Things only multiboxers will relate to

[Wintershot]

Hey all!

Just started up again and have been reminded of all the things I forgot, so this is a thread for all of things only a multiboxer will *eye roll* or *nod sagely* to.

I'll start it off with: The long turn in corridor corners.

[MiRai]

I'll start it off with: The long turn in corridor corners.
Unfortunately, this is normally my go-to, and, at the moment, I can't seem to come up with another. Although, I usually say something along the lines of, "You gotta steer like an 18-wheeler," which I stole from Svpernova years ago.

[Wizeowel]

Or circular tower stairs where you have to scrape your face against the wall.

One thing I can't get used to when playing solo is that my interrupt is on such a long cooldown, normally I have pummel, spear hand, counter spell and counter shot all in a nice round robin.

[Wubsie]

I keep pressing my follow key even when running a solo toon. It's such a habit at this point that I catch myself doing it after combat, after getting on a flying mount, logging in, etc.

[Kruschpakx4]

running up spiral stairs and losing a toon, when you run back down to get your lost toon he would run the spiral stair down aswell due to still being at /follow on your main such that you can't catch him until you reach the bottom

happend in the old orgirmmar flight tower way too many times (and I had really trouble to understand how that even works in the beginning xD)

[MadMilitia]

Unfortunately, this is normally my go-to, and, at the moment, I can't seem to come up with another. Although, I usually say something along the lines of, "You gotta steer like an 18-wheeler," which I stole from Svpernova years ago.


Nope, you don't.

On my follow keymap (DEL as I'm left handed) I have ALT+DEL for scoot. What is scoot? Exactly what you'd think!

They follow and with a quick ALT press they scoot forward as long as I hold the key down. Tower climbing is no longer a problem!

I'll add one for the thread: Inventory Management. Everyone swears it isn't a problem. PFT. Try managing 5-10 inventories!

[Moorea]

so it's both follow and fwd ? you get a million "follow broken" raid alerts while you press the key (or removed that warning from jamba/ema; but then how do you know when you do lose a guy ?)

collection quests​

[stubbadub3000]

The joys of un-shared collection quests!
The beauty of Sunfire/Moonfire spam!
Melee characters running off into the distance when they should be hitting the boss :O

[Wizeowel]

Melee characters running off into the distance when they should be hitting the boss :O

Check John's fix https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/54562-Fixing-the-melee-IWT-runaway-problem

[MadMilitia]

so it's both follow and fwd ? you get a million "follow broken" raid alerts while you press the key (or removed that warning from jamba/ema; but then how do you know when you do lose a guy ?)​


Not sure if you were replying to me but it's two mapped keys inside the keymap.

One follows (del).
One scoots forward (alt + del).

So when I know I'm on a tight stairwell or sharp corners I have them follow me to the bend and then I alt + del to scoot them forward. Then resume follow.

Works very well on sharp corners with a little practice.

[daviddoran]

Lining up the whole team to mine/herb a node with one click.

Edit: Thought of another one, moving all toons a bit closer to a particular flight path so that they all end up at the same place when using the flight master's whistle.

[Flumpumpel]

Finding a suspect, named like you and transmogged like you, sticking in the roots of an tree right on your farm route.

[Ellay]

Having to do solo scenario's to progress through a quest chain of events!

Legion was a bit rough on the artifact weapons. I love the expansion but doing the same intro questline x5 was rough.

[daviddoran]

Having to do solo scenario's to progress through a quest chain of events!

Legion was a bit rough on the artifact weapons. I love the expansion but doing the same intro questline x5 was rough.

Ugh, I won't even do the artifact quests on alts now, I just use the upgraded Heirlooms. They scale faster anyway. But even in BFA we still get these single player scenarios, that slow us down considerably.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

In the days before ISBoxer, there was...wireless keyboards...lots of wireless keyboards.

https://www.dual-boxing.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2186&stc=1

[Moorea]

In the days before ISBoxer, there was...
I'm pretty sure Keyclone and a few other software versions predate ISBoxer, no ?

ps: nice crt, but fancy "flat screeens" you got there :)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I'm pretty sure Keyclone and a few other software versions predate ISBoxer, no ?

ps: nice crt, but fancy "flat screeens" you got there :)
Yes, there were other apps that showed up pre-ISB but there was a gap of a year or two when people used hardware or hand-rolled apps to multibox. Hell, I multiboxed for almost a year before I found this forum. I was a holdout for a while as I thought I was doing pretty good without spending money on ISBoxer. We all started somewhere. ;) (Incidentally, I don't miss having to generate all my macros manually x5 every time something changed.)

[Moorea]

When you get back to the quest giver, long walk from where the quest area was, and 1/5 isn't complete

[Lyonheart]

When you get back to the quest giver, long walk from where the quest area was, and 1/5 isn't complete

OMG i hate this!

[Purpleflavor]

involuntarily memorizing every location of every server line and zone phasing

uhg

[Chumbucket]

Pretty fun thread.

Fear is extra scary.

Happy Halloween!!!

[StephenMB]

When you get back to the quest giver, long walk from where the quest area was, and 1/5 isn't complete
This.. oh lord this.

[Wzz81]

Haha !! this topic is so funny :) each time i read a line i'm like " oh fuck yeah thats right " :D

i'll add
" when you let 1/5 char at the graveyard when all the other already did the way into the Dj after a wipe "

[Pavavion]

the empty action bar of your healer due to clique