can hold multiple characters, but not an unlimited amount. There are three limits:
Character Limit
The total amount of characters you can have in your character list. If you hit this, you can not create any more characters until the limit is increased or you permanently retire characters.
This value depends solely on your time in the game. You start with 4 possible characters, then you get +1 slot after a week, another +1 after a month and from then on +1 every year you have been playing. For the record: Yes, that does mean a few old players have a current (2012) character limit of 15+.
Active Limit
Not all of your characters can be active at the same time. You can have more characters (up to your Character Limit) in your character list, if the additional ones are paused. This allows you to put characters you have grown fond of but bored with into temporary hibernation for a while. Initially, you can have 3 characters active. There are two ways to add to this limit. If you donate to the game, we will give you +1 Active (and also +1 Noble, see below) as a small "thank you". Long-term players and those who are considered especially good contributors to the game (as decided by the medals system) will also get a +1. These last two do not add up, so you can get at most 5 active characters.
Nobles Limit
Not all of your characters can be nobles. You begin the game as a minor noble family, which only has two noble character active at any time. As your family fame increases, so does the number of nobles your family can afford to sustain, up to a maximum of four. Donors get +1 here as well.
Clarification
1. Everyone gets 3 active characters, 2 nobles, and 4 characters in total at the start.
2. If you have 5 or more fame, 1 more noble. If you have 20 or more fame, 2 more nobles.
3. If you donate, 1 more active character, 1 more noble.
4. If you are a long time player (multiple years) and/or recognized by the community (medals), 1 more active character.
5. Depending on how long you've played, you get more characters in total, after a while it's 1 per year.
6. You always have as many or fewer nobles than your active character limit (forced).
At the beginning
- Characters Limit: 4
- Active Character Limit: 3
- Noble Limit: 2
At 5 Fame Points
- +1 to 'Noble Limit': 3
At 20 Fame Points
- +1 to 'Noble Limit': 4
Donation
- +1 to 'Active Character Limit' and ' Noble Limit'
5 Medals / Old Player
- +1 to 'Active Character Limit'
Every anniversary of your account
- +1 to 'Character Limit'
You always have as many or fewer nobles than your active character limit (forced).
