How much hostility should I expect to face?

[Shaden]

1) I don't try to hide. I used to get a kick out of trying to seem as 'normal' as possible but now I find I just don't have the patience for it. My main group is orc and troll shamans, druid and paladin. I'm not into the clone thing so much, I like mixed groups (race and appearance), so I probably don't get many second glances from most players, only those who are fairly observant or know what to look for.

2) None so far. Then again, I don't pvp, my rig isn't really up for it. The extent of the whispers I've received are usually along the lines of 'Multiboxing?' to which I reply yes and then either I get no reply or a 'cool'.

3) No reports that I'm aware of.

[Pippin]

I don't hide in fact quite the opposite.

The have gotten a lot of "cool" and one time I hit demon armor in an inn on all 5 of my locks and a guy said "That was gay" and then logged. I was pretty crushed by his braveness.

I have not spoken to a GM yet but I was having problems making my acocunts and called in the billing guy was very confused on why I was making 4 new accounts to play at the same time. lol

[suprafro]

The have gotten a lot of "cool" and one time I hit demon armor in an inn on all 5 of my locks and a guy said "That was gay" and then logged.

LOL

[aNiMaL]

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

Lol, I fail at the second part there,
but i can't help it, people ask me to show off occasionally.
Usually it's something quick like one star chain or the barov trinkets and I go on with my business.
I'm paying Blizzard to entertain me, not the other way around O.o

At first I had the fear of getting a huge amount of whispers, but it's not that bad,
I'm getting a lot of whispers, but most of them are just interested in how it's going and if i had any upgrades lately.
And the "I started running with 2/3/4/5 toons aswell.. You were right, it's great " offcourse

Up untill lvl 60 people shouldnt be seeing you to much anyway, rushing from quest to quest (or instance) to get them up in level in zones people hardly use.
When you are going over 60 people already start respecting what you're doing and are mainly interested.

(/w's from kids are not covered by my post inch

and then logged.

This always makes me lol

[Bigfish]

Never, never, and never.

[Kaynin]

It should be said that for every hate whisper you get, there are probably a dozen players that don't say anything but would support you.

Don't underestimate the silent ones!

It's just usually the ones that hate that you hear.

[zanthor]

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. Absolutely never.
2. Rarely. Normally people try to abuse in public, I let them know they are idiots, most the folks in /1 agree, etc...
3. I've talked to GM's about other items, it's always been wen I petition... the best was when a guy was trying to outtag me this weekend, I play on a PVE server so PVP isn't always an option, I tried flagging and the guy wouldn't bite... I petitioned and while I was waiting he attacked me on accident (ok, so I /dueled and /yielded him... he kept attacking and flagged, welcome to 5v1 instead of 1(@66) vs 1(@70)... he waited out hsi flag before respawning, then went back to trying to outtag me... two pulls later he accidently attacked me instead of the mob, and died horribly for it....

The GM talked to me and I told him what was up and that the PVP solution was not being effective because the guy keeps coming back unflagged... but that he had attacked me a few times, the GM responded "not very smart to attack a guy with his own personal army behind him"...

Anyhow, the jackass managed to tag 3 more mobs while the GM was talking to me, then the behavior stopped... I can only imagine he got a chat from the GM.

[KapitiCoaster]

Teens by the nature of hormones are almot always looking to vent hostility - being a multi-character /follow group has often allowed the minority of the gaming community to direct an unwise message.

4 years in Ultima Online - only friendly comments relating to dragon or hellhound pack demolition teams in PVP or dungeon areas

8 years in Everquest with a non software-hardware command options, a phat zero negative comments

(I never allowed a bot to take a player raid spot or loot prior to other group members)

2 plus years of Wow and only recently have the comments started to escalate - I have a starndard /r response comment pre typed to advise a player what action they should follow, rather then enter into a potential harrasment message.

I did have one comment that crossed the borders of rasicm that prompted me to forward a comment to blizzard

The rewards of playing when and how you want far outweigh any potential negative aspects of multi account gaming.

Play nice and endevour not to gank quest areas, pk blindly or camp graveyards you should do very well



Have fun - TRB

[dodger6988]

1. I never hide, but I do park the slaves outside cities to avoid lag at peak times if they arnet needed.

2. Vey few at first, and none since I came to Mag. I get alot of /w asking how I do it and I send them here. I also make sure that I kill everything I go by that another player has already tagged. It doesn't take any time and it helps spread a little boxing luv out there.

3. Im sure I have been reported at some time, but I have never had a GM contact me for anything.

[Tasty]

Bah stupid shamans with your stupid lazer shows. I was in halaa last night with my shaman guildie who started making diamonds and stars and shit. The people then looked to me and said 'what can you mages do?'


'....umm ice block?'


it was fail