New to multi boxing, need advice on class setup.

[Ton777]

Gday,

I'm about to start 5 boxing and my plan is to use the 5 classes that I don't already have at 70, then eventually transfer them over to my main account. The classes I'm looking at using are: Paladin, Mage, Priest, Shaman, Druid.

I just have a few questions to ask. First of all, I could use some advice on specs. My current plan for questing is to have Ret Pall, Frost Mage, Shadowpriest, Ele Shammy and Balance Druid.

For instancing I was leaning toward having the same setup, but with a prot pally and Holy Priest, or Resto Druid.

If there is some obvious combination that would work well that I'm missing, please let me know. I was just leaning toward having the priest as the healer because it has AoE heals.

My second question relates to which character I should be controlling, and which should be set to follow. Since the pally is melee I was thinking that it would be best to have him as my main character, but in alot of videos that I have seen the healer as being the main character.

I dunno, I'm very new to all of this, so any feedback and/or help is muchly appreciated.

Cheers.

[Impulze]

In my personal opinion the paladin would best be Holy, but otherwise thats an amazing set up really.
Melee classes have a tough time with Multi-Boxing because they face the target when attacking, which would cause them to stop following.
The bad thing about that in a set up like that would be that you have all casters, and then a ret paladin, unless of course the ret paladin was your main toon.
holy paly:Concentration Aura & Wisdom
Frost Mage: Snares & slowing targets
Shadowpriest: Dots & once higher mana/health battery
Ele shammy: Totems & Chain Lightning
Bal druid: 5% Crit rating.
Only cons to this would be the fact that you have a load of different spells with different cast times.
But I'd like to see how it turns out ^_^

[Ton777]

Hehe, I'm keen to see how it works out too. I wrote up a big list last night of the most compatible spells and tried to sort out bindings.

So you think the pally should be holy whilst questing/grinding? And should I control him as my main, so in essence I have a healer with 4 casters to back him up on dps? I guess that would make things easier eh?

Thanks for your advice. I'll be sure to keep y'all updated

[Chorizotarian]

Even in PvE things get more complicated as you add more classes. People defintely do run groups with 5 different classes, but you might find it pretty rough at first. Personally I think that the prot pally + 4 shammy group is the best way to start out.

[Zug]

Even in PvE things get more complicated as you add more classes. People defintely do run groups with 5 different classes, but you might find it pretty rough at first. Personally I think that the prot pally + 4 shammy group is the best way to start out.

All new boxers out there should heed this advice.

Boxing can be fun, but it is a learning curve. If possible, start up with a single or 2 class team. (All mage/shaman/warlock) etc. Get them to level 20. Learn the basics. See what works for you and what doesn't. The name of the game is synergy.

[Impulze]

Yes, for your class setup I agree with choriz for the paladin being protection for atleast 20-30 levels, until you get some decent healing spells/extra dps, after that you can go holy and spam concencrates and holy shield while your dps nukes 5 guys at a time, then if its single targeting have a 2H waiting, and then just keep a 1h and shield for big pulls, if your panning on doing that. Your priest can off heal when needed because you won't have shadow form until 40 I believe.