What do you want to know from Beta?

[Acidburning]

Assuming a Beta is coming, what are some things you have been wanting to know?

1. How follow and pvp will work. Is it the same as current? Or different

2. Paladin judgment stacking?

3. What else?

[uffela]

I'm guessing that they will use the current API with some parts locked down - so macros and addons will be interesting
Character models and animations - it might be a deal breaker for me if the new models and animations can't be turned off.

[MiRai]

Character models and animations - it might be a deal breaker for me if the new models and animations can't be turned off.

I have good news for you - Neither will be present in the Classic re-release. :)

EDIT: I should be fair and say that anything is possible. As in, they could implement the new models into the old game, but, obviously, there'd be a toggle for such a thing if it existed. Right now, however, there is zero indication that new models will be present.

[Assami]

Does that me that we will be able to run much more chars on 1 computer than in BFA ?
I thought I was going to be the same requirements as Legion/BFA but if we can run more characters I'd be interested in Classic.

[MiRai]

Does that me that we will be able to run much more chars on 1 computer than in BFA ?
I thought I was going to be the same requirements as Legion/BFA but if we can run more characters I'd be interested in Classic.
I don't know what your goal is, but it is highly unlikely that new character models and animations are the limiting factors for why you can't run more game clients on a single machine.

Regardless, if you wish to discuss performance, then please open a new thread, as I'd rather not de-rail this thread with unrelated discussion merely hours after it was created.

[Purpleflavor]

Assuming a Beta is coming, what are some things you have been wanting to know?

1. How follow and pvp will work. Is it the same as current? Or different

2. Paladin judgment stacking?

3. What else?i'd give my left arm to get a comprehensive list of stacking raid/party buffs and debuffs. rip elitist jerks :(

[uffela]

i'd give my left arm to get a comprehensive list of stacking raid/party buffs and debuffs. rip elitist jerks :(

Will this help? Taladril's Complete Consumables List https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MsDWgYDIcPE_5nX6pRbea-hW9JQjYikfCDWk16l5V-8/

[theemus]

I want beta just so that there are functioning addons when classic launches.

[FuriousFromage]

I would like to know the following:
1. Mob kiting leash distances and the amount of time you can pull a mob before it returns to it's spawn. This is important for gathering mobs when aoe grinding
2. Porting add-ons from legion. Will we be able to have bars/unit frames on launch? When boxing I rely heavily on being able to see party member cast bars
3. Will we be able to tag mobs on 1 char and kill the mob on the other characters for full exp? Future versions of wow implemented exp scaling based on damage dealt to the mob I believe but tagging used to be a very efficient way to dualbox level alts

[stubbadub3000]

Pretty much all I care about right now is whether or not follow works in pvp combat!

Edit: Oh! Also macros and macro functionality

[Morganti]

Dungeon powerleveling viability.

Mob tagging powerleveling viability.

[Moorea]

I don't know what your goal is, but it is highly unlikely that new character models and animations are the limiting factors for why you can't run more game clients on a single machine.

Regardless, if you wish to discuss performance, then please open a new thread, as I'd rather not de-rail this thread with unrelated discussion merely hours after it was created.

Knowing the hardware requirements is a valuable thing to want to learn from the beta, thus on topic, imo.

[MiRai]

Knowing the hardware requirements is a valuable thing to want to learn from the beta, thus on topic, imo.
Thank you for your input, Moorea, but my reply was in relation to them and their (assumed) current performance issues. If they want to discuss why they're having issues running X amount of game clients, then they should open up a new thread, since troubleshooting their current performance issues is not relevant to this topic.

Now, if we could stay on topic, that'd be great. https://www.dual-boxing.com/images/icons/icon14.png

[Moorea]

Sure, but I would love classic to have the lighter footprint like the 1.12 client had, unfortunately that doesn't look likely - maybe still having smaller DB etc would make it lighter than legion's client... the beta may say (though betas are usually not optimized for perf but instead for debug/troubleshooting)

[Kruschpakx4]

3. What else?

someone might check if shaman imbues flametongue/frostbrand procc elemental devastation in elemental tree

[Apatheist]

I'm interested mostly in unit tracking and whether a "WeakAuras" type addon will work. This addon completely changes the way the game is played for me. It makes tracking stuff and managing my teams so much easier.

