Hi.

I'm totally new to multiboxing but I've read quite a bit about it and dabbled with HotKeyNet with some degree of success. I'm intending to dualbox to take advantage of Blizzard's Recruit-A-Friend promotional device. So, I'm going to describe my intended setup and ask a few questions about it, which I'm sure you guys can answer

DISCLAIMER: These are all questions that I've had trouble finding clear answers to. Reading 4 year old posts and wiki entries can only get you so far. Apologies in advance for asking so many, but I want to be totally sure of my set-up before I proceed.

Hardware/Software solutions

I'm intending to use a single PC (Quad core CPU, decent graphics card but only 2GB of RAM) to run 2 instances of WoW. Using HotKeyNet, I'll be playing on one fullscreen instance with the main and have a small PIP instance of the alt 'embedded' in the main window, which I can switch to instantly using a designated key.

Unless I can find an acceptable alternative to movement, I'll be moving normally with the main and having the alt /follow and /assist for movement and attacks. AFAIK there is no way to broadcast mouse drags to another window, so I'd rather use /follow than have to keyboard-turn. I'll be using a series of AddOns for the main (Carbonite, LightHeaded, Bartender4, Bagnon, TitanPanel, MoveAnything, Quartz etc), but I'll probably not use the same ones for the alt. Maybe just Bagnon (to keep bags organised) and Bartender4 (to set up efficient macros).

Q1: Would it be worthwhile to use a macro to alternate between quality levels of graphics, and if so, is there any way to 'save' my current graphics set-up so I can restore it easily?

Q2: I've read that each instance of WoW requires it's own installation. Is this true and if so, why is it necessary?

Q3: Is there any suitable way to broadcast mouse drags (for the purpose of mouse-turning) using a software-only solution? If not, would you recommend using /follow or broadcasting keyboard movement (including keyboard-turning)?

(This is probably a Q I could find out myself, but I'll ask anyway )
Q4: What is Jamba? And is it worth using for a dualbox setup?

Recruit-A-Friend setup

To take advantage of RAF's triple XP, I'm intending to do the following.

- Create a new e-mail account, and invite it to play WoW using my main e-mail account.
- Accept the invitation, and set up a WoW account (same surname as my main, incase I want to transfer characters).
- Buy WoW Vanilla (or use the spare 'CD Key' I have, if it's still valid).
- Purchase a month's subscription on the new account (technically won't cost me anything since main gets 30 days free).
- Create characters and begin levelling using HotKeyNet (questing and receiving instance boosts).
- At 60, have alt gift levels to other alts on my main account.
- After the month expires, either transfer the toon(s) or, more likely, just ditch the account.

I'll also be purchasing the Shoulder and Chestpiece Heirlooms (the cloth ones, so everyone can wear them) for an extra XP boost.

Q5: Is this plan possible? Are there any catches I've missed?

Q6: Are there any other ways to manipulate this system that i don't know about?

Class setup

This is the part that I really need some input for.

I had intended to do either dual Paladins (1 Prot AoE Grinding and 1 Holy Healbot /following to spam heals) or dual priests (2 shadow priests, simple /follow and /assist).

Q7: Are either of these 'builds' viable for 'solo' questing and grinding? If so, which would be the easiest and most efficient for my first attempt at multiboxing? If not, are there any more efficient dual setups of Priests and Paladins that you can recommend?

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So, that's my planned setup. Again, sorry for asking so many questions, but I'd like to get my information first-hand from people who actually know what they're talking about than from age-old posts and wiki entries. If anyone can find the time to read through my intended setup and answer my questions, I'd really appreciate it.

One final question...

Q8: Is there anything I've missed that I should take into consideration before I begin?

Thank you for your time.