Are there any ways/things we can do so the admins know we are not boxing?

[Jobitussin]

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

It sounds like you're going to have serious problems here.

Yea that's more or less why I'm trying to find a way to prove we won't box. Stoked to have classic EQ to play but if this is going to halt us or make us continously have to restart or quit it's going to be kind of crappy. really don't want to pay for retail to be able to join the progression servers and even the progression servers are wayy further progressed then p99 so it won't even be as fun lol

[Nuggie]

If your group is constantly moving around and very active you wont have any problems. If your group is very lethargic then you will have problems. find a way to keep it lively. do crawls instead of camps. permafrost, paw, lost temple of cazic thule are very good places to crawl. challenging, fun, and usually empty..

[utenan]

I've had an IP exemption with my brother since the week the server opened - we've never had a gm come and test us. As long as you got 4 people at 4 computers I think you'll be fine. You won't just be banned one day - worst case scenario they come test you and you pass

[Ele]

Protip: Do not AE kite on your bard while the 3 of them sit afk off to the side.

[Sirken]

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

In my household with my girl and her family there is 4 of us that play on p99 and soon I will be in need of one more client limit per IP exemption for her dad. I've talked to a few people in-game and I've read enough on the forums to know there is ZERO tolerance for boxing. I don't intend or have even the slightest want/need to box. I'm also too much of an elitest with video games to cheat. Been that way since I was a kid. Only two games I ever cheated on were bloodrayne and nightmare creatures 1. (Ok now to the point of this.)

What I want to know is if we are all playing together. ie. grouping/farming/grinding/trading/transferring, is there any methods or precautions we can take to prove we are not boxing? I can supply more information then you requested if needed but will not go to a too personal point.

But yeah, I just want to know basic stuff we can do so that we will never be mistook for boxing so none of us ever have to worry about being banned. Everyone in the house is asking me questions about this that I can't personally answer so I turned to posting this thread.

Any input is appreciated and thanks once again for reading.

you'll be fine as long as you dont box. if your fam/pals are going to afk for a long period of time, i would suggest they log out, and not have you PLing their afk toons all afternoon.

most of the posts you'll see here are from people that are just upset about getting caught boxing. if you do feel youve been treated unfairly please go to the petition/exploit forum and make a thread.

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Sirken

[Danth]

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

But yeah, I just want to know basic stuff we can do so that we will never be mistook for boxing so none of us ever have to worry about being banned.

As with a few other folks, my wife and I have been with P1999 since it opened and never ran afoul of the staff. We alter our normal mode of gameplay only in a few ways.

A) Don't log in one of their characters to do a transfer for you, or to port you, or anything else. One character, one person--ALL the time, no exceptions. It would be best if you don't even know their login info.

B)The more active everyone is, the better. Boxers often favor simple classes, or simple roles for complex classes. The stereotypical Warrior/Cleric duo where the Cleric only stands up to heal then sits back down looks an awful lot like boxing even when it isn't. An Enchanter who doesn't do much except rebuff clarity every half hour might look suspicious. A bad pull where that same inactive Enchanter suddenly turns into crowd control Jesus--while everyone else simultaneously just stands around doing nothing--looks really suspicious.

C) A minor annoyance, but the wife never uses auto-follow.

D) If someone's AFK in a bad spot and a train or something bad happens, let 'em die. Don't run over to their PC and move 'em to safety. Again--one player, one character, ALL the time.

E) This one's irrelevant to the GM's, but if you don't want the stupider members of the community at large pestering you, don't give any of your characters similar names. On occasion some idiots have accused my wife and I of boxing for no better reason than our original characters share same surnames. None of our other characters have similar names and--shock!--these same self-appointed internet sleuths have never said a word to us when we're on those other characters. Morons play P1999 too, and unfortunately they can type out a /petition just as readily as someone who has an IQ higher than that of a grapefruit.

Finally, the staff recommends that if someone's going to be AFK for awhile, it's best for him to log out, particularly if the group's gaining experience. The staff maintains that if you don't box you won't get banned for it; while I can only speak for myself, as I said I've had no trouble with staff in some five and a half years on here.

Danth

[Swish]

Literally just make sure everyone is disciplined enough to camp out to character select if they need to get up from the computer - even for 1 minute.

Too many "but I was only gone for a minute I swear" stories around.

[Ravager]

Boxing's bad, m'kay.

[webrunner5]

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

Protip: Do not AE kite on your bard while the 3 of them sit afk off to the side.

Lol, well stated. Yeah the long AFK thingy is a Red Flag for sure. Or People on Follow is not a safe thing to do a lot either. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[nilzark]

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

I'm also too much of an elitest with video games to cheat. Been that way since I was a kid. Only two games I ever cheated on ...

Seems legit.