You guys draw SoB into every single post. This isn't about SoB. This is not about Mumu, it is not about Essovius, and it is not even about Aemon. If you are inned and die to 2 man tether/bashing teams, it isn't because of multiing/botting; it is because of overpowered tether/relo/bashing combination. There's absolutely no reason to bring that up every single thred. People will always be able (I hope) to come up with 2 people for PK. We have "Don't be an asshole" policy in place to prevent this in the future as well. Also, having overpowered mages with all-spells is an Arctic tradition: see past logs of Kiaranlansalee, Loafie, Kiff, etc. killing full groups by themselves. It isn't just this wipe where that has been an issue; Mumu and company just took it upon themselves to try to kill everyone rather than one group.
There are people multiing/botting right now; that much is clear. The question is whether you would prefer to have 2 characters or 1 be the baseline. If you are going to lose 7-2, you are going to lose 14-4 (although at least the 14 won't be able to area), so why does that matter? If group size is still 10, and you can come up with 10 people to play, you won't need bots at all. I agree it's really annoying that some people are multiing when I don't feel like I can because of the current rules. My game experience would be better with multiing/botting; I and many others (based on the previous thread) would play more if we each were allowed 2 players per IP. I would have a healer class to go with my tank; I would be able to level 2 characters at the same time (which is really nice when you are on a very limited time schedule). I would be more flexible for groups when we go into 10 man zoning. Yes, people will abuse it, but people are abusing it right now when the limit is 1. It just gives the people who aren't abusing it more of a level playing field. The problem will be the same; imms will still have to catch those abusing the rules (anyone playing more than 2) and abyss/delete/ban them. It doesn't raise the ceiling; it just raises the floor.
I came up with a less favorable to me, solution involving henchmen. Do the anti-botters prefer that? I would doubt that the imms would; I'm sure it would take a lot of coding to prevent their abuse.
I also had a list of other things I would hope to have changed. What do you guys think of that? #2 on my list is trying to decrease zone times. It seems like creators nowadays are trying to outdo themselves making zones longer and longer. People loved old Sleet, old HCT because they were quick and fun, while loading cool gear and spells. A lot of people don't do Cyan anymore because it takes hours of prep to go against a mob that only gets harder and harder... 5 hours of wasted time to die and lose my set, while the Mrs. breathes down my neck waiting for me to rent? Thanks but no thanks. That mob used to be soloable, lol. I don't mean to make it soloable, but it is getting ridiculous.
