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I honestly, don't like multiboxing in the moors, as I think it shows bad form, but each to their own. My real question is, how do we solve this, or better yet, how does TURBINE solve this?
Banning multiple access from one IP? -> Issues for multiple users in the same house.
Banning more than one account per person -> What about those that already have multiple, and how would you enforce it (easy to register in sister/brother/mother's name)
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I honestly, don't like multiboxing in the moors, as I think it shows bad form, but each to their own. My real question is, how do we solve this, or better yet, how does TURBINE solve this?
Banning multiple access from one IP? -> Issues for multiple users in the same house.
Banning more than one account per person -> What about those that already have multiple, and how would you enforce it (easy to register in sister/brother/mother's name)
It's really easy to tell if someone is multiboxing say six at once. If Turbine decided to not allow it a GM could easily address it. I've talked to several in the past year or two, they would ask how I control six at once and then pleasantly go on their way.
So I don't think the issue is how but if they changed their policy.
It's really easy to tell if someone is multiboxing say six at once. If Turbine decided to not allow it a GM could easily address it. I've talked to several in the past year or two, they would ask how I control six at once and then pleasantly go on their way.
So I don't think the issue is how but if they changed their policy.
That is a hugely round-about solution though, to lump that onto the GMs. I was hoping for a more automated solution.
{ H a l l O f F i r e } { Freeps &Creeps } { BT e a m R o f l c o p t e r s }
{ Edhellreth | Arielth | Taliah | Blinked | Valetta | Shantel | Antagonize | Kaedie| Alithia }
{ Hellnakh | Estelle | Hectic | Disaster | Azali | Edessa }
I think their only real solution is to change the way combat is conducted through the client. Skill queuing, target forwarding, auto follow. Basically all the perks of lotro combat would need to be overhauled.
Personally I hate multi-boxers in any/all games. The advantages for them seem always to be when they fight with their overwhelming odds. While a 6 man team of individuals can overcome 10 players with skill a multi-boxer (single player) will more often than not avoid these odds. Multi-boxing in my opinion is just another selfish form of game play.
On a small scale 1 or 2 multi-boxing, it can go unnoticed but what most fail to realise is that it isn't overly complicated to perform multi-boxing, they simply are oblivious to the detrimental effects caused to the game when large numbers of players multi-box.
As I'm against all players who multi-box, as soon as I'm aware of them I will log off or at least try to remove myself from their vicinity. I'd also hope that others wouldn't invite these players to group or join group coordination via vent servers.
Multi-boxers will never be banned. Why would Turbine ban someone that is paying them anywhere from $20-$100 or more a month?
And, for the record, I doubt Turbine has ever done a life-long ban on anyone that has played LOTRO. From what I understand, a group of individuals that used an exploit to gain millions of skirmish points not to long ago only got a 30 day ban...according to what the exploiters posted on their site anyway.
Multi-boxers will never be banned. Why would Turbine ban someone that is paying them anywhere from $20-$100 or more a month?
And, for the record, I doubt Turbine has ever done a life-long ban on anyone that has played LOTRO. From what I understand, a group of individuals that used an exploit to gain millions of skirmish points not to long ago only got a 30 day ban...according to what the exploiters posted on their site anyway.
And the small group who exploited via legacy stacking and one-shotted all of BG got what - seven days, from what folks on their server said?
Yet the guy who put together the most amazing post ever, identifying exactly who was guilty of legacy stacking and who raided with the legacy stacker(s), hasn't been seen on the forums since. The enforcement around here confuses me.
Conversely, I hear that WoW has no problems slapping lifetime bans on entire guilds for the actions of a few people, let alone the people who actually committed the exploits.
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Multi-boxers will never be banned. Why would Turbine ban someone that is paying them anywhere from $20-$100 or more a month?
And, for the record, I doubt Turbine has ever done a life-long ban on anyone that has played LOTRO. From what I understand, a group of individuals that used an exploit to gain millions of skirmish points not to long ago only got a 30 day ban...according to what the exploiters posted on their site anyway.
The thing is this guy isn't paying Turbine. He seems to pop up during welcome back weekends then disappear till the next one.
Multi-boxers will never be banned. Why would Turbine ban someone that is paying them anywhere from $20-$100 or more a month?
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And, for the record, I doubt Turbine has ever done a life-long ban on anyone that has played LOTRO. From what I understand, a group of individuals that used an exploit to gain millions of skirmish points not to long ago only got a 30 day ban...according to what the exploiters posted on their site anyway.
I think an awesome burg player () on windfola got perma-banned, he had to get a new account if he wanted to keep playing (i presume anyways, he wouldn't just leave his account for a new one ).
But he ran a kin that had exploited for yonks, and had recieved a few bans already from what i understand.
The thing is this guy isn't paying Turbine. He seems to pop up during welcome back weekends then disappear till the next one.
I pay for an active single subscription, sometimes two at a time when I want a healer/dps combo. Ran the two active accounts from late 2007 through late 2009.
Over the years I've paid for fifteen copies of SoA (each come with thirty days of play time), six copies of MoM, and two copies of SoM. I've paid for two to three lifetime accounts worth of subscriptions for multiple accounts since 2007 and continue to. If I decide to multibox PVE more I'll be picking up another four copies of SoM.
I single play with both freep and creep side PvMP on multiple servers quite a lot. May have spent six hours total running more than one character at a time, since this recent welcome back week started.
$60 a month for six account subs is nothing compared to what a lot of people spend on fast food, premium TV channels, music, single night of drinks at a bar, $10+ movie tickets, second car payment and insurance, interest on maxed out credit cards, etc.
My 2 cent's, boxers are wrong. It's a question of ones personal values I think. My values won't allow me to ruin the game for others. At one time, years ago, the moors were fun. Now, it's out of balance and poorly developed. And boxers, lol. If more accounts end than there are boxers tubine may develop some values too. Not holding my breath.
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It's really easy to tell if someone is multiboxing say six at once. If Turbine decided to not allow it a GM could easily address it. I've talked to several in the past year or two, they would ask how I control six at once and then pleasantly go on their way.
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) on windfola got perma-banned, he had to get a new account if he wanted to keep playing (i presume anyways, he wouldn't just leave his account for a new one 
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