I made a guy on the Arcadia dimension, before I found out a new peculiarity about server technology in this game. Let me preface this by saying I was somewhat miffed that I couldn’t get one of my longtime and unusual gaming names on the Arcadia server, after having already rolled a version of the character up on the Daemon server.
It turns out that in The Secret World, all the game servers are actually “home dimensions” on what is really a megaserver. Basically everyone is on the same server, playing in “home” instances. By grouping, you can change over to the group’s instance or dimension (or server so to speak). My Daemon characters can group with tanstaafl’s Arcadia characters at any time. And essentially, I stole my own longtime unusual gaming name from myself. lol… Names are unique across the entire megaserver.
Also of note, this game could be the cure for my altoholism. Any character can effectively learn every skill in the game and alternate any ability set & gear loadout to fulfill any role at anytime. Well, anytime outside of combat that is. So, I rolled up four characters who can all ultimately duplicate one another after they collect all the skills… one of my issues with the entire Elder Scrolls series. The only differences between characters, and they are only slight ones, is which faction you join and which gender specific clothing you can wear. Granted, it will take a while to acquire ALL the skills and abilities, so the low level game still provides the illusion of unique character “classes”.
