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Old 12-02-2010, 10:27 AM
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Default What exactly is Boxing?

The real question is, how does "Boxing" affect the average, casual
Project 99 player? Reports of others "Boxing" has had no effect on me whatsoever so im curious as to how it will affect others. Thanks.
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:32 AM
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This thread should get mixed results. Standby Ashimar for this one... I am sort of in agreement with you and I don't do it.....
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:33 AM
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Always search/google before you post.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ghlight=boxing
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ghlight=boxing

This has been beaten to death.
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:42 AM
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Your attempts at showing me how boxxing affects the average, casual P99
player are not met with success.
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:45 AM
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2 box duo locks down Lord/FG for weeks straight with 0 risk (enc/nec for example) and now controls your Yak/FBSS price baselines <- thats how



though I believe you're of the sentiment that WARS USE EXE AXE
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:01 AM
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2 box duo locks down Lord/FG for weeks straight with 0 risk (enc/nec for example) and now controls your Yak/FBSS price baselines <- thats how

though I believe you're of the sentiment that WARS USE EXE AXE
Yeah, that makes sense. Actually, i use the EXE AXE until it procs then switch
to the SSOY, because i do not have a haste item yet.
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Old 12-05-2010, 06:44 PM
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Yeah, that makes sense. Actually, i use the EXE AXE until it procs then switch
to the SSOY, because i do not have a haste item yet.
what does exe proc have to do with whether you have a haste item or not? I bet the answer is related to why you use an exe axe in the first place.
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Old 12-02-2010, 02:09 PM
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2 box duo locks down Lord/FG for weeks straight with 0 risk (enc/nec for example)
People actually box that kind of duo?
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Old 12-02-2010, 02:30 PM
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EQ Live is pretty much ruined because of boxing.

if you don't box, you can barely exp if your not a solo class. because everyone else is boxing and not interested in grouping. they can just invis to a camp with their pocket shm or whatever it is they are carrying around and exp/camp there.

Specially now with merc, 2 box ends up having a tank and a cleric merc. So, if you are playing a dps and a shm, it's uber easy to take any camp.

Of course, EQ Live want you to box so you give em more money.

Here it's different, and it's why it's so nice. you can group, you can get camps... you can play the game instead of logging on and going lfg for hours thinking it sucks and you can't do anything.

try making a noob rogue or something on live, see how fast you can catch up to the average player now. with like 85 levels and 2000+ aa's...
ramp up will be at least a year if not more.

trying to get up to par on gear when you can't camp it solo and can't get a group makes it impossible.


this should give you an idea of how things eventually degenerate when multi boxing is allowed.

Of course here, the world is much smaller, we aren't 234234 expansions in. so it would be much worst, as getting camps would be simply impossible.
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:11 AM
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Your attempts at showing me how boxxing affects the average, casual P99
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If you actually read the 10+ page threads on which people spent a lot of time, you'd see the same arguments you're going to get here. My guess is you didn't read those posts or any other already argued posts, or you'd have something more constructive to say.

It's clear that boxing affects the environment of the server, per Nilbog and a vast majority of the server. That's enough for them to keep it banned. If people can box, it's going to preclude a large population of people from participating in normal social interaction or grouping. It's just an obvious fact for those involved with this server and who have observed other private servers allow it.

Don't make the silly assumption that you're the first person to think "I can't think of a reason it affects me, so therefore it probably doesn't, and I won't change unless someone beats me with the facts for days on end, which isn't worth their time."

Either be intellectually honest and read the detailed arguments already put forth about it or don't bother asking. If you do, you're just proving you don't really care about getting an answer, you just feel like you should be able to box and that's all that matters to you.
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