My plans for multiboxing in EVE

[Ughmahedhurtz]

So how are you planning to multibox that with VMWare in the picture? Meaning broadcasting mouse-clicks and such.

[dfo]

Input Director in mirror mode. The VM on the far left is the master and the other 3 VMs are the slaves - anything I do with the mouse/keyboard on the master VM is mirrored on the other VMs, so they all operate simultaneously.

The 2 clients on the far left are running on the machines native OS, since once those get into the mission, start tanking, and assign drones to the main master DPS ship, they won't need to be touched.

I'm not just planning, in that picture I'm testing it, it works.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Ah, OK. Hey, whatever works.

[Redbeard]

Sorry been kind of out of it.

I am a skilled drone pilot who is anti drones these days... though they've improved quite a bit, i still dont think its worth the hassle, especially if you have 5 pilots going.

[dfo]

There is only 1 dominix there, its reason is just to tank the entire room and use the drones to kill all the triggers to gain full aggro for the entire mission. I'm not using 5 Dominixes, lol.

Then the drones will be assigned to 1 of the 4 Oracles to provide some extra DPS.

1 Dominix to tank + provide power to Oracles
1 Guardian to provide tank + power for the Dominix
4x Oracles controlled at the same time for DPS

[RobinGBrown]

You're gonna be shafted if they ever change aggro mechanics.

[Kromtor]

i like it. your real problem is that while you'll be flying through level 4's at a tremondous rate and cutting down their completion time you won't be cutting down on travel time which can become a real bitch. but like they said, if they change aggro mechanics and you need to tank on all your ships you'll be in a world of hurt.

[Kromtor]

also, overview sorting on eve is a nightmare. sorting by name is most reliable for making sure you have the right things clicked but this does NOT put them necessarily in the same order for same named ships. honestly it shouldnt be of a huge concern to you since you have so much DPS it's not essential that your DPS be entirely focused, you will still kill stuff in L4's handily.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

You're gonna be shafted if they ever change aggro mechanics.

Not to mention those missions where it spawns in waves and the waves aggro randomly. Thus my current setup of having everyone carry remote shield transporters. I'm still dedicating one guy as primary logistics but even if he gets aggro, I have 5 other reppers that can focus on him until the aggro dies. Secondary benefit to this is that you can use Cap Power Relay II's and not suffer any penalties to shield transfers, making more room for shield hardeners and damage mods. So far, it's working swimmingly in the harder missions (The Assault, etc.). I haven't gotten Angel Extravaganza yet but I"m really looking forward to it.

[RSM72]

Solo battleships already dominate L4 missions. Doing them with an additional damage dealer is easy/speed mode. Efficiency goes down from there. Three ships is overkill already and by doing it with 6 ships you are wasting time.

Split your single fleet into two separate ones and do 2 missions at once.

EDIT: Oh and on top of that the local player pirate crowd will be pleased to have you as a new toy once they realize what you are doing.