Question to 10-boxers - what do you do all the time?

[Rin]

Barring soloing Kara and ZA, it seems like 10-boxing just doubles your downtime on things like dailies and quests. Almost like you hit the top of the hill at 5-mans, then anything past that starts wasting time rather than just gaining it by not pugging or waiting on guildies.

I'll chime in here too... I don't think 10-boxing really doubles your downtime. For a hypothetical example, let's say you love making gold by doing the daily quests. 10 characters doing the quests simultaneously = double the amount of gold that you would have received if you were doing it in a 5-man team. I know that this is a rather rudementary example, but it still alludes to the point that you are earning things quicker than a 5-boxer, for that matter. Also, right now you're absolutely correct - there are only 2 raid dungeons that have the capacity for 10-characters - Kara and ZA. Both of which can be done by a 10-boxer with a little patience, discipline and practice. Looking at the future of WoW, we realize that within the next few weeks WoTLK will arrive, and 10-man dungeons will be the norm. Having 10 characters will allow you to run those dungeons by yourself, if you choose to do so. Also, by having 10 overgeared level 80 characters, you should be able to do most TBC content by yourself or with a few other people. Given the changes to the game, the new large health pools of tanks at 80, the new spells and skills, I could see 10-characters doing everything up to Archimonde. This would hold especially true for 10-boxers who have balanced teams (not all caster specs, because as you are probably aware, many encounters have <insert damage type> immunity.

As a matter of personal opinion, I think 10-boxing is a blast. I plan on leveling my 10-boxing team up in 2 separate groups (the 4 shammis + paladin as group a), and my mix: priest, druid, pally, mage, mage, as group b when WoTLK comes out. I wouldn't try to level them both at the same time, as that just doesn't seem as efficient to me - but that's just my humble opinion. Plus, if you're into world PvP, there's not a lot of people who will be able to withstand 10k / second targetted dps, or about 8k instant AOE burst DPS, followed by a few AOE knockbacks from the shaman if too many people get close. There's also not a lot of people who would try to "jump" you in your situation with 10-characters. Some will, but most people will run in the opposite direction if they see you coming towards them.

In essence, with 10-chars you get: Increased profitability (this is not to say that you couldn't be a 5-boxer who has 2 teams of 5 that makes the same amount of profit as one ten boxer), great world pvp, and a good time ... also you can create an instant RAID, on your own time - for Pre-BC, BC, and 10-man WOTLK content, plus 10-characters creates an unmatched challenge for the person playing them, especially when you're playing all different classes...

Cheers