EVE New Citizens Q&A

Ok, so my bro is coming over tomorrow and we plan on throwing down on some EVE all day for my birthday. He was planning on bringing his computer over with him and hooking it up over here.

My question is, will we have any problems if he goes through my router to connect to the internet? I mean is his account tied to his IP address and will it cause problems for him if he connects through mine?

Are there any steps we have to take when we connect him through the router?

I'm not sure about these things and would appreciate any and all advice thrown my way on the subject.

Thanks.

Cool, I just didn't want our accounts banned for account sharing when he logs in through my ISP.

Figured I'd ask on the forums as I'm sure a few of the players have done this once or twice with friends or siblings.

Damn it. Well if it's going to even have a chance to get flagged I sure ain't gonna do it. That really sucks.

There isn't any way to log in at a Friend/siblings house and not run that chance? I'm new to EVE and don't wanna rock the boat or cause ripples in the pond...and i sure in the hell don't want to be cut off from my account because I wanted to hang out with my bro on my birthday.

Please, somebody tell me a way to get this done if there is a way.

You would be logging 2 acct's in from the same IP, which happens constantly. No issues, none, you're fine.

Logging in the same acct from multiple IP ids what looks like acct sharing... which is the opposite of what you're doing

Same IP is likely no problem. Same computer may look suspicious (CCP records a hardware fingerprint).

This is the correct answer.. acc sharing is only when they detect the same acc being logged on diff ip addresses

Even then, there are specific conditions that would flag account sharing..

Edited for clarification

Not has anything like this happen to my self, more just heard it from others that heard it from a friend that heard it from a friend kind of thing.

There are two things that can cause them to react.
One is if you log in from one location (say you log in from somewhere in US), and then 5 minutes later you log in from somewhere in EU.
It would be quite difficult for you to explain how you could travel from US to EU in that short amount of time obviously, so from what i have been told that would make them react since it would most likely be either account sharing or your account got hacked.
However, when you log in from US and then 24 hour later find your self in EU they will not react (at least not in my experience and having traveled between US and EU on a regular basis i would think they would have asked me by now if they had any concerns).

Keeping a character logged in 23/7.
This story is even more shady but who knows, might be some truth to it.
When a character is online and active 23/7 it looks suspicious, and even if your not using a macro but you and your relative is sharing the account this will be a breach of the EULA.

So even if its your brother, make sure he is not using your account and the other way around, even if its just for skill changes.

And btw... Happy birthday!

What you said will not happen, because there is also a hardware-ID which stays the same (he is bringing his computer too). Also, lots of people connect through a dynamic IP address, would that flag them every time? Your reasoning about the "brand new IP" make no sense when you think it through.

Nightcrawlers post explains how it works, logging in between different countries in a short period of time, that could cause some issues. CCP is not restricting you to move around and login, as long as it's you that is logging in.

One thing that might happen (and im not even sure because the hardwareID stays the same) is when your brother logs in, the game will ask which characters are on the account because you never logged on from that IP. That is no account sharing flag, that is just to make sure any potential hacker doesn't get in easily.

Everything will be fine, don't scare him with nonsense. I've done this stuff a lot (laptops move around a lot) myself and never got in any problem.

I don't think you quite read or understood my message.

Multiple accounts (multi boxing) is not against the EULA. Most players have more than 1 account, therefor logging more than 1 account on the same IP will not cause any issues.

The whole point of this thread is that his friend will be going from logging in from his 'home' to his 'friends house'... Therefor a change of IP will cause the detection systems to flag it.. Just like if someone had hacked your account and logged in from Spain where you normally log in from the US...

I regularly log in from 2 or 3 different IP address ranges using 2 different computers over a weekend (Mine, coffee shop wireless, parent's network). Couple months ago over the course of a week I logged in from 4 different countries on two continents, probably 6 or 7 different IP ranges (hotels, airport, restaurant, etc). Never had the slightest problems, never even had a query as to what's going on.

I would suspect the account sharing flagging is a little more complex than just 'change IP = flag'