Pros and Cons of x4 vs x5?

[lolzaz]

been around on this site for awhile.
duel box myself.
currently on 3. wanting to move up to 4-5.
but i cant decide why many choose 4 clients over 5.
its seems to make more sense to go with 5. imo.
for a full party / full advantage of multi boxing. (to an extent)
but is there a reason many choose 4?

Wuht iz diz Q_Q

Also, Wtf should my combo be. id like sex Xzin and copy his set-up (simply orgasmic) :D

[nogbog]

4 Boxing
Pros - u can bring friends along to runs
Cons - 4 manning runs is a little harder

5 Boxing
Pros - running instances is easymode
Cons - u have to run em alone

[merujo]

And i'll add another con to the x5:
a char will always be behind, if u play with friends. eg. u need to take out one for a friend to enter. Arenas are better with a friend supporting.

[Ðeceased]

5 all the way :) I've run instances with friends, and even though one of my toons may fall behind a little, I just spend the next time I go questing, doing some collection quests with just that character and he eventually catches up :) (Ie Kill quests on all + collection quests on the one that didn't go to an instance :)

Plus it means you can go with friends or on your own :)

as far as when you reach lvl 70.. well if you have all the same class then just alternate the toon you leave out, that way you will end up with roughly the same amount of tokens :)

[Skuggomann]

I runn 4x Shaman wich alowes me to bring a T6/S3 healer to the battlegrounds = no deaths

[Mendicant]

5x > 4x

You can do anything you do 4x with 5x. You just leave one out. One will not "fall behind" because you just need the one furthest ahead out and it will even out over time.

i.e.
If you only want bring 4 to an instance pre-70, leave out the one with the highest xp.
If you only want to bring 4 to an instance at 70, leave out the one with the highest rep in that faction.
If you only want to bring 4 to a BG, leave out the one with the highest honor.
If you only want to bring 4 to arena, leave out the one furthest from the median PR.

[Otlecs]

I'm only leveling three in my newest teams, simply because gearing up ONE tank (especially!) and ONE priest healer was painful enough 8|

If I feel a burning desire to do instances before TBC (I generally don't...) then I can bring a friend or two along. By the time I get to Outland instances, having a 70 tank and healer (assuming the team of three can't heal) is a positive benefit.

[Katharsis]

I have four accounts but the only time all four are in game together is for an instance or when I need my warlock to summon one of my alts. I play one, two or three at a time depending on what I want to do. I started multi-boxing in order to be independent. I play at odd times and like to be able to log in and out as I please. I see no reason to step up to five accounts since four are accomplishing everything I want to do.

[Kicksome]

It's nice to have 5 at level 70. You'll find you leave one of the guys out sometimes but he's always there when you need him. I retired one of my shamans from arenas because it was too much of a problem subbing him in all the time. He's still well geared and great to use for BGs or instances though. It's nice to have options. In BG's - 5 shaman is like turning the volume up to 11.