Multibox on PVP server

[moleh]

Just got into multi boxing started doing just a 3 box and boosting them in instances. Now with the new friend package and all that amazing potential I am looking at doing a classic 5 box shammy team. Problem is I am on a pvp server and wondered how many people have done a quest grind boxing 5 accounts (Will have to do it this way to get tripple exp) on a pvp server and how you found it. I get annoyed enough getting ganked with 1 char let-a-lone 5 and having to run back res and buff.

Should I just migrade or is it not as bad as I think?

Thanks

Moleh

[Otlecs]

It will be as bad as you imagine

http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=2694
http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=9593
http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=10716

Of course, it works both ways - revenge can be sweet once you get into the right level range to dish it out!

Revenge.. Served Cold

[Tonuss]

It has to be something that you enjoy or that at least you can tolerate. I'm not a PvPer (I play on a PvP server because my friends are there) so I stayed in instanced zones and avoid the other faction as much as I am able to. Then again I have a mixed group that would not fare well in PvP anyway. My guess is that leveling will usually be quiet with the occasional owning of same-level characters and the occasional camping by higher level characters. But if you get one of those stalker types on your case it could get really ugly.

But some people don't mind that, they can deal with constant ganking and camping and it doesn't bug them, whereas other people will get upset and frustrated. If you are the latter, I don't think it will be worth it.

[moleh]

Yes I am the latter it drives me nuts. I too are based on a PVP server cos my mates like it. No shock to find out that one is a rogue and the otehr a Warlock..

So you rekon maybe if I want to give this a go that a PVE server move would be a better idea? I will do some research of my own but if any of you play on EU realms can you recommend any PVE servers? Goodish econemy no ques but people to raid with etc ?

I am also very interested to see how I accept 5 quests on each char and hand them in etc I guess it can get quite macro heavy.

Thanks for your inputs so far

Moleh

[Icetech]

I don't know how people can play on non pvp servers.. there is zero excitment.. I think the problem is that people think on a pvp server its non stop death, which is FAR from the truth... leveling my 5 sham team 0-70 i got ganked 4 times.... on other servers that woulda been worse no doubt, but i have leveled on many servers and pvp is the only way to go. And its nice when bored to goto area 52 and kill anyone that lands at the flight path, which you can do without guard problems

btw... if you lvl 5 sham on pvp, you will be killing 70's by the time you hit 55, and almost never get totally wiped ever again...

[moleh]

Suppose I would not think twice about leveling on a pvp server if I could boost but with the new friend thing it looks like if you want the tripple exp you need to quest and level 'normally'. I just have these images of having to run 5 shamans from the graveyard to there corse 1-2 every hour and really getting fed up. I guess if I was smart I could work on a leveling guide that does not involve places like STV. I am leveling a solo shaman up atm and it was hell real hell for weeks now grom and booty bay are just clear of NPC level 70's just sat around bored killing them as they spawn. I could not put up with that X 5.

I could just ignore the 300% exp and do pally boosting but that seems like a waste of a trick.

Moleh

[KvdM]

How difficult it is to level varies per server (low population vs high population), but it also depends on your playing style. Some advice that will help prevent getting ganked:

- Stay away from the obvious gank territories like hillsbrad foothills, STV and tanaris (unless you want to pvp)
- Try to reduce your visibility from roads, etc (if you have a choice, kill the mobs that are furthest away from the roads)
- Watch your chat and combat log for warnings of enemy players(and scout the area where you plan to quest)
- Don't leave a trail of npc corpses (either skip mobs, kill them all on the same spot or skin the corpses)
- Spread your quests over various territories, so you can always go to another territory if your current one turns into a warzone
- Killing other players will usually start your own private war and will probably draw in other (higher level) players, so minimize pvp killing in your quest areas
- If you do kill another player, don't hang around for them to bring in other (higher level) players (preferably go do the quests you have in other regions)

Almost forgot this, make sure that you have a lot of friends that don't mind coming to your rescue when things turn bad. You can mess up all the above, as long as you have enough people that will bail you out.

[Tonuss]

I don't know how people can play on non pvp servers.. there is zero excitment..

That's just it, there are different approaches to it. Some people really do enjoy the thrill of knowing that they can be attacked at any moment (and that they can do the same to others that they happen to spot), and other people just want to focus on leveling or questing and don't want the interruption. I'm just not big on PvPing. I've done world PvP and arenas and battlegrounds and I can enjoy them in small amounts here and there, but for the most part I prefer to leave other players alone and to be left alone, and that's really contrary to the idea of a PvP server (although most of the time people *do* leave you alone, which is weird).

I've actually considered moving my 5-man team to a PvE server, since the whole reason for their existence is to run PvE. I have two main characters that I play with my friends and do not have plans to switch (even though I really like my hunter). With the new recruit-a-friend option, you pretty much have to re-roll a new character on your "inviter" account in order to get the most benefit from the "invitee" account, so it would be worthwhile to roll up a new team on a PvE server for leveling and questing.

Since I have five accounts I will not be taking advantage of it, but the other day I rolled up a five man Draenai team (paladin, priest, three hunters) on a PvE realm. I may swap a hunter for a shammy, dunno. It'll be fun to level the team up and not worry about gankers once I get past level 20!

[OzPhoenix]

I don't know how people can play on non pvp servers.. there is zero excitment.. I think the problem is that people think on a pvp server its non stop death, which is FAR from the truth... leveling my 5 sham team 0-70 i got ganked 4 times.... on other servers that woulda been worse no doubt, but i have leveled on many servers and pvp is the only way to go. And its nice when bored to goto area 52 and kill anyone that lands at the flight path, which you can do without guard problems

btw... if you lvl 5 sham on pvp, you will be killing 70's by the time you hit 55, and almost never get totally wiped ever again...

I guess my problem has been Blizzards recent back down on Pve-->Pvp transfer. I was levelling a pvp group when Blizzard let Pve'ers transfer to the PvP server I was moving to, and I decided I'd rather not now.

[Sarduci]

I guess my problem has been Blizzards recent back down on Pve-->Pvp transfer. I was levelling a pvp group when Blizzard let Pve'ers transfer to the PvP server I was moving to, and I decided I'd rather not now.

WHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?!?!??!????

Link please? WTB trasfer for lvl 60+ toons BACK to pvp from a bad pve move.....