Multi-boxing rule question

[Frug]

I have no intention of breaking, bending, nor trying to get around the "no boxing" rule, nor do I want to whine about it; your server, your rules which is fine.

My question is simply, why does this rule exist? Was it ever allowed and abused, or to enforce grouping, or something else?

Again - I'm 100% fine with the rule as it stands, and am merely curious from a historical perspective.

Thanks!

[JayN]

it was when box first opened to promote people playing here also when it was known as winters roar server

[lecompte]

Only one character was meant/could play at a time in EQ original

[Brooks2728]

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.

[Frug]

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.

Ah, I get it. Thanks.

[Rec]

Because people are anti social you know whats

[Thulack]

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

Only one character was meant/could play at a time in EQ original

i 2boxed in 2000. Had 2 pc's right next to each other. Usually it was my mom and stepdad that were playing together but when they werent usually someone was boxing another toon in my house.

[lecompte]

Fair enough.

[Vindor]

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.

I tried to make this point a while back on a pantheon related site and got godwined as nazi like discrimination against multi boxer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Swish]

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?