Duo box vs 5-man box

[method98]

If one were to need 2 or more extra characters for future gold making and just need those extra characters to be 60 ASAP.
What would be the fastest way to do this?

In short, can you reach 60 on all characters faster as 5-man box or as 2-man box. (Need alteast 2 extra 60's but dont mind getting 3 more if it means its faster).

[Hiddenbrom]

4 mages + 1 priest is currently the fastest setup. Can get to 60 in less than a week if you know what you're doing.

[method98]

4 mages + 1 priest is currently the fastest setup. Can get to 60 in less than a week if you know what you're doing.

I assume this is with AoE dungeon farming. I am familiar with AoE grind but have never multiboxed before. I have thought of this but figured duo questing with a druid and hunter would be around the same speed

[Hiddenbrom]

I assume this is with AoE dungeon farming. I am familiar with AoE grind but have never multiboxed before. I have thought of this but figured duo questing with a druid and hunter would be around the same speed


There is no way questing is the same speed as 4 mages grinding dungeons, i'm afraid. I also wish questing was more multibox friendly but I can assure you it is not, from my personal experience. (leveled 10 shamans to level 37 purely by questing)

[Mmrwowboxer]

I don't know for sure, but for me personally and how I play, the more characters I have to lug around the slower I go. If I were to skip all collection quests, maybe that would be a diffetent story, but my OCD makes me have to complete whatever I start.

The fastest I ever went was when I dualboxed a Priest and a Mage to level 9 or so in 2 hrs doing the Dwarf starter zone. So maybe that's the perfect balance of speeding up kills, but not slowing quests down.

[Peregrine]

That is correct. Last Thursday I made 4x mage disc and atm I am lv 53 ( last 2 days been chill mode). That should tell you the speed of leveling using that setup (5 days 4 hours played or similiar atm).

Nothing trumps this setup apart perhaps paladin/3xmage/disc. Also, I'd recommend grinding last 8 levels in dugeons and leaving quests for completion upon reaching 60 so you can get massive gold. 1 quest usually gives you 15g-20g but I've had one quest where i got 70g (with item rewards as well). So you can see how lucrative that can be.

[method98]

That is correct. Last Thursday I made 4x mage disc and atm I am lv 53 ( last 2 days been chill mode). That should tell you the speed of leveling using that setup (5 days 4 hours played or similiar atm).

Nothing trumps this setup apart perhaps paladin/3xmage/disc. Also, I'd recommend grinding last 8 levels in dugeons and leaving quests for completion upon reaching 60 so you can get massive gold. 1 quest usually gives you 15g-20g but I've had one quest where i got 70g (with item rewards as well). So you can see how lucrative that can be.

Yes after reading alot on this forum this seems to be the case. How does it actually work to make 5 accounts, do I have to keep track of 5 diffrent emails or can i create 5 subscriptions within my main account? Also, for classic you just pay subtime so its like 5*$12 + isboxer?

[nodoze]

Yes after reading alot on this forum this seems to be the case. How does it actually work to make 5 accounts, do I have to keep track of 5 diffrent emails or can i create 5 subscriptions within my main account? Also, for classic you just pay subtime so its like 5*$12 + isboxer?Essentially yes. You have both options (1 account with multiple accounts or 5 emails/accounts each with it's own subscription). Personally I like the latter (I have 5 kids & a wife so I like the separate logins).

Supposedly Blizzard is going to re-open the Recruit-A-Friend program Soon(TM) but even though they announced it on 9/10/19 and it was in the Patch Notes it hasn't gone live yet for some reason. I likely will wait on it before maybe reactivating my 6-10 accounts but I am not sure I would wait for it for your 1st 5 though it is something to be aware of:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23127426#comments

[method98]

Essentially yes. You have both options (1 account with multiple accounts or 5 emails/accounts each with it's own subscription). Personally I like the latter (I have 5 kids & a wife so I like the separate logins).

Supposedly Blizzard is going to re-open the Recruit-A-Friend program Soon(TM) but even though they announced it on 9/10/19 and it was in the Patch Notes it hasn't gone live yet for some reason. I likely will wait on it before maybe reactivating my 6-10 accounts but I am not sure I would wait for it for your 1st 5 though it is something to be aware of:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23127426#comments

Well RaF wont come to classic and I'm only concerned about classic. There's no reason to farm gold in retail. But if I enjoy multiboxing maybe it would be fun to try on retail one day

[nodoze]

Well RaF wont come to classic and I'm only concerned about classic. There's no reason to farm gold in retail. But if I enjoy multiboxing maybe it would be fun to try on retail one dayThe bonus subscription time, which can be significant, affects both Classic & Retail.

[method98]

The bonus subscription time, which can be significant, affects both Classic & Retail.

Ah, I plan on just buying 1 month sub then dropping the mages and keeping the priest along with one mage I used on my main. I would only use the other mages to get to 60

[Purpleflavor]

There's no exp penalty for a group of 2, and speed runners have said that duoing is faster than soloing (with the right class combo). Duo questing is faster by a few days if you follow a speedrun guide like Joana's. The issue with duoing is scheduling playtime. Multiboxers do not have that problem.

[nodoze]

There's no exp penalty for a group of 2, and speed runners have said that duoing is faster than soloing (with the right class combo). Duo questing is faster by a few days if you follow a speedrun guide like Joana's. The issue with duoing is scheduling playtime. Multiboxers do not have that problem.The fastest to cap record is a solo mage AoE farming... Otherwise I think Hunters are one of the fastest solo and both a Hunter and Druid get extra movement speed from level 20 on (outdoors only on the Druid). A duo Hunter+Druid mainly questing outdoors should be pretty fast to cap.

[Mercbeast]

The fastest to cap record is a solo mage AoE farming... Otherwise I think Hunters are one of the fastest solo and both a Hunter and Druid get extra movement speed from level 20 on (outdoors only on the Druid). A duo Hunter+Druid mainly questing outdoors should be pretty fast to cap.

I did an unofficial "speed run" on a hunter back in 2005 (wasn't actually racing), just grinding mobs, that was again, "unofficially" a few hours faster than Joannas old questing record. I also know other hunters who beat it "unofficially". I think hunters are consistently the fastest class. Mages are faster if they are completely uncontested. So play off hours, and scream through the levels, or play a hunter, mash buttons, and almost match an uncontested mage.

[silverback]

I enjoy just playing the game personally. I have zero desire to speed run it. I grind instances when I want and quest at other times. This all takes place along with just doing silly multibox shit like amusing gawkers and open world pvp against higher leveled players. Nothing more satisfying than sending 5 hunter pets to gnaw down someone 5 or 6 levels higher while you just /lol.

[StingraY]

That is correct. Last Thursday I made 4x mage disc and atm I am lv 53 ( last 2 days been chill mode). That should tell you the speed of leveling using that setup (5 days 4 hours played or similiar atm).

Nothing trumps this setup apart perhaps paladin/3xmage/disc. Also, I'd recommend grinding last 8 levels in dugeons and leaving quests for completion upon reaching 60 so you can get massive gold. 1 quest usually gives you 15g-20g but I've had one quest where i got 70g (with item rewards as well). So you can see how lucrative that can be.

So if you were strictly pve you would throw a paladin into the mix?

[Peregrine]

For dungeon purposes, yeah!

[nodoze]

... I'd recommend grinding last 8 levels in dugeons and leaving quests for completion upon reaching 60 so you can get massive gold. 1 quest usually gives you 15g-20g but I've had one quest where i got 70g (with item rewards as well). So you can see how lucrative that can be.So quests that can be turned in at 52+ can be turned in at 60 and give you more gold if you wait till level 60?

[Peregrine]

That is correct.

[Moorea]

5 is, for me, a lot slower than solo/duo. despite what folks say I find quest xp to go much faster (not counting less boring) than mindless grinding

[Purpleflavor]

So quests that can be turned in at 52+ can be turned in at 60 and give you more gold if you wait till level 60?if you skip winterspring, and both plaguelands till 60, you will make about 500x5 gold clearing all the quests.

[Mercbeast]

if you skip winterspring, and both plaguelands till 60, you will make about 500x5 gold clearing all the quests.

Level 48 cons green to a 60 I think, so technically you can do level 48-52 as well I'd imagine.