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    Default My plans for multiboxing in EVE

    Hey guys, just thought I'd share my plans for multiboxing in EVE and get some opinions/suggestions from those that have done this for a while.

    FIRST OFF:

    My basic plan is to blow through L4 missions as fast as possible, cherry picking missions that are best suited for multiboxing, and start doing this as fast as possible. My main combat-capable character has high enough faction standings with Amarr that I can decline as many crap missions as I want (within a reasonable amount, of course), regardless of what my standing with the agent is, and still accept missions because my faction standing overrides the agent standing.

    THE HARDWARE:

    First off is my computer setup - I currently run an i7 970 with 3x 1920x1080 monitors (I enjoy racing games, and started out using this setup for that, then noticed it worked great for multiple EVE clients) powered by 2 GTX 460s in SLi.

    THE CHARACTERS:

    I will be using 6 characters to multibox with. Here is how I plan to do it.

    1x Dominix pilot to serve as tank and gain full aggro and then transfer energy to the Oracles to keep them capacitor stable
    1x Guardian pilot to remote repair and feed capacitor to the Dominix
    4x Oracles fit with Tachyon Beams fitted for full gank/no tank

    THE SHIPS:

    A little more about the ships...

    Dominix Fit:

    [Dominix, New Setup 1]
    Armor EM Hardener II
    Armor EM Hardener II
    Armor EM Hardener II
    Armor Thermic Hardener II
    Armor Thermic Hardener II
    Armor Thermic Hardener II
    Signal Amplifier II

    Omnidirectional Tracking Link I
    Omnidirectional Tracking Link I
    Omnidirectional Tracking Link I
    Omnidirectional Tracking Link I
    100MN Afterburner II

    Medium Energy Transfer Array II
    Medium Energy Transfer Array II
    Medium Energy Transfer Array II
    Medium Energy Transfer Array II
    Medium Energy Transfer Array II
    Large Remote Armor Repair System II

    Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I
    Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I
    [empty rig slot]


    Garde II x5
    Hammerhead II x5
    Hobgoblin II x5

    How it will work: The Dominix will serve as the tank for the missions, as well as keeping the Guardian alive in case it somehow gets aggro, as well as feeding Capacitor to the Guardian and Oracle alts to keep their guns running constantly.

    Receiving power from 2x Large Energy Transfer Array IIs and armor from 3x Large Remote Armor Repair System IIs and a single Medium Remote Armor Repair System II, the Dominix will be be cap stable, tank 2992 DPS (at its lowest resists, EM/Therm, since I'm in Amarr space) and deal 502 DPS using Garde II sentry drones with my characters skills.

    Guardian Fit:

    [Guardian, New Setup 1]
    True Sansha Armor EM Hardener
    True Sansha Armor Thermic Hardener
    Adaptive Nano Plating II
    Adaptive Nano Plating II
    True Sansha Capacitor Power Relay

    Cap Recharger II
    10MN Afterburner II

    Large Energy Transfer Array II
    Large Energy Transfer Array II
    Medium Remote Armor Repair System II
    Large Remote Armor Repair System II
    Large Remote Armor Repair System II
    Large Remote Armor Repair System II

    Medium Capacitor Control Circuit II
    Medium Capacitor Control Circuit II

    How it will work: The Guardian will feed capacitor and remote repair the Dominix.

    Receiving power and armor from the Dominix with a Medium Energy Transfer Array II and a Large Remote Armor Repair System II will keep the Guardian cap stable as well as letting it tank 436 DPS just in case some ships happen to aggro it.

    Oracle Fit:

    Unfortunately I do not have Pyfa with the test server database on it to fit up an Oracle with on this computer. However, here is how it will be fit and generally how they will work.

    High:
    8x Tachyon Modulated Energy Beam I

    Mid:
    1x 10MN Afterburner I
    2x Tracking Computer II - Tracking Speed Script

    Low:
    4x Heat Sink II
    2x Tracking Enhancer II

    Rigs:
    1x Medium Energy Burst Aerator II
    1x Medium Energy Metastasis Adjuster I

    How these will work:

    After the Dominix has aggro'd all the NPCs in the mission, the Oracles will warp in and start wiping the floor. Their fit is a mixed T2/T1 because the accounts are all buddy accounted (Buy plex, invite buddy account with plex gift, give buddy account plex and activate it, receive plex gift, repeat) and will need to get started in the missions as soon as possible. Obviously as they skill up I will upgrade everything to T2 gear.

    I chose the Oracles because of their ability to provide Nightmare-like DPS (without the tracking bonus unfortunately) at long ranges with high-damage short range crystals. They will be cheap and relatively easy to fit.

    The Dominix will supply capacitor to these Oracles with a Medium Energy Transfer Array IIs on each one in order to keep their guns running even with mediocre capacitor skills on these alts.

    HOW I PLAN TO MANAGE IT ALL:

    On 2 of my 3 monitors I will run 2 full eve clients - one being the Dominix character and the other being the Guardian character

    On my 3rd monitor, I will be running 4 VMWare Player virtual machines with each VM running an eve client with a Oracle alt. The VMWare clients will be linked with Input Director so that by controlling one client I can control all of them at the same time.

    STUFF I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT YET:

    What is the best way to sort the overview so that I will be targeting the correct NPCs on the Oracle alts? Since I will be controlling only 1 Oracle "directly" targeting may be an issue - I'm not entirely sure how to work around this, though I guess I might be able to use the broadcast system, but that means moving away from the Oracle clients to broadcast on the Dominix or Guardian client which would waste some time. However, I guess I'll figure that one out. Distance would be a problem as sometimes NPCs are grouped close together and not all ships warp in at the same distance. What about sorting them by name? Do same-named NPCs just get put in a random order across all clients?

    Any suggestions or huge oversights with my plans?
    Last edited by dfo : 11-19-2011 at 06:55 PM

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