Warhammer Online

[Lokked]

I've made a post in some sort of Warhammer boards regarding the possibility of WAR being Multiboxed.

http://www.warhammeralliance.com/for...ad.php?t=26308

I'm wondering if there is anything I should add that I missed, or if anyone else wants to know something regarding Multiboxing Warhammer Online?

Lokked

[sway]

I used to play with the Zins on my server in WoW, he had all Mages Azin/Bzin/etc. He played 5 characters at one time, started with Mages and made a new account for each new class he wanted to try out. Mages/Warlocks/Druids/Shadow Priests, it was without a doubt one of the silliest things I had seen in WoW. It broke the game play completely.

You can argue that he has 5 guys and that any creature/person would die from 5 of them, individually manned and attacking you. But having 5 guys, with the same exact gear/power/skills, utilized in one persons mind with a single keystroke you are breaking the system of a fair fight and the game itself.

I'm not going to try and impose my opinion on anyone who does it but as a rule for myself I'd rather not see it in game. It's a shame that they would allow it because somewhere along the road we all know he's going to run into something that ruins the game play of another player. It's the positive connotation equivalent of cheating. 1 man, 5 times the power.

Xzin...you are a baaaaad guy 8o 8o

[PyrostasisTDK]

yeah multiboxing in WAR is something Im looking forward to.

Keyclone is working on a keyclone update that will hopefully let me 8 box in DAOC... caaaaant wait!

[Lokked]

Whew!

Is that a record for the largest amount of responses regarding an MMO in the shortest period of time?

Well....I'm sure it's not, but it did get to be quite a topic!

I knew when I posted it that it wasn't going to go over well with the community, but I figured the risk was worth the reward if anyone actually answered any of my questions......but no one did! lol

I enjoy the slight intervention here, seen on the bottom of page 8:

Hey folks,

I'm appreciative of the spirited, yet civil tone of the thread. This one's a bit controversial and lots of people have clear opinions that should be respected no matter which side of the fence you're on, so let's keep that in mind as we continue to discuss this thread. Just a reminder.
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[PyrostasisTDK]

doing my best to educate in a nice non "OMFG STFU NEWBS" way.

[Slats]

This is exactly why I love my hardware multi-box setup. I use zero third party software. The only way to enforce no multiboxing in my case is if they make strict rules about it and then I get reported - and if they decide to have a zero multiboxing policy - fair enough.



If they decide to be like EQ2 and not allow non-focused window keypassing, then programs like Key Clone etc will not work - so that cuts out a massive percentage (I'd say over 80%) of this community who all do it in software.



One thing Warhammer also has is Collision Detection, (enemy CD, not friendly CD) so how well that plays out for multiboxers who knows.

[empeha]

If they decide to be like EQ2 and not allow non-focused window keypassing, then programs like Key Clone etc will not work - so that cuts out a massive percentage (I'd say over 80%) of this community who all do it in software.

But i think at least 50% of the softwareboxers would change to hardwareboxing, if they are forced to

[Bergy]

Ty for taking the plunge!

I too was considering making a warhammer multiboxing topic but was afraid of the flames.

Although I really look forward to it, I do get the feeling that we will be ruining world RvR. In WoW bg's it makes an impact as shown in ellays videos (lol) but when it comes down to a much larger scale like in WAR when you will be capturing an enemy city etc I feel that if I was say.... quinboxing 5 mages and had some melle/group support/tanking/healing etc from othwer players I could do a hell of a lot more damage then any normal 5 people.
But then if they are skilled they should be able to fight it..... meh a tough one.

[Lokked]

A Multiboxer will never be able to achieve what 5 individuals can, as they are not stepping outside any boundaries of rules. Everyone is playing on a level playing field. If people wanted to focus fire better, they would use the same macros that a multiboxer uses and possibly even go /follow on their main assist. The bonus to this is that when someone goes behind them or AEs or whatever, the player can react FAR faster then a multiboxer ever could.

People that whine about multiboxers being OP are just retarded and don't understand the mechanics of XXX game. They would lose just as frequently to another group of 5 that understand the game mechanics better.

A multiboxer has to understand completely what the game mechanics can allow him to do, and then use that knowledge. The average player is simply lazy, and blames their failures on anything but themselves.

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[Boylston]

I read more of that awful thread than I want to admit. Didn't learn much, but maybe I missed something...

What's the outlook? Is there a /follow functionality? Does it look like it can be easily multiboxed?