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dude what u win the lottery? lol but,.. i would not do it..
each character of mine (4) has about 30 macros that are lengthy.. have fun making 3,000 macros switching back and forth getting a headache..
internet connection cost? ur gunna need like 10 modems and a couple different server..
I think with 100 toons you would just lag yourself to death. You could name the guild LAG and render parts of the game unusable to those mere mortals with lesser PC's :P
I have 13 accounts but to be honest I really wouldnt wanna try to manage more than 10 toons at once.
This. You won't be able to play very well with all the lag. I don't care how good your computer is, any zone you go into will instantly become about the same or worse then Dalaran. If you really want to do something crazy like this just start off with 25 characters so that you'll be able to do 25 man raids and also get an understanding of what your computers will be able to handle.Quote:
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btw..... HOW DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO EVEN CONSIDER 100 ACCOUNTS!?!?!
I'm on board with all the "What the hell are you going to do with 100 toons at a time" people. I could even see 40 to be your own raid force...well, I could if raids were that big anymore. You can't even really make your own AV group. Yeah, you could fill up a raid group, but you'd never have enough control to do anything but wave as the opposing team rides past you.
Sure, it might be neat to see 100 level 80s riding into Ironforge and taking out everyone and everything systematically while chanting "We are Borg..." but how are you going to get them to that point? Clearcut the newbie area for 2 weeks so they all ding 10? Having 2 and a half raid groups worth of toons is going to draw a LOT of attention and probably the bad kind from Blizz if they decide you're doing it to harass other players by making things unplayable.
apparently alot of you want to know how I could even afford this. Well, lets just say I am independently wealthy and my hobby is gaming.
To counteract lag cant I split up accounts between the 12 computers I have? 10 accounts per or so? I was also thinking about making the upgrade fro my T1 line to a fractional DS3 line. I havent gotten quoted on the pricing but I know a full ds3 line can cost a couple thousand dollars. (it has roughly 44mbs connections) And Im not going to be level 100 toons at a time. that would just be silly and prolly take a year. It will prolly be 4 at a time, being power leved by my lvl 80 pally. and think about it. Lets say I roll Paladins. I could just spam consecrate with 100 Paladins and kill anything in my path. Or hit divine storm and wipe out anything near me while healing myself lol. and If I ever wanted to get better gear can always split into groups.
and to answer the guy about my lab. Its just the basement of my house. my friends call it the laboratory because im always meddling with things no normal gamer should lol.
Let's assume that with enough money and the right internet connectivity you can achieve the hardware side of things.
The next step would be to decide what classes you want to make up your mighty 100.
Realistically I don't see the macroing being too much of a problem - you won't need to maximise the damage output on each character.
You'll be unlikely to encounter anything that will survive through the first couple of hits.
run your groups up in batches of 5. (running as mixed groups from the start might let you get an idea for the macro setup).
Gift whatever others up. Rinse and repeat.
Good luck. I would guess that at some point you will being to wonder why the hell you ever started it but you'll have to keep your end goal in sight.
lol awesome! you put the lab by a cafe, give it a name and charge people to play on your 25 computers and your hobby should pay for itself. i know one person that's done it. makes almost no profit, but everything pays for itself nonetheless. i figured you had a gaming/cyber cafe somewhere. anyway. really, i've never done it, but i think 100 accounts will annoy the crap out of you. good luck!Quote:
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I think the problem is server side lag. The kind of lag that happens when a hundred toons (played by different people) are in the same area in the game. You'll be in that self-created situation everywhere you go.Quote:
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I'm with Freddie.
I think at some point you're going to run into technical (and non-technical) issues that are beyond your control, like server lag, ISP issues, etc.
I my opinion, the multi-boxer that "wins" is the one who can roll 25 and clear all raid content. THAT would impress the heck out of me and many other people. You could even end up on the front page of Yahoo.com with that.
From a PVP point of view, why not 40? Prepared has done 36, so why not go the whole hog and make it a round 40? 'Soloing' AV would be a sight to sight to see!
With regard to 100 accounts, can you not test out how far you can push it with trial accounts? Keep adding until it's at a level that would still be playable yet not crash the server?! ;)