Why is boxing and live frowned upon?

[iruinedyourday]

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

Have you ever said anything that isn't utterly retarded? I mean, most idiots manage to parrot something a smart person said from time to time.

lol

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[Thulack]

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

cus boxing is like the gateway drug.. you box, you WILL use MQ eventually no matter what you say or who you are.

Also as others have said, a select few would completely control the entirety that is norrath if you could box... I for one would camp like 9 things at once and I'm a frickn casual.

2-3 boxed for almost 10 years. Never used MQ never even used ISBoxer.

[iruinedyourday]

LIES

[Thulack]

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

LIES

I tried isboxer once but running Ranger, Shaman, Bard trio automation wasnt really something i needed. It was just a matter of swapping between toons quickly and having shit ton of hotkeys made that did all the functions i needed. Playing EQ isnt rocket science and playing 2-3 toons really doesnt take a ton of extra work.

[iruinedyourday]

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

I tried isboxer once but running Ranger, Shaman, Bard trio automation wasnt really something i needed. It was just a matter of swapping between toons quickly and having shit ton of hotkeys made that did all the functions i needed. Playing EQ isnt rocket science and playing 2-3 toons really doesnt take a ton of extra work.

haha this sounds like the slippery slope!

All im saying if you do box and you dont use MQ to warp your other 23 characters around the zone you're going to eventually.

I started boxing on live with 'oh it will be fun to have a cleric and an SK to play with together yay!'

that turned into.. I should get a chanter.. and dps... that turned into, sure ill take over your wizards, sure ill use your paly.. oh MQ? I dont know how to use that, whats that? /warp %t omg that was a lot easier than running my 6 characters.. hm this makes it so much easier ill just add 6 more...

what am i doing with my life

/q

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/q /q /q /q /q /q /q /q /q

hmm p99 whats this?

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[Frudrura]

Because we can't move on from a 16 year old game.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Mojo24 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sitting at your computer hitting a few buttons every 6, 12, 17 etc minutes isn't difficult. It's mundane and tedious.

Ok

[captnamazing]

because boxing leads 2 cancer and p99 is a very healthy community

[jcr4990]

Originally Posted by Man0warr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Community is what actually set classic EQ apart from newer MMOs, not mechanics.

Boxing, instancing, the Bazaar, etc all pretty much killed it.

Except for that tiny inconvenient fact that EQ Live's subscription numbers continued to rise LONG after these mechanics that "killed EQ" like PoK books and instances came into being. Most P99 players either don't seem to know this or they just play dumb to suit their agenda. But contrary to popular belief around here EQ was very much alive and thriving throughout PoP and even GoD. Subscription numbers didn't start to really fall off til after OoW. The number of people that got their panties in a bunch about cats on the moon and instanced raids is hardly a drop in the bucket. You'd never know that listening to people on these forums though oddly enough :P

As far as "Shit's Classic" goes. I very very very clearly remember many people 2 boxing in my guild in classic. I was one of them too. I never did more than 3 box and even that I hardly did. I felt then (and still feel now) that 2 boxing is totally reasonable. I can COMPLETELY understand why 3+ boxing isn't allowed and I realize its a slippery slope. Nobody wants to see people 6 boxing entire groups or some neckbeard 40 boxing his own raids. But I *personally* feel that boxing is fine if limited to 2 per person. I realize that'll never be the case for P99. Another "Not Classic" feature that will never get fixed while we get screwed on buff timers >.<

[jcr4990]

Also never once used or even tried Isboxer or MQ so.... Get on my level?