Serendipity

[Eccentricaa]

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

(saw Bilge roaming Dagnor's on my alt).

Every time I see stuff such as this, it reinforces my belief that too many on this server are boxing soloable toons, are using showeq type program, and are what I hate about this server.

So, your 'alt'... was he actually hunting stuff in the zone, or simply sitting there letting you use show eq? Does he have the ability to track mobs, or was he simply sitting close enough to see him?

If you claim you were hunting, what were you killing in the area, that allowed you to see him up?

Is this 'alt' of yours on your 'wife's' account, or maybe it was 'your brother'

I highly doubt anyone would sit there on a character (that is not capable of killing said mob) to wait for said mob, if they were not boxing another toon elsewhere.

I see this every day, in countless zones. One afk guy, camping a spawn, who doesnt respond to tells for 10 mins. You see it in Guk, Wk ogres, Perma, Najena, Pyzjn, Befallen, just about everywhere there is some cash to be made (or plat).

Oh, now I know folks will respond with all their legitimate reasons for being afk, or all their justified excuses... Anything to hide the fact that they are indeed boxing soloable alts or using a show eq type program.

Yes, there are people who do only play one character at a time, that do need to afk here and there for what ever reasons, and that is ok. But doing so, there needs to be a risk of loosing their mob or camp.

In the old live rules, the first to hit got the mob. The boxing afk campers, dont have the same response as someone who was actively behind their character. The guys who were actually playing their characters, would get first hit most of the times.


Now, one last comment on your little flame... The first line, she said, porting to steamfont if you want a lift..... you got your port to steamfont. Then you bitched it wasnt butcher... I honestly dont think the druid did anything wrong.

[Jaxon]

My experience with port fees:

Sometimes I feel like stating a price up front: 30p if they're anon or level 30 or higher. I've only had one person bargain with me, everyone else accepted.

Sometimes I let the fare decide how much they want to pay. There's a pretty wide variance.

Leave my Guk group momentarily to port 3 people out for "a lot of plat": 20p
Port a mid-level warrior from Tox to EC: 50p
Port a high-level warrior to EC AND give him a SOW pot cause he can't move for all the loot he's hauling: 15p
Run of the mill port to Nro: 20p
Run of the mill port to NK: nothing.
Bring 3 untwinked teenies from Gfay to Freeport and bind them: 6p
Port a high-level magician to NK when the server population is low: Stein of Moggok, which I equipped. Thanks!

[Messianic]

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

....

Let's say you're camping something in...say, lguk or Najena. You know the spawn time, and it's approximately 25 minutes.

You kill the PH for the named and any relevant mobs for camping the named.

Do you go afk for 20 minutes and do something productive or do you sit there and stare at your computer screen the whole time? Likewise, if you see some 50 druid buffing/healing a lowbie, then sitting them for large periods of time, would you assume "well, that automatically means theyre boxing - OMG LOOK TWO PEOPLE AND ONE ISNT MOVING EVERY 15 SECONDS!"

If you see people who appear to be boxing, report it. The guides/GMs have their ways of knowing whether someone is 2boxing without the boxer even knowing that they're being watched, and regardless whether boxing or showeq is happening, you can let them make that discretion with facts instead of posting here about your assumption that the showeq/boxing boogeyman is ruining your EQ experience.

[Serendipity]

Thank you very much for the support. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I understand the circumstances are suspicious at best but I had nothing to do with the disappearance of Bilge. To be fair, she was asking for a port to BB for 50 plat and I was porting a lowbie to Steamfront, so I offered her a lift to come and tag along so she didn't have to pay that much money. But she did pay me, so BB it was!
Unfortunately, though, Bilge did poof. I suppose it just irks me that I was teasing and being nice and I am repaid with this due to circumstances. But if one sees that I ported her there, started it track it for her, and then when she arrived continued to look for it for ~10 minutes before she posted the "congrats on your PTK/reedbelt" and then immediately offered my own reed belt before she vanished without a trace, it is a horribly dumb crime considering how easy it would be to just disband while I was in BB, go Anon, nuke Bilge, and port out while she was none the wiser.
To be fair, though, I did set myself up though by proclaiming to take it when anyone or anything could have easily turned it against me. Lesson learned. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Fawqueue]

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

To be fair, though, I did set myself up though by proclaiming to take it when anyone or anything could have easily turned it against me. Lesson learned. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

^^

I don't want to ever see you trying to be playful again! That's not allowed here, this is srs bsnss! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Eccentricaa]

You know the spawn time is 25 mins, then your mobs shouldn't be sitting there when your afk.. You shouldn't complain to the guy who kills your unengaged mobs, while you sit there afk. If your going to claim a camp I think you should be there to defend it. If you wish to afk, that is fine, but if that mob pops, and your still afk, then you shouldnt be able to claim that camp. Classic eq, was first to hit, got the mob.. didnt matter how long you sat there afk, on some safe hillside, outside of the room, in some safe corner while you afk...

Deny the boxers all you wish, keep your blinders up and ignore them all you want. Make excuses for them, and yourself, if that makes you happy. Afterall, what is the point of playing a game, if your not going to play, but sit on one spot, afk 58 minutes out of each hour? Yes, they are doing something more productive with their other 58 minutes, playing other alts, camping other spawns, selling their wares in EC..

Some people are here to play a game. Not to build up a bank account, not to sell shit for real cash and not to cheat in order to get ahead. Some people, actually like to crawl through dungeons, like to challenge themselves in good game play. Some people refuse to be plvld, rezed, or twinked. There are some people who want 1999 because it is more challenging, than the live dumbed down versions.

[Dantes]

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[Hildatoon]

Well I read through the group chat and on the 33rd group line down she told you she wanted to kill him but planned on letting you loot. You were also told she had planned on porting you for free when you brought up the 50 plat, so I don't see why there had ever been a misunderstanding.

[HippoNipple]

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

You know the spawn time is 25 mins, then your mobs shouldn't be sitting there when your afk.. You shouldn't complain to the guy who kills your unengaged mobs, while you sit there afk. If your going to claim a camp I think you should be there to defend it. If you wish to afk, that is fine, but if that mob pops, and your still afk, then you shouldnt be able to claim that camp. Classic eq, was first to hit, got the mob.. didnt matter how long you sat there afk, on some safe hillside, outside of the room, in some safe corner while you afk...

Deny the boxers all you wish, keep your blinders up and ignore them all you want. Make excuses for them, and yourself, if that makes you happy. Afterall, what is the point of playing a game, if your not going to play, but sit on one spot, afk 58 minutes out of each hour? Yes, they are doing something more productive with their other 58 minutes, playing other alts, camping other spawns, selling their wares in EC..

Some people are here to play a game. Not to build up a bank account, not to sell shit for real cash and not to cheat in order to get ahead. Some people, actually like to crawl through dungeons, like to challenge themselves in good game play. Some people refuse to be plvld, rezed, or twinked. There are some people who want 1999 because it is more challenging, than the live dumbed down versions.

If you are afk when something pops then you do lose the camp, so your rant is terrible. The rules just say you have to give them a reasonable amount of time, maybe send them a quick /t and see if they are around. If they don't engage then you can take over the camp.

If someone was sitting at a mob, you message them, if 30 seconds go by with no action taken then you are free to engage. I don't think anyone would be against you taking over and you should have a strong case if the guy tried to get you in trouble with a gm.

As for you saying boxers are the ones afk.. thats dumb. Anyone that is camping something with a long timer is most likely afk during some point of it. Whether or not you are afk watching a movie, or a boxer like you mentioned. In either case if they are competent at camping in any way they will know when the spawn is coming and be active when it pops.

[nalkin]

I don't even see how this was misconstrued at all, Serendipity was obviously joking. Especially after she said: "Karma blessed me, im not gonna be a bitch after that."

ITT: A person boxing or using showeq getting mad at a druid offering a free port, free tracking, and telling jokes.