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**nilbog** · #1 09-04-2011, 09:50 AM

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are not classic

Players owning 2 PCs, with 2 internet connections (or a router and magical cable modem) prior to Luclin comprised maybe.. 1% of the eq population? < 1%?

We are statistically recreating classic.

Aenor · #2 09-04-2011, 10:40 AM

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Players owning 2 PCs, with 2 internet connections (or a router and magical cable modem) prior to Luclin comprised maybe.. 1% of the eq population? < 1%?

We are statistically recreating classic.

I two boxed pre luclin. There was no IP restriction so I didn't need any magical cable modem, just a standard router. Was using them side by side at the time... hadn't discovered the KVM switch and EQ Windows hadn't been written. I wasn't rich enough to have a "Hydra" like Scott Adams or to 6 box farm the fungi like Brock Pierce.

**nilbog** · #3 09-04-2011, 10:56 AM

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I two boxed pre luclin. There was no IP restriction so I didn't need any magical cable modem, just a standard router. Was using them side by side at the time... hadn't discovered the KVM switch and EQ Windows hadn't been written. I wasn't rich enough to have a "Hydra" like Scott Adams or to 6 box farm the fungi like Brock Pierce.

Yep, I'm saying you're a statistical anomaly when compared to the total amount of live eq players from 1999-2001. I boxed too, in velious, but never with an additional account I paid a monthly subscription for. It would be from a spare lan setup pc and a RL friend's account. What we have here is a collection of players comprising that 1% which would seek out and play a 12 year old emulated game. These people do not need to own 2+ pcs, the client allows for windowing, and no one pays a subscription fee.

My biggest problem with boxing, especially in pvp, is that boxing is not so much an option as a necessity. If someone can box, they *should* box, or be a great detriment to themselves.

To recreate a classic experience, the average player you encounter should be an individual, not a player with a robot in tow.

Aenor · #4 09-04-2011, 10:59 AM

It seems to have done wonders for the population of P99 so I'm all for it. More interested in a target rich environment than two boxing.

Sniperfire · #5 09-04-2011, 12:17 PM

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Yep, I'm saying you're a statistical anomaly when compared to the total amount of live eq players from 1999-2001. I boxed too, in velious, but never with an additional account I paid a monthly subscription for. It would be from a spare lan setup pc and a RL friend's account. What we have here is a collection of players comprising that 1% which would seek out and play a 12 year old emulated game. These people do not need to own 2+ pcs, the client allows for windowing, and no one pays a subscription fee.

My biggest problem with boxing, especially in pvp, is that boxing is not so much an option as a necessity. If someone can box, they *should* box, or be a great detriment to themselves.

To recreate a classic experience, the average player you encounter should be an individual, not a player with a robot in tow.

im not being a dick but have you ever pvped? like ever

**nilbog** · #6 09-04-2011, 01:27 PM

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im not being a dick but have you ever pvped? like ever

Classically in EQ, I played on Erollisi Marr, which was PVE. I had a character on RZ which I would play when emarr was down, or when I needed to pvp. The short time I played Shadowbane, I pvped. In 2004 when eq started really sucking, I started wow beta. Played pvp wow from 2005-2006 as a pvp guild leader on Burning Legion. Played Vanguard after that, till late 2007 or 2008(?), when I came to eqemu. First server I played here was VZTZ, item loot era. Got to 50, killed people, and realized to continue I would need to be boxing (to have my own healer as well as being a requirement of joining Heresy, iirc). Shortly after that, I tried a couple of the classic servers available here, then made my own. I am one of the only p99 developers that cares about pvp whatsoever, btw.

Screenshot of this era. No idea what vztz box # it was.

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