Multi-boxing rule question

[Clark]

Originally Posted by Brooks2728 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Its because EQ (Live) had a subscription fee for each account, which limited the amount of players who would actually own more than one account. On P99 accounts are free and thus if allowed everyone would be making 6 accounts and 2 - 6 boxing everything. The end result would be everyone playing by themselves and not with each other. The community would be horrible.

Edit: not to mention, if every worthwhile camp only took 1 physical person to camp (1 person playing 6 characters) everything would be perma camped. The game would be horrible.

[webrunner5]

I 6 boxed for years on live with one computer. The computer was a beast. But it is really not that hard to do once you get used to it.

Sony loved me accounts wise. I paid for my sons accounts at the time also. We had 13 accounts all together. Hey it was a hobby. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Galelor]

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

This is not and never was winter's roar. I'm pretty sure that server was around back in 2003. I started this project in early 2008.

Winter's Roar was the precursor for the eq emu Shards of Dalaya.

[baalzy]

I started dual boxing live during PoP. Knew a guy who would 5 box but had 6 lvl 65s on seperate accounts. Started an ogre SK and boxed his druid to PL myself with. I also boxed the heck out of FFXI later when I took over a whitemage/blackmage account of an inactive guildmate. It made grouping in FFXI so much easier because our group was guaranteed to have a healer.

I'd probably 2 box here if it were allowed, the benefits are amazing. That said, I can see why it's not allowed. It's not like it takes much effort to be part of a CH chain with the proper macros setup. The raid scene would just be silly.

[Menaan]

Yeah, I started 2 boxing in 99. I never really considered it to impact my social play though. If there were people to group with I still grouped. If another person needed the spot of my box, the box got dropped and supported from outside the group or logged.

Heck if p99 wanted to implement something that said you can box a 2nd account if you pay us 15 a month I'd probably jump on it. The cost isn't a deterrent for me. Having a box makes the game more enjoyable for me But I follow the rules as they are on the server because even without a box p99 is more enjoyable than live.

[Yonkec]

Originally Posted by Brooks2728 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Its because EQ (Live) had a subscription fee for each account, which limited the amount of players who would actually own more than one account. On P99 accounts are free and thus if allowed everyone would be making 6 accounts and 2 - 6 boxing everything. The end result would be everyone playing by themselves and not with each other. The community would be horrible.

Edit: not to mention, if every worthwhile camp only took 1 physical person to camp (1 person playing 6 characters) everything would be perma camped. The game would be horrible.

This server would be absolutely ruined if multiboxing was allowed, camps are crowded enough as is. But dont ever think that the subscription fee dissuaded anyone from having 6 accounts. Live servers and their increasing subscription fees never stopped most players. The people who could not afford an entire bot farm could always just snag their friends toon when they were at work/school/speed induced sleep coma's anyway.

The real issue lied in macroquest or whatever, when people would code up an entire party of bots to follow them and react accordingly. That was both quite impressive and socially pathetic all in one!

[Gadwen]

When I 2 boxed on live it never stopped me from grouping, in the post PoP days I pretty much always had a buff bot hanging around that would keep our group buffed and kicking ass. If anything I would say it helped get the groups going, when a healer/tank wasn't around we didn't have to sit there and just hope one would go LFG, we could fight and have the buff bot keep us alive.

[Voland]

There was a 6-boxing enchanter on EQMAC, she would have 5 chars following her, all cloaked in Froglok illusion and with names like Enchanted, Bedazzled, Mesmerized, etc.

When she was buffing im POK, frogloks would stand behind her like an honor guard...
it was quite a sight!

[Akuma]

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

As a point of reference there's people who 12 box (or more) on The Hidden Forest.

Just imagine people 6-boxing here... would you want to play with an online community that just solo'd like that?

Heck no. I play these games TO BE social & interact with others. Why playing it alone all the time would really suck.