How much hostility should I expect to face?

[Fef]

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

Nope, I don't try to hide. I just live my life like I used to do it with one and two characters (interestingly, it looks like no one never noticed I was dual-boxing, when I did it for several years).

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

What I get most would be the french equivalent of "lolwtf". These usually don't say anything else and continue running/jumping around. I also get some genuine curiosity, "how do you do that" (I refer them to this site), "what's the point", "do you sell your characters afterwards", things like that. A couple of times some players explained me that even though they knew it was legal, they considered what I was doing was "bad" because "unfair". I had a nice chat with them, and even though I didn't manage to convince them, there was at least no animosity.

I never got a hate whisper, in fact.

3. How often do you get reported?

I don't know. I was never in contact with a GM about my multi-boxing, so either I was never reported, or I was but GMs know I'm not doing anything against the TOS.

About my server : it a medium population RP/PVP server. From what I know, I seem to be the only 5-boxer on it.

[Prepared]

I want to multi box as the next challenge as well as the fun of being able to 5 man instances all by myself. I really don't want constant grief from players, or being reported 5 times a day or havnig to talk to one ignorant GM after another that does not know thier own company's policies.

So my questions:

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

Heck no, I am proud to be a multiboxer. I jump in Orgrimmar all around so players say 'wtf?' or 'haxor' or 'what the hell is going on?' Playing on PvP realm, I kill everyone I see during my leveling up. I leave no one left standing. It might not be good for the opposing side but hey, all on my realm chose to play PvP

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

Just about every other day. Usually it's a friend of the player that I killed or it's their alternate account that they play on both sides with. Sometimes it's from players on my side of the faction that just don't like it when they see a bunch of shamans running together.

3. How often do you get reported?

Got no idea on this one. I would guess probably every day and sometimes maybe two or three times a day. Running around with 36 accounts killing the opposite faction left and right, I know I'm getting reported a HECK of a LOT! But I wouldn't really know for sure as I've never been contacted by a GM for anything.

[cvt]

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

3. How often do you get reported?

1. Never, why would I hide the fact I multiboxing. I mainly tri-box (tank healer and dps), and join LFG etc.. to find the extra dps at times if needed.

2. Hate usually comes in the form of general channel, not whispers, and its uncommon. And the higher in level you get, the less it happens... If your horde in barrens, expect a constant stream :P I find it amusing.
I get 10 times the hate whispers on my twink than I ever have multiboxing, even in BG's. Constantly have people making lvl 1's on my server to abuse my twink, never had that when multiboxing.

3. Can't answer that, as I have never had a GM contact me, but I have had whispers and comments in general that 'you have been reported for botting/hacking'. I'd say not more than once every couple days pre lvl 30, and not seen it since.

I have only started serious tri-boxing, and occasional 5 box, but for years (pre-bc) I have been dual boxing melee+ranged, and dual boxing seems to go greatly ignored in comparison.

[mmcookies]

GMs usually don't contact you about multiboxing

[pixelimp]

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?
Nooo wai, i try to show it off :thumbsup:

2. How often do you get hate whispers?
Hmmm, on a daily basis atleast. Last night a guy called me "a pathethic multiboxing piece of shit"

3. How often do you get reported?
Probably alot from ignoranuses.

[Notes]

Not much use in PVE, but for PVP having names not starting in the same way helps alot. My chars are named Penotes Denotes Venotes and so on. When I enter a BG, no one will notice me. Most of the time they see me when 4 of my chars are already nr 1 2 3 4 in healing done so people can see I'm not just filling up spots in the raid, as I really add something to the fights.

And don't hide. Showing off in city's is a big part of the fun after doing an instance 8)

[Jamien]

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?
Nein! I do chain heal stars in main cities whenever I can for the attention whoring.
The only time I leave my slaves outside of a city is if I know there's going to be mega lag.

2. How often do you get hate whispers?
I've had 2 in the month and a halfish I've been boxing. One apologised a little later after a chat.

3. How often do you get reported?
Wouldn't know. GM's never spoken to me about it.

[Zaelar]

I don't hide it but I don't try to show off.

I don't get too much hate. It's there but it isn't spammed or anything. More wtfs/questions.

I haven't spoken to a gm on the issue ever. I've been told that I've been reported several times though. I usually just "/r ty" and move on.

[hibiki]

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

3. How often do you get reported?

1. Nope, no point in hiding because I'm not doing anything illegal. If I were on a pvp server, I'd probably hide about 10-15 shamans in a boomkin.

2. Ravencrest US & Silvermoon US have been pretty cool about it. I've only gotten about 5 hate tells combined on both servers while leveling 2 groups to 60 and 3 other groups to 30-40 range. Lots of cheers, people who do /follow on my leader.

3. Two people have told me they reported me and hope I enjoy my time off, I've never spoken to a gm. Well, there was this one time I spoke with a gm after I thought I sold my T4 shoulders while clearing my bags, but that's not what you're asking about.

[Siaea]

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

Lol, I make totem-forests and chain heal pentagrams in Orgrimmar. A lot of people who have started to recognize me always yell 'make a star' or something like that. Plenty of /cheers too.

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

Not since hitting 70, or not as much. Still get the occasional /spit and /rude. Mainly those are from Alliance that I've recently one-shotted.

3. How often do you get reported?

Never that I know of.