Is it 2-boxing?

[Siberious]

Yes it is someone's opinion, it's the server Dev's opinion, and opinion of many on the server. Why do you friends care? There are dozens of other servers that allow boxing, go play there, your friends simply have a different opinion on boxing.

Boxing imo is toxic to the social interaction EQ requires over other games in order to progress, even limiting it to 2-boxing here takes almost every loot camp in the game and makes it "Soloable" by a single 2-boxer.

[Doctor Jeff]

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

Firstly, I like the no boxing rule, but is there anything that states "why" it isn't allowed?

I legit have a couple friends that are making a huge deal about why it is a rule in the first place and I haven't been able to find anything but opinions that they are dismissing because those aren't "official".

Thanks in advance.

The reason why is, one person, with 6-12 free accounts, can solo any content he wants. When boxing is allowed, it becomes mandatory to remain competitive. It is far too easy to "Solo" fungi king, or Faydedar, or Venril Sathir, etc.

[Bohab]

How about...

Is it 2 boxing IF...

You have a client at character select screen and a client that has a character in the game? And you log the in game character before logging in the other?

Is it 2 boxing IF...

You /exit and swap accounts quickly. If you happen to swap so quickly, one account is still in game LD?

[Thulack]

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

How about...

Is it 2 boxing IF...

You have a client at character select screen and a client that has a character in the game? And you log the in game character before logging in the other?

Is it 2 boxing IF...

You /exit and swap accounts quickly. If you happen to swap so quickly, one account is still in game LD?

Yes to first question. Grey area to 2nd.

[JackFlash]

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

Yes to first question. Grey area to 2nd.

This was talked about a while back. Using an exemption to quickly switch between characters is not legal.

[kgallowaypa]

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

How about...

Is it 2 boxing IF...

You have a client at character select screen and a client that has a character in the game? And you log the in game character before logging in the other?

Is it 2 boxing IF...

You /exit and swap accounts quickly. If you happen to swap so quickly, one account is still in game LD?

It shouldn't be considered boxing because if you are doing this from the same computer, even if your character is LD and in exit queue, you will still get the temporary IP block until the character has completely disconnected or the block is removed.

If bpoth chars are parked next to each other on question 2 and you perform and action on the other account, still being controlled by you, then that is boxing because your cheating the ip block system to give an unfair benefit to 2 different chars within a 10-15 second window. /Lawyerquest

[Bohab]

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

It shouldn't be considered boxing because if you are doing this from the same computer, even if your character is LD and in exit queue, you will still get the temporary IP block until the character has completely disconnected or the block is removed.

If one of the accounts has an exemption, the IP block won't occur.

[kgallowaypa]

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

If one of the accounts has an exemption, the IP block won't occur.

Then I think you already know the answer..

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[Bohab]

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

Then I think you already know the answer..

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No, not really. Seems like a gray area as mentioned. Guarantee people take advantage of this often.

[Leontius]

Having one character on charselect and another in game is not boxing, the clients must both be logged onto a character for it to count as boxing.

However, people have been suspended in the past for abusing an IP exemption to get an advantage while swapping characters (tracker -> COH/puller/tagger/whatever), so I wouldn't recommend it. The purpose of an IP exemption is for two people on two machines to play from the same IP, not so one person can have a speed advantage on character swaps. If you're worried about this, camping out or /q /ex and then waiting 30 seconds (like you would for /camp) is plenty to keep you off our radar.