40-boxing

[boxxy1]

I'd counted, that you'll need something like:
3 computers each like

core i7-9xx
12gb ram
2xGTX295
apple cinema 30"

and 10-50mbit connection.

I don't really think, that it is possible to level up 40 shamans at one time, so you'll need to level up each of them separately. If you'll hire comand (10ppl) of masters, they will level up it instead of you. In another case, you'll need to spend like year to grind all shamans up to 80lvl (8 day per each).
Although, you'll need to spend 600$ per month \ 7.2k$ per year on accounts.

What do you think about this guys?

[Otlecs]

I don't understand your point.

Is this something you're planning to do, or are you just "theorising"?

[shaeman]

Hiring others to level for you would be against the Terms of Service.

Other than that, of the ones I know about none have made it to 80 on all characters yet.

Before starting, think what you would actually do with 40 characters.
Raid capital cities? Alterac Valley?

[heyaz]

Given the game mechanics in both PVE and PVP I cannot see any legitimate reason to play more than 10 characters at once. Even 10 is going to have limited uses - large battlegrounds and 10 man dungeons (which will take a considerable amount of orchestration, but if you take a look around the forums, some are into that kinda thing).

If I leveled 40 toons just for a gimmick, they would no doubt all be holy priests. I would put 40 prayer of mendings on the group and holy nova everything down. But then they would run out of mana, and I'd wonder why I wasted my life.

[Otlecs]

Those were the sorts of points I was going to make, as we all did when Sam started his 36 boxing journey all those months ago.

I did wonder if this was a troll, but I know the OP has said in other threads that he already boxes 10 characters so with a bit of luck he'll tell us what he finds so lacking there that he'd put himself through the pain of 40.

[Jamella]

i cant think of a reason to play more than 10 chars in pvp. you gonna onehit everyone anyway.
any char more than 10 would be overkill, or in other words, the overall performance of your battlegroup would drop ...

if you go for pve there is no reason at all to go for more than 25 accs.
if u think of modern raid design, i doubt you (or at least me) could handle more than 5 or a maximum of 10 chars and still beat the encounter...

[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