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

[Noxxy]

Have to totally agree with Bobgnarly - all it will take is a slight slip up on on boxers part (i.e., all jump at once, etc.) or some peeved off n00b/GM and all your work will be down the drain - be constantly looking over your shoulder wondering when the big ban hammer would fall

Not worth the effort at all - and even if you did spend the time mboxing EQ2, you'd know 100% that what you were doing is against the TOS - sure, some people can live with that - personally, I can't

Only problem is - finding it hard to get a replacement - went back to my old original playgrounds and 6 boxed DAoC for a bit (omgawd - hell no! Better left as a fond memory that one) - tossed around the idea of going way way back and 6 boxing EQ1 but won't simply because it's SOE and will having the same TOS issues as with EQ2

Sure there's WoW but still totally burnt out from my time in a raiding guild as MH - never again...can't even re-install it!

IMHO - that's the real problem with WoW - it's gotton so big it has either wiped out the majority of the existing niche mmporgs or new developers won't even try to float their mmporgs as they know they won't grab enough of a market share to last a year

Constantly scanning the upcoming beta lists looking for the next 'big thing' - few things of interest, just have to fill in the time till they go public

[Captive2]

Have to totally agree with Bobgnarly - all it will take is a slight slip up on on boxers part (i.e., all jump at once, etc.) or some peeved off n00b/GM and all your work will be down the drain - be constantly looking over your shoulder wondering when the big ban hammer would fall

What are you risking by continuing to play? You said “all your work will be down the drain”. If you quit, you GUARANTEE that will happen. If you continue to play, it might happen or it might not. If you enjoy the game, I’d keep playing and hope they leave you alone.

[Starbuck_Jones]

Its against the law to have sex in the state I reside in out of wedlock (fornication). Till its enforced, it doesnt mean a thing.

[BobGnarly]

Its against the law to have sex in the state I reside in out of wedlock (fornication). Till its enforced, it doesnt mean a thing.

Sure, and one day when you piss off your DA for some reason or another, he'll drag you over the legal coals because you are technically violating the law (speaking hypothetically, don't know if you personally are or not ;] ). This would almost certainly get thrown out pretty early, but the TOS violation from EQ2 probably wouldn't.

There is another side I didn't mention before, which is that I don't want to support a company with stupid policies that can't differentiate between a person playing 5 characters at once and a "bot" or "gold farmer". I don't even understand how these two are the same, do gold farmers multibox their farming now? How does "one click, one action over all clients" apply to gold farmers? /confused

It all just strikes me as a group of people who are too chicken-shit to make a stance on a subject, so they keep the policy in place to satisfy the moronic masses while they wink at the multiboxers and tell us to "lay low." No thanks. I was actually very impressed when Blizzard stood their guns on this subject since it was such a powder-keg for a while. I guess SOE isn't willing to do the same.

[victor]

i canceled all my accounts last month. I don't want to waste time playing when i can get banned for no good reason. Sony has a strange business model when it comes to games. On one hand they have station cash and those virtual playing cards/loot cards to bring in extra money but at the same time they allow workers to make decisions which effectively discourage, via banning and threats, existing boxing players and potential boxing players down the line. I seriously doubt any lore loving obsessed player has ever quit due to witnessing a boxed group. Anyway, regardless i don't want to play a game where i have to sneak around thinking that i might get reported and banned at any given moment.

[JoeWunsch]

Its against the law to have sex in the state I reside in out of wedlock (fornication). Till its enforced, it doesnt mean a thing.

The south has some crazy laws lol.

Just by the sound of it, I am guessing that is a southern law.

[Captive2]

Just in case anyone is interested, I’m still 6-boxing with InnerSpace and have had zero issues. No harassment from other players or GMs, no warnings, no bannings.

[KAC]

So, within EQ2, the best option (if you want to stick with the game) is Steps, or the equivalent for the software of choice.

Each keystroke is a step.
Step 1 - Toon A
Step 2 - Toon B
Step 3 - Toon C
Etc.

And then spam the key, as many times as you'd like actions to occur.
Maybe Key 1, is tank only.
But Key 2, is your four DPS toons, so you'd spam this key four times in rapid succession.

Which then gives four unique keypresses, with only a single action across all toons on each action.
The faster you could spam the key, the better.
But its still only a single action, on only one of your toons, from a single keypress.



Honestly, if this is Sony's stance on boxing.
I would tend to think, a new game might be a better option.
They clearly don't want you to play their game, as a boxer.

if blizzard decides to whine about boxers and pulls some crap I would hope hope every boxer would do what I would do, sell all my gold and chars call blizz and tell em to bite me. As much as i enjoy my downtime playing wow in the winter where i live i could give a rat's ass about giving a company my money for a product I can't use the way way I want. The only reason people cry about multiboxers is because they are either too stupid or too poor to multibox themselves. I would be rich if I had a dollar for all the ignorant kids who whisper me out of the blue and call me a fag botter and or cheater. Hell, I can do myself what 5 or 10 stupid ass kids can't do half the time. Boxing was my solution to enjoy a multi-player game wthout having to deal with the multi-dumbass aspect.

[Captive2]

Boxing was my solution to enjoy a multi-player game wthout having to deal with the multi-dumbass aspect.

Those are pretty much my sentiments exactly.

[Catamer]

well, this saved me the trouble of even trying EQ2