i realy like a single character.
Because that way you can concentrate to "perfectonize" your character.
See him/her grow into something great.
if you play with 2 chars or more, you have to deal with all of them, divide armor, commands, dealing with the AI...
And since i'm not a womman <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/exclamation.gif" alt="" /> things would go out of hand i'm afraid <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
in <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> i had the feeling that i was babysitting my deathknight all off the game, it was a bummer for me.
about story lines , it has to do with the child of chaos probably, or even better , in the time of the lord of chaos itself 1000 years ago, with all of the epic battles and see history repeaten {in real time} <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />