Outlaw Powerleveling

[Swish]

I don't see much sense in any of what you're posting funnily. You're acting as if boxing would be healthy for the server... while those that don't box have to put up with either soloing or converting to boxing. What's one of live's downfalls for a lot of people? Mercs, I hated the mercs and the anti-social playstyles that developed because of them. I'd say it killed the community spirit of the servers in fact.

What if a person's original EQ experience from 1999-2001 included 2 boxing? I know I started 2 boxing pretty early since my brother played a cleric, which was necessary, and he didn't play at the same hours as me. So my classic EQ experience includes 2 boxing.

It wasn't until Kunark that 2-boxing really started to take off. I noticed the difference immediately, token tank running through a zone with cleric on auto-follow. All very handy for a group situation, except tells weren't replied to and the guy pulling the strings wanted to solo. Sure, play your way... but bear in mind a bunch of other classes would have loved to have joined in rather than struggle.

And for your poor rogue that leveled into the teens and ran into people 2 boxing who didn't want to group... What does he do now if he levels up to the teens and sees a bunch of people soloing who don't want to group? It's the same thing. You pretend like eliminating 2 boxing suddenly makes everyone want to group together.

The server has worked quite well, in that if there's a shortage of a class there tends to be a shift towards people starting alts? Tanks, clerics, the works. Less LFG time is always a bonus right? Except we all know that a tank and cleric is fairly slow going without any dps...so people will group. That's what the old era was about, grouping. That's what people arguably come to this server to do... meet people, group up, make friends and enjoy the experience over again.

Allow boxing, and everyone turns anti-social, class options are no longer realistic options unless you too are boxing. You pretend like mass boxing will still result in a healthy proportion of all classes being played.

I'd be all for a blue boxing allowed server. I bet blue boxing would kill blue off though, so I doubt the devs would go for such an idea.

I'd argue the opposite. Most newcomers who are playing solo (ie, not with the "wife", "brother" etc) will not head to a boxing server... because there's not much chance of levelling along with a boxer unless they know him/her already. Therefore your pool of boxing potential players is limited to those who are here already, and many of those (though not all) won't want to start at Day 0 and level characters from the beginning without twinked gear.

[Swish]

Why not just add mercs then? Essentially the same thing.

[Raavak]

From what I see in guildchat alot of PL is traded between people, quid pro quo.

[hatelore]

Powerleveling isn't so bad, I think the dorf I powerleveled in Mistmoore would disagree with it being banned, same with the ranger and shaman I powerleveled in Oasis today [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] And yeah, It was one of the 5% powerlevels ( out of kindness) .

There is a huge difference between powerleveling and boxing. Do you really wanna see boxers take the majority of the camps, that is what happened on live? That is the beauty of this server, no boxing frees up tons of camps for groups! And when you can't two box you have to actually "interact" with people and get help, which is another cool thing about this game. Just my 2 cents.

[hatelore]

Anyone can sit here and talk about how bad powerleveling is, but I bet if someone offered it , your arse would be all over that powerlevel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] This game is tough enough as it is leveling, any break/help you get is a good thing !

[rikustrength]

Honestly I've been priveleged to have a PL a couple of times, and the only times it has ever happened to me is when a kind high lvl player has PLed my entire group. He pulled from our camp, and from much higher level camps that were unoccupied and completely impossible to do on our own. I don't see how this was detrimental to anyone else in the zone or in our group. We were a full group of 6 still talking and working together, no one else was short on mobs at any time, and we all added him to our friends list. There was much merriment to have, and I got a little bit of a break on my hell level.

Now, as far as PLing in a highly populated zone taking from prospective camps that appropriately leveled characters could be doing, that falls into a bit of an iffy category I think. It's really frustrating from the standpoint of a low-mid level character to see a lvl 60 breezing through an entire zone of mobs to PL one person when all you're looking to do is lay claim to one camp.

I don't think PLing should be outlawed, but I also don't think a PLer should be able to lay claim to more than one camp if a sufficient group of appropriately leveled characters is present. The rules as they are now say if you can hold it and maintain a presence, it's yours. But a PLer can often hold a whole zone. I say, if a group of people just wanting xp comes along, let the PLer get first pick at their camp, and let the other group take whatever else they want. It just plain isn't fair seeing people excluded from a whole zone of content because one PLer wants to pull the whole zone.

[Raavak]

If you wanna box just choose another server. Most allow it. The Sleeper is said to allow you to use 1 or 2 boxes. Part of the thing that makes P1999 P1999 is no boxing.

[Thulack]

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

If you wanna box just choose another server. Most allow it. The Sleeper is said to allow you to use 1 or 2 boxes. Part of the thing that makes P1999 P1999 is no boxing.

And thats why this is Project 1999 and not actual Classic 1999. The Dev's do what they "think" is in the best interest of the server if it's classic or not.

[Tarathiel]

PLing is fine just dont be a douche, 2-boxxing is retarded and will never be allowed on this server

dead horse is dead

[aegeryen]

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

PLing is fine just dont be a douche, 2-boxxing is retarded and will never be allowed on this server

dead horse is dead

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