Why is boxing and live frowned upon?

[jcr4990]

Originally Posted by Man0warr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Community is what actually set classic EQ apart from newer MMOs, not mechanics.

Boxing, instancing, the Bazaar, etc all pretty much killed it.

Except for that tiny inconvenient fact that EQ Live's subscription numbers continued to rise LONG after these mechanics that "killed EQ" like PoK books and instances came into being. Most P99 players either don't seem to know this or they just play dumb to suit their agenda. But contrary to popular belief around here EQ was very much alive and thriving throughout PoP and even GoD. Subscription numbers didn't start to really fall off til after OoW. The number of people that got their panties in a bunch about cats on the moon and instanced raids is hardly a drop in the bucket. You'd never know that listening to people on these forums though oddly enough :P

As far as "Shit's Classic" goes. I very very very clearly remember many people 2 boxing in my guild in classic. I was one of them too. I never did more than 3 box and even that I hardly did. I felt then (and still feel now) that 2 boxing is totally reasonable. I can COMPLETELY understand why 3+ boxing isn't allowed and I realize its a slippery slope. Nobody wants to see people 6 boxing entire groups or some neckbeard 40 boxing his own raids. But I *personally* feel that boxing is fine if limited to 2 per person. I realize that'll never be the case for P99. Another "Not Classic" feature that will never get fixed while we get screwed on buff timers >.<