Recreating the classic experience: item recharging

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

How is allowing item recharging recreating the classic experience again? Should we just allow boxing too?

Raiding guilds were routinely recharging items even before Kunark. For example our monks always had Staff of Forbidden Rites to click from inventory and rez a cleric after each wipe.

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

You also had to pay a subscription for the accounts you wanted to box...

I doubt this is what kept a significant number of people from boxing. $15 was not that much even in 1999. Compared to the time to level a second character, the hardware investment (way back in 1999 classic before windowing was possible and we had to use 1 PC/account), the added deaths from not being able to run away on 2-3 different chars, the effort to play different classes and so on, that $15 was insignificant. (Wasn't EQ $9.99 early on? Or am I thinking of UO?)

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

People come up with any excuse to box... What is with you antisocial, greedy bastards? You don't want to share loot so you wanna build your own group to beat content all by yourself? It isn't necessary to play the game!

Un-botted boxing is a convenience / flexibility factor. Filling in a necessary class for your group when you can't find a replacement. Porting or buffing yourself. Selling in EC while you're grouping on your main.

The advent of MQ is when the 4+ boxing started. That's when you had people running their own group. And MQ (or even AHK) is against the rules here anyway.