Starting a brand new account instead of continuing an existing one — often called rerolling — is a legitimate strategy some players use, but it's worth being clear-eyed about when it actually makes sense.
When rerolling can genuinely make sense
- Your existing account was started casually with no real plan, and you've since learned enough to know you'd approach early decisions very differently.
- You want to join a specific alliance or state that your current account isn't well-positioned for, and starting fresh there is more practical than migrating.
- You're early enough in your current account's life that the total progress you'd be giving up is genuinely small.
When it's usually not worth it
If you've already invested significant time into your current account — a developed alliance relationship, meaningful Furnace progress, a hero roster you've built — the fresh-start appeal rarely outweighs what you'd actually be discarding. Early mistakes are almost always recoverable through continued play; lost time and relationships are not.
What people underestimate about starting over
New accounts benefit from things a returning veteran player can't easily replicate quickly — new-player protections, catch-up events, and beginner-tier rewards. Rerolling to "do it right" can genuinely work well specifically because of these systems, not despite starting from zero.
A middle-ground alternative
If your dissatisfaction is really about your current alliance or state rather than your account's fundamentals, migrating is often a better fit than a full reroll — it solves the specific problem without discarding your account's actual progress.
Deciding for real
Be honest about which specific problem you're trying to solve. If it's genuinely about your account's foundational decisions, a reroll can be reasonable early on. If it's about your surroundings — alliance, state — a reroll is usually a more drastic solution than the problem requires.
