First Day on the Job

[Mrbrico]

Well i Decided on 3 humans, paladin, warlock and priest

After 7 hours played im level 10 (lol) painfully slow? id say so but im having so much fun! Just pushing these little guys to the limit is the most fun ive had in ages, the fact my keybinds are so crazy and im already frantically mashing buttons, I dont even think im prepared for whats to come! I actually cant wait to get into deadmines and starting to really push myself grinding instances (gather quests taking me forever sick of em :()

Well anyway this was basically me letting out all my love (in a non sexual way ofc :P) because if i said this to anyone else id get a slap lol

Amazing, truely amazing

Any tips or hints are most welcome

Yours truely, closet boxer Brico :love:

[-silencer-]

Now try three of the same class, like mages or hunters for fun.
I originally started with a 5-class team, and although I felt I was progressing fine, I became much more efficient when I went to fewer classes. Besides, nothing looks cooler than a mass-nuke of 4-5 identical spells/skills used simultaneously, like chain lightning or aimed shot.

[Gurblash]

Well anyway this was basically me letting out all my love (in a non sexual way ofc ) because if i said this to anyone else id get a slap lol
Its okay... we like sexual ways of expressing 'love' for things here. So go ahead and let er rip imo... ;)


Any tips or hints are most welcome
As for tips, the WIKI ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki')*shameless plug and stat pad indeed* has a variety of information relating to Macros, Addons, and user input. Just when you think your getting the hang of it... a new level will come and you'll get new abilities that throw everything off kilter :D

Enjoy the ride I know I am.

Also don't be afraid to ask questions... just use the Search ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?form=search') before asking, theres alot of redundant questions floating around.

[Mrbrico]

Well thanks for the replies



easy Gurblash we all want a bit o brico but im taken ;)

Just reading through the wiki now, mostly macros i want a hand with - can i ask one question now though regarding keyclone ( i think ) -- My main window (paladin) when i had skills on shift + number, when i used the hotkey it would cast the number hotkeys on the slaves, however my slave healer macros (alt + number) do not trigger other hotkeys? Would it be best to just stick shift on the over ride list?

And silencer, id love to try a 3 x (class) but i feel only really hunters could solo the instances and i wanted a bit more variety, maybe if i get a second machine 4th/5th acc ill try that, but for 3 i really need tank/dps/heal because i cant pure dps things down, or atleast i dont think i can?

All in put welcome thanks!

(sorry for wall of text :D my excitement is sending my fingers wild)

[Gurblash]

My main window (paladin) when i had skills on shift + number, when i used the hotkey it would cast the number hotkeys on the slaves, however my slave healer macros (alt + number) do not trigger other hotkeys? Would it be best to just stick shift on the over ride list?

This happens when you don't have shift+'x' bound to anything on the alts. If shift+'x' is an empty keybind it will default to just pushing 'x'. So while putting shift on the ol' DNP list would be a temp fix, youd run into problems down the road with modifiers if you choose to use them.

What I can recommend doing though is setting up a blank action bar to shift + 1 - shift + 0, as well as ctrl and alt. That way in the future if you wanted to use them you could.

[-silencer-]

And silencer, id love to try a 3 x (class) but i feel only really hunters could solo the instances and i wanted a bit more variety, maybe if i get a second machine 4th/5th acc ill try that, but for 3 i really need tank/dps/heal because i cant pure dps things down, or atleast i dont think i can?

I meant to just play around with.. I wouldn't bother with most later instances on 3 mages. I went from two to five accounts, but if I had stopped at 3, I had thought about a paladin and two priests/mages/shaman. Two of one class for your non-main is basically the same as playing two classes. One to tank and hold aggro, and the rest to dish damage and provide heals. It's much easier to send two of the same skill each time from the alts than to try to balance multiple actions on different timers and cooldowns. It can be done fairly easily, but it's just not as efficient in most cases. That's why you'll see most 5 boxer classes tend to have 3 or fewer classes to manage..

[Mrbrico]

ahh yes gurblash i remember about empty key binds messing things up, although i read it at like 2 am last night so thats my excuse! :P

and silencer you have a good point there, its hectic enough as it is already, but i only have BC on one ac so cant go pala/sham unless i go horde, and the eu MB guild is ally xD

and 2 priests i dont think has enough dps/versatility

i might try 2 hunters 1 druid/priest -- i saw a video of a guy whos hunters pets (5 x hunter) would attack a target depending on the mark? Anyone know how to do this or got a link, id try and search it but i cant even describe it :S (was a 5 x Hunter DM video on the wiki)

Well keep replieng if you can, so so so full of questions :P

ps sorry if im annoying, but i apreciate the help guys :)

[Gurblash]

i saw a video of a guy whos hunters pets (5 x hunter) would attack a target depending on the mark? Anyone know how to do this or got a link, id try and search it but i cant even describe it (was a 5 x Hunter DM video on the wiki)

This was Vyndree's Hunters ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=8123')

[Mrbrico]

just made a triple hunter team, boy its fun to watch the sychronised shooting :P

but will i be able to 3 man instances (im troll) will mend pet be enough on boss damage? will a tank rotation work on bosses?

or should i replace a hunter with a healer?

might try sticking with the triple hunter, will be a good achievement to 3 man with hunters :D

[Coltimar]

Now try three of the same class, like mages or hunters for fun.
I originally started with a 5-class team, and although I felt I was progressing fine, I became much more efficient when I went to fewer classes. Besides, nothing looks cooler than a mass-nuke of 4-5 identical spells/skills used simultaneously, like chain lightning or aimed shot.I just started a 1 pally 4 shaman team for fun. Mychul, Jackea, Teetoe, Jermayne and Marlun ^^ I can't think of a good name for them. My RL middle name is Jackson so I was thinking of The Jackson 5, but I think it's taken . . .

[Manolito]

My main window (paladin) when i had skills on shift + number, when i used the hotkey it would cast the number hotkeys on the slaves, however my slave healer macros (alt + number) do not trigger other hotkeys? Would it be best to just stick shift on the over ride list?

This happens when you don't have shift+'x' bound to anything on the alts. If shift+'x' is an empty keybind it will default to just pushing 'x'. So while putting shift on the ol' DNP list would be a temp fix, youd run into problems down the road with modifiers if you choose to use them.

What I can recommend doing though is setting up a blank action bar to shift + 1 - shift + 0, as well as ctrl and alt. That way in the future if you wanted to use them you could.This is the closest thread I have found describing my problem: got two windows running two accounts, with AHK. Everything is fine when passing 'letter' commands to the second window, but passing 'numbers' is a failure. None works. I've tried playing around with macros, key bindings, key modifiers, etc, but no luck.Any further advise you could share? :-)

[Garm]

personally, i started with (4) of the same class... of all the classes lol. by the time i got to 29-30 i figured i liked the shams the best. im an alt-aholic so i enjoyed playing all the teams anyway. it took me a long time to get into class mixing, though i learned alot about boxing in general along the way. class mixing gives you some sick synergy, but i'd suggest going same class at the start to learn all the basic stuff. unless you have more confidence in yourself than i did in me =P