Dual-boxing beta?

[Lyonheart]

I leveled to two sorcs to 12.. the noob area and one run of BT.. I'm able to broadcast keystrokes via broadcasting but they wont pass via keymaps for some reason. So i just did it keycloan style kind of.. with no macros its tough.. but i just basically would tab target to kill shit.. sometimes my other toon would be on its own target.. and thats fine most the time. If i needed both to be on the same target, i just manually targeted the mob with both toons.

Be nice if Merc would get on and gives us some tips.. it sounded like he had it all working good on two rigs.

I must say, even with it kind of feeling like I'm boxing old school style.. almost like alt tabbing again.. i can see why i started boxing in the first place..waaaay back when. Theres a lot of benefits to two boxing this game for sure, no matter how easy or hard it might be. For example... The first flashpoint