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Old 11-04-2016, 10:55 AM
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On Live, I played between Velious and LDoN. My two mains were a Dark Elf Shadowknight and a Wood Elf Druid. Both characters were on my one account, so I played them individually, trying to group with random people and some friends. My problem was, I couldn't be on all the time, and would often log on and find my friends or regular group member have leveled beyond me. So I spent a lot of time soloing.

When Planes of Power came out, SOE offered a character transfer service between accounts. The game didn't have mercenaries when I played, I bought a second account and moved my druid over to the second account. I had two EQ-capable PCs handy at home, and my 2-boxing solo journey began.

It was a glorious time. No more hassles with hell levels or getting around. And grouping with others, when needed, was fantastic (I supplied pulling/splitting/tanking with my SK, Druid supplied healing, nuking, thorns, evacs). I maxxed both toons in good time and soon did the raid thing.

Eventually I got bored with the raid grind, stopped playing, and moved on.

Fast forward to Project 1999. I created two accounts, one for my SK and one for my Druid, recreating those two toons here. No two-boxing meant soloing each one, but I left hope that one day they might allow two boxing and started the toons on their own accounts for that reason. There was no endgame for these guys. No raiding, probably not even max-leveling. I just wanted to play until I got bored.

I started with the druid first, getting to 15 and got bored. So, I worked on my SK, who was my main interest in Project 1999 nostalgia and found he was more fun. I solo'd him to lv30 and pretty much got tired of being in a hell level and parked him somewhere this past summer waiting for the factions on Gorge mobs to be fixed so I can turn Runnyeye into a support town for killing Misty Thicket guards.

Alas, I just don't have grinding time like I did way back in Live, but who knows, maybe on one random trip to the in-laws, I can sneak in a few hours here and there.

Should Project 1999's population drop enough where the admins change its policy and allow for two-boxing, I might come back more often, reforming my dynamic duo, and grinding out some more levels. Otherwise, no big deal. I'm not a raider. I'm not a platinum-for-profit item camper or MQer. I'm just a guy playing some EQ in spare time.

I was happy to play what I could, when I did. And maybe I'll play some more again soon.
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Old 11-04-2016, 11:09 AM
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Yea 2 boxing isn't a big deal. Not many valuable camps exist in game anymore with the deflation of items that would suddenly get locked down by a single two-boxer.

Plenty of people happily drop their box from groups and invite solo players too for their boxes slot.

It would make a lower population P99 server more maintainable. Eventually when there's nothing left happening, people will lose interest in Velious, and when this happens zones dry up entirely and groups are harder to fill or impossible to start because of crucial classes missing. That's where a 2nd box comes in.

Not some dumb 6-boxing automated mage nerd, just a melee and his trusty healer squire.
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Old 11-04-2016, 11:19 AM
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Yea 2 boxing isn't a big deal. Not many valuable camps exist in game anymore with the deflation of items that would suddenly get locked down by a single two-boxer.

Plenty of people happily drop their box from groups and invite solo players too for their boxes slot.

It would make a lower population P99 server more maintainable. Eventually when there's nothing left happening, people will lose interest in Velious, and when this happens zones dry up entirely and groups are harder to fill or impossible to start because of crucial classes missing. That's where a 2nd box comes in.

Not some dumb 6-boxing automated mage nerd, just a melee and his trusty healer squire.
A lot of theorycrafting here.

There are many ways to view how the server will end up. Who knows?

Maybe as many raiders get tired of velious, players who did not have a chance, or new players coming to P99 will fill those spots up and start raiding?

It's hard to say how long the server will go before population drops drastically. I think if and when that happens, a new server will be on the horizon to start up.

Allowing 2-boxing might be ok on a dead server that has a dwindling population, but as long as the server thrives with a healthy population not having 2-boxing is good imo.

The only reason to allow 2-boxing would be for convenience purposes, like swapping gears or rezzing your dead alt, but I don't like when people use 2 different toons to camp stuff. I think it only hurts the spirit of the game allowing that.

I imagine the guides and Rogean feel this way too. I am happy with how they manage the server in regards to rules on 2-boxing.
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Old 11-04-2016, 12:31 PM
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I feel like every year two years are added onto how old EQ is.
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Old 11-04-2016, 12:32 PM
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I feel like every year two years are added onto how old EQ is.
Hope it's the same for your post count too.

Good lord you spend a lot of time on here.
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Old 11-04-2016, 12:34 PM
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Hope it's the same for your post count too.

Good lord you spend a lot of time on here.
Ur on elfsim forum, commenting on how much time people waste on elfsim forum.
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Old 11-04-2016, 12:34 PM
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Ur on elfsim forum, commenting on how much time people waste on elfsim forum.
12 posts vs 1400. Good one.

Please people, there is a world outside of Project1999.

Edit: You know, I always laugh when level 60 raiders with over a year play time clocked in says to a mid level "UR ON THIS GAME TOO, YOU CANT SAY SHIT"

I mean seriously, is everyone autistic on here or just the raiders?
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Old 11-04-2016, 12:43 PM
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More or less everyone, with you as a shining example apparently.
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Old 11-04-2016, 12:47 PM
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12 posts vs 1400. Good one.

Please people, there is a world outside of Project1999.

Edit: You know, I always laugh when level 60 raiders with over a year play time clocked in says to a mid level "UR ON THIS GAME TOO, YOU CANT SAY SHIT"

I mean seriously, is everyone autistic on here or just the raiders?
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Old 11-04-2016, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Dronuspk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
12 posts vs 1400. Good one.

Please people, there is a world outside of Project1999.

Edit: You know, I always laugh when level 60 raiders with over a year play time clocked in says to a mid level "UR ON THIS GAME TOO, YOU CANT SAY SHIT"

I mean seriously, is everyone autistic on here or just the raiders?
holy shit this guy is mad as hell LOL
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