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Old 02-16-2007, 12:28 AM   #8 (permalink)
Hungkung
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Re: Dual Loggin & Two Boxing - Your Thoughts

it will depend on how cheap they end up with some of the later questing...so far I've seen no easily (more easily than doing it twice) way of two boxing to any great advantage...

but I remember EQ1, where you could run the pre-planes quest (the multi-fed ex quest to turn in something...can't remember just now, which is strange figuring I used to wake up in a cold sweat with it) but you could 2/3/4 box it with a potent enough main to keep the little tiddlies alive. pre-planes it was a great way to get through 49ish to like 55, if your brain didn't explode when planes came out they dropped the xp of it but kept the gold reward which was a profitable thing at the time if you did it walmart fashion.

In the end the more prohibitions you throw up in a game, the more hardcore professionals will try to screw you up or in this case snot nosed hackers who'se daddy should have made them work for a living rather than buying them computers...if you leave things open, a bell curve will develop of those who "exploit" by two boxing, and those without the skills (or hardware) to do so..with the bulk of various players fitting in according to thier needs and pocketbooks allow.

the only way to control any cheater in any game, is not to group/guild/tolerate them as a society....kinda like drunk drivers or smokers in the real world, but when you see a friend buying gold, tell him to stop if he doesn't then stop groupign with him. People are ground apes, who will seek to accomplish their goals in the easiest, cheapest way possible if we ever want to be human beings we gotta stop learning to throw our poop at each other, just cuz it's easier than teaching someone thier current course of action is counter indicated for a happy and safe society. you won't ever stop cheating, but you can make it so people won't brag about it so much.

and if someoen is actually really good at 2 boxing...then they have earned the right to do it...it's harder than it looks, just don't thumb or Grecian wrestle with them, cuz they'll win.
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