You are jumping to an awful lot of conclusions with little to no basis to them.
A good 2 boxer, you won't even know they are 2 boxing and not just two players hanging out.
Many 2 boxers don't hog loot, in fact, they only take 1 share, despite the fact that they are providing 2 characters to the group (quite frequently the healer because nobody else wants to play one).
The people in my guild that 2 box, 2 box in our guild groups quite frequently, and they do it very well. Almost always its a healbot. We've found very few people that want to full time play a healer. We have 2 in our entire guild. If neither is on, it would truly suck for us if we didn't have the healbots (we have 3 dualboxers with healbots, and 1 with a fighter/rogue combo).
Not one of these people ever takes more than 1 share of the loot, they didn't do it in EQ1 and they don't do it now. The only difference is, in EQ2 you'd have to really pay attention to whether that "player" (the bot) was ever getting loot, because many 2 boxers are very leery of people like you, so they don't tell you they are botting, but they simply decline all loot with the bot. If you pay attention over an evening, and a player never wins a single thing, he just might be a bot. If you haven't been able to tell by their playstyle, then they do it well.
My guildmates that have healbots do it for several reasons:
1) they don't always want to group
2) they can complete quests without bothering their guildmates and friends to come help them
3) its more challenging to play 2 chars
I'm sure there's more reasons, but those are the primary ones that I can recall from discussions.
Now, are there 2 boxers out there that are like described by the OP? Sure. There's jerks that single box, dual box, triple box, 6 box. There's jerks that play every class. Every level. Level, class, number of chars, number of accounts, none of that has any relevance to jerkness. But to blacklist all 2 boxers because of your personal prejudices and maybe a few bad experiences is lame.
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firstly because these people are basically power levling themselve to higher levels they get to more difficult enemies too quickly and then they actually have to group with real other people *gasp* and have none of the skills it takes to group with others.
Not true, many 2 boxers will group with guildmates, friends, or will single box in pickup groups. Just because you see them 2 boxing one day doesn't mean they do it constantly. Even if they do, that's their choice, it doesn't mean they don't know how to play in a group. Big assumptions made here.
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These people are easily reconizable as they will still barking out orders to others as how they "should" be playing their char as if (as they are used to ) the group is all about them.
A jerk is a jerk is a jerk, whether they are soloing or boxing, the fact that they are being a jerk is relevant, the fact that they 2 box isn't. Its called being immature.
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second these people know nothing about fair looting rules, they will have no sympathy for those who are poor and needy for what little loot they can get.
Either you are saying they took 2 shares, for their 2 characters, which is another area of discussion, or you are saying that because they can 2 box they should pass all loot to you, on the theory that because they can 2 box they can just get all the want other times.
What makes you think that 2 boxing makes you rich?
There are different viewpoints on the loot thing, as far as 2 boxing. Some 2 boxers feel that they bring twice the skills/abilities/dps/healing to the group, so they should get 2 shares of the loot. Most 2 boxers seem to feel that loot is player based, so take 1 share per player, not per character.
They are different opinions, but both have some validity. If a character isn't contributing, it doesn't matter whether they are boxed or not, they should be booted. One reason I think that 2 boxers should only take 1 share of the loot is that its impossible to give 100% effort to 2 characters.
If you don't like the loot rules of a group, move on or form your own. This issue has nothing to do with 2 boxing.
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and thirdly, and worse of all IMHO, alot of these types seem to be the kind of people who are trying to quickly make it to higher lvls so they can farm item and platinum to sell (illegally ) on the internet which floods the market and ruins the game economy. seen it happen too many times.
I don't know any 2 boxers that are in any way interested in selling platinum or characters on e-bay or anywhere else. They do exist, yes. There's whole companies that hire chinese sweat shop labor to do this stuff. You'll never (or rarely) interact with these people and you will never group with them.
All the 2 boxers I know do it for the reasons I've already brought up, not one of them has ever sold an account or character or item or money. I've known all 4 of these people for at least 10 years.
That's a small sample rate, but I know these people personally. How many people do you know personally that 2 box just to sell? I think your sample rate is smaller than mine.
You have a chip on your shoulder because other people can afford 2 accounts and can do things in game you can't. Buy a second account, or seriously think about what you are saying. You are totally wrong.