So, pretty much what you are saying, is what we have argued here already... this is a Massive Single-Player Online Game...
You are supposed to have tons of alts, and not play with one, and one alone....
As I stated before... I don't like alts... I have played MMOs for like 14 years or so... I was never able to lvl 1 alt... I always hated alts...
If that is the case here, maybe is just not the game for me... But I can tell you that alot of ppl also do not like alts...