I took the plunge!

[ragawaga]

I've been about here for a wee while. I've 5 boxed toons while boosting through instances to use up RAF bonus, but other than that, I've only "properly" multi boxed with 2 warlocks. I've used them (unsuccessfully) in arenas, bgs and instances......but mainly questing/dailys.

I've been admiring the 5 boxers for a long time....and have also been a bit bored...so decided to give proper 5 boxing a shot. So I'll use my existing prot pally as the tank with 4 shaman. I currently have 3 at around level 60 (although one on the pally account). I'm levelling 2 up using RAF.

So the plan will be that when the 2 new ones are 60, I'll either
- level a group of 4 (excluding the one on the pally's account)
- level the 4 and have the pally in the group to help things along
- level the 5 shaman together so I'll have a group I can use in PvP

Having 5 of them for PvP is pretty appealing...however will levelling 5 instead of 4 sap my will to live with the extra time on collection quests?



Another question...at 80 when doing instances....can 1 prot pally and 4 ele shaman do heroics...or would I need a designated healer?

[boxblizzard]

Another question...at 80 when doing instances....can 1 prot pally and 4 ele shaman do heroics...or would I need a designated healer?

you can do heroics just with shaman not alone a with a prot, can be done no problems especially with a prot pally which is easily macro'd

[ragawaga]

Cool, I already have the pally using a 969 macro for solo play tanking. When I get the new shaman to 60 I'll just need to get their macros sorted....that shouldn't be too much of a problem with all the information here

I also already use ISBoxer and have an xkeys....so most of the work is done I have to admit, I'm quite exited about doing it.....if only work didn't get in the way

[Ualaa]

When you are first starting heroics, its a lot easier with a dedicated healer.
It is never required.
As you gear up some, most of us move towards 4x Elemental all the time.
I've got one shaman who is dual spec Elemental/Resto.

As far as leveling goes, mix it up.
Quest some, instance some and pvp some.
Take breaks whenever it starts to feel slow.
If you have another team you can play for an evening or three, that can help.
For a lot of the collections, everyone can loot, so be sure to assist the leader and interact with the corpse on everyone.

I would go Shaman x5, until the catch up to the Paladins level.
Then level Shaman x4 + Paladin.
And put the pally in the group at any level, if you feel like instancing.

[ragawaga]

I might get away with not having the resto to start with. The pally is pretty well geared. I'll see how I get on when they hit 80. The pally is capped in BS, so will be able to at least make them the crafted shield and mace to get them started. My GF is capped in LW too...so can probably get some goodies from her to help gear up.

[shaeman]

What's the crafted shield for the shaman? All my shaman are running with dodgy shields as I haven't downgraded emblems to get the 35 heroism shield.

[ragawaga]

...you know...it might be the one that's bought with emblems. I don't know the name of it....but it has the symbol of the kirin tor on it.

[Ualaa]

I think you'd be fine in a mix of quest green/blues with the odd drop.
On all of your toons and just starting heroics.

Let's say your group is Prot Pally x1 and Elem Shamans x4.
You have full dps on trash, and everyone has Lesser Healing Wave and Chain Heal on hotkeys.
When you need heals, your dps stops, but its fast and big healing done.

Conversely, if you go Prot Pally x1, Elem Shaman x3 and Resto Shaman x1.
You have less dps on trash, you still have Lesser Healing Wave and Chain Heal (everyone casts) emergency keys.
But you also have Earth Shield on the tank, for a lot of passive heals.
And you can 1x cast Lesser Healing Wave, Healing Wave and Riptide, for effective heals without stopping your dps.
When the content is challenging for your gear level, a resto makes things a lot easier.

But you can certainly get by without ever having a resto in the party.
4x Elemental is enough healing.

If you have the gold (and you should with one day of dailies)...
You can dual-spec one of the shammies.
So you have Elemental x4 and Elemental x3 + Resto x1.
On anything that is hard, change specs to Resto and make it a lot easier.
But on the trash or anything on farm, go full Elemental and win a lot sooner.

Prioritize gearing the tank.
A geared tank makes things a lot easier, much more so then anything else geared.

Heroics are basically Naxx10 challenge.
A few pieces of Naxx25, Ulduar10, Ulduar25, Toc10 or Toc25 level gear...
Can really help the tank trivialize content a lot sooner.

[ragawaga]

Here's a link to my tank on wow-heroes. I would link armory, but I was in holy spec/gear when I last logged out.

http://wow-heroes.com/index.php?zone...=Melchi%C3%A1h

[ragawaga]

The shamans are 42 now