Nope. There's barely even a point to grouping at level 1.

The vast majority of players had:
- 1 computer
- dialup/no broadband
- 1 phone line.

If you were boxing, you were an extreme minority.

Not in 2002, man. Almost everyone by then was off landline modems and had acomputer(s) that could run second account, either on their main computer and/or on their old computer. You are talking like 2-3 years, easily within the window that a lot of gamers completely upgrade their systems. Boxing was all over the place by th time SoV arrived. I even once joined a 4 person group and soon found out the whole team was being boxed by the player.... was actually pretty decent group, too.

Cool story. It is not allowed here, will never be allowed here, and shouldn't be allowed here.

Pras Rogean

I wouldn't speak for rogean or anyone else for that matter.
And never say never unless it involves your sex life.

You can blame or praise me for the no boxing rule. This same type of argument was prevalent before I released p99. At that time, I said if there was less than 50 people, I would consider allowing boxing. Else, it would detrimental to a real community forming. I believe I made the right choice.

Also.. Velious released in December 2000. Research the % of people at that time who had broadband connections. Take that same % and the % of people paying for Everquest accounts, and you will find a very small statistic.

You going to STFU now DMN?

even less people knew about/used item recharging during this era

My whole family played EQ. My stepdad brought it home in August of 99 and along with my mom and little brother we all played. We had 2 computers and Cable internet(my dad worked for a cellphone company so they hooked all their employees up because he had to work from home sometimes). Usually my parents would play together and then if it wasnt too late my brother and i would get to play. We also rotated account when needed because we only had 2. My brother played on my dads and i played on my moms. We would box each others characters when needed since PC's were right next to each other on desk. My experience is completely not classic to many but was my way of life for years. Saying this i still feel this server is right about no boxing and its one of the reasons that the server is so successful because they have stuck to it. I spent more hours in EC then i care to imagine. While yes i'm sure there are some people that are boxing against the rules and have a toon sitting there the number i'm sure is less then you would think.I also think it should stay this way for the integrity of the server.