How Many Mains?

The question that plagues everyone! How many characters should you level up to 70 in an never ending quest to get more shit? Well really has to do with how much time you have for playing the game. You should never spend to much time in the game because real life is always more important then a video game. Also you have to ask yourself if you rather be playing a level 19 or 29 Twink. Unlike at level 70 ,where the best gear is always going to be something you are working for, at level 19 you are able to collect items before you become level 19 and you KNOW that those are the best items you could possibly have. No new season of arena gear will come out, no new raid instance will happen... those items are going to be the best for a long time. When you look at level 70s though you have alot of open ended questions that all lead back to "why are you doing this?" If you just simply want to get ready for the wrath of the lich king. Then level up all your characters to level 70 and get your crafting/gathering skills maxed and don't bother with reputation or epics. However, if you want to run around in raids and collect rare items then perhaps you will only be able to play one character. I will tell you that until you get your 3-4 main characters to level 55 in order to max the crafting and gathering skills you will be missing out(especially when WotLK comes out). So just think about what it is you really want and do that. Some people can't stomach leveling up one character in the exact same way they just leveled 2 characters that week. Some people just want one character to play the whole game. Find out what it is you want and hopefully you will be one of those players that has at least a few maxed out level characters before WotLK comes out. (I say that because many players felt cheated that players that showed up to outlands basically nude got the same gear as full epic characters by level 70)