One of the things that I really miss when playing older version of the game is the inability to track weapon enchants, DoT's, CC and so on by unit name, focus frame and so on.

Will there be a focus frame at all? There wasn't in vanilla.

Also, the [@player] and [@cursor] conditionals for GTAE spells.

[Acidburning]

any get into the beta yet?

[theemus]

I have a beta account if anyone has any questions I'll do my best to answer.

[realsoccer]

What i really wanna know, if battle shout is a viable for producing aoe treath.

[Lanser84]

I'm interested mostly in unit tracking and whether a "WeakAuras" type addon will work. This addon completely changes the way the game is played for me. It makes tracking stuff and managing my teams so much easier.


Looks like Weak Aura's is supported, the mod is already updated (https://willitclassic.com/view/ShTcnZBXJzJAJFFI3jcv). (Haven't tested it myself.)


What i really wanna know, if battle shout is a viable for producing aoe treath.

Yah, I'd particularly like to know if it produces threat even when you (and group members) already have the buff.
Although, we multiboxers could potentially /cancelaura on the whole party, which is helpful.

Do gray quests reward full reputation gains or only a small fraction?
Is Manual Crowd Pummeler usable in druid cat and bear forms? (I know that could be grindy to test, but figured I'd ask.)
Can enemy castbars be displayed?
Can you specify the rank of spell to cast in a macro?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Can enemy castbars be displayed?
Can you specify the rank of spell to cast in a macro?
I haven't found a castbar mod (like tidyplates) that works in the beta yet.

[Nolife]

I would love to know what keybinds are available @beta. I thought i saw a screen cap of kb menu, but i just can't find it anywhere.

My current multibox setup is heavily built around /focus, so I'm building it from scratch for Classic.

[MiRai]

What? NoLife is returning? What?

I would love to know what keybinds are available @beta. I thought i saw a screen cap of kb menu, but i just can't find it anywhere.

My current multibox setup is heavily built around /focus, so I'm building it from scratch for Classic.
Classic's key binds are the exact same as Retail, outside of the lack of focus. So, you may want to re-design your setup. https://www.dual-boxing.com/images/icons/icon14.png

[Nolife]

What? NoLife is returning? What?

I've been around all these years, just lurking ;)
Still love this game and this community. I have multiboxed every WoW expansion, cleared almost all 5-man content available. There have been couple of expansions that i have pretty much dropped out of after a month or 2. It's been years since i've been really excited about WoW. BUT Classic is something i will play for sure! Got couple different setups already planned out.




Classic's key binds are the exact same as Retail, outside of the lack of focus. So, you may want to re-design your setup. https://www.dual-boxing.com/images/icons/icon14.png
Thank you very much for this information! I was TOTALLY "ready" for Classic until i remembered/learned that Classic won't have /focus, so i've been thinking about what is the best way to setup multiboxing the way i like it. FYI, i really dislike FTL setups!

Already really HYPED for Classic! Not sure if i'll be posting new videos since my focus is mainly PvE and everything Classic PvE is fairly simple. I hope i can find something worthwhile uploading! Good to be back!

[MiRai]

I've been around all these years, just lurking ;)
Still love this game and this community. I have multiboxed every WoW expansion, cleared almost all 5-man content available.
This is off topic, but I would've really enjoyed watching videos of you doing dungeons through all of those expansion. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you multibox Cata dungeons back in the day, as difficult as they were at the time, but after that expansion, there was nothing else. :(

As you say, Classic dungeons are pretty basic (and long), so I would imagine the most interesting videos, for me, at least, are going to be speed runs and other self-challenging feats.

[Moorea]

I was TOTALLY "ready" for Classic until i remembered/learned that Classic won't have /focus, so i've been thinking about what is the best way to setup multiboxing the way i like it. FYI, i really dislike FTL setups!


you can replace focus by [target=whoever] ? how often do you change your focus, isn't it usually the tank ? (for /assist focus)