This isnāt new. It was an option back in the days, the it was removedā¦
Before CCP added the launcher, eve had two logout options like now. ālog outā option restarted the Eve client so it returned you to the login screen.
And all they needed to do to make the return to character selection happen was to restore this old option. Now the launcher does the login prompt, so Eve client starts at the character selection screen and the old style restart does exactly this.
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It didnāt return you to the login screen. It restarted the client. Thereās a difference between the two. A fairly significant one, with the way it worked.
With the way authentication works, the token used to auth you would, most likely, be expired. The launcher would have to give you a new one to get you in.
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Steve is correct. It NEVER allowed you to stay within the client and go back to character selection. The game didnāt have a launcher back then, just a log in front for the client, but you did have to log in again in order to change character.
No you didnāt, not for the first year or two / three.
And by all accounts, buggy as hell 
Typical CCP work quality but at least they did something other than completely screw up.
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MCT should include logging in all 3 character slotsā¦ assuming the +2 were MCTād.
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Heresy!
Itās actually cheaper to run 3 omega accounts instead of 1 omega with 2 MCTs active in most cases (excluding the rare sale like the current one) so if you want to log in 3 characters at once, there you go.
What we should be asking is why would anybody pay $20/mo for an MCT slot when they could just have a 2nd or 3rd account at $15/moā¦ and be able to log all on at once.
Am I really that stupid and bad at economics and logic, or am I right?
Yes, but when the alts are finished training (because they have a limited use like scout, industrialist, PI, or trader) then you can stop paying the MCT and get full use out of them, but only paying for one account. The other guy is still paying for three - or they become alphas.
āGadget just trains everythingā¦
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i think is a generation thing but it took 1000 years to make this button , me , use it , thats all right, ty ccp ā¦mate 
Which is why I said āif you want to log in 3 characters at onceā 
If you donāt, MCT is more cost-effective for short-term skills training needs.
Edit to add: In case you hadnāt seen it, I was responding to a specific player - not making a general use statement.
We already know that, actually. Well, not in perfect detail, because then theyād have to explain the source code. What we do know though, is that the code was so intertwined with your character being logged in, that it apparently wasnāt possible to do this without literally months worth of rewriting the code.
Considering that we know that theyāve been at this for years now,
and considering that theyāve announced the end of the ābulk loadingā window at login,
I guess it means theyāve finally worked themselves through it.
Through it, assuming that ālogging inā was literally the root of everything,
which I tend to believe based on the tidbits weāve gotten to know over the years.
At least it seems logical.
vOv
Iād say you went into the right direction,
but didnāt spend enough time on it,
thus you didnāt go deep enough.
Many people consolidated accounts when MCT got introduced.
I remember it causing a drop in player count.
Thereās more to it than just āhaving a character somewhereā. Itās also about organisation and cost. When I donāt need to use/skill both at the same time, then I do better with both chars on the same account. A second account is only then required, when I wish to use/skill both chars at the same time. Otherwise itās unnecessary.
As we can now skill two characters on one account at the same time, many people moved some alts from one account to another. Itās also a cost saving measure. You sub only one account. When you only need to be able to use/skill one of the characters at a time, then subbing the second account is a waste of money.
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For some reason people believe this to be a thing, but it really wasnāt. They exist on reddit too, where theyāre met with the same responses over and over again.
Dig through your memory: You always had to log in again.
Always.
Thereās a reddit thread full of this.
decade, try almost since the game was made. very early it had the ability ive been told but ive seen the request since 2005 and even the devs give the excuse āit would take a handful of devs 6 months for a 15 sec advantageā
Yup,
I also canāt remember it being in there in beta but then I canāt remember very much of beta other than cascading error messages.