Is this really allowed?

[Coltimar]

I started with 2 pallys, 1 priest, 1 mage and a warlock :/ That was my first group and it wasn't that bad. 5 shaman are easier but the first thing you need to do is read enough to understand. Search for a post called A plea to newcomers. That post will get you started in the right direction. If your goal is to run your own heroics, as many of us do, then I wouldn't suggest wasting a lot of time on a learning group. Read everything, plan your team carefully and make a bunch of mistakes in your first group.

[Tynk]

do you see 1000 angry multiboxers nope you dont.
you see 1000+ happy perhaps insain but still happy boxers so its still blizzard approved to have fun with multiply perssonality's? hmm i ment characters

Silver

Insanity is bliss

In all honestly its quite a bad idea to jump right in like that, grab 3 of one class, learn the ropes, go from there.

Unfortunately I need to disagree with this. I am all about trial by fire.
When I started multi-boxing WoW I went with a shadow priest, prot pally, fury war, mage, boomkin (changed my war to prot and paly to holy)
But then again I learn faster by making mistakes, and with a set up like mine, I was able to make a lot of mistakes.

[Akeldema]

do you see 1000 angry multiboxers nope you dont.
you see 1000+ happy perhaps insain but still happy boxers so its still blizzard approved to have fun with multiply perssonality's? hmm i ment characters

Silver

Insanity is bliss

In all honestly its quite a bad idea to jump right in like that, grab 3 of one class, learn the ropes, go from there.

Unfortunately I need to disagree with this. I am all about trial by fire.
When I started multi-boxing WoW I went with a shadow priest, prot pally, fury war, mage, boomkin (changed my war to prot and paly to holy)
But then again I learn faster by making mistakes, and with a set up like mine, I was able to make a lot of mistakes.

Disagree as much as you want :P
thats just my opinion, I dont think i would have had the patience to jump right in and multibox 5 differnt classes 0.o

[Sajuuk]

Pffft. On my five-class team I just mash my one DPS key. =P (So far, they're only level 10. I haven't bothered with healing yet)

[moog]

Three RL mates are now MBing, after seeing my Shammy and Mixed teams.

My advice to all of them was to do a 5 x Shaman team first, as that is a lot easier than setting up and playing a mixed team, and they're all getting on fine with Shammies but planning to try a mixed team later, too.

Personally, my Shammes are parked at 71 as I am enjoying my mixed team a lot more but it's definitely a more complex team to play... but all the more rewarding for that

[Taliesin]

Pffft. On my five-class team I just mash my one DPS key. =P (So far, they're only level 10. I haven't bothered with healing yet)

Pretty much the same concept for my mixed team here. I have an instance DPS macro (full optimal rotations) as well as a general questing/non-elite cast button (each toon casts a single spell). Non-elites will pretty much die from a single arcane barrage + shadow bolt (or wrath) + lightning bolt + smite.

Mixed groups are no more difficult to set up than same-class groups, once you reach a point where you need to assign a designated tank and healer. It will, however, require much more time to get all the individual macros and rotations worked out for each class though, since the 3 DPSers aren't just clones of each other (gear, talents, attack rotations, etc). The question is really more about how much time you have to try to micromanage each character's development.

[wolpak]

After toiling around with dual and tri-boxing, I made a mixed 5 box team. I am stil la relative wow newbie, but it isn't that tough. The worst parts are the class quests where you have to drag your entire team or go solo just to complete it. Only level 20 right now, and learning every phase of MBing at once. Gets frustrating but who ever said life was fun.

Also, I think Blizzard is trying to encourage multi-boxing. I think the RAF is directly tied to that. Draw an analogy to how the US has done business. Once you have moved out and gotten all the land you can possibly get, you then work your way building up on the land instead of wasting exponentionally more resources trying to acquire new land. They already have a bunch of addicts who shun real life to sit in front of a computer for hours/days/weeks never showering, or eating or getting laid. Why try to convert someone who actually has a life when you can just get MORE money from they guy you already have addicted?

[Talamarr]

never showering, or eating or getting laid

Speak for yourself newbie, I did all three this morning at the same time; I am a multi-boxer after all.

[Vyndree]

Props to the OP for thinking before leaping into the hobby.

We strive to keep all conversations here on d-b compliant with the games we multibox on, and that GM conversations link is certainly handy for WoW-related compliance. Thanks for being a responsible player!

[wolpak]

never showering, or eating or getting laid

Speak for yourself newbie, I did all three this morning at the same time; I am a multi-boxer after all.

Might as well call you Cosmo.