General Discussion - Multi-Boxing. Finally. The facts. - Forum

" deakin20 wrote: " Zalm wrote: " deakin20 wrote: gets the popcorn I got the soda. Now we need another boy with an oversized snuggie so we can make a hell of a cuddle puddle. I actually have a snuggie. Its in the living room. Its purple and has peace signs. 'It is good to contact a moderator if you feel someone is being a twat' Charan, Forum Moderator Sometimes, we have to cross a ditch. Sometimes, we have to cross an ocean.-Rhys, GGG	Posted by Zalm#4445 on Feb 28, 2013, 7:55:31 PM Quote this Post
ban the multiboxxers or give us /players x	Posted by valarias#5872 on Feb 28, 2013, 7:58:57 PM Quote this Post
" zankioh wrote: " Alienchild wrote: 5. So why do people multi-box? Because it gives me a free 250% item quantity and I can stack item rarity up to ~400% without too much trouble. It's barely any effort to port the alts into the boss room and back out and it results in me finding a ton of rares for x2 chaos recipes and uniques. That said, I understand why people with low spec PCs would be upset. Maybe a /players x command would be a good solution to the issue, allowing everyone to do this. free item quantity??? You realize the enemies have 250% more health right?	Posted by Rowsol#3517 on Feb 28, 2013, 7:59:28 PM Quote this Post
" Rowsol wrote: " zankioh wrote: " Alienchild wrote: 5. So why do people multi-box? Because it gives me a free 250% item quantity and I can stack item rarity up to ~400% without too much trouble. It's barely any effort to port the alts into the boss room and back out and it results in me finding a ton of rares for x2 chaos recipes and uniques. That said, I understand why people with low spec PCs would be upset. Maybe a /players x command would be a good solution to the issue, allowing everyone to do this. free item quantity??? You realize the enemies have 250% more health right? 250% more health is almost a non-issue, even for fairly low DPS characters, particularly when you're farming them way overlevelled and twinked. This is also where even if you had /players X, multi-boxing would conceivably be advantageous (since you have far greater damage potential, not quite up to a real party, but still).	Posted by Deleted on Feb 28, 2013, 8:01:07 PM
" Rowsol wrote: " zankioh wrote: " Alienchild wrote: 5. So why do people multi-box? Because it gives me a free 250% item quantity and I can stack item rarity up to ~400% without too much trouble. It's barely any effort to port the alts into the boss room and back out and it results in me finding a ton of rares for x2 chaos recipes and uniques. That said, I understand why people with low spec PCs would be upset. Maybe a /players x command would be a good solution to the issue, allowing everyone to do this. free item quantity??? You realize the enemies have 250% more health right? 250% hp is nothing when you decimate monsters.	Posted by valarias#5872 on Feb 28, 2013, 8:01:37 PM Quote this Post
" valarias wrote: ban the multiboxxers or Ban anyone with more than one account. That would solve the whole issue. /sarcasm 'It is good to contact a moderator if you feel someone is being a twat' Charan, Forum Moderator Sometimes, we have to cross a ditch. Sometimes, we have to cross an ocean.-Rhys, GGG Last edited by Zalm#4445 on Feb 28, 2013, 8:05:18 PM	Posted by Zalm#4445 on Feb 28, 2013, 8:05:07 PM Quote this Post
In the absence of a formal GGG response to this issue then there have to be balance changes. It is way way way too easy to multi log. I have not upgraded my pc in ages and I can run 4 PoEs while I watch netflix. It's silly easy. /players would be amazing If that is not in the cards then what next? It is hard if not impossible to stop determined "multilogger". I understand that this is still beta but anyone playing this game for a meaningful length of time is already ~ready for maps. There has to be some content or no one is going to play much longer. PoE is easy. This game is not long and the lure of easy loot is strong. GGG needs to formalize a /players or multi log fix and address the issue.	Posted by kashakosha#5743 on Feb 28, 2013, 8:06:47 PM Quote this Post
To be honest, the ONLY reasons I want to multibox are: 1) to challenge myself to see if I can figure it out 2) to rake in the huge amounts of rares and orbs that I saw someone else get via this method I think GGG needs to consider making an official statement on what is and isn't cheating so that people can put the issue to bed already. I know that I've had two threads now asking for clarification. GGG: If it's against the rules, I swear I won't do it. If it's allowed, I'd be stupid NOT to do it. Free currency and extra gear for my alts = win. That's just my two cents. "In short, we don't care if someone's a millionaire -- if that person plans to degrade any member of the community or act in such a way that people will feel unwelcome here, then that person can fuck right off." - Charan, GGG Volunteer Moderator	Posted by Gamer1975#0451 on Feb 28, 2013, 8:08:37 PM Quote this Post
Even if they formally announce that it is allowed, I prolly wont be doing it. I like having one account active at one time....at most two, one for a mule and one for play. 'It is good to contact a moderator if you feel someone is being a twat' Charan, Forum Moderator Sometimes, we have to cross a ditch. Sometimes, we have to cross an ocean.-Rhys, GGG	Posted by Zalm#4445 on Feb 28, 2013, 8:14:30 PM Quote this Post
moreover, incase anyone didn't realize this having multi accounts potentially loses GGG profit, /players x is the best solution. 1) extra servers and bandwidth. 2) storage sales. 3) people quitting because of uneven playing field. Why will GGG not respond to this? it's becoming not only quite the issue, but one that a developer should ALWAYS respond to.	Posted by valarias#5872 on Feb 28, 2013, 8:14:44 PM Quote this Post