Multi-boxing rule question

[drktmplr12]

I've seen people boxing 2 warriors, 2 clerics, and 8 wizards on THF. Ridiculous.

Lol that server was fun though.. I made a mage, warrior, and cleric. Leveling the 3 of them earned me around 50k plat... I used that to buy the mage's tier 8 pet. Pet was quadding for like 800. You could donate for a staff that would make him quad for 1600 instead... Anyways, farming AAs was pretty easy at that point. And it was a pretty lonely game.

[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.

[Raavak]

I 6-boxed EZ server like most everyone. It was fun for a week or so, but yeah, lonely.

[Daldaen]

Could limit to 2 boxing. Then I could res myself and buff myself and port myself and not have to worry about bothering other people again.

[Raavak]

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

Could limit to 2 boxing. Then I could res myself and buff myself and port myself and not have to worry about bothering other people again.

They want you to bother people :P Just not me! (jk)

[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.

[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!