Warhammer Dual Boxing Ideas

[Kopitar]

Which 2 classes will have a good synergy for dual boxing? If you are going to dual box Warhammer what are you going to play, i`m thinking marauder and a shaman or 2 squig herders maybe adding a 3`rd class to heal later one if it works well. Anyone else have any idea`s for viable combo`s to play dual boxing!

[heyaz]

I tried to look up some info on the classes but couldn't get enough information to really determine which would work best together. My plan was to get in the open beta and play several classes individually and then make my decision as to what classes would work well together (and also if the game is even worth playing).

[Lokked]

Assisting Sorcs (even just 2) will be very nice.

Bsed on the offensive capabilities of the Shaman, though, I would have to say multiple Shaman would be the 2/3/4/5 box specialty. They also can cast an AE Heal, which can help vs AE, and in doing so will help to build up the Offensive WAAAGH.

Their offensive capabilities are quite strong from range. They also have quite a nifty knockback ability, although it also knocks themselves back (which would not be good for you :p).

Other then that, I can't see any other good combos. I suppose Squig Herders or Magus would be good in multiples, but only if they fix the pet pathing and make Magus actually worthwhile to play (I honestly didn't see a single Magus in Preview Weekend, although I didn't spend much time in the Chaos Zones).

Good Luck, look at Sorcs and Shaman.

[heyaz]

Only problem I see with shaman in war i they don't wear heavy armor.. they're squishy like wow mages

[tatam3x]

i hope you have 5 or 6 good PCs.
Because the war client takes 1,2go to run.

[Jezebel]

I would have to say multiple Shaman would be the 2/3/4/5 box specialty. They get a group HoT, which x5 would be substiantial enough to keep your group up under heavy AE.whered you see that? i specifically went through the healer actions looking for a group hot and the only ones i found were available to the melee/healer hybrids (bad for boxing) and as morale abilities.. which are useless in most situations, since you need to build up morale and they have a 60 second global cooldown?

i tested two runepriests during the preview weekend and found that two stacked HoT's were enough to outheal 2/3 people focus firing one of them. 6 stacked HoT's would be one stop short of god-mode. actually, it would be 7 per character, since you can also add your instant single target HoT over that.

[Lokked]

My apologies. Shaman get a 3 second cast AE Heal, similar to Prayer of Healing from the WoW Priest.

I've updated my above post to reflect the change to this error.

[Jezebel]

My apologies. Shaman get a 3 second cast AE Heal, similar to Prayer of Healing from the WoW Priest.

I've updated my above post to reflect the change to this error.doh. i was hoping there was one that i hadnt seen :S

by the way (if you guys dont know already) www.wardb.com .. great site for actions/abilities, etc.

[Kopitar]

i hope you have 5 or 6 good PCs.
Because the war client takes 1,2go to run.

If i can run AoC on the system, it should easily run WarHammer i figure, am i wrong in this assumption? (haven't played yet)

[Lokked]

Kopitar,

The Beta Client did not respond well to window swapping via Hotkey. At best, swapping speeds between 2 instances costs you around 1 second.

Also, one noted difference between AoC software boxing and WAR, when you quickly swap windows in WAR via the Windows API (what your hotkeys are written around):
AoC will swap to the other window and back without affecting your mouse positioning, so you can continue holding down your mouse button and it will be uninterrupted while you press your hotkeys. Dunno if this makes sense, but....
WAR will interrupt your game music, and cause your "Main" window to stop responding to the mouse (let go of whatever mouse button was held down), while taking its 1 second period to swap back and forth. I found it unbelievably annoying.

With this all said, I enjoy WAR a LOT single play. The melee classes are amazing!
In the future, I will 3-box on my 3 PCs, to which I understand works well. Although, the game seems difficult to master multiboxing, i'll give it a shot later on.

Good luck to you.

[Kopitar]

I'll be 3 boxing if it is viable, i have 3 systems that can run AoC so i should be fine i gather.

[Stebee83]

Im thinking of doing a dok+ sorc , with dok focusing on staying alive, and the sorc just needs to dps. If sorc over agros, just have to switch defensive targetting to the sorc.

Well, I am sure a black orc + Sham, or Chosen + zealot would be good, if not better, I think the dok + sorc should make a very interesting combo :)

[BGuru]

Can you dual box from different armies? Like I want to run a Chosen and a Shaman.

Is there any reason to 3 box?
What would be a good 3 box group?
Maybe a Chosen, Shaman and a Squig Herder?

[Stebee83]

Can you dual box from different armies? Like I want to run a Chosen and a Shaman.

Is there any reason to 3 box?
What would be a good 3 box group?
Maybe a Chosen, Shaman and a Squig Herder?You can box the different Armies, but the starting issues would be an issue, which is why I am going to bow the classes I want in the same armies, and combine them later on. I really like the chosen as a tank, and the dok I have been following for awhile, which I might be biased towards...eh, and then I would want to throw in the sorc for the AE'ing abilities.