Multi-Clienting Rule Changes

AscobolBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »

I find it more confusing that the German PWI Forum and the English one have different rules to multiclienting. And for the German server as well as the English server you can use the same clients (German or English).

see: http://pwi-forum.de.perfectworld.eu/showthread.php?t=32352



Sure, they say that you should think about it, if you really need more than 2 accounts. But there is no general restriction as here in the English forum.

Lady_EverLuv - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I have done this numerous times, to no avail. One char is already logged in, when I log in on the elementclient it says my char is already logged in and asks me to confirm it, once i click on yes, it goes back to the logging in area. I do not know how to get around it, i have done the force log also and then my char cannot fly, cast spells etc? Help!b:thanks

Kokkin - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Are your both chars in different accounts?
This multiple-client rule is only available for chars in different accounts.. in same account it shows the message that u already have a char logged and it loggs off the 1st char u logged in (if u force the log...)

Still love ya though

Lady_EverLuv - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Yes, and I guess that is the crux of my problem. How do I create a new account? I saw in a post that you use a different email address? Do I use the same name for both accounts with different email addresses, if that be the case?

frankieraye wrote: »

Hey guys,

For a long long time, ever since PWI was first released in fact, we've always had the rule that you could only run one PWI client per machine.

The reasoning behind this rule was the fact that running more than one client could not be accomplished without editing the game files, and editing game files was not allowed.

This led to many players running PWI on a second or even third computer, usually to be able to run a cat shop while their main account actually played.

Some time ago, the client itself changed, and running multiple clients was possible without editing game files. For consistency's sake, we did not modify the multi-clienting rule, and what followed were a lot of questions as to its validity, now that the original reason for it no longer applied.

Well, we've talked about it, and we've come to a new set of rules for multi-clienting. It should be easier to follow, easier to enforce, and it will help level the playing field between people with one computer and people with multiple computers.

So here we go:

• You may only have 2 accounts per person, regardless of how many computers you own.
  
  There isn't a viable reason to create an excessive number of accounts, so any suspicious activity from now on will be fully dealt with. We aren't going to punish you for having existing accounts prior to this rule, but you can only be online on two at once at the most.
  
  *Note: Excessive account creation has been and will continued to be pursued. Provided you did not abuse this before, you should have nothing to worry about.
  
  
  
• You may only play on two characters at the same time. They can both level up OR one can level up while the other is a vendor alt OR both can be vendor alts.

If you want to keep one leveling account and one vendor alt account, that's fine. You cannot, however, actively level two characters while having a third account to act as a shop alt. We will be actively enforcing this.

This new policy is in effect starting now, however, we will continue to refine and improve upon this, so this policy is subject to change. Read on for examples that may specifically deal with your situation.

*Example: If you're a family of 3 playing PWI, then you can have 2 accounts for each member of your family. You WILL have to prove this though if we notice any suspicious activity from your household.

*Example: You can actively have two LV 65 Barbs grinding on HT Server on the same computer, but no vendor alts online.

*Example: You (as an individual human being) cannot have 3 accounts active, it doesn't matter if you own 3 or 30 computers.

*Example: You cannot have two characters leveling at once if you also have a shop alt logged in.


Two characters maximum online at once for any situation.


Feel free to discuss your reactions to these changes, but please keep it civil.

Thanks!

OIdpop - Heavens Tear wrote: »

so my kid plays on another comp and i on another..so can she have another account running and myself can have another account running?And ip is different.




though im sure may abuse this lol.

themosteliteone wrote: »

I know this has been a long time ago but I'm not active on forums haha

My only question:

What about if you go over to a friends house often and you both play PWI and Multi-client at same time, therefore 4 accounts are on at the same time at the same home???b:laugh

Inflictia - Raging Tide wrote: »

Go to your PWi Install map
Look up the map called "element" (i guess outta my head)
then look up the elemenclient file.
Open that and you start a new window to log on an other account

KrittyCat wrote: »

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=14115361&postcount=52

Also, make sure that you are using two separate login accounts. The characters cannot be on the same account, as a single account can only be logged in to one location at a time.

Ruyr - Raging Tide wrote: »

ok, no idea, where the PWi Install map is, so this isnt very helpful (no offence)