MrLonghairs dualboxing (diary, screenshots, 2 screens, etc)
Diary, screenshots : Click here
Characters, spec, information : Click here
Please allow me to introduce myself.
I had long planned to build a new computer since an upgrade of a Socket A machine was out of the question. While shopping for new parts I ran into the now infamous photos of some maniacs 50-box setup, this forum and then the 5-shaman videos of Xbox, it gave me an interest, but what really made me take the decision to get started was Ellays mage duo video, as seen on Google.
I am a 26 year old unemployed Swede with Finnish roots living on my own with an unknown medical condition, so between doctors tests I have a lot of spare time, and since the medical condition keeps me from using my legs like healthy humans - what better way to spend my indoors time than dual-boxing for fun and profit?
When I was active in photography (mediumformat film photography, never liked the feel of digital) my aim was zero-budget, and with this setup it is comparably zero-budget, still.
http://home.vasteras2.net/mrlonghair/dbox-artsy.jpg
Yes, that's a poor resolution cellphone camera - waiting for the next model Canon Powershot with a flexi-view LCD to come out. You can see part of my setup this way, the two monitors, two mice on a large plastic mousemat for easy and quick access as well as the fancy speakers.
Fainily visible is a wrist support for the right hand, just to the left of the mice - it is extremely important that you don't cheat yourself at the computer and leave yourself sitting wrong, or having your arms in a painful position for a long time. Tennis elbow ain't nott'n to f with, know what I'm sayin?
http://home.vasteras2.net/mrlonghair/dbox-sample.jpg
This is the actual configuration of things. The main is in front on the 19" Viewsonic OptiQuest Q19WB which I picked up for around 150 euro - the best 19" LCD you can get for that price, and a 15" Philips LCD from around the time the dinosaurs roamed the earth covers the second character, and to the right? A 28" TV in the background. Perfect for relaxed grinding! I recommend this, or a good audiobook to make life easier for those long sessions.
http://home.vasteras2.net/mrlonghair/twins.jpg
There's a better shot of the setup. The mixer is a cheap one I bought just because I did not like sounding like I was speaking from an open-door attack-helicopter in flight over Ventrilo and Teamspeak. The setup might not look optimal, but when you sit in the right position and keep your head level it's perfectly comfortable.
Hardware:
The computer specifications are as follows. Computer #2, the newly built running my main instance of WoW on the highest possible settings:
AMD Athlon +3800 X2 DualCore - two cores is a lot more fun
1 Gig Kingston 667 - no need to aim for the 800 speed ram, I decided
Nvidia 6600GT - picked it up for around $35 new
MSI K9 Neo-F - finest non-SLI board I could find for the best price
Computer #1, the old fart:
Athlon XP 2400+ - works for World of Warcraft, not for so much else to be honest
1 Gig of mixed ram
Radeon 9800 Pro - much better image quality than the 6600GT, but a lot slower it seems? Works fine for World of Warcraft naturally
Abit NF7-S - One of the few motherboards with Nvidia Soundstorm hardware, shout out to you computer nerds out there! )Everything is tied up with Synergy at the moment.)
My aim?
My aim is to have fun and spend my vast amount of spare time having fun, and I swore that Azeroth in World of Warcraft could never be fun ever again, the last time I quit the game, but dualboxing completely revitalized my interest in the game. When I get into the Warhammer Online beta, I intend to hunt bugs like a madman, but most importantly secure a second beta tester account so that I can dual-box and prepare information for the dual-boxing community for the day the NDA is officially expired.
Miscellaneous
Any questions, ask them, my not often updated personal site should contain dualboxing info sometime this year. Now I'm going to reserve the next two posts for more information about the duos I play and so on.
Wut'choo playin', Willis?
More text to come as well as armourylinks
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Primary duo: Priests
Shadowpriests currently level 40, they are to be taken to level 70 for PvE and PvP and ganking lowbies. This is the highest I have ever taken the priest class in World of Warcraft and I enjoy it quite a bit. I chose this over any other duo because it seemed to be an unusual combination, and warlocks seemed to be a thirteen a dozen dual/multiboxer choice. Now with both priests in shadowform and mounts, I don't regret my choice of same-class duo the slightest. In PvP, even enemy players that show up with red names to me run away, and if they don't, they die a nasty death. The only problem I see is multi-target damage aside from placing dots on things and area-effect damage.
Talent specs:
Current spec. Basing this on a regular solo shadowpriest spec, it has 5/5 Spirit Tap. Since only one priest at a time will enjoy the effect of Spirit Tap, I'm considering putting those points in Blackout instead, that would give my duo a 20% chance to stun on shadow damage dealt instead of a short burst of insignificant mana regen. I chose to max out Shadow Focus for the sake of PvP and PvE, we all hate it when spells and attacks miss right? Planned level 50 spec, planned level 60 spec, and the plan for level 68.
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Secondary duo: Hunters
BM and MM spec, currently around 18 and a half. Not quite sure what the plan is but right now untwinked they are performing wll in the level 10-19 WSG battleground, which is great fun. The DPS is absolutely nuts as one can imagine, so duo-farming instances (double, maybe triple pulls will be doable as long as things can be trapped and offtanked, or goes down fast enough, or can be kited) works well, at level 18 Wailing Caverns can be handled in single-pulls with no trouble whatsoever.
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Played in a trio: Mages
AE farming specialized, level 22. Plan is to AE farm on and on with a friends mage, same level, build as well as gear. Said friend talked with a chinese goldfarmer mage trio, after they started talking to his blood elf paladin who had a chinese-sounding name. He was taken into their party, and he tracked their progress around the world as they AE farmed, and we are now using their route to level up. The names are very similar, the looks of the mages are identical, the only difference is the signs (umlauts etc) over the last letter in their names.
