Multi-boxing with your friend's accounts

[Slave]

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

If you have to use the words ostensibly and permutation to comprehend a rule...

It's pretty fucking simple people.

I understand the rule completely, something I thought I made pretty clear. Please read again, I'm trying to help you solve an apparent problem.

[Motec]

2boxing is rife on this server. Go to any empty dungeon late at night and check out the druids sitting afk while the little dude runs around killing shit, and when its time to move? yay one at a time or a piss poor attempt at looking like 2 people (when one runs into the lava lololol).

The best I've seen was someone try and convince me he was not two boxing by having a conversation with himself and me, but making the same spelling mistake several times with the same punctuation etc.

[Arkyani]

While it is obviously not perfect, it helps get rid of a LOT of potential multi-boxing. The rest the GMs just have to be vigilant about.

[Calabee]

i SO do not miss two boxing bard + cle on raid.. fuck twisting songs + being in the CH rot

[Motec]

Problem with boxing is people take it too far. Having the ability to rez yourself etc? Great.

Holding every $$ camp in the game 24/7 as you can 2-3-4-5-6 box it? I'd quit immediately.

[SupaflyIRL]

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

Problem with boxing is people take it too far. Having the ability to rez yourself etc? Great.

Holding every $$ camp in the game 24/7 as you can 2-3-4-5-6 box it? I'd quit immediately.

If you can limit the number of active logins from a certain IP to 1 you could certainly limit it to 2.

[Aum]

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

If you can limit the number of active logins from a certain IP to 1 you could certainly limit it to 2.

I think 2 would be reasonable, but then again, if I was able to box right now I'd be PLing my alt instead of leveling it in groups, which is probably another issue they want to avoid.

[Amelinda]

Some of you are missing the point. I'm not saying don't get your "friend's" account banned. I'm saying don't get your friend's account banned.

For instance: Let's say Kalmy has 2 characters on separate accounts. Druid + Monk. his monk is his "roommate's" character and he's boxing those accounts. if i ban both accounts i'm probably not going to lose sleep over it.

However...If kalmy borrows Tixel's druid to help himself level then I am going to feel pretty bad about banning Tixel. Will i do it? yes. Will it suck immensely for Tixel? yes. Will i give in and unban her? No. I have no way to prove it was kalmy being selfish and not Tixel being selfish.

Don't box in the first place and then you don't risk losing your friends character along with yours....just sayin...

(Sorry to pick on you Kalmy)

As far as boxing in general goes...it is against the rules and we do actively hunt for boxers. If you know of anyone boxing or see it, feel free to /tell amelinda or submit it via petition. Even if they are in separate zones we CAN and WILL catch them.

PS you are not as slick as you think...

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

In this case, only people who ALREADY have exemptions can ostensibly use their friends account to 2-box.

This is untrue. People use proxies, neighbor's wireless, cell phone tethers, air cards etc. People get freakin creative with boxing. Some people with legit ip exemptions use that to abuse the system once in a while and others request for a "wife" and 'brother' and "roommate" and "dog".

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

Why would they do that? I mean it doesn't take long to level a druid or wizard up to porting level, and the added layer of people is nothing but a risk. It doesn't make any sense.

laziness? but mostly it's because THEY THINK THEY WILL NOT GET CAUGHT.

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

I don't quite understand why multi-boxing is such a big deal.

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

If we allowed multi-boxing, everybody would just use macroquest and group with themselves. It would totally destroy a sense of community and having to rely on others to do things.

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

It seems to me that if you wanted to discourage multi-boxing .. or better yet promote grouping and community, then all you would have to do is give a bonus for groups that include players from different IP addresses, and cancel group bonuses (or even penalize) from groups that have multiple players from the same IP.

So i get six characters going, fire up MQ and connect through 6 proxies. problem solved, i get to 6-box AND I get an xp bonus....:/

until a GM or guide catches me....then I get 6 accounts banned...fun deal.

[Lazortag]

nalkin likes to two-box with a character named "Kimmie" but I don't report him because honestly I feel kind of sad that he has an imaginary girlfriend.

[Hijynx]

I enjoy actually socializing in an mmo again! I'm not against dual boxing, but if thats how they want it....that is how it will stay.

Bumonrug