This isn't accurate suggestion yet, but... I hope it'll found
what to pay to that damned replication center.
Probably, someone suggested it before, but all I've found is:
http://fodev.net/forum/index.php?topic=4645.msg42147#msg42147pay per play = one real measure against alting...
Yes, but not in real life currency, you should pay to replication center in in-game currency, or else they will find you and delete your character forever.
It must contain something, that every type of character can get, if you're non-combat character, or powerbuild, or tagged gambling and speech, etc. and if you don't get it in time, your character... will instantly die like other mortals. Of couse "in time" means online time staying, because if a player playing this game once a month 1-2 hours it'll be painful for him..., so it must calculate only time staying online, but:
Stage 1: crafter-alts or your clones with names HelloImClone1, HelloImClone2, HelloImClone3, HelloImClone4, HelloImClone5, (yes, it's an example) who appearing instantly after you've killed one of them in TC (or somewhere else) one by one by one by one aren't online much time, so it'll not be a problem for them, but again:
Stage 2: You'll need to
pay to replication center if you die too often of your
time online/deathes ratio. Again... they will stay afk somewhere at base then, to be online very much time, now we returning to stage 1, so if you're online much time or online not much time but staying in "replication time" most of your time online, then you'll need to pay something, or do annoying quests, I don't think it's so painfuly, if you have only 1 character, but if you have 5 clones, yes, it'll be hard.
"Pay" means not caps, it means something to do/give/offer, I don't know what to suggest, but it shouldn't be caps. I think quests (without CH and other skills/stats/reputaton requirements) is the best solution. Atleast any quest, may be replication center will have thier agents everywhere who looks like simply citizens/peasants, who already gives quests to you or something.