Duelist for a Dual-Boxer

[Suvega]

Grats on the spike team

Now for real merit 5 box with a healer. Cuz healing is the hardest part :P

IMO, 5-boxing a 4-1 team in 5v5 arena would be silly, think of it as playing 4v5 because right off the bat any team is going to focus-fire the single... I think Ellay had it right for choosing a singular class to run with.

Congrats Ellay!

Thats like saying "multi-boxing in arenas would be silly, think of it as playing X chacters badly, when you could have 5 players playing each character better!".

The whole point of multi-boxing is doing the challenging and impossible with one person. Hence my comment of ROLL A HEALER! :P

Healing IS the hardest part hehe

[Vyndree]

right off the bat any team is going to focus-fire the single...

But don't people focus-fire the healers first anyway?

And the single is Ellay's healer.

So... it really is the same in this particular situation. *shrug*

[ziggurat]

right off the bat any team is going to focus-fire the single...

But don't people focus-fire the healers first anyway?

And the single is Ellay's healer.

So... it really is the same in this particular situation. *shrug*

If I get focus fired it will result in 1-2 people dead on the other team before my bubble even has a chance to wear off.

As far as healing hoes, it gets pretty intense and there are a lot of close calls. There are a variety of teams we play, ranging from 4 dps to standard 345 and drain teams. Every team brings something different to the table. All of these teams have the ability to hurt, and hurt bad. Healing can be a bit difficult as 4 shamans can be easily aoed, and as a paladin without an aoe heal or a good instant heal it is difficult to adjust to a sudden change of targets.

A bubble and a bop is what really sets me apart from any other healer. And my hammer, while resisted a ton (damn it) helps a lot against teams trying to run away from us.

A lot of the healing that needs to be done is anticipated, you need to know when to bubble to not get cced, and be ready to throw in some big heals (blood lust really helps there).


What I am trying to say is that healing is not much different then it is for a healer in any other 4 dps team. In fact, it is probably a bit harder due to the lack of mobility that a dual-boxer has.


Oh, and there are plenty of teams who can not be easily gibbed by your standard lightning bolt > earthshock > ns chainlightning combo. Soul Link warlocks, ice mages, paladins, pain suppression, grounding totems, cloak of shadows all make it very difficult.


It is not as easy as it seems, the good teams always adapt and adjust and it is a challenge every day to face them.

[Vyndree]

What I am trying to say is that healing is not much different then it is for a healer in any other 4 dps team. In fact, it is probably a bit harder due to the lack of mobility that a dual-boxer has.

That's was my point. The healer is going to get focus fired in a 1 healer 4 dps team whether you're a multiboxer or not.


It was in response to bhs saying that 4-boxing with a player-healer was the same as 5-boxing with the healer. In both cases, the healer will get focus fired first, and imo, healing in PvP is the hardest because of this fact.

[ziggurat]

What I am trying to say is that healing is not much different then it is for a healer in any other 4 dps team. In fact, it is probably a bit harder due to the lack of mobility that a dual-boxer has.

That's was my point. The healer is going to get focus fired in a 1 healer 4 dps team whether you're a multiboxer or not.

It was in response to bhs saying that 4-boxing with a player-healer was the same as 5-boxing with the healer. In both cases, the healer will get focus fired first, and imo, healing in PvP is the hardest because of this fact.

Once again, if I get focus fired, the team we are playing is probably bad and will be an easy win. It is too easy to kill off a dps in a 4 dps setup given only 1 healer. If ellay can sit there and pew pew for 3 seconds, that is dead people.


And in no way is 4 boxing + 1 other person and 5-boxing is the same thing. There is a lot on my part that requires a lot of movement which a multi-boxer would not be able to achieve on 5 characters.

[Ellay]

Once again, if I get focus fired, the team we are playing is probably bad and will be an easy win. It is too easy to kill off a dps in a 4 dps setup given only 1 healer. If ellay can sit there and pew pew for 3 seconds, that is dead people.

The big difference though if all 5 are being played by the same person, they will go for the healer first because it will be the 'main', and taking that character out greatly disrupts the rest of the group.

My hats off to any 5 boxers out there going through that frustration

[Vyndree]

And in no way is 4 boxing + 1 other person and 5-boxing is the same thing. There is a lot on my part that requires a lot of movement which a multi-boxer would not be able to achieve on 5 characters.

I never said that. I said that the REACTION was the same.

Sheesh, stop putting words in my mouth.

In PvP, if I were facing a 4 dps 1 healer team, I would ALWAYS spike the healer first, even if it were a multiboxer.

That is ALL I am saying. I am not saying 5-boxing is not difficult. I am not saying that 4 boxing < 5 boxing. FFS calm down.

[Bena]

being a priest in BGs is like having a big kill me sign.. they ALWAYS focus fire the healer... doesn't matter if you're boxing or not