Hi guys
As the song said (think Eddie Money, remember?) Coming back after a 3 year hiatus. Been playing FFXIV, made it all the way through the story, and I have to say that everything everyone said about how good it was, was right. I consider it a must play. But alas, just like every other MMO I have played in the last 25 years, it gets to the point where it becomes a grind, and then I get bored with it. This is the game that got me hooked. Back in 1999, jesus am I old. So I just re subscribed to RG again and got started...reading lol. Man things have changed a lot in the last 3 years. And that reading has generated a few questions. One of the biggest changes I have read about was DBG's newesh condemnation of Multi boxing. Even though we always knew that it was illegal (per se) according to their legal beagles, it was allowed with a lot of winks. They didn't care as long as they were making money off it. It just doesn't make much sense to me, with DBG's drop in revenues and Live server populations. There is absolutely no correlation between TLP and live so why the change in attitude towards boxing? But let's face it, DBG has never been too smart, have they? So my first question is about the state of the game.
1. I want to box 6 characters. I look at all the suspensions and bans on this forum and I can't help but wonder if I am making a bad choice. Especially since I rolled up 6 new toons on the FV server. More people, more chances of getting banned. Just looking for an informed opinion here. And yes they are all on FTP accounts so "who cares, right". Wrong server?
Another thing I noticed was the introduction of MQNext (wtg Dev guys). From what I have read so far, it looks like a big improvement over MQ2. I was kinda confused about it until I seen where Sic compared it to upgrading Win7 to Win 10 (good comparison Sic). I can relate to that. But after installing the Launcher 2 weeks ago and going through all the videos about Next I am wondering whether I am doing things right or not.
2. If I have recently installed RG Launcher am I already using Next? Do I still need to migrate (even if I have no previous configurations?) Is there a "tell" that shows if you are using it or not? I looked all over the Launcher for one but the only thing I saw was "MacroQuest - Live" selection in the dropdown menu.
Now to my big conundrum. I used Kissassist before and got quite comfortable with it after all you guys helped me configure it. It was great finally getting it setup to run a whole group with very little input from me. But more reading here has raised a new questions. There is a lot of choices out there now, too many to be truthful. You guys have been busy. KA, Muleassist, Ihc, RGMercs, X-Gen. I was almost sold on Muleassist until I read about how it wasn't updated to support MQNext yet (until I read about Maui anyways). I really like the GUI concept, makes life so much easier, and I am into easier. I am starting over on the FV server so I would like to use something that grows with my team as they level and not have to switch to another system in later levels.
3. Looking for some opinions here, I am really leaning towards X-Gen at the moment, but I just don't know. Is there a KA 2.0 yet? And will it have a GUI?
Ok enough for now. Just looking for some guidance here so any opinions or recommendations are greatly appreciated. And thanks in advance for them.
As the song said (think Eddie Money, remember?) Coming back after a 3 year hiatus. Been playing FFXIV, made it all the way through the story, and I have to say that everything everyone said about how good it was, was right. I consider it a must play. But alas, just like every other MMO I have played in the last 25 years, it gets to the point where it becomes a grind, and then I get bored with it. This is the game that got me hooked. Back in 1999, jesus am I old. So I just re subscribed to RG again and got started...reading lol. Man things have changed a lot in the last 3 years. And that reading has generated a few questions. One of the biggest changes I have read about was DBG's newesh condemnation of Multi boxing. Even though we always knew that it was illegal (per se) according to their legal beagles, it was allowed with a lot of winks. They didn't care as long as they were making money off it. It just doesn't make much sense to me, with DBG's drop in revenues and Live server populations. There is absolutely no correlation between TLP and live so why the change in attitude towards boxing? But let's face it, DBG has never been too smart, have they? So my first question is about the state of the game.
1. I want to box 6 characters. I look at all the suspensions and bans on this forum and I can't help but wonder if I am making a bad choice. Especially since I rolled up 6 new toons on the FV server. More people, more chances of getting banned. Just looking for an informed opinion here. And yes they are all on FTP accounts so "who cares, right". Wrong server?
Another thing I noticed was the introduction of MQNext (wtg Dev guys). From what I have read so far, it looks like a big improvement over MQ2. I was kinda confused about it until I seen where Sic compared it to upgrading Win7 to Win 10 (good comparison Sic). I can relate to that. But after installing the Launcher 2 weeks ago and going through all the videos about Next I am wondering whether I am doing things right or not.
2. If I have recently installed RG Launcher am I already using Next? Do I still need to migrate (even if I have no previous configurations?) Is there a "tell" that shows if you are using it or not? I looked all over the Launcher for one but the only thing I saw was "MacroQuest - Live" selection in the dropdown menu.
Now to my big conundrum. I used Kissassist before and got quite comfortable with it after all you guys helped me configure it. It was great finally getting it setup to run a whole group with very little input from me. But more reading here has raised a new questions. There is a lot of choices out there now, too many to be truthful. You guys have been busy. KA, Muleassist, Ihc, RGMercs, X-Gen. I was almost sold on Muleassist until I read about how it wasn't updated to support MQNext yet (until I read about Maui anyways). I really like the GUI concept, makes life so much easier, and I am into easier. I am starting over on the FV server so I would like to use something that grows with my team as they level and not have to switch to another system in later levels.
3. Looking for some opinions here, I am really leaning towards X-Gen at the moment, but I just don't know. Is there a KA 2.0 yet? And will it have a GUI?
Ok enough for now. Just looking for some guidance here so any opinions or recommendations are greatly appreciated. And thanks in advance for them.