Quote Originally Posted by Pyrostasis View Post
Yeah a while back during beta Ayase said that any form of keyboard broadcasting would be considered "Botting" by their definition. I.E. They consider broadcasting automation.

Many folks tried to convince them otherwise and used blizzards stance as a stand point, but...well... they didnt care heh. So yeah boxing with broadcasting of any kind atm as far as I know is a bannable offense in Aion.

In beta they might have been more against the concept, but look what has happened since then.

1. They removed game guard which blocked many multiboxing programs.
2. They added an option in the launcher to let you start more than one client on one pc. This feature is obviously for multiboxing.
3. The article you quoted in the other thread is from July I think. The recent threads are supporting it, but some players still don't like it. Just like in WoW. Your article was from a fan site, not the official AION site.
4. There are people posting their setups and talking about it on the main aion site. Most people seem to think it is ok, but unfair. That is very different than illegal.
5. The devs comments on the official site look to me like they are talking about unattended botting, not sitting at your keyboard and playing the game. There comment on the guy who was banned looked like they were talking about botting software, not multiboxing software. I am sure they are being very cautious right now about outright declaring it illegal in game since WoW has allowed it and they are trying to get market share.

Will they ban it? Maybe, but the people I have spoken to at NCsoft when I setup my accounts online said it was fine. I had to call them to get permission to activate more than a couple of accounts. When I spoke with them I told them what I was doing and they said it was ok. They know it is going on and have not said yes or no in a statement on the forums.

I think they have much bigger problems. There are bots in town selling and advertising gold selling sites. If those ever disappear then I'll start to think about it more. There are way too many bots running around for them to worry about legitimate paying customers who are not botting, not selling anything and just want to play the game in a different way.

I'm at level 32 now with 4 characters and another family member has 2 more at 32. I'm uploading a video to Youtube clearing Fire Temple. It's not the best video, but you get to see what boxing is like in AION.

At this point for me I am perfectly happy with what I have done so far. If they change their minds and ban it right now it won't affect me. I'll just put my money elsewhere. On the positive side I'll be one of the few that boxed it before the ban!