Character Cloning - The New Cheat?

[ispano]

Sounds like a typical anime character. A toon she is.

Sounds like a character the player created. Most people I know that laugh at people using the term toon, tend to try to use the most correct word to describe something. So when they see someone use the word toon to describe a character, even though the usage goes far back, it doesn't feel right in the slightest.

[Truefaith87]

My character is not a Toon ;__; She is a cute Elezen female who has a tragic past that haunts her. On the outside she shows nothing, but all she does is trying to make everything right and fullfilling the cause her parents died for.

My characters backstory is better. He is out after the man who, on one stormy night in Old Gridania, stole my Dark Pretzel that my parents bought for me. I SEEK VENGENCE AND HUNGER TO BE SATED! I AM THE GRUMBLING TUMMY IN THE NIGHT. I, AM, FATMAN!

[fixitman]

Back on topic:

It is very doubtful that these are multi-boxing RMT bots. I used to triple- and quad-box in WoW, and I have always despised RMTs. I do have two service accounts in FF14, but rarely login to both at the same time. I will eventually be doing so to slightly increase gathering efficiency, but that is only for my own crafting needs. My gaming time is limited, making it difficult to get what I need when each specific unspoiled node only spawns every 70 minutes (earth time). Being able to get 2-4 HQ from a node vs. 1-2 means I might be able to make 1 upgrade per day instead of 1 every 2 days.

If RMTs were indeed multi-boxing, you would see them all over the place. Unfortunately, "boxing" just takes too much effort for very little reward in FF14. Although it is allowed, SE did not make it advantageous to do so. RMTs will naturally look for the most efficient way to make gil, and I can assure you that "boxing" is far from efficient. If you see a "boxer" in FF14, they are most likely a regular player who is just bored and looking for a greater challenge.

[Gnova]

I'm not sure how a term used to refer to a online PC since the 90's has become derogatory.
If someone has an issue with "toon" I would assume they are newish to the MMO genre.
If someone would use avatar to describe their character I would probably go into a laughing fit.

It's strange how language changes though.
I remember after leaving EQ saying to a group I was gtg after a brief afk. They all got pissed off at me and I realized that outside of EQ gtg doesn't mean "good to go" after a afk return.

As for the OP, you probably just saw a multi-box RMT farmer.

[SavageWolf]

It's strange how language changes though.

One that really annoys me is seeing "PST me". Please send tell me? I've actually asked someone who had used it like this once, and they said they thought it meant "pssst" me. As in what you say to someone who you want to whisper to.

I was saddened.

[Shioban]

Could be collection of RMT bots.

It's quite common to see a bunch of them logging in around a delivery Moogle and then logging off.

Similar to the aethytre camps in 1.23.




On a note of opinion, people saying 'toon' is just awful.
I can understand the reasoning, but eugh. "My toon looks like x!" makes me think they're playing a 2006 browser based 2D teenage chat-room.

[Bruiser_Cruiser]

"toon"

regrettable

I dont personally have a problem with the name "toon" but hell fire ur lala is cute as a button!

[Inquisitor]

I don't much like the term 'toon,' but I've come to grips with it and let it slide.

But when someone types 'deeps' instead of 'dps' I want to reach through the screen and throttle them.

[Obysuca]

It's probably a duel boxer. There's practical platoons of them in WoW.
I saw one earlier, all miqo'te females and all White Mages, all in the same gear, same FC, all following each other. Dunno if it's against TOS or what, though, or if its Gil sellers or people with far too much money to blow.

Theres a big group of them in Ul'dah, zoning in and out of the inn, all day lol All wearing vanya body, dyed the same shade of blue, with the same blm staff.

[Limecat]

>toon

But in all seriousness, sounds botty. They might just be characters from one multi-boxer using the same saved appearance data over and over though.
inb4 >greentext