Anti-boxing1?

[Shrubwise]

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

Ok, so I am new here so please be gentle!

Why is there such a harsh anti-boxing ideology?

I have played normally and I have boxed over the years. I can do either, but boxing tends to add fun to the games that I get bored with...

I am not an obnoxious boxer, I drop my toons if theres someone wanting in the group, I buff people and am generally a helpful person.

I was a bit taken back when I came here to find out why I was restricted to one IP to find such a harsh anti-boxing stance.

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Qenni
lvl 3 Bard (just started last night! and am loving it)

For the record, I agree with you Qenni. I don't think boxing is the 'end all' of EQ. Like you said, most folks would probably use it for a port or a corpse summon or a rez, or buffs. Which I would be fine with.

I think the reason it has no place on Project1999, is because the server is already congested as it is. If this were a low-pop server, (which one day, who knows? It may very well be) then boxing would be allowed. That is one thing that PEQ is doing right -- there's too much content and not enough players, and they allow boxing. Seems like a pretty positive environment on that server.

[Sixpence]

Because I LOVE playing with 5 other players in a functional (sometimes, not to) group. The banter, mistakes & experiences. Some great times are had & it's why I play/ed EQ.

We tried Ragefire & it was painful.... Here we are.


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[paroxysmal]

thanks shrub and six for your kind words and understanding and the welcome!

[Voland]

Few years ago I have played on the EQMac server and we had a cool static group with me and two others. It was great fun until we reached level 20 and they both started boxing. After that, there were so busy switching characters, they had no time to talk and grouping with them became boring.

[Pipip]

There are so many other places you can box. Why do we need another place to box?

[Kalaxus]

I was helped out by many boxers over the course of eqLive, even had one drag both his toons away from doing productive work just to babysit me in Najena; I mean literally sit there outside her door waiting to see if my first solo attempt on her would fail miserably. Most of my boxer experiences were tag teaming remote locales and using the pocket druid healer to negate downtime post combat. though the occasional extreme overpower burn shield was used. I never viewed those who used it as unfair advantage, was only ever jealous I didn't have the ability to instantly travel to other continents and be blessed with never ending speed boosts and 0 downtime. Never ran across any boxers camping my rare spawn quest npcs or anything. And I think mostly my acceptance of boxers lies in the fact they already got a toon to 50+, they already spent their time in the trenches, why not let them try out some new classes without returning to the pain of day one issues. Classic EQs biggest issue imo, were guilds gearing and power-leveling complete newbs polluting higher level pug groups and raids with kids that don't even know how to play their role.

[ClubnRed]

Boxing will ruin the server entirely and will cause many to leave. Not playing the game the way it was intended to be played ect.

Pretty common sense really.

[new player]

rules are rules. you may not box AT ANY TIME!

[uolen]

I boxed once. Got to level 35, everything was so easy. Got utterly bored and quit eq. Easy is not eq. If youre using the word easy and eq without not, you are paying this game wrong.

It reminds me of gta San Andreas. Was loving the game, then decided to use cheat codes. Got everything I wanted, quit the game in a matter of hours. Bored. Good things come to those who DON'T BOX.

[Caladbolg]

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

If youre using the word easy and eq without not, you are paying this game wrong.

Or retail.