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As I understand it, the shift/ctrl/alt modifiers are only an issue across machines - they work fine for multiple instances within a single host.
how would get the mages to sheep different targets, etc.
The same way as you would with mutliple machines I guess - it's no different

I'm using different machines at the moment, but the same principle applies:

- Map a different "set focus" key for each mage. Or, as I prefer, triggger a "/focus <MainName-target>" macro so I don't have to broadcast an assist just for sheep assignments.

- When assigning sheep, hit the instance-specific focus key. I have mine randomly mapped to J, ALT-J, CTRL-J and SHIFT-J for my team, accessed via the programmable keys on my G-15 keyboard to make it feel a bit more intiuitive.

- Set up a "sheep focus" macro on each machine. Personally, I use the same key for this on all mages and when there are fewer than 4 sheeps (sic) I just assign them all the same target.

This lets you have a DPS target that you're casting on, and whenever a sheep breaks you just hit the "resheep everything" button, which is about all the brain-power I can muster under pressure! When the DPS target changes, just reassign or clear (/clearfocus) the associated mage's sheep target.

To assign the kill target, I have a key (randomly, KP3) which sticks a skull over my current target's head and triggers a '/assist MainName-target' macro on the slave instances of WoW.

As an aside, the up-side of using the <MainName-target> format over a party-specific one is that it always works, no matter what party I'm in, including within BGs. It also supports me running multiple teams, using character-specific macros.

This works like a dream EXCEPT on the (sadly fairly frequent) occassion when the assist or focus macro gets missed by one of the slaves. It's easy enough to check targets (I use X-Perl, which shows my party's targets) but it tough to verify a slave focus target without being able to see the slave WoW itself.

The problem with executing a perfectly controlled CC pull only to realise that one of your mages is happily blasting away at a sheep target is that there's nobody else to shout at

Interesting stuff though. I'm becoming very interested in running mutliple WoWs on a single machine, and will watch keyclone developments very carefully.