IP restriction questions

[m22882]

how long do the devs usually take to remove IP restrictions? im trying to get my wife into the game as a fun thing for us to do after our kid hits the sack. we both have requested they lift the restriction b/c we are not boxing there are 2 pc's and 2 people playing and i have heard NADA back. was wondering if anyone else knows how long it generally takes. is it even worth my time to ask? kinda frustrated that we have to choose who gets to play EQ and who gets to surf the internet.

[Tupakk]

Weeks.

Get a VPN or tether phone in the mean time.

[Swish]

Weeks.

Get a VPN or tether phone in the mean time.

That will land you in hot water. Don't take this advice.

[sweettanuki]

im the wife in question. seriously weeks??? i know this is a free "service" and all, but... wow. do the GMs/mods just never play anymore? i know you dont like boxing and can understand that but this restriction is going to drive us to another server. we want to play together and this "rule" is pretty stupid IMO, especially when it takes "weeks" to get addressed. i could see 24-48hrs... maybe. m22 is going to be very disappointed that we cant spend the time doing stuff together.

[Sillyturtle]

how long do the devs usually take to remove IP restrictions? im trying to get my wife into the game as a fun thing for us to do after our kid hits the sack. we both have requested they lift the restriction b/c we are not boxing there are 2 pc's and 2 people playing and i have heard NADA back. was wondering if anyone else knows how long it generally takes. is it even worth my time to ask? kinda frustrated that we have to choose who gets to play EQ and who gets to surf the internet.

There is three things you should do in order to successfully get your exemption.

1. Do not bump the request.
2. Do not make any more threads like this.
3. Do not use any VPN service to get both online.

I know it's frustrating and it can take a long time. Weeks, even. Our current information suggests that they get done in batches. When enough requests are made, they clean them out. There is no way of telling how long this will take.

For your and your wifes sake, just be patient and resist the urge to say anything about it on the forums. People have been denied and knocked back in the queue for such things.

[Swish]

Tupak is a solid member of this community who would never give out bad advice. Swish is just fearmongering. It's okay to take Tupakk's advice.

good old elfpals chat :)

If the staff want to leave his and your comments there as legit advice then that's fine. I would think that would be in the IP exemption handbook if it was allowed, while waiting.

[Tupakk]

good old elfpals chat :)

If the staff want to leave his and your comments there as legit advice then that's fine. I would think that would be in the IP exemption handbook if it was allowed, while waiting.

It has been state by staff a few times over the last year. I have no interest in digging that up as its deep in many different threads.

Genuine people waiting for IP exemptions will be fine. Someone abusing it will be caught. The fact that he made a public thread will give them an account and a way to see if they are both playing or not.

Common sense fam. *muah* Swish *muah*

[tobolamr]

Our IP Exemption took 5 weeks. We simply leveled solo from level one, one at a time. No biggie.

[Kaight]

That will land you in hot water. Don't take this advice.

No it won't. Braknar confirmed in the p99 Discord chat a couple months ago that as long as you aren't doing anything illegal with the VPN (boxing,) you can use a VPN until your exemption goes though.

This is about the only useful piece of information that has come from the p99 Discord (no offense, Rogean.)

[turbosilk]

Anticipate it will take 3 months.

[fastboy21]

im the wife in question. seriously weeks??? i know this is a free "service" and all, but... wow. do the GMs/mods just never play anymore? i know you dont like boxing and can understand that but this restriction is going to drive us to another server. we want to play together and this "rule" is pretty stupid IMO, especially when it takes "weeks" to get addressed. i could see 24-48hrs... maybe. m22 is going to be very disappointed that we cant spend the time doing stuff together.

so don't play. the GMs and mods spend enough time to provide us with totally free entertainment without being told their policies are stupid.

they do them in batches every few weeks from what they've said in the past. they actually investigate them because they think the no boxing policy is important.

[NecroP99]

Weeks.

Get a VPN or tether phone in the mean time.



Afeni (Tupakk) also multi boxes multiple Dial A Port druids at a time. I don't know how he hasn't been caught, but he's pretty open about it in officer chat in discord. He constantly badmouths 40+ who don't tip him at least 50p. "They get almost that on one mob at that level" type of stuff.

Be wary of this piece of trash guild, if you need a port make it your last destination. There are several other porting based guilds that have sprouted up recently and I'd say start suggesting them. They are powerhungry and greedy moneygrubbers who talk shit about you as they port you around place to place, because they think that makes them important. And yes I was one of them for years.

/exposedend

[Llandris]

im the wife in question. seriously weeks??? i know this is a free "service" and all, but... wow. do the GMs/mods just never play anymore? i know you dont like boxing and can understand that but this restriction is going to drive us to another server. we want to play together and this "rule" is pretty stupid IMO, especially when it takes "weeks" to get addressed. i could see 24-48hrs... maybe. m22 is going to be very disappointed that we cant spend the time doing stuff together.

We have several Guides responding to petitions every day (in game and on the forums). IP exemptions are usually done in batches, which is why they can take anywhere from a few days to weeks. There are currently 75 IP exemption requests in the que, the Oldest from 2/16. A fraction of what it was a few months ago.

Posts like this devalue the work and dedication provided by the staff here. If you don't like the rules, or how things operate here, feel free to play somewhere else.

Thank you Cylock (http://www.project1999.com/forums/member.php?u=163211), Lirin (http://www.project1999.com/forums/member.php?u=160477), Menden (https://www.project1999.com/forums/member.php?u=150107), and Ellyss (http://www.project1999.com/forums/member.php?u=160613) for doing gods work. You don't hear it enough.