Different caster classes, workable with castsequence macros?

[Griznah]

So, I've finished my first team to 60 (basically) and thinking of what else to do now.
and for an awesome synergy group, I was thinking of having:
Protpala tank
And a mix of two:
MoonkinDruid
ElementalShammy
Mage
and then
Shadowpriest
Holypriest
So, this is obviously alot of classes to play around with, but for pure DPS'ing, wouldn't it work ok with
having castsequence macro for each class? That way I have just one key to mash and all my DPS'ers would do their cycle
pretty good, right?
The only "synergy" the mage brings to the table is portals, intbuff and food/water, but is some very nice shit.
I could ofc, bring in a hunter, but the whole synergyaspect is lost then.
Atm, I'm leaning towards Pala, shaman, mage and the two priests.
Well, so, anyone think this is workable as a "noob" multiboxer?

[Knapenburger]

Its got fail written all over it.

Unless you somehow perfectly arrange all the key bindings and cast sequences it could work. However you wont be able to maximise your DPS with so many different classes.

Why not 3 mages, 1 priest, 1 pala? Thats pretty much the same as 1 pala 4 shamans but one is reserved for healing, which is what I do.

[Griznah]

Explain why it would fail? And why won't I be able to maximize the DPS?
Ofc it has to be perfectionized castsequences, this is scenarios where no mobs are loose, everything is tanked etc.
My setup will include pala+2 priests no matter what. And the reason for different classes is synergy.
CC is not to be used, bruteforce all the way baby!

[Kulzor]

My dps group consists of:
BM Hunter
Elemental Shaman
Moonkin Druid
Frost Mage

My instance running group (where I need to run the tank and healer):
BM Hunter
Prot Paladin
Resto Druid
Elemental Shaman

Both sets work fine with a lot of macro castsequences. Barring using Righteous Defense (on RARE occasion), and removing poison and curses with the resto druid, everything generally works off a few keys.
3=Start fight on new mob (send pet in, pally hits seal of the crusader or wisdom depending on what I'm doing)
4=Multishot/Chain Lightning
5=Main Castsequence (use trinkets, specials, main shots/bolts)

It works quite well. Plus, it *sounds* like the full elemental shaman group may be nerfed with Wrath by them making totems not stack. (Yeah, jury's still out on it...but their minds are pretty made up already.)

I've run the entire dps group into Kara as four of the five dpsers for the team and they worked fine. If you have to run around on boss fights it becomes rough though (in any instance for me).

[Caanus]

This may not apply as much since I'm only 2-boxing, but I have a warlock and a mage. Right now they're only lvl 21 each. I have key 2 bound to a cast sequence on my warlock (the "leader") that goes Immolate,Curse of Agony,Corruption,Drain life, Drain Life, Drain Life. It's also set for [nochanneling] so I can spam it without restarting the drain life. On my mage, key 2 is a simple /assist leadername /cast fireball. So as I sit there spamming my warlock macro, my mage happily peppers my target with fireballs. Yes it's simplistic but so far it works for me. I'll be redoing the mage macro to add in Pyroblast if it's up.

Edit: I should note that I'm new to Multiboxing so I'm keeping things simple as I learn the ropes.

[Frosty]

I'm running 5 different classes (see sig) and have no problems at all with castsequences.
Some of them have instant spells, and others do not..some have channeled spells as well.

I'd like some more info on why this won't work?

[pyrem]

Its got fail written all over it.

I'll disagree, look at my sig for the team I run, and I've gotten them all the way to 60 with few problems.

It can be done...granted it is much more difficult than running one or two of the same class, but it's definitely achievable.

I'll refrain from posting my setup details as Kulzor already covered it.

[Vyndree]

1) Shadowpriests do not have a "reliable" dps rotation due to different dot durations and cooldowns. It's the nature of the spec. You basically just keep a "priority list" of "VT needs to always be up, always have a pain up, MB every cooldown, VE when threat isn't an issue and aoe damage, Death when health is high and no chance of dying, Mind flay when you have nothing else to do".

2) Check out this blog post I made a little while ago regarding pairing up different classes/roles for multiboxing. It might give you some insight into how you can match up the abilties of your different classes.
http://vboxing.net/v/index.php?q=node/96

[luxlunae]

Ive found cast sequences work just fine with casters... and the real reason to level a group of multiple kinds is just to get as many 70s as possible before wrath to give yourself some flexibility when it hits. I will agree that using multiple classes doesn't synergize as smoothly, and I'd definitely stay away from shadowpriests because they have no spammable ability. I've definitely used an instant cast instant cast long cast matching cast sequence for my lock/priest.

[Doostin]

i love my Pally Boomkin Ele Sham Fire Mage Holy Priest team =p

Cast sequences are the only way to go, i've been tweaking them ever since lvl 40ish, to make sure that each char is getting the most dps they possibly can be.



Mage is really more important than just portals/food/water/int, they give u sheep, AoE, and uber dps mana regen. my fire mage finishes most fights with 80% + mana, where as the shaman and boomkin are under half almost every fight. and they all have aobut the same amount of mana with buffs (6500-7000 i think) right now their cast sequences have them pretty close in DPS, mage is highest on boss fights but shaman is usually highest on trash mobs, boomkin is rarely highest but the random crits make her jump ahead sometimes.