Will Blizzard take a stand on dual-boxing?

[TheBigBB]

The sky is not falling.

I would think that the financial loss would outweigh the QQ'ers. We are a very small population of WoW. But we represent a fair financial number for them. So long as we're abiding by their rules I see no reason they would side against us. If there comes about some method that they deem against the rules, they'll just patch a fix and we'll have to work around it. Much like the nerf to using the minimap for spellcasting.

A little bird whispered to me that 3.1% of World of Warcraft accounts are tied to a unique billing method (ie, multiboxers). While 3.1% may not seem like a lot, crunch a few numbers for a moment and you'll see why Blizzard wants the multiboxing trend to increase. Drastically increase.

That's interesting, and I wonder where the info comes from. I wouldn't be shocked if it were true, though I don't believe that most people with multiple accounts actively or effectively multibox in the manner that we think of it. I owned 2 accounts for years and only occasionally used them both at once, and never synchronized keyboards. I used to just have a priest I'd put on follow and hit healing once in a while, which I don't think falls into the same category.

Anyway, I think you're correct that regardless of anything else, Blizzard would be stupid to ban multiboxing even if just for monetary reasons.