New 5-man / 1-boxer..

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Well, after dual-boxing for a few months, I tested out a few extra instances of WoW to see how my machine would handle 5-man / 1-boxing over the last week. It turned out to work much better than I had expected, so I purchased 3 WoW battlechests today to make the account total now 5.

Unfortunately, my original character was on Magtheridon as Alliance, so I'll end up deleting all my lower level Mag characters now that I've transferred my main Alliance to a different server. Now I can finally join you guys on the Horde side as another 5-man set! :)

The million dollar question is which characters to play.. I like variety, so I'm going to try for 5 different classes, and my goal is not PvP-oriented.. almost strictly PvE with a little world PvP thrown in. At a minimum, I want one of each of the traditional MT/Healer/DPS classes.

So far, since I'd like to keep a party of the same race, I'm leaning on either of these groups:
Blood Elf:
Paladin, Priest, Hunter, Mage, Warlock
Tauren:
Warrior, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Shaman
Undead:
Warrior, Priest, Mage, Mage, Warlock
Orc:
Warrior, Shaman, Shaman, Hunter, Warlock

Or.. should I just scrap the same-race idea and go with a good mix?
Tauren Warrior
Blood Elf Paladin
Orc Shaman/Warlock
Troll Hunter
Undead Mage

FYI.. the machine I'll be running this 5-box on:
Intel Core2 E6600 overclocked @ 3.2GHz
4GB DDR2-800 Corsair XMS
Gigabyte P965-DS3 mobo
eVGA 8800GTX
2x 36GB Raptors, 2x 500GB 7200rpm WD's (both pairs in RAID 0)
Dell 24", Dell 20" monitors
Splitting this videocard over the 2 monitors results in a significant hit in FPS, but keeping the resolution low on the 4 other accounts keeps them quite smooth on all 5 WoW windows.

[Fear The Wrath]

hey i dont have any advice.. xept if you are really gonna do this.. it will be easier to start off in the same area.. so all same race or troll/orc

GL man... you're gonna need it. haha

[Xzin]

hey i dont have any advice.. xept if you are really gonna do this.. it will be easier to start off in the same area.. so all same race or troll/orc

GL man... you're gonna need it. haha

Yes but aside from either getting summoned (hint: we have plenty of 5 boxers with locks) or just walking one time - that should not play at all into your race selection. There are other compelling reasons to be the same race though - but where you want to take this is entirely up to you.

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There are other compelling reasons to be the same race though - but where you want to take this is entirely up to you.

Yes, that's playing into mind.. aesthetics. Five identical characters, except for gear and perhaps hair color. :)

I'm leaning toward the elf group for 5 distinct classes, although the charge of 5 tauren to the Alliance would be.. intimidating.

However, the idea of having one of each race is interesting - it'd look more like a real party. Decisions.. decisions..

I have a feeling I'm going to end up making a few groups of five..

[thinus]

I am extremely happy with my 5 girls, see my sig. Also posted a screenshot in the screenshot forum.

I am also planning a 5x female gnome warlock gank squad just for pure pvp mayhem.

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I am extremely happy with my 5 girls, see my sig.

Haha wow.. that was my exact idea.. even down to naming after hair color!

[thinus]

I am extremely happy with my 5 girls, see my sig.

Haha wow.. that was my exact idea.. even down to naming after hair color!

Well, the naming and guild name is based on Reservoir Dogs. Very few people get it. The hair colour was kinda after the fact.