Therin wrote:
Nabutso wrote:
Therin wrote:
Dual boxing only by helps the server. We are still less than 1/3rd of prime retail era population, and limiting dual boxing would cut that number close to one half. So in reality we are maybe at 15-20% retail population.
We have about 800 players peak right now, of which a large quantity are dual boxed. Retail servers had 3,000+ at prime era.
About 75% of all characters online at any given time are controlled by a unique IP, so your estimate is way off.
You're not going to lose just 1 account if you limit dual boxers, you'll lose both, because most dual boxers will quit. That was my point.

Well, given what Nabutso just said, you're only looking at 'losing' a quarter of the population. And probably not even that. If he decided to stop allowing dual boxing I might be a bit disheartened, but I'd still play. And there really wouldn't be much difference cause most of the time I'm only using 1 character in the field anyway. The other is piddling with the AH, crafting, fishing, or grabbing food for the character I have in party.
He would also have to fix the mail system so you could effectively use your mule if you were limited to one character at a time. If one day the mail is turned back on, we know he's considering limiting dual boxing.