Quote Originally Posted by Kalros View Post
From everything I've seen posted about the changes in Cataclysm, it looks like it is going to be a hell of alot harder to multibox successfully in Cataclysm. From the return of Crowd Control, AoE tanking Nerfs, Dispells, Paladin Nerfs, etc. I'm sure these changes are not intended to hurt boxers, but they most certainly will.
We're currently at the end of the expansion, and everything has been completely trivialized.
People are not currently running dungeons/heroics, they are purely and simply aoe'ing packs of mobs. This happens at every level (low instances up to heroics)
Crowd Control and aoe nerfs will only bring the game back to where it was before, and there were multiboxers then. They will still be there, and i believe a few will actually enjoy the 'challenges' (while they last) instead of mindlessly pressing the same aoe-all buttons.
The changes in classes and game dynamics (dispells, nerfs, new spells, new talents etc) is just to keep us interested and playing.
When the new expansion and you feel you don't like them, it will be the time to stop playing indeed.
If not, you'll just have to adapt once again to the new game.
I personally don't see Cata as a multiboxer breaker

Quote Originally Posted by Seldum View Post
But I must admit, many of the instances is a laugh. Maybe not to box, but definetly in PUG groups. I had though heroics would be far more difficult than what they currently are... I guess raids are the true test to skills and gear.
People are doing ilevel 200 instances in full i232+, of course they are trivial.
Alts are doing dumbed down instances with better gear (heirlooms etc), of course it's easier.
It's just because this is the end of the current expansion. Don't worry, i'm sure you'll find the first Cata Heroics challenging enough.

I'll disagree with your last part about raids.. I've stopped raiding as it was the ultimate timesink and wanted to spend more time with my kids, but from my experience, some of the 5 man content has been way more difficult than most the raids i've been.
The hardest part with raiding seems to have 10/20/25/40 people online, and make sure they don't stand in the blue/black/red/green goo. Then again i've only raided from MC to ulduar, so could be wrong on the latests raids)