Software Setups

[Scribbler]

Can people who aren't using any extra hardware (Just multiple PC's) tell me exactly how they're set up. :/

I've tried Synergy with broadcasting, MultiBox, I've made some macros (Though I'm really poor at that) and I still can't seem to get something that seems natural to play.

[forcetrainer]

I'm using Synergy and I love it. The only additional hardware I have is a Nostromo N52.

The way I have it setup is that I keep my mouse on the main screen about 95% of the time, so I have Synergy hotkeys setup so that I can send keystrokes to my second machine. The key bindings are exactly the same on each machine so that if I mouse over to my second machine I can still use the Nostromo. Since all it does is emulate keystrokes it works without any problems.

My hotkeys are just my standard keystroke (i.e. "1") and then adding CTRL. I map the CTRL key to the thumb of my Nostromo, so then I can hit CTRL+(key binding) and that sends keystrokes to my second machine. I have macros setup on my second machine that handle combat/healing/etc., and they are based off some of the stuff posted on here by Steph and others. Mostly it's conditional macros that allows me to have my second toon fight and heal without having to target things on that screen. It's pretty natural, and I've gotten to the point that my secondary toon (a priest) is not only a healbot, but he is fully engaged in every fight.

It helps if you know how to play each character separately, so this way when you start multi-boxing you have an easier time in combat.

This setup works great for dual-boxing, and while I don't have 3+ boxes to work with, it should work fine if you broadcast the same keystrokes to all the other machines. Once I get some more boxes I'm going to try it out.

[ytrehod]

I have two systems that I play WoW on using MultiBox and a few macros. Like many others around here, I use a Nostromo n52 gamepad for most of my keyboard needs. I use Microsoft's IntelliPoint software to drive my trackballs on both systems, and have my extra buttons mapped to Control and Shift with my wheelclick mapped to Alt.

I have MultiBox set up to toggle keyboard broadcasting when I hit the '\' key (which is bound to the black thumb button on my n52). I use the built-in WoW buttonbars and key bindings with the main actionbar bound to '1' thru '=', the left bottombar bound to 'Ctrl'+'1' thru '=', the right bottombar bound to 'Shift'+'Ctrl'+'1' thru '=', and my pet actions (I play a hunter and warlock) bound to 'Shift'+'1' thru '0'.

I always play with my warlock as my main and my hunter as my secondary. I use the D-pad on my n52 mapped to w-s-q-e for movement on my warlock, but I have those keys unbound on my hunter. I either use mouse movement or the arrow keys if I need to reposition my hunter. Otherwise he's almost always following the warlock.

I've got a macro in the '1' slot that is my 'fight prep' macro that's different for each character. On my warlock it just triggers my trinkets, but on my hunter it targets the warlock's target, casts Hunter's Mark on it, and activates his trinkets. Normally, I just target a mob on my main and hit the '1' key to get both on the same target and 'Shift+1' sends in their pets to attack. If I want to target seperate mobs, I target the first, hit '1' to set my hunter's target, target the second and then 'Shift-1' to send in the pets.

I have the 'Ctrl+1' slot empty on my warlock, but a macro to accept party/accept trade/accept quest/follow party1 on my hunter.

The '2' slot on both characters is my main ranged attack button. On the warlock it's just spamming shadowbolt, but on my hunter it casts Aimed Shot out of combat or a castsequence of Arcane/Steady/Steady/Steady if in combat. 'Ctrl+2' is mapped to wand on my warlock and raptor strike on my hunter for when mobs get into melee range.

I use '3' for my DoTs. On my warlock it's a castsequence macro: CoA,Immolate,Corruption. For the hunter it's just Serpent Sting. But, honestly, I rarely apply dots except on elites because with the direct damage of both characters, normal mobs rarely last past the first 5 seconds with Aimed/Shadowbolt/Arcane/Shadowbolt combinations and the pets beating on them.

I have the '8' button set to Drain Soul (Rank 1) on my warlock and empty on my hunter to make it easy to snatch a quick shard whenever I need to without affecting the hunter.

I have 'Ctrl'+'-' mapped to Health Funnel on my warlck and Mend Pet on my hunter. And both have their mounts set as 'Ctrl+Shift+5 for easy unified mounting/dismounting.