Nocturne
08-07-2007, 08:37 PM
So I've been five boxing now for a little over four months and it's been fairly enjoyable thus far. My intention for this post is to answer questions I have and not to pick on anyone's style or opinions. I simply wish to be better at what I do.
As a group I can run most instances to completion up to and including LBRS, unfortunately there comes a point where cloth just doesn't cut it anymore and all the DPS in the world won't make a difference if you can't take three hits. Currently I'm rounding out level 61 in Hellfire, I've not bothered with the Ramparts as I understand the bosses are heavy hitters. I may give it a go this weekend, but I do not expect much. All in all though I would have to say my PvE experience has been a good bit of fun.
My attempts at PvP on the other hand have been met with mixed results. I really can't justify taking all 5 into either AB or WSG as I feel I hinder the overall effort. AV I did alright in, (I won't bother again till the upper 60's) I felt I could more than hold my own and as a priest did my fair share to support other players besides my mages. Obviously my racial choice to play BEs puts me at a disadvantage in PvP and I'm fine with that, I had never intended them to be hardcore PvP toons.
I really don't feel there is anything "wrong" with my setup, but after seeing some vids and reading more into some of the technical write-ups here I've decided that I need to address some issues.
First and foremost my monitors are too far apart as Xzin pointed out back in May (and so pointed out to the wiki audience) so I've begun building a custom stand to fit on my desk.
What is the advantage to having all the PCs linked together? Currently my main PC is not connected in any way to my other 4 PCs. My mages run independent of my priest, and it's worked just fine so far. I bring this up because apparently its important for all the monitors to be the same size/resolution. Which leads me to...
People have mentioned using synchronous mousing and positioning of it/them. What situations is using the mouse on all the systems at once useful?
Hardware/Software - currently I'm only running an old version of multibox (thanks BTW) with a keyboard/mouse/n52 attached to the slave PCs. I only use the keyboard to type with and a majority of my interaction with the mages occurs on the gamepad. I have considered the Vectra/X-keys solution several times, but I really don't see the advantage. Which probably has a lot to do with how I currently play.
I see a lot of people use positioning now, or formations if you wish. I've never really bothered with the exception of Boss fights. Is there a real advantage to it other than looking pretty?
Thats all I can remember to ask at the moment. Thanks in advance for the advice/criticism.
:)
As a group I can run most instances to completion up to and including LBRS, unfortunately there comes a point where cloth just doesn't cut it anymore and all the DPS in the world won't make a difference if you can't take three hits. Currently I'm rounding out level 61 in Hellfire, I've not bothered with the Ramparts as I understand the bosses are heavy hitters. I may give it a go this weekend, but I do not expect much. All in all though I would have to say my PvE experience has been a good bit of fun.
My attempts at PvP on the other hand have been met with mixed results. I really can't justify taking all 5 into either AB or WSG as I feel I hinder the overall effort. AV I did alright in, (I won't bother again till the upper 60's) I felt I could more than hold my own and as a priest did my fair share to support other players besides my mages. Obviously my racial choice to play BEs puts me at a disadvantage in PvP and I'm fine with that, I had never intended them to be hardcore PvP toons.
I really don't feel there is anything "wrong" with my setup, but after seeing some vids and reading more into some of the technical write-ups here I've decided that I need to address some issues.
First and foremost my monitors are too far apart as Xzin pointed out back in May (and so pointed out to the wiki audience) so I've begun building a custom stand to fit on my desk.
What is the advantage to having all the PCs linked together? Currently my main PC is not connected in any way to my other 4 PCs. My mages run independent of my priest, and it's worked just fine so far. I bring this up because apparently its important for all the monitors to be the same size/resolution. Which leads me to...
People have mentioned using synchronous mousing and positioning of it/them. What situations is using the mouse on all the systems at once useful?
Hardware/Software - currently I'm only running an old version of multibox (thanks BTW) with a keyboard/mouse/n52 attached to the slave PCs. I only use the keyboard to type with and a majority of my interaction with the mages occurs on the gamepad. I have considered the Vectra/X-keys solution several times, but I really don't see the advantage. Which probably has a lot to do with how I currently play.
I see a lot of people use positioning now, or formations if you wish. I've never really bothered with the exception of Boss fights. Is there a real advantage to it other than looking pretty?
Thats all I can remember to ask at the moment. Thanks in advance for the advice/criticism.
:)