What do you think about PL'ers?

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

"At what point, if any, does power leveling get to a point where it takes away from other players enjoyment of the game?"

When at peak time, some guild decides it wants to move in to a popular camp (such as the lake or GY at Mistmoore, or even the castle) and deprive a legit XP group of being able to level at the speed they're capable of. It's happened to me, it's happened to a lot of people I know... and Amelinda has previously said that it needs to stop. There's no grey area in this, if you want to PL during peak hours, take it to Droga/Nurga/somewhere quiet and leave the standard groups to enjoy the more common levelling zones... because I'll bet 100k plat that if you, as a power leveller were in their shoes, you'd be pissed off as well.

A big argument for no boxing was that it would somehow deter grouping and lead people to solo more and take away from legitimate groups. I am quite neutral here on all topics, but i just wonder where is the grey area between not allowing boxing, but turning a blind eye to certain PL'ers that seem to be causing the same detrimental effect?

You can box/merc on every other non-P99 server, if you want to box...show us a clean pair of heels and do it elsewhere. 2-boxing makes grouping for regular players more difficult as it usually involves a tank/healer combo that doesn't want extras. I'd hate to zone into Oasis/Unrest/etc and see 2-boxing everywhere and not be able to get a group. You're just encouraging more solo play on the server due to too much LFG time and there's plenty of necros floating around already.

Boxing hasn't been tested on this server, but it wouldn't be a change for the better. Classic EQ was all about grouping with others and learning a class together as a group, not isolating yourself because you can do things quicker.

Also you'd see an increase in people levelling accounts to sell off, so there's no benefit to new players on the server at all.