ok here is how to make multiboxing simplified to 4 buttons and 2 macros

have a follow key (for me, g12 on my g11 keyboard)

have a way to break follow. i just use my "spread out" buttons
bind f11 to strafe left on 2 alts. bind f11 to strafe right on 2 alts. bind f12 to strafe left on 1 already strafing left. bind f12 to strafe right on one already strafing right.

have a "i win" button key. i use 3. here is the macro. /focus Maincharacter /use Racial /use Trinket /castrandom Ability1, Ability2, Ability3, Ability4, Ability5 [target=focustarget]. for Ability1, etc. just type in the names of every single class ability.

there you go, multiboxing in 4 buttons with keyclone support.

if they ever need to heal (not usually since all multiboxers are immortal), /cast Heal1, Heal2, Heal3, Heal4 [target=focustargettarget, focustarget, self, whatever (still working on this one)] bind to 4.

if they want to look cool doing the same nuke coordinated-like, bind 2 to Starfire/Shadowbolt/Pyroblast/Aimedshot/Chainlightning.

so maximum, 6 buttons are even bound.
only 2-4 of them being macros that can be copy/pasted from a text file on your desktop.

As for the looting problem, just explain that multiboxers don't require loot as they outdps 90% of wow players on a toon by toon basis while naked, simply due to actually playing the character. do dailies on a 70 5 times, mail 5 alts 50g each for skills, powermoonfirelolspamtolevel40, upgrade to SM gear. if all classes are the same and ranged, nobody needs loot aside from hunterbow/etc until level 58 outland quests. if you have 1 tank and the other 4 are ranged/healer/whateveraslongasitsnotmelee then only the tank needs gear, so the solution is for tank to be master looter, or set it to free for all just to get the tank gear. that way you can tank SM later.



i know how the quitters feel. initially i was overwhelmed by the amount of macros i'd have to write/bind/rememberwhereitsbound. now, with my castrandom every skill idea, i can see myself rolling 5 of any class and mashing 3 a lot, enjoying the hillarity of randomizing the whole skill library. <ezmode> anyone?

my only uncertainty is if it should look like this
/focus Maincharacter
/castrandom nuke, nuke, nuke [target=focustarget]
or this
/focus Maincharacter
/castrandom nuke [target=focustarget], nuke [target=focustarget], nuke [target=focustarget]