Multibox Naxxramas

[Theradin]

Naxx encounters fully multi-boxed. If anybody's curious, I'm more than happy to share macros and tactics. If I can find the time, I'll upload some higher-quality versions.


Kel'Thuzad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXPReIAja2I

This fight is far and away the most intense fight in the instance. There's such a tremendous potential for things to go wrong.


Sapphiron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4XJtxClnI0

For my first Sapphrion kill I relied on four healers in a fight that lasted over 10 minutes. This two healer kill is much quicker, but because it was a new setup I made some pretty glaring errors including not having an innervate prepared, nor shadowfiends, nor a proper decurser.


Grobbulus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAQ-Sw2V8EA


4 Horsemen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHREPuVHufg

What you generally can't see is that I'm using two restoration shaman on the back end, each with a one-button macro to keep them alive, though I still need to dodge void zones and swap sides. Because the restoration shaman are perpetually attacked, thanks to water shield they have near-infinite mana. When I first made this kill, I instead used a pair of druids on the back end. Restoration shaman are much better.


Heigan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWQ6T3tnHUc

Nothing really special about this attempt save that I let Heigan get a bit too close to my group a few times slowing down DPS.


Gothik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GHZtIsbw94

Unfortunately this video doesn't show what's happening on the live side, which might be of more interest to people.


Thaddius
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erks3SX_4mI

This one was pretty messy and the camera isn't well placed. On this attempt I also missed ledge jumps with two characters.

**Edit: I apologize for my UI in some of the videos. I recently changed much of my setup and there were still a few kinks to work out. Unfortunately the video captured some of those kinks.

[David]

Just omg, you did it all. I`ll be watching the video`s this evening. Had a quick peek at Thaddius. Amazing how the you did the first positioning. Really looking forward to watch the whole movie and all the others.

For now I`m pretty curious what your hardware specs are including numbers of mouses, keyboards and other tools.

[Theradin]

"For now I`m pretty curious what your hardware specs are including numbers of mouses, keyboards and other tools.

Mouse
A single, simple Everglide G-1000 mouse. It's nothing special, a mid-range gaming mouse.

Keyboard
I use a Wolfking Warrior, it puts a great many keys within easy reach. One drawback is that the alt key isn't in a useful position. To get around that I had to remap input keys in my computer's registry and tab is now forever where alt is, and vice-versa. If you can live with that, I'd recommend it.

Software
Something I threw together myself. It has numerous bugs, but I needed more versatility than what current software offered and this was the only way to get that.

Computers
I play on two computers. One computer has a Q9550 CPU with a Radeon 4970. It can handle up to about 7 accounts, at which point it starts to hit a bottleneck somewhere. The other computer is an Asus m50sv notebook which has a Core 2 T9300 and GeForce 9500m. When I started out in Naxx, I was running on the Q9550 alone. Only recently was I able to add the laptop into the setup as it required pretty heavy modification of my software.

I hope that helps!

[Dzonatan]

OMG! get a life! (joke) Kudos to you dude... although I have no freakin idea how the hell you manage to do fights that takes nonstop caring over multiply things like:

- Anubrhekan (Offtank the add)
- Grand Window (Offtank and pull the add at right time)
- Maexenna (keep it clean through all fight with the rotations of her skills)

- Noth (imo easy since I dont see a problem with tank and spank and ocasional adds)
- Heigan ( this one is beyond me since you must kite him, safety dance and postion ranged and heals on the platform and probably /focus name /follow when he ports there.)
- Loatheb (a DPS race IMO but gotta watch everyones HP from experience as a Lock from this encounter I know how annoying that class may be in this encounter)

- Patchwerk (DPS race)
- Grobullus (Moving, decursing, add, kite all at the same time... damn!)
- Gluth cant say much abaut this encounter since I did it only once but I do remember something abaut taking down adds qucikly)
-Thaddius ( 2 tanks, moving all to the platform, and watching over everyone polarity... sheer imposobility IMO)

- Instructor Rezuvius (2 tanks and switching between them, refreshing MC)
- Gothik (watching over 2 parties and cleaning adds)
- 4 Horsemen ( doing 4 at a time... crap!)

- Sapphiron never had the chance to do this one)
- Kel'thuzad (adds at first, watching over fissure, tank the adds agian, MC the chained ones, Mana Bomb)

I just ask this one question... do you happen to have 2 heads and a another set of hands?!

[David]

A single, simple Everglide G-1000 mouse. It's nothing special, a mid-range gaming mouse.

Doesn`t look really like a comfortable gaming mouse but then again, I`m using a real shitty old one which suits me good (tho speed and precision are bad)
I really like the mouses that Wolfking has to offer. Might look into those.

I use a Wolfking Warrior, it puts a great many keys within easy reach. One drawback is that the alt key isn't in a useful position. To get around that I had to remap input keys in my computer's registry and tab is now forever where alt is, and vice-versa. If you can live with that, I'd recommend it.

I assume you have the normal Warrior and not the Extreme version. Does your normal keyboard still works since the website says it should.

Something I threw together myself. It has numerous bugs, but I needed more versatility than what current software offered and this was the only way to get that.

What kind of extra functionality were you looking for?

I play on two computers. One computer has a Q9550 CPU with a Radeon 4970. It can handle up to about 7 accounts, at which point it starts to hit a bottleneck somewhere. The other computer is an Asus m50sv notebook which has a Core 2 T9300 and GeForce 9500m. When I started out in Naxx, I was running on the Q9550 alone. Only recently was I able to add the laptop into the setup as it required pretty heavy modification of my software.

I`m wondering how much RAM the computer has since it was able to run 10x wow and how much harddisks.

[David]

As reply to the movies:

Thaddius
Loved the way you got the adds in position while the fight started. Sadly the POV of the paladin doesn`t show it perfectly :-(

4 Horsemen
How did you handle switching the tanks on the caster side? I see them running around the same time. You just turn them around and set auto run, the do the same on the second and then go back to the first to stop him?

And on the melee side. Did you have a healer on the second tank or does he keep himself alive untill the first one is burned down. I also noticed that you popped heroism at the second boss. Seems kind of a waste since you kill the boss in less then 30seconds. Could have done it earlyer. Guess you don`t do it at the start of the fight because of the debuffs once you get to the second one?

Heigan
All I can say on the dancing is that it "fits" perfectly.

Sapphiron
Seems like a pretty straight forward tank and spank fight for boxers with a LOT of healing.

Kel'Thuzad
The movie makes it look easy. I allways thought that the fight required 2 tanks.

What is the exact group setup of your raid? I seen some shamans, 2 paladins, 1 boomkin and atleast 1 priest and mage.

Also wondering about your tank macro on the paladin. Mind sharing it?I know I ask a lot

[Theradin]

First - Gratz to your success!

Second - I'd like to know more about this. Why custom? What's custom about it that sets it apart from the (numerous) other solutions currently available?

Thanks!

What I wanted in my program was stronger support for keymapping along with an easier and more organized and dynamic way to switch between keymap profiles such that establishing complex keymaps, tweaking those keymaps on an encounter by encounter basis and then switching between them is as straightforward as possible. "Versatility" was probably the wrong word to use when describing why I wrote it. As a whole it doesn't do anything that KeyClone doesn't do, it just does it very differently and in a way that suits my 10-box needs a whole lot more.

[Theradin]

I assume you have the normal Warrior and not the Extreme version. Does your normal keyboard still works since the website says it should.

What kind of extra functionality were you looking for?

I have the normal version, it does work with a normal keyboard. At least I haven't had any problems with such.

My computer makes use of 2 harddisks and it has 8gb of RAM, although with 10 accounts loaded total physical memory used is a bit less than 6gb.

[Theradin]

4 Horsemen
How did you handle switching the tanks on the caster side? I see them running around the same time. You just turn them around and set auto run, the do the same on the second and then go back to the first to stop him?

And on the melee side. Did you have a healer on the second tank or does he keep himself alive untill the first one is burned down. I also noticed that you popped heroism at the second boss. Seems kind of a waste since you kill the boss in less then 30seconds. Could have done it earlyer. Guess you don`t do it at the start of the fight because of the debuffs once you get to the second one?

That's it exactly it, auto-run and switching between windows to stop and start. I start the run every second or third void zone depending on how busy I am with the front side. Most of my attention goes to the back end, though.

I do lose a bit of time on the heroism, but often there's some distraction on the back side such that I don't get to pull Rivendare immediately after Thane. I usually have the most trouble with burning Rivendare down before the marks reach an unmanageable level and so I want heroism for as much of that engagement as possible.

Seems like a pretty straight forward tank and spank fight for boxers with a LOT of healing.

And a lot of frost resistance. Getting my characters spaced is still important, as is using prayer of mending. When I made my first attempts at Sapphiron, I tried having my team eat all blizzards, but even with full frost resistance suits, they still die very quickly.

What is the exact group setup of your raid? I seen some shamans, 2 paladins, 1 boomkin and atleast 1 priest and mage.

Also wondering about your tank macro on the paladin. Mind sharing it?I know I ask a lot

In the movies, I use 2 paladins, 1 druid, 2 priests, 1 mage and 4 shaman in the movies, all of them with 10 man and heroic gear only. When I first started and completed Naxx ( save Kel'Thuzad ) I was using the same group, but replace 1 priest with a druid and 1 paladin with a death knight. I'm much happier with the new arrangement.

As for the macro, it's embarassingly simple. I don't mind sharing it, but it's not impressive at all:

/castsequence reset=8 Shield of Righteousness, Hammer of the Righteous, Consecration, Holy Shield, Judgement of Wisdom

Consecration isn't glyphed and judgement is talented. As a whole I get about 3.5k - 4k tps.

[Youngceo]

Awesome videos man, watched every single one of them.

I've 5boxed the first 2 wings in naxx with my guildies help however I was wondering about some of the other fights, mainly thaddius however it looks like it took you absolutely ages to start dpsin him down so that gives me a bit more confidence.