40-boxing

[boxxy1]

he'd put himself through the pain of 40

no-no, i won't do this because i don't have such amounts of money.
and what about capitals raiding? it would be very easy, I think

[Sembiance]

no-no, i won't do this because i don't have such amounts of money.
and what about capitals raiding? it would be very easy, I think

One successful fear bomb would wipe you out.
Or a freeze + AOE would kill you too.

Even though you have a lot of power in your hands with lots of characters at once, because your all clumped up together in a tight ball, you have a lot of vulnerabilities.

Plus as other posters have said, 10 is about the most it would ever make sense doing.

[Xzin]

After putting extensive thought into the logistics of 40 boxing, I still maintain it is possible. But I don't see the point really. You would have a devil of a time leveling up and even though a single fear bomb would not do much, it would be a pain moving around - you would have to stop when a single character died. Rezzing would be difficult in BGs as graveyards change.. it basically makes all of the downsides and "wrinkles" of boxing (not that there are too many) but magnifies them and gives you little practical return. Sure, 40 players would be a power to behold. But I see little benefit over 5 or 10 man groups and a huge increase in impracticality and aggrivation. Do as you will though - you could probably 40 box these days reasonably well on 4 or 5 machines.

[Sembiance]

you would have to stop when a single character died.

At 40 characters, I'd just ignore the fact that one died.

I'm multi boxing 5 mages right now and in AV if one character dies but the rest survives, I'll often continue to run around with just the 4 that are left and pick up the dead one later.

With 40 characters, there is no way I'd stop for 1, 2 or even 5 dead ones