Policy Update for Input Broadcasting - May 2021

[bpkdasbaum]

Fun fact: The support article was updated 2 days ago with the new info. BUT STILL SAYS that multiboxing is allowed.

https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/24258

"Multiboxing, or playing multiple World of Warcraft accounts at once, is not a violation of our End User License Agreement. Please note, however, that use of all software or hardware mechanisms used to mirror commands to multiple World of Warcraft accounts at the same time, or to automate or streamline multiboxing in any way may result in account penalties.
For more information on our stance about input broadcasting software, see our official news post."

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...ay-2021/956610

On November 3, 2020, we posted an update to our policy for input broadcasting software, and soon thereafter, we began taking action against accounts found to be using third party software to automatically mirror keystrokes to multiple game clients. We find that, like full automation of play, multiple-account mirroring disturbs the gameplay experience for the vast majority of players who control a single account at a time.

We will now additionally prohibit the use of all software and hardware mechanisms to mirror commands to multiple World of Warcraft accounts at the same time, or to automate or streamline multi-boxing in any way. Players found to be in violation of this policy are subject to account actions. These actions can include warnings, account suspensions and, if necessary, permanent closure of the player’s World of Warcraft account(s), as activities which effectively replicate automated gameplay are contrary to the terms and conditions of the Blizzard End-User License Agreement (EULA).
We urge all players to cease using any means of mirroring gameplay across multiple WoW accounts immediately, in order to maintain uninterrupted access to World of Warcraft.

The points are:
- Multiboxing is not a violation of EULA
- use of all software or hardware mechanisms used to mirror commands at the same time
- or to automate or streamline multiboxing in any way
- multiple-account mirroring disturbs the gameplay experience of players who control a single account
- prohibit the use of all software and hardware mechanisms to mirror commands
activities which effectively replicate automated gameplay are contrary to the terms and conditions

Kinda sending mixed signals.

I got multiple takes on that:

They still want ppl to buy multiple wow licenses as you can have up to 8 per Battle.net
You can still login and play on each license individually or set them to follow or click / cast stuff per license
They don't want ppl using software to ease the process (I guess in fear of MB getting an unfair advantage?)
They don't want multibox-bots / stillstanding owl farms (which are then automated via additional programs) / herb farming in retail
They don't want multibox griefing in pvp, say a 10 man group killing single players in the maw

I believe this changes nothing to "normal multiboxers" who are just playing the game by question, doing dungeons, have warlocks for ports in classic etc. This seems more like a crackdown on exploiters/griefers and Blizzard covering their ass because they probably can't discern a real exploiter/griefer from a benign multiboxer

[Atwaa]

I believe this changes nothing to "normal multiboxers" who are just playing the game by question, doing dungeons, have warlocks for ports in classic etc. This seems more like a crackdown on exploiters/griefers and Blizzard covering their ass because they probably can't discern a real exploiter/griefer from a benign multiboxer

It basically kills multi boxing as we know it. I really miss it. That was my favourite way to play wow since 2009 when I discovered that I could have a healer on my wife's laptop while leveling a warrior.