I was watching Swifty farming some stuff in Un’goro. He got streamsniped by a few, trying to gank him, which they did several times.
Swifty then brought his “multi-boxer friend” who had, I believe, 5 druids - all simultaneously casting spells in sync. The ganker was gone as soon as all the spells finished casting, literally instant dead.
This is not just alt-tabbing, this is using all the spells simultaneously - literally as if it were 5 different players.
This is just one example. This is borderline cheating in my opinion. I would like to see this removed, bannable even.
Not to mention the leveling, you no longer require a group for a, say, elite quest - all soloable since you are five players in one.
Any opinions for why it should be allowed other than just “fun”?
You are the one saying it should perhaps be banned. It is up to you to provide the reasoning as to why that would be the case. So far you’ve not done so beyond personal dislike, which as I stated, counts for nought.
It’s not solo, since there is multiples character and the ‘per character’ is the only perspective that matter. Not the per player.
That’s said, that’s something that has been debated to the ground for 15 years straight, a subject on witch blizz make countless blue post about every argument on the subject.
So that’s not something new, all arguments have already be debatted countless times and got a blue post answer, dont expect anything to change and if you don’t like it, deal with it.
Because 5 characters will beat 1 whether or not multiboxing is involved. Similarly a group has an easier time in all of the activities you list over a single character. Is grouping then unfair as well?
It’s not solo as in only 1 character, but it’s solo as in there’s one player with 5 characters -simultaneously- casting spells. It’s not even alt-tabbing, it’s pressing 1 button and all 5 casts at the same time.
That is solo, and you can do 5-man dungeons as 1 player.
@Gnomecapped No, because grouping actually involves a gorup of players, not a group of characters. Not to mention you don’t need any communication, you just press one button and all your characters in sync does their spells. So, no it’s not the same.
@Shogath Because it’s a terrible and game-breaking problem. That’s why. Blizzard should do something about it.
You realize a Multiboxer has to farm 5x more to get money for all his mounts etc, yes? The others are non issues since 5 players can do them together. And in PvP it’s really no different from getting ganked by a 5man roaming gank squad imo.
If you want to pay extra (multiple accounts) you as person are getting a big advantage over other players that are not paying extra. Not only in grinding and PvE related stuff that do not greatly influence other players except maybe when doing the same quest area/mobs.
But it allows them a payed advantage in PvP. Being able to one shot people because they pay more.
I gave an example in another treath. Few days ago I went to the SV Arena for the chest. On the side (non flagging free for all PvP yet) theres a 5 druid multibox waiting. Safe from his own (horde) faction, and the one guy trying to go for him on the arena edge gets one shotted.
He then waits out the fight for the chest till the last man standing is opening the chest, then steps in, one shots the guy, and grabs the chest.
It’s technically not cheating, and it’s extra income for Blizzard. But how you can not see it as a pay-to-win or unbalanced towards “normal” gameplay?
Now pay to win is a normal method in games based on micro transactions. But for a subscription game where you pay full price each month for all functions, its questionable the least.
Yes… It is not a group of players. It’s a multiboxer. That is playing all of them simultaneously. Your argument against why multiboxing is bad can not be “because it is multiboxing”.
If I want to and am able to play 5 games simultaneously without breaking any rules, why would I not be allowed to do so?
@Gnomecapped
Indeed. But I am questioning why it should be allowed? You are not breaking any rules atm - I want that to be changed. That’s the whole point, are you even reading? xD
It’s a very old yet recurring discussion. Should players get an advantage for simultaneously playing (paying for) several accounts?
For the sake of game fairness alone where everybody should be on the same level the position would be “no”, because a multiboxer has an intrinsic advantage over single-account players by using additional means outside the scope of the game: they pay more and have (or need) better hardware.
On the other hand:
It really isn’t. It’s an entirely arbitrary decision that disturbs the game very little (multiboxers are a minority and impact on the community is small) and adds profit, so it’s an understandable decision.
This isn’t that different from character boosts or gold selling, things Blizzard has implemented in retail: players gaining an advantage by using real-world resources, money. The main difference is mulboxing was allowed in Vanilla, and it still is in Classic.