Update: How the 5x Boomkins are doing

[pengwynman]

I have my three moonkins up and running (still fairly new to multiboxing 61, 61, 60) but this is really making me want to 5-box. Is it even possible on a latop (I have an ASUS gaming laptop that is about one year old)?

I almost feel like 3-boxing would be halfassing it after reading this. Plus, I'm not sure 9 treants would take down much... certainly not nearly as powerful as 15 treants.

You'd need to list the specs of the laptop for us to be able to get an idea of your limits.

i'd like to see a glyph that does something for the trees, like maybe increase duration, decrease cooldown, idc. Maybe add an extra tree? that would take me up to 20 ^^

[Owltoid]

I have my three moonkins up and running (still fairly new to multiboxing 61, 61, 60) but this is really making me want to 5-box. Is it even possible on a latop (I have an ASUS gaming laptop that is about one year old)?

I almost feel like 3-boxing would be halfassing it after reading this. Plus, I'm not sure 9 treants would take down much... certainly not nearly as powerful as 15 treants.

You'd need to list the specs of the laptop for us to be able to get an idea of your limits.

i'd like to see a glyph that does something for the trees, like maybe increase duration, decrease cooldown, idc. Maybe add an extra tree? that would take me up to 20 ^^

Sorry for the thread hijack! I'm getting a bit jealous after hearing the super moonkin power!



Here are the specs for my laptop:

Asus G1 gaming laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz processor, 2GB of DDR2 667 RAM, NVIDIA GeForceGo 7700 GPU with 512 MB RAM

Any chance of success with running 5 at once? Are players receptive to doing 10 man instances while you control 5 of the players?

[pengwynman]

Asus G1 gaming laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz processor, 2GB of DDR2 667 RAM, NVIDIA GeForceGo 7700 GPU with 512 MB RAM

5 would really be pushing it, i don't think you'd be able to get playable performance with a 2.0 dual core and 2 GB of memory

Are players receptive to doing 10 man instances while you control 5 of the players?

Depends on the players. I have some friends that are pretty stoked about trying raids with me. If you can do your job in the raid well, then you should be able to find a group for it without too much trouble. It would be best to find a group that is willing to stick with it and try new things with you.

[Multibocks]

That laptop won't work for 5. My desktop is getting upgraded as I am not happy with 5 accounts on it and Lich King zone performance. 2GB would mean you are using HD as extra ram and it would mean long load times and lots of lag.

I can't wait to see how heroics go for you on Druids. I'm skeptical as the stuff I have seen that was ranked "normal" on difficulty has been pretty hard for my group. Also I imagine you will have to use resilience so your main doesnt get crit by bosses (7500 health per second healing is great, but if you get crit for 20k... well it's game over.) Also your targetting system will be a boon for all DK MBers too.

[Negativ1337]

How do you setted up your healing keys?
I was thinking of:

Shift+1=Healing Touch on focus
Shift+2=Healing Touch assist focus
Shift+3=Rejuvenation on focus
Shift+4=Rejuenation assist focus
Shift+5=Regrowth on focus
Shift+6=Regrowth assist focus

But i dont know. I only have chainheal and lesser healing wave assist and heal main(focus) on shift1+2+3

How did you setted up urs?

-Totemic

[pengwynman]

How do you setted up your healing keys?
I was thinking of:

Shift+1=Healing Touch on focus
Shift+2=Healing Touch assist focus
Shift+3=Rejuvenation on focus
Shift+4=Rejuenation assist focus
Shift+5=Regrowth on focus
Shift+6=Regrowth assist focus

But i dont know. I only have chainheal and lesser healing wave assist and heal main(focus) on shift1+2+3

How did you setted up urs?

-Totemic

i don't really have anything special set up, basically just shift+1-4 are my heals, all of them are just /cast [target=focustarget, exists, help]... there are a few extra mods in there like alt for self-target, but i don't have any *heal focus* macros

[Negativ1337]

okay :>

[Mamut]

One of my laptops are comparable and i can 4 box on it fine with toned down graphics and sound disabled on 3 of the wow instances. Found that out when i was hurt and trying to wow on my couch lol. I wouldnt want to PVP with it but for just instancing it was ok.

If you need anymore beta testers toss me a PM, i have several teams that would make good use of such a utility. Right now i m click broadcasting with good results but it would be cool to try none the less.

Peace

[Boylston]

Good rule of thumb--

1 core per client = good performance
2 cores per client = OK performance
more than 2 cores per client = asking for trouble

Quadboxing a dual-core system is not bad, GENERALLY SPEAKING. Depends on the details of the rest of your system, which may be a challenge for some laptops.

Definitely turn off sound on all but the lead client.

If you can run 3 clients OK, it's worth a shot to try 4. 4-->5 is a big step up because it requires asking a dual-core system to run 3 clients on a core.

[btw82]

Quoted from "Owltoid"
Asus G1 gaming laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz processor, 2GB of DDR2 667 RAM, NVIDIA GeForceGo 7700 GPU with 512 MB RAM
5 would really be pushing it, i don't think you'd be able to get playable performance with a 2.0 dual core and 2 GB of memory

I�m 5 boxing on a laptop nearly like this it works fine (for me) I only have to avoid bg's but 5er instances or questing are ok.

But I�m still in outland so I don�t know how it is in wotlk then.

I have all at very low settings and just one monitor.

Intel Core Duo T2450 2.0 GHz, 2Gb Ram NVIDIA GeForceGo 7600