Influx of new people...

Well after hearing what happened to the /follow command in wow I'm assuming that there will be a influx of new multiboxers making there way over to eve. I personally just started playing eve about 3 months ago now, and I originally had been boxing in wow.

Now onto what i really wanted to talk about. As someone who never played eve before I was a bit confused on what would be the best way to get into boxing, and i really struggled at first finding information, so I am going to help you guys out by listing out some advice if your just starting out.

1. Start multiple trial accounts, link them with referrals from the first one.
What I mean by this is start as many trial accounts as you think you want to box. In eve time is everything, as every skill takes a certain base amount of time to train, so even if your not sure if you want to play eve or not I recommend starting however many accounts you want to box on day one, and adding things to their training ques. This way if you do decide to stick with it you wont be behind in training. Make sure to not name them similar names, as this makes it incredibly confusing, and also makes you a bigger target for people looking to greif.

As for what I mean by linking with referrals, it is similar to the way wow's recruit a friend works, however when you subscribe a new account you get a plex, which you can either use to add more game time to your accounts, or sell them for in-game money. Also when you use a link to create an account from an existing account the trial accounts get additional days, so instead of a 14 day trial you get a 21 day trial.
(The only annoying part about trial accounts is only one copy can be running at a time, so you can actually multibox unless you subscribe)

2. Try to have an idea of what you want to do.
This is incredibly important, due to the fact everything in this game takes so long to train for. I personally went into mining, and nearly 3 months later, i still cant fly my mining ships perfectly. I recommend looking up skill builds for the types of ships you want to fly.

3. Wow pvp vs eve pvp.
In wow running multiple accounts allowed you to completely steam roll most people, however in eve it is a lot more difficult to accomplish, due to the way the game mechanics are set up. (correct me if I'm wrong though).

4. (Optional) Buy a good character off the character market.
In eve you can buy characters with in game money. This can be very good if you are just starting the game, however don't buy something without getting some advice on what the character is worth. For me personally i bought a character that would allow me to transport the ore i mine, and also give out boosts to my mining fleet, which is incredibly important if you decide to do mining.

Well thats all i can think of for now, if you have any specific questions post them in this thread. I am sure I wont be able to answer everything, but perhaps someone else will be able to.

1. Affirmative - in fact they have a new option that you can (initially) get 90 days of gametime for only $25 for alt accounts.
2. Absolutely - Set yourself a goal, and head towards it - you can always change direction midcourse. Talk to people, the depth of the game is such that there are activities out there you may not even know were available.
3. I would dare say that without a seemingly superhuman level of attention to detail, boxing pvp in eve is nearly impossible. I'm sure some have, but to be completely on your game takes intense concentration even with only 1 account. If you lose track of 1 account of there is a desync of some sort, the recovery would appear to be something similar to herding cats.
4. Yep, that's an option - and completely legal.

2 items not mentioned.

1. Plex is Pilot License EXtension. It's an in game item that can be redeemed for game time. It can be traded, sold, contracted. You can buy Plex from CCP for real money, and then turn around and sell it in game for ISK. Currently if I so chose to, I could play Eve for free by buying Plex in game and applying them to my various accounts.
2. Get yourself into a decent corporation. My personal recommendation is to get the hell out of high sec. Get yourself into the wild wild west. Much better money, much more exciting, and many more opportunities for boxers to shine.

I've decided to pick up Eve after the recent WoW debacle, and I have to say that I am enjoying it! I'm sitting here mining some rocks, noobing it up and having no idea what i'm doing. I'm not sure what the best applications of multiboxing in the game are, or what to really do. It seems all up to me, which is fantastic. Eve seems like the last if not the only player-driven game left.

Some of us are in the public channel dual-boxing.com. Come join us in conversation :D

Gurb you old son of a whor...

Hows it going?

My friend was just trying to get me back into WoW but then all this BG /follow shennanigans went down so figured I'd try some eve instead.

Ahhh, Redbeard you imperial fascist! You complete your FW collection yet?

I'm doing pretty good, just started back up again with Morg and Valorian. You can find me in the dual-boxing.com chat channel running around as Grigorovich Kharsk.

o/

Nope... my guard ran out of enemies to kill, nobody will chance it. The fate of the eternal victorious eh? =D

I will find you guys in game.