Cost estimate for getting back into 5 boxing

[jinkobi]

Now i need to find a cheap way to pass the keys from one to the other, .. either a second Keyclone licence, or some other way. i don't think i can afford ISBoxer subscription though. I'm stretching as it is..

Do yourself a favor brother and just get ISboxer. 10$ for 3 months is nothing for what it brings to the table.

[Owltoid]

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[jinkobi]

If you don't already have the new Vanilla accounts, then there is a thread floating around mentioning Battle Chests are currently $20.

Also, I think ISBoxer is on an per computer basis, so it would be $20 for 3 months. Well worth it IMO, but I imagine the OP and I are in a very different financial position

Pretty sure keyclone is the one you have to buy multiple licenses per machine. ISboxer covers multiple PC's for just one subscription. Making it that much more the value!

Really is worth every penny and then some.

[Owltoid]

Ah, sorry for the misinformation That could help in my decision to 10-box in the future (not sure why $10 every three months would factor into the thousands needed for a new machine, subscription costs, and game cost, but I digress)

[Zub]

Got me a machine that can do 5 wows :-)
Haven't tried Northrend yet (just did 5 trial gnome mages) but the CPUs never went above 40% and still had about a GB of memory left. Should be ok for starters
(turns out my gf had a better PC than expected :-)
Which means i can stay with my single keyclone license for now.
ISBOXER 10$ for 3 months is indeed not bad, thought it was $36. but that for a year. I'll check it if/when I reach KC's limitations

with 5 online (10 pigtails :-) the latency increased to ~450, but that was still on WiFi, so if push comes to shove i'll just plug in the cable.

So now I'm in the final phase of upgrading accounts and moving toons.
currently 1 wotlk account, 2 BC and 2 to be bought. Unfortunately the deal from NewEgg only works for the USA, and i'm in Australia.
I really don't need the software, just the license key really. Any good websites to upgrade online (cheaper than the Wow account website) ?

Stupid me, i've added the "free WOTLK 10 day trial' to my BC accounts and now i can't use the scroll of resurrection

[Zub]

well, managed to fnid myself some -25% deals so now have 3 fully upgraded accounts, and the keys/CDs for 2 more in my bag as we speak.
Ended up with 2xbattlechests at ~30USD and 2xWOLTK at ~30USD as well. Not as good as newegg, but much better than the online upgrades by blizzard (19.90+29.90+39.90 USD)

Going to RAF those last 2 accounts (B->D, C->E) and do all the char transfers today and I should be doing my first 5-man solo instance tonight. Yay weekend :-)

been working on macros the last few days (on my solo account) and the 3 dps (shaman/druid/spriest) have a combined solo-mob dps of ~8k, ~11k on packs. Hopefully i'll manage the rotations :-)

/excited

[Owltoid]

If you're using ISBoxer you'll most likely want to do the macros inside there, instead of in WoW. The handling of toon swapping in/out and FTL makes it a breeze.

[Zub]

i'm using keyclone atm. Work well for what i need it to do :-)
well, after 2 hours of macroing, i went through UK and Nexus (normal) without any problem.
Then again, with 4x 80 and a 70 you wouldnt expect any problems :-)

[HiRO]

The cost I'd be wary of is 5 battlechests for 20$, wolk 5x29.99 (if stays the same price) cata 5x50. 500 is a hefty price, but if your not totally itching just yet (which I doubt, probably day dream about It like indid when I "quit") but consider waiting till they maybe release a wow,bc,wotlk battle chest. But ...I haven't heard if that will exists or not.

[Zub]

Too late, i invested last week
i'm very late in the expansion and I have lots to do with the slaves in WOTLK still.
When cata hits i think i'll only upgrade 1 account (the tank) and solo play that one and continue on wotlk content with the group.
then, as time and finances permit i'll upgrade the rest.
Got a second baby arriving early October anyway, so i'll probably be AWOL / MIA for a while