Ever a chance of allowing double boxing?

[Tuan]

Hi all.

I first wanted to say that you all have done a great job with the server. I've only had a chance to play for a few days (around a month back), but it's impressive! Definitely feels like the classic.

I realize that this will probably never change, but I have to ask. Are there ever any plans to allow people to play more than 1 char at once?

I realize the are problems that can be associated with it, however, you should realize that you are preventing some people from even playing on your server.

Myself, for example. I don't always have a lot of time to play games these days, at least not in big chunks of time. I may just log on for a half hour here and there. It's really difficult to attempt to level up with such a sparse population on the server. By the time I login and find anyone, I might have to logoff. And trying to just solo, that really makes it hard to play a support class. I tried remaking my cleric, and it's just painfully slow without being able to find anyone to group with.

The other reason is it can also be a lot of fun to play more than 1 char at once.. anyone on this server has played it all before, it's definitely a nice twist to try to control more than 1 player, it adds some new challenges.

So there's the argument. My solution would be let people play 2 characters instead of 1. No more than 2 if you are worried about people trying to play entire groups by themselves. But 2 would at least let people like myself be able to still play for short spurts and actually be able to do something.

The real issue is also because of server population- I didn't need to two-box back in the day because if I was at a stage in my character where I couldn't solo very well, I could find groups pretty easily. It's just not the same with a population of 150 people, so I think adapting to that situation would be a smart thing to do.

Well as I said I would love to play on this server from time-to-time, I think this server is a great idea. But without being able to make a tiny bit of a group for myself I just can't justify trying to play. So just thought it would at least be helpful to know that you are losing some people from not allowing double boxing.. take that as you will.

-Tuan

Edit: To avoid confusion, I am on Euro hours. Thus the low population when I have tried playing.