I've never had an encounter with a multiboxer in vanilla wow in my 200 /played days on my warlock (that I know of). Never gave it a thought, however now that I hear streamers want to use it and beat the competition when leveling to 60 it seems like an unfair advantage (if it would be a free feature in "wow classic" then I would see it differently, but then again it wouldn't be "Classic" in my opinion).
I rather see blizzard move the "follow" option all together to counter multiboxing if need be.
Imagine a server/world first to 60, streaming with multi boxing. :/
Being able to control 5 characters in a coordinated fasion in pvp also gives a crazy advantage. Ganking in world pvp for instance, there will always be someone to try and exploit.
The only move traditional games will have to counter this if blizzard wont take action is to start multiboxing your self (even I considered it, just to be able to compete). This will ruin the feeling I'm looking for in classic wow and would probably mean I would abandon the game.
Who knows, maybe times have changed and something cool and fun will come out of this (if it is going to be common thing). I hope I will never meet a multiboxer and get affected by it, but just play the game as it was.
HF and stay true to Classic!
Being able to control 5 characters in a coordinated fasion in pvp also gives a crazy advantage. Ganking in world pvp for instance, there will always be someone to try and exploit.
The only move traditional games will have to counter this if blizzard wont take action is to start multiboxing your self (even I considered it, just to be able to compete). This will ruin the feeling I'm looking for in classic wow and would probably mean I would abandon the game.
This is also being done on retail, its not really an issue unless the boxer is griefing players or somehow is making even more gold pr hour farming with 5 toons (highly unlikely that it would increase gph significantly though)..
And if someone enjoys a certain aspect of the game is dettering you from playing it, then in generel you should probably stay away from MMOs.. :wink:
But it seems Blizzard will only allow 1 classic account pr battle.net account, regardless of active subbed wow accounts on the given battle.net.. I have gotten this info directly from a gamemaster when consulting them yesterday.
Ah man, I can't find the video but I watched a video of a multiboxer as 5 or 6 warlocks and he we just insta dotting everything and running!
Not easy to survive that if you get targeted lol
I don't think they should be allowed to do it even if they pay for it, i mean its like athletes taking PEDs to get a competitive edge (exaggerating).
It wont be fair to the people with one character in the world trying to play the game.
I mean watching the video and trying to kill them is like taking down a boss lol
You shouldn't have to group with 7 people to take down essentially one person but 7 characters.
I mean watching the video and trying to kill them is like taking down a boss lol
You shouldn't have to group with 7 people to take down essentially one person but 7 characters.
I agree that in pvp multiboxing is not a 100% fair, and I personally would never multibox in pvp as having 1 of your boxing characters dying and having to walk back on it is a pain in the butt..
I have only boxed for lvling purposes, and will probably dabble again with boxing in Classic for the same reasons
I'm in the stress test right now testing out multiboxing. I'm basically just running my mage and my priest as a leveling tag team. It's going pretty well but there's a lot to keep track of when you're not just running 1 class. Also I'm skipping most collection quests as those take forever to complete, especially right now when the areas are flooded by people..
I'm in the stress test right now testing out multiboxing. I'm basically just running my mage and my priest as a leveling tag team. It's going pretty well but there's a lot to keep track of when you're not just running 1 class. Also I'm skipping most collection quests as those take forever to complete, especially right now when the areas are flooded by people..
Do you have different battle.net accounts? Or will it allow you to drop down and choose different beta accounts on the same battle.net account?? Blizzard will not give me a clear answer yet…
Do you have different battle.net accounts? Or will it allow you to drop down and choose different beta accounts on the same battle.net account?? Blizzard will not give me a clear answer yet…
I just use 1 battle.net account and select a different WoW account in the dropdown.
Do you have different battle.net accounts? Or will it allow you to drop down and choose different beta accounts on the same battle.net account?? Blizzard will not give me a clear answer yet…
I just use 1 battle.net account and select a different WoW account in the dropdown.
Nice, means I should stay subbed on more than 1 account
you'd still need to be paying for 5 different accounts, which is just whack. like. im not sure on how much sub costs now but it used to be about $18 a month in NZ, with the exchange rate and all, so thats basically 20 bucks. x5 so $100 a month just to multibox on wow? thats way too much. unjustifiable to me. i guess maybe someone rich might be able to afford that, good job and no bills to pay and what not.
multiboxers are gross though, something about them just triggers me, seeing them all stacked in a line like that. makes me want to kill them immediately in pvp. same kind of feeling with seeing multiple mobs all too close together in one place. just itching to aoe the crap out of them
you'd still need to be paying for 5 different accounts, which is just whack.
Well of course, if you play 5 accounts you pay for 5 accounts
Imagine a server/world first to 60, streaming with multi boxing. :/
This matters how? Does someone actually care about world first 60s which were done way back and countless times on p-servers? =D People are so silly about this game
Well of course, if you play 5 accounts you pay for 5 accounts
yeah my thinking when i wrote that was along the lines of multiboxing on private servers, since thats what ive been playing for the last 5 years. where its much more common to see them because having accounts there is free. on retail however i think i only saw maybe one multiboxing train during my whole wow career. because i dont think 5 subs a month is really justifiable for the average wow player
Short clip of me dual-boxing in the stress test
This is without any addons, just using ISBoxer and a few macros.
Imagine a server/world first to 60, streaming with multi boxing. :/
This matters how? Does someone actually care about world first 60s which were done way back and countless times on p-servers? =D People are so silly about this game
I can’t help but feel that the people caring about world firsts, especially the mundane ones like I keep seeing streamers brag about during the beta, are just people who have always wanted to be a part of those world first hardcore guilds in retail but never had the chops so are bragging about world first on Van Cleef.
Short clip of me dual-boxing in the stress test
This is without any addons, just using ISBoxer and a few macros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MH3AuA2JT0
And you could easily do this with the same battle.net account but different wow accounts on it?
I used ISBoxer on multiboxing hunters and shamans in retail, would like to try that again some time in Classic
Short clip of me dual-boxing in the stress test
This is without any addons, just using ISBoxer and a few macros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MH3AuA2JT0
And you could easily do this with the same battle.net account but different wow accounts on it?
I used ISBoxer on multiboxing hunters and shamans in retail, would like to try that again some time in Classic
Yes, it's very simple with ISBoxer, you just set it to launch the battle.net launcher where you then choose your WoW account and press play. After the game window has opened, ISBoxer will launch a new instance of battle.net where you select your second WoW account and press play. In battle.net you just need to have it set up to close battle.net when you play a game.
Short clip of me dual-boxing in the stress test
This is without any addons, just using ISBoxer and a few macros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MH3AuA2JT0
And you could easily do this with the same battle.net account but different wow accounts on it?
I used ISBoxer on multiboxing hunters and shamans in retail, would like to try that again some time in Classic
Yes, it's very simple with ISBoxer, you just set it to launch the battle.net launcher where you then choose your WoW account and press play. After the game window has opened, ISBoxer will launch a new instance of battle.net where you select your second WoW account and press play. In battle.net you just need to have it set up to close battle.net when you play a game.
Yes that was not the question, I have used ISBoxer before and know it. But this is the way it normally goes on retail, but I wanted to know whether in Classic I would have 2 classic wow accounts considering I have 2 active retail wow accounts.. But I dont think we will know until Classic is released, because the stress test does not imply whether or not it should work this way.
Short clip of me dual-boxing in the stress test
This is without any addons, just using ISBoxer and a few macros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MH3AuA2JT0
And you could easily do this with the same battle.net account but different wow accounts on it?
I used ISBoxer on multiboxing hunters and shamans in retail, would like to try that again some time in Classic
Yes, it's very simple with ISBoxer, you just set it to launch the battle.net launcher where you then choose your WoW account and press play. After the game window has opened, ISBoxer will launch a new instance of battle.net where you select your second WoW account and press play. In battle.net you just need to have it set up to close battle.net when you play a game.
Yes that was not the question, I have used ISBoxer before and know it. But this is the way it normally goes on retail, but I wanted to know whether in Classic I would have 2 classic wow accounts considering I have 2 active retail wow accounts.. But I dont think we will know until Classic is released, because the stress test does not imply whether or not it should work this way.
Yeah, as earlier I can only refer to how it worked in the stress test. I hope they keep it that way for launch.
Short clip of me dual-boxing in the stress test
This is without any addons, just using ISBoxer and a few macros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MH3AuA2JT0
And you could easily do this with the same battle.net account but different wow accounts on it?
I used ISBoxer on multiboxing hunters and shamans in retail, would like to try that again some time in Classic
Yes, it's very simple with ISBoxer, you just set it to launch the battle.net launcher where you then choose your WoW account and press play. After the game window has opened, ISBoxer will launch a new instance of battle.net where you select your second WoW account and press play. In battle.net you just need to have it set up to close battle.net when you play a game.
Yes that was not the question, I have used ISBoxer before and know it. But this is the way it normally goes on retail, but I wanted to know whether in Classic I would have 2 classic wow accounts considering I have 2 active retail wow accounts.. But I dont think we will know until Classic is released, because the stress test does not imply whether or not it should work this way.
Yeah, as earlier I can only refer to how it worked in the stress test. I hope they keep it that way for launch.
I sure hope so too, would hate to have to use 2 different battle.net accounts… Hopefully it will be 1 classic account pr active bfa wow account
I don't agree with the belief that multiboxing wasn't feasible in 2005... the software existed and the graphics/processing power too.
omg that speaker system. Logitech Z-5500. I JUST stopped using those a few weeks ago.