[Rift] Might wanna start multiboxing, some questions.

[Negativ1337]

Hey guys,

Im currently playing Rift with one character, and would love to multibox this game.

I've been thinking... I'm sure i can quad-box this game with my computer, and i've been enjoying it with one character. I have some questions:

Do collection quests drop for the whole group?
How do you setup focus/follow in ISBoxer?
How do you accept quests with multiple characters? (click quest giver -> accept quests x 4 or is there an easier way?)
Edit: And if you plan to multibox multiple accounts, do you need multiple e-mails in order to be able to log-in?


Kind regards,

Negativ1337

[gunsun]

I'm only two boxing it to test it out, but I'm having a lot of fun. They've taken the WoW formula and improved on a lot of the more annoying things.

Collection quests drop for the whole,sometimes. If you have to pick something up off the ground, it's first come first served. If you have to kill something and loot it, everyone can get the drop. This really speeds things up.

As far as I can tell, you click on everything on every character. The RIFT developers seem very concerned with automation of any kind. I can't find an auotloot option. I can't find a cast sequence for macros. They seem to have intentionally left those out to avoid the WoW gliders. You can chain abilities on macros, as long as they have cool downs, but my casters have 3 instant spells and only the first one will fire.

I haven't played around with focus, but there is a decent macro system for naming characters, following them, assisting them, and playing around with focus targets, target of targets, etcetera.

I'm only level 16 on two necros atm. So I haven't done much with addons (if there are any yet) or anything like that. I just found the auction house last night.

What really amazes me is two things (That WoW has screwed up): first, you have amazing freedom to play around with a base class. My necros can be healers or nukers or pet based classes. So I don't feel a need to level alts. In WoW I liked mages and I liked Warlocks, so I had to level both. The second thing they got right was group quests and group events. I actually got sucked into a much longer gaming session that I had planned, because my somewhat boring quests kept getting interrupted by invasions and rifts. I found myself in a raid of 30 people chasing massive encounter after massive encounter and leveling quite fast. This was all in the 11-15 level range.

It really blows my mind how much WoW has become a solo play game, with the phasing and punishments for leveling groups. Collection quests are a great example of how RIFT encourages group play and WoW punishes it.

I am a little concerned about the devs fighting automation. I won't five box because the game doesn't seem designed for that. I know they posted that it is okay, but I have a feeling it will be more like Sony's version of boxing instead of Blizzard's. Should that happen, I have two machine and the hardware to share keyboard and mouse without any software.

This is lame, but the game is young and I want to see how things play out. I really liked Star Wars Galaxies for the first two months of game play, before the development team completely destroyed it. So I'm overly cautious at the moment, waiting to see what happens.

[Duane]

I'm only two boxing it to test it out, but I'm having a lot of fun. They've taken the WoW formula and improved on a lot of the more annoying things.

Collection quests drop for the whole,sometimes. If you have to pick something up off the ground, it's first come first served. If you have to kill something and loot it, everyone can get the drop. This really speeds things up.

As far as I can tell, you click on everything on every character. The RIFT developers seem very concerned with automation of any kind. I can't find an auotloot option. I can't find a cast sequence for macros. They seem to have intentionally left those out to avoid the WoW gliders. You can chain abilities on macros, as long as they have cool downs, but my casters have 3 instant spells and only the first one will fire.

I haven't played around with focus, but there is a decent macro system for naming characters, following them, assisting them, and playing around with focus targets, target of targets, etcetera.

I'm only level 16 on two necros atm. So I haven't done much with addons (if there are any yet) or anything like that. I just found the auction house last night.

What really amazes me is two things (That WoW has screwed up): first, you have amazing freedom to play around with a base class. My necros can be healers or nukers or pet based classes. So I don't feel a need to level alts. In WoW I liked mages and I liked Warlocks, so I had to level both. The second thing they got right was group quests and group events. I actually got sucked into a much longer gaming session that I had planned, because my somewhat boring quests kept getting interrupted by invasions and rifts. I found myself in a raid of 30 people chasing massive encounter after massive encounter and leveling quite fast. This was all in the 11-15 level range.

It really blows my mind how much WoW has become a solo play game, with the phasing and punishments for leveling groups. Collection quests are a great example of how RIFT encourages group play and WoW punishes it.

I am a little concerned about the devs fighting automation. I won't five box because the game doesn't seem designed for that. I know they posted that it is okay, but I have a feeling it will be more like Sony's version of boxing instead of Blizzard's. Should that happen, I have two machine and the hardware to share keyboard and mouse without any software.

This is lame, but the game is young and I want to see how things play out. I really liked Star Wars Galaxies for the first two months of game play, before the development team completely destroyed it. So I'm overly cautious at the moment, waiting to see what happens.
There is an auto loot option but there isn't an IWT option that I've found.

[Negativ1337]

Okay sounds good :)

And if you plan to multibox multiple accounts, do you need multiple e-mail accounts in order to be able to log-in?

[Cookiebo]

i still got problems with dual screen.. i cant have them on 2 screens.

[Ualaa]

Lax has an FTL Walkthrough for Rift.
http://isboxer.com/wiki/RIFT:Basic_Multiboxing_Macros_Walkthrough

[Lokked]

Hi Negativ1337,

Do collection quests drop for the whole group?
Almost all of the Collection Quests will drop for the whole group. I think there was only 1 that didn't and it is one of the first 3 Guardian Quests, in the nub area.

How do you setup focus/follow in ISBoxer?
Lax has a guide. With creative use of the Mouse Repeater function, it takes about 20 mins. Once set up for 1 char, you can import to other chars ON THE SAME SHARD (server). If you start on a new server, you will have to set it up all over again.

How do you accept quests with multiple characters? (click quest giver -> accept quests x 4 or is there an easier way?)
Using Mouse Repeater, unfortunately. A little practice will have you accepting quests like a Jamba maniac in no time.

Edit: And if you plan to multibox multiple accounts, do you need multiple e-mails in order to be able to in?
You need 1 Email Account per RIFT Account. The Email is your Login ID.

[Negativ1337]

Hi Negativ1337,

Do collection quests drop for the whole group?
Almost all of the Collection Quests will drop for the whole group. I think there was only 1 that didn't and it is one of the first 3 Guardian Quests, in the nub area.

How do you setup focus/follow in ISBoxer?
Lax has a guide. With creative use of the Mouse Repeater function, it takes about 20 mins. Once set up for 1 char, you can import to other chars ON THE SAME SHARD (server). If you start on a new server, you will have to set it up all over again.

How do you accept quests with multiple characters? (click quest giver -> accept quests x 4 or is there an easier way?)
Using Mouse Repeater, unfortunately. A little practice will have you accepting quests like a Jamba maniac in no time.

Edit: And if you plan to multibox multiple accounts, do you need multiple e-mails in order to be able to in?
You need 1 Email Account per RIFT Account. The Email is your Login ID.

Thanks a lot! Answered everything :)