The simultaneous sending of keystrokes is considered illegal in EQ2...

[Captive2]

I can't reach the official forums here at work, but it sounds like another post was started about this issue. I gather from the comments on EQ2 Flames that they're basically saying "Don't do anything stupid, or be a plat-famer. If you do either of those things, we'll find you and ban you." Reading between the lines, as several have done both here and in that thread, you could make the case that they're not going to do anything to people simply playing the game.

Here's the thread on EQ2 Flames. It's full of the profanity and obnoxiousness we've all grown to know and love about that board, so be warned.

http://www.eq2flames.com/general-gam...al-fact-3.html

[Velassra]

...and when the judge throws it out, and then Sony turns around and sues you for "whatever they want" you go bankrupt tryying to defend yourself.

Good plan!

Yeah, Ill just delete. Not worth the aggravation. I guess I really don't care anymore. Been playing WoW again for months. Lol.

[Lokked]

Seems my last PM to Kiara (which, as I'm sure those who are familiar with my writing style can imagine, was as professional and to the point as was appropriate) caused the account I sent it from to be banned from sending/receiving Private Messages.

I might just have to relate my distaste from another account! (but not likely).

[Flekkie]

I don't play EQ2. And I don't PvP. But I found this thread interesting. So sorry if I write nonsense..

It sounds like they don't like the ability of multiboxers to do co-ordinated burst damage.
This is possible in a non-MB group, especially with voice comms (and without the split-attention & input disadvantages).

Personally, I think maybe the ability to co-ordinate/synchronise is the plus to a multiboxer, versus the minuses of split-attention and multiple-input. I guess players are jealous of the former (just as multiboxers enjoy it). Perhaps EQ2's business strategy is to attract these players by differentiating themselves in this way.

Personally, I am surprised a company would decide to exclude anything which adds depth and variety to their game.

WoW players would be bored if they were still fighting Ragnaros for their loot. "Variety is the spice of life." Surely WoW players enjoy their encounters with multibox PvP groups for similar reasons? (Attend for a moment to the 'silent majority' before pointing to raging forum posts.)
Further, isn't it player-generated 'content' which is the main draw for any MMO? For example: guild interaction, sharing as a group the learning/experience of encounters, PvP, or role-play. A shame, IMO, to squash this particular form of player-driven inventiveness.

[Durant]

Damn, and I just spent the holidays perfecting ISBoxer with a 3man team. TBH I have not had any hassle from anyone, but as someone has pointed out most of the <80 zones are sparsely populated so I might get some flack if I spend time levelling my trio and end up 80.

[Multibocks]

Even if this spread to WoW, I would be ok with it. The new LFG system is so fantastic that I could really care less if I cant do a whole group anymore. It would make my life in WoW easier, thats for certain.

[merujo]

Some EQ2 dev or GM is butt hurt? lol

[Captive2]

Just in case anyone is still interested, I’m still 6-boxing EQ2 with ISBoxer and have had zero problems with GMs, warnings, complaints from other players, etc. I plan to continue playing this way until they tell me I can’t and ban me.

[BobGnarly]

I don't box eq2, but if I did, I'd be gone. If they are trying to surreptitiously tell us it's OK, then sorry, that doesn't work. I don't want to spend a big chunk of my time to have it all lost to a GM in a bad mood.

Heck, Blizzard has made their stance on this subject crystal clear, and we still have GMs banning boxers because they don't know the company's position. Yeah, it gets resolved, but I doubt it would in EQ2. They'd just trot out the party line and call it good.

So yeah, no eq2 boxing for me.

[Fursphere]

Even if this spread to WoW, I would be ok with it. The new LFG system is so fantastic that I could really care less if I cant do a whole group anymore. It would make my life in WoW easier, thats for certain.

This thought has been in the back of my mind the last few days. All the reasons I started multiboxing are quickly becoming a non-issue.