Why Are We Hated So Much?

[Catamer]

jealousy... 99% of them can't afford it and have the communist attitude that nobody else should be able to since they can't. We all know how much fun it is and I bet if those others could afford it they would be doing it in a heartbeat. that sux about the instances though, pity you don't have a healer/tank combo. you would be in groups in about 1 second instead of however long it takes you to get a group with 3 dps.

[Nejcha]

Really it's misinformation. Many people think we're something that we are not. People fear different, ask me how fun it was to get a bank loan for anything.

But like all video games people remember every time they had a bad experience with something the will snap to judge.

Just like when I see a prot-a-din or some one with a night fall title I assume they are a failure. The same goes for us. We're judged by the worst of us not the best.

[Mickthathick]

Just like when I see a prot-a-din or some one with a night fall title I assume they are a failure.

I'm curious, why?

[Domineek]

Like others have mentioned, its probably because of a bad first experience with a multiboxer, and have since been quick to associate that with any other multiboxer they meet. Unfortunately, yes there are some that multibox just to get that extra firepower in pvp and have been uncool (for a SFW term) with camping or other like behavior. Not all multiboxers are like that. Some just want to raid, an extra challenge, run a group with just them, other personal reasons, or all of the above. I just say, don't let the actions of one give the impression thats how the group as a whole is. If not, I'd think every undead rogue was a ganker who does nothing but camp corpses and grief quest givers in low level areas.

[genocyde]

Yeah, on my server / battlegroup it's definately not jealousy. The horde side tolerates their boxers very well. They give them a chance in wintergrasp they don't always have. They are underpopulated and boxers are like mini heroes....

However due to this the alliance side has hated their own boxers for a long time. It's just now starting to come around since there is 2 or 3 alliance side boxers now. It used to be anywhere i went i got spit on or called a noob or Bud-spy (Budkins are the well known horde boxer on my server). When I stopped PvPing and starting keeping to PvE only and single-box raiding all of the sudden it's this huge benefit they can call on when it helps them. Even for PvP occasionally I'll get asked to go "deal with x" thats causing someone problems.

It doesn't help that boxers constantly camp our wintergrasp vendors while we control them.... Which is borderline griefing and reportable 'to them'.

Now on the other hand, once I rolled a multiclass team with non-related names. No matter how much coordination or autofollow I use, noone realises or cares that I'm boxing.

So, in short, the better you are the more you are alienating your opposing faction against boxers. And it seems to be only iconic 5 shaman teams that make everyone rage.

[Owltoid]

I recently went into some BGs with my Owltoids. I took a break for a couple months, and then started leveling other teams, so my druids haven't received any gear love in a long time. People in the BG complained... rightfully so IMO. I couldn't hold my own against one or two enemies with gear. I was taking up five slots and certainly not as powerful as five geared toons.

I basically learned that this late in the expansion, you need to gear up through PvE (badges) before PvP. For new teams, do as many BGs as you can while leveling so you can buy gear and hit 80 with some decent items.

For the most part I'm just waiting for the gear reset in Cata.

[genocyde]

Maybe we aren't hated.... maybe the wow community is just a hateful lot and we take it personally because we get hit with 5x the grief of a single person. We just need 5x thicker skin.

[jinkobi]

It's also how you handle the situation. If you take some time to explain to the curious you will actually start having people defend you that don't even multibox.

Last night I was showing off my team to a friend in Ironforge... Really only one negative comment as some guy passed by he goes "weak". The majority of the gawkers were like WOW! That's amazing! What's with all the druids?! How do you do that?!

So I went ahead and had a little multiboxing educational session right there and left them more interested than anything else.

Just because you can do things such as camp the WG quartermaster doesn't mean you should. Intentionally trying to piss people off- catch them by surprise while they're trying to just run in and exchange honor out. Not cool Booboo.

Griefing people really turns the tide in their arguement against us.

[HTeam]

From the opposing faction I see the hatred coming from two groups:
1. The noob, who hates anyone who beats them easily chooses the boxer for their focus.
2. The player with more /played than the boxer and claims we need to "get a life". This guy wants things back to normal where his highly geared player can rampage through a disorganized undergeared group instead of running into a boxer.

I've said before that using teamwork in the battlegrounds is akin to cheating. This really impacts the boxer.

The hatred from the same faction is bizarre though. Some people really think you are botting, I suppose this is legitimate. Most of those are quickly converted when I actually talk to them. On Crushride/Cyclone, this is fairly rare. I get lots of cheers in BG's and the worst I get from the tank/healer is usually, "you better not suck".

[Nejcha]

I'm curious, why?

Off topic answer:
I was going with the "being judged by the majority not the minority." The longer reason is that I find it's the tanking class that requires less skill at lower "gear and level" encounters so more etards are perceived as good at it. So they go months gearing up thinking. "How good am I! I can hold some aoe mobs in a heroic ho ho ho." One day they end up going to a raid and whipeing some one because as it turns out they can't move out of anything, or follow simple instructions. Their are so many of them around on my server, when they as "room for a prot pallie." I say "Nope, how's your ret set?" I mean I'm judgeing them by the not only by there spec but the legions of ones who've failed me in the past. (Kara joke hehe) I have yet to have one surprise me... since BC of running many pug raids.


Err but on topic! I find that if you're nice enough to people when they ask what you're doing, people generally respond in kind. Not be a bitch/dick/ahole and think multiboxing gives you a self entitled "Better then everyone" mentality. Same goes with how much hate I see in these forums for hard core raiders and their gearz! So many feel self entitled to be jerks allot of people just judge all of them by it.

So if you're proud of multiboxing, share the pride with a smile I say. It can help people on your server learn to love, not hate you. Feathermoon took like two years to undo the damage of some multiboxers who showed up after me caused. Some one calls us a bot or unfair (or anything in the top 10 list)in trade, they get flamed now... by more people then you'd think.