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Devs are smart enough to know you could be using a VPN to make a second computer's IP look like it is logged in on the other side of the world. If they make both your IPs run a Box test at the same time, and you fail, your accounts go poof permanently after all the work you put into them. But believe me, there is boxing going on all around the Green server enough it appears the GMs are asleep. | |||
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As for the question in the OP, afaik this is not against the rules because raid guilds do it allllll the time to quickly level up new bots (usually clerics and mages) and I've never heard any stories of bannings for it. Earn dkp by logging in our shared bot accounts while grouped with a bard who swarms CoM all day! I'm really not a fan of doing this but it's not against the rules to my knowledge. I'm not sure how the box check would even go? If the other person who they think is you is literally at work and won't be home for 7 hours, do they just assume guilt or do they give you a chance to do the box test 7 hours later when the person is back home? Again never heard of raid guild bots getting popped for it but maybe it's happened. The best advice as always though is just to not risk it because losing all that time has gotta suck I don't care how many other accounts somebody has. If you still play eq at this point in your life losing all that time has gotta hurt. | |||
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The reason I brought up the guild bot example though is because it's exactly what the OP is describing: Another real person, in a real place, on a real computer, logging in a shared character and afk'ing all day while a different real person (the bard in this case) does all the work of grinding xp while the bot soaks. Guilds do this all the time, and I've never heard of a bot (or the toon grinding) getting banned for it, which would inevitably happen sometimes given how common it is to level bots (esp cleric bots) in this exact way. What I'm saying is, how are the GM's supposed to differentiate between the above, and somebody doing the same thing with a vpn or whatever? What gives away boxers is that there are two characters who are both active, but never do anything at the same time. If somebody is just afk for like 8 straight hours, how is the GM supposed to know if it's a box or a legitimate shared account PLing session? They would just outright ban both of you? | |||
Last edited by Ciderpress; 12-14-2023 at 07:03 PM..
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If you do something that's indistinguishable from boxing you are risking a ban OP
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The most common I have seen are boxes farming guards in Grobb. The main character is doing the farming. There is a level 1 Troll sitting in the tunnel to the zoneline, not interested in going outside and leveling. Just sits there. Occasionally the main character and level 1 interact, then the troll runs off to the nearby vendor and comes back to the tunnel. This same scenario I have seen in Kaladim and Rivervale. I have seen boxing at the top platform at the Aviaks and at the Gnoll spires in SK. I have seen boxing in Tox Forrest. Look for duos that complement each other at the exact same level that are together all the time, like a SK&SHM. Most are legit, but you can spot the ones that are not if you observe long enough. | |||
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If you get reported, a GM Is gonna show up and perform the box test with both of you. If your friend is AFK, not at the computer, or barely even knows how to play, you’ll likely fail. If you fail, you’ll get banned. Not worth the risk imo | |||
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