D M wrote:
> when you say: "currently I have 14 characters on four
> accounts" do you mean you ACTUALLY pay for 4 more
> accounts every month?? or do you mean you are just on
> 4 other servers too?? cuz we are using four servers
> now and only pay for one account~ I am quite
> conzfuzzled at these mentionmings of more then one
> account I hear on here~
i really pay for four accounts every month, and i am thinking
about adding a fifth one, because i stopped playing other
"systems". and no, i am not one of those people earning money
with PLing others, i do it just for the fun ... and of course
because i am very addicted to it. and no, i am not at school
or at university, i have a normal job.
i had (maybe i even "have") some more chars on other servers,
but somehow i am "used" to Tarew Marr. even after some friends
moved to other servers, or even legends.
my level average on those 14 chars is between 25 and 30 (with
"bilt" being my main at 52), but i "always" lower my level
average, because i do like to play (fool) around with different
race/class/deity chars.
if you ask me how i "technically" do this: i use two system for
the internet connection and three systems to actually play with.
the two internet systems are a "floppy-based" linux system to
actually connect to the internet and give me a firewalling and
masquerading option. the other system is a windows 2000 server
to do some internal things, and also name resolution (DNS).
to answer the question, how i am able to control three systems
at once, there a different answers, because it depends on what
i am up to in the game: if i group with myself, a proper keyboard
setup and hotkeys, combined with the right spot to hunt at are
enough. if i go on (plane-)raids, i do it only with two chars
(can't go with a 2nd char to planes yet, because my next higher
level char is only 44).
but it is also possible for me to group with two of my chars
with others, and the rest of the group thinks my chars belonging
to two different players. if i am in a real good mood (and awake)
i can even roleplay both of those chars.
when i started with EQ (it was about two years ago, a few days
after it went public: it took some time to receive the shipment
in germany) i tried to connect from two systems with the same
account: got a very nasty message, so i didn't try it again.
but i realized i need a way to play it with more than one char
at the same time, so i ordered a 2nd copy. and it didn't need much
time to add the 3rd and 4th account. i only need another computer
to get all four of them online at the same time ... and i just
hope this will be soon ... ;-)
if you want to know why i did this, here is a short listing of my
usage of the four accounts:
- #1 and #2 are for the chars i like to play and try out different
things, like how can classes be combined
- #3 is my "porter" account with a lvl 40 wizzy and a lvl 30 druid
- #4 is my "rezzer" account with a lvl 44 cleric (and a low level
cleric: 11 i believe)
and i am working on my lvl 44 and 40 chars to get them to (at least)
50 ASAP, but because of my work i don't have the time to play every
day. this is one of the reasons, why i started to "group with myself",
and also didn't join one of those ueberguilds.
better stop now ... i don't want to bore so many people with my
stories ... ;-)
have fun
- bilt
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Biltilie Dwimmerlaik
Palisade of Shadows
Tarew Marr