Everybody Likes Kitties and Jaffs
Hey all, I just want to send a huge thanks out to the community here, especially Khatovar and Jafula. You see, I bought a WoW RAF account during the sale a few weeks ago, because Alts. All of them. All the alts. Essentially, the RAF account was going to be a glorified 300% heirloom on follow with a great on-use of level grants. Once the RAF bonuses expire and all level grants have been done, I'll let the account expire.
Let me interject an important note: I'm married. My wife plays as well. So when I bought my account, she bought an RAF for herself, too. I'm still disappointed in myself that I was surprised by this.
Now, I had a buddy who did 5 team multiboxing back in the BC days. We all thought he was nuts. Turns out he IS nuts, but he had a good setup, but most of his knowledge was outdated. I had another friend who 2 boxed, but had a Nostromo for the broadcasting. So, time for the Google, which led me to dual-boxing.com.
Holy Cow this place is amazing. Lots of of great knowledge, clear answers, and a very effective use of locking threads. Y'all are so helpful, it's not even funny.
One of my requirements was a free tool, and after reading several write-ups, I settled on HotKeyNet. As I researched it and tweaked it, I noticed a trend. Khatovar was giving answers and help in every single thread asking for assistance. Not handwave BS answers like our helpdesk at work likes to give because they don't have a clue. Real answers, even going so far as to try loading someone's script to test for an error.
Over time, I've got follow working effectively, I've got region based mouse broadcasting for Clique healing, and for the love of Pete I was able to setup pass-through gathering. All this was based on searching for the issue I was trying to solve, finding someone who posted a similar question, and scrolling for Khatovar's answer. Oh, and every link in the sig is gold.
So, I setup a team with my account, my RAF account, my wife's account, her RAF account. I added my kid's 90 DK to howling blast all the dungeons from 10-85, and I'm not even half the way through the RAF and here's what my login screen looks like after leveling and grants:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...814_235039.jpg
That's right. That's one of every class. Only the pala-squid and priest were >85 when I started. Everything else was RAF'd. Yes that's a word now: RAF'd.
I'm finishing up Horde on Earth Ring, now. I had quite a few characters there, so only needed 3 more to fill it out. I've taken the monk to 85, now a mage to the 70s, a shaman to the 40s, then level grants to get everything including an old warrior to 85.
All this without having to post a single question here, because the information was so complete. Add to this, if I'm reading it right (and I like to think that I am), Khatovar's not even playing WoW right now. Yet still, answers! Answers for everyone! She's like the Oprah of HKN answers.
Lastly, I can't imagine WoW multiboxing without Jamba. Just the quest completion is amazing, oh and it handles follow, and hey don't forget the team management, and for the LOVE OF PETE ITS GOT A DASHBOARD. I've barely scratched the surface of it, but this leveling process would have taken A LOT LONGER without it. Jafula, you've struck a good balance of a good toolbox without useless feature creep.
Thank you all, so very, very much.
P.S. Remember when I said I was going to drop the RAF accounts when this was all done? I've been having so much fun with this I MIGHT JUST KEEP THEM. (Don't judge me ok?)
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