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Old 03-05-2015, 09:06 PM
kildone kildone is offline
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Default What's the beef with boxing?

*Edit Thank you for the thoughtful posts and insightful information. I will add these to the post*

I have seen comments in other threads but wanted to hear opinions in a thread specific to the issue. I honestly don't get it and think the arguments against do not hold water.

It very likely I am just ignorant on the issue. These opinions against are likely based on experience. Did P99 ever try it?

On live EQ I knew a number of folks who two boxed and one guy who would play up to 5. These guys always preferred grouping to boxing. Always glad to drop down to one character to allow folks into a group.

On blue 99 when the server was new I could understand a ban, but when I was leveling 1-35 two years ago the server was so top heavy that I had a real hard time finding anyone to group with. So much that I stopped playing my cleric to play a Druid so I could solo effectively. Part of this is likely due to mostly being able to play during non peak times?

I would suck at boxing myself but at least I could play any character like maybe a warrior if I had a cleric on the side to buff and heal. I don't want to get banned though so...

On red99, 6 months ago and now recently on a new character I can rarely find a group even in CB or Unrest?

Thoughts on boxing MMOs in general? Advice on finding groups on P99 servers < lvl 40?

******* Edit
There are reasons that boxing was rare that I did not think of (certainly discouraged me from trying boxing, I remembered now that it was mentioned:
Internet connection issues and hardware constraints
On live you had to pay for your accounts, which inherently limited boxing. Accounts are free on an Emu server

Bad things that can happen if boxing is allowed:Locking down camps (I guess I can imagine some people would be able to lock down multiple camps and refuse to give any up)
Using tools to enable small groups of people to lock down raid targets

Good things that can happen if boxing is allowed:
Regardless of what some people say, it can often be hard to find groups on an top heavy server, boxing enables one to play a class they like and still be able to do content and travel

Why trying to enforce boxing can be difficult / impossible
Quote from apio - the argument for P99, since there is limited content for way too many people, but there are a lot of people boxing on P99, to hold down separate camps, which makes it hard to identify, so the limitations here really only serve to keep the "good people" in check !
It is easy to have multiple IP's if people in the house have mobile phones

Thanks to all who have posted, I love a good discussion.
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