Ban account sharing?

[sajbert]

What if account sharing was prohibited, do you believe it would make for a better game?

I've heard it wasn't allowed on live but don't have any source to confirm, does anyone know what the actual situation was like?

The consequences would be many. For example,

- Guilds could no longer park armies of cleric bots. Instead players would have to level clerics of their own or raid park their mains. No more wizard bots either.

- High level enchanters would need to be more careful farming. No more parking a cleric alt up in hate and ask a buddy to res you if/when things go south.

- If we ever see legacy camps again people wouldn't be able to go 4 days straight, curbing the number of hours camped.

However, it would also be difficult to enforce outside of obvious cases, i.e. guild bots. Not that every case needs to be enforced, simply there being a rule against it would restrict much of the practice. Not everyone is willing to cheat and if they did it sometimes would be apparent to everyone in the zone.

[Seducio]

I'd have to see it to believe it but this would be a welcome and classic change.

In '99-'01 very few folks were passing around credentials that they were paying a monthly fee for.

[loramin]

It would make the server significantly better, and more classic.

However, it would be technically challenging, if not impossible, to implement it without also preventing people from playing at work, at a coffee shop, on their mobile network when their landline goes out, etc.

[Toxigen]

It would kill the raid scene.

[Seducio]

The technical infeasibility / probable invasive actions required is why I doubt we'd see it here.

Easiest way to implement this would be to simply require a $10 to $15 monthly subscription donation amount per account monthly cost. Which they won't do under their current structure even though if they hired a creative accountant and renegotiated with Daybreak they could pull it off.

[Crede]

Originally Posted by Seducio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The technical infeasibility / probable invasive actions required is why I doubt we'd see it here.

Easiest way to implement this would be to simply require a $10 to $15 monthly subscription donation amount per account monthly cost. Which they won't do under their current structure even though if they hired a creative accountant and renegotiated with Daybreak they could pull it off.

I’d pay the monthly fee. Shits classic.

[Troxx]

Originally Posted by Crede [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I’d pay the monthly fee. Shits classic.

Monthly free for p99, even if possible (it’s not), would be a nightmare. Most people have 1 character per login. I learned this late and have one account full. The rest are single toons spread across 3 more additional logins.

4 monthly fees … yeesh

I bet there are some people that, for personal use only) have 10 or more logins with 1 character per.

[sajbert]

Originally Posted by Troxx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Monthly free for p99, even if possible (it’s not), would be a nightmare. Most people have 1 character per login. I learned this late and have one account full. The rest are single toons spread across 3 more additional logins.

4 monthly fees … yeesh

I bet there are some people that, for personal use only) have 10 or more logins with 1 character per.

So allow a one time merger?

[bobjonesp99]

you wouldnt have enough clerics and 1 guild would dominate even more than they already do

[Jimjam]

There would be a lot more pressure to play optimal classes instead of whatever you want as it would no longer be a case of like 6 people borrowing key guild toons and everyone else just having a bit of fun.