Will Blizzard take a stand on dual-boxing?

[Duese]

That's always true until the sky actually falls. =)

To add to that point, it's a "i'll believe it when I see it."

Wait, follow not working on vehicles?
Wait, boss fights requiring lots of movement?
Wait, encounters requiring multi-user interactment?

GRAB THE UMBRELLAS! I think it's gonna happen this time!

(To point out, I don't think any of those changes were directly made in spite of MB'ers. So, no, I don't think the sky is falling. I just think that the way blizzard would combat MB'ers is to make lots of user interaction required, which ironically is the same thing that they do when they make new boss fights. The days of "don't stand in the fire" are coming to an end! The new fight mechanic, "Don't stand in the frost!" /utgardpinacle.)

[elsegundo]

I have a hunch that devs are fans of dual-boxing.

your hunch is correct. are we done here?

That's always true until the sky actually falls. =)

To add to that point, it's a "i'll believe it when I see it."

Wait, follow not working on vehicles?
Wait, boss fights requiring lots of movement?
Wait, encounters requiring multi-user interactment?

GRAB THE UMBRELLAS! I think it's gonna happen this time!

(To point out, I don't think any of those changes were directly made in spite of MB'ers. So, no, I don't think the sky is falling. I just think that the way blizzard would combat MB'ers is to make lots of user interaction required, which ironically is the same thing that they do when they make new boss fights. The days of "don't stand in the fire" are coming to an end! The new fight mechanic, "Don't stand in the frost!" /utgardpinacle.)

also i would agree and further this by saying that if Blizz is against MB-ing, then they would outright announce it instead of slyly try to make content harder for us to MB. the game is complex and the encounters require a lot more coordination, but that's not because they want to remove all the MB-ers. they're trying to make the instances more fun, more complicated and more satisfying when its completed. having it more difficult for MB-ers is just a side-effect, or if you will, coincidental.

[accretion]

/agree Fur

[Lumibox]

Well, the truth is that it's in the TOS that Blizzard can, at their discretion, ban you for any reason- or no reason.

I don't think legit multiboxers are at any more risk of being banned than legit single players. By which I mean, we can all hope we don't get struck by lightning. That said, more people would have to cancel their accounts and give multiboxing as the reason for cancellation than those who subscribe multiple accounts for them to even think about changing it, IMO.

We forget that, whilst multiboxers may be a small part of WOW, those who forum QQ are also a small demographic (even if it seems like they are growing) and are often far more impotent than us (because people who threaten to quit over X are different from people who actually do).

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[blbjtb]

I think Fur was talking to the community as a whole (as opposed to just the OP) since this type of thread gets posted daily these days

This.

I've been doing this (multiboxing) for well over a year. Pretty much every day someone says "the sky is falling, blizzard is going to ban us".

Guess what. I'm still here.

Oh Crap the sky is falling....No wait thats just rain... Odd it tastes alot like tears..Oh its more QQ

(pretty lame Joke but once I started to type it I felt committed!)

[pjdell]

I think Fur was talking to the community as a whole (as opposed to just the OP) since this type of thread gets posted daily these days

This.

I've been doing this (multiboxing) for well over a year. Pretty much every day someone says "the sky is falling, blizzard is going to ban us".

Guess what. I'm still here.

I'm a little bit dissapointed that you included my thread here in "that type of thread"... I was just curious as to what people think. And i used search to see if i found a post that i felt was what i was looking for, and i couldn't find one. I'm sorry if there have been others like this but i didn't want to put in every possible word into the search box to find it.

I wasn't telling you all that doom is around the corner. I am not posting any "shit" that is in anyway going to do anything except spawn some conversation. Guess i was wrong

There are things in game that i'm sure blizzard never expected to change that are now much different.
If you think QQs never start the ball rolling for blizzard to change something you probably havn't played since vanilla wow. I'm guessing you have though so i don't know why you'd think that.


I apologize for posting something that is OBVIOUSLY incredibly stupid.

[Sam DeathWalker]

I dont see how they can stop it ... I could say I am two people, I die enough times that I could even be a pick up group lol.

[zanthor]

I dont see how they can stop it ... I could say I am two people, I die enough times that I could even be a pick up group lol.

Remove /follow.

All aspects that people complain about with Multiboxing are finished right there.

[Basilikos]

One thing to consider is that even if people actually start quitting over multiboxing, I doubt that would do much. Either the people who threaten to quit about other issues are serious and go through with it or they're just faking it. But in either case, pretty much every one of those issues (imagined or real) still exists in the game (i.e. "X" class is overpowered as well as other dumb things). Unless there were a massive exodus all at once, I doubt anyone would notice or even care.

[Malekyth]

Something a lot of players don't realize is, if they were allowed to design the game through whining and petitions and platitudes and threats to quit, we'd end up with a poorly-designed game. They don't understand the need to leave game design to the game designers. They're demonstrably better at it than players are -- they made World of Warcraft, after all.

Fortunately Blizzard, in a position to know better than any of us, doesn't believe that multiboxing breaks the game. They base this decision on a lot of different factors, including their apparent conclusion that multiboxing does not unfairly and negatively impact anyone's game experience. If some very vocal people on the messageboards choose to work themselves into an emotional frenzy over the subject then that's their privilege, but Blizzard has been clear that this emotional response is not equivalent to a game-breaker requiring revision.

So ... done. Understand who calls the shots and you don't need to worry.