At this point in EQ’s life it appears wise for DBG to embrace multi-boxing. Honestly, fixing mercs would be a bad business decision for DBG since they can derive more revenue from individuals subbing for 3-6-12 accounts. MQ and it’s plug-ins are so mature now DBG could literally take them and make it a part of the game. Since they are a business and need money from every angle they can get, I think they should add a “perk” cost to allow you to bind owned accounts for grouping. Once, you pay the cost you get access to a plugin that you can configure for the character logged in.

Hands down the best experience playing EQ is running 6 accounts yourself or even raiding with a few others doing the same. I haven’t found another game with such an unique feature albeit cheating by current ToS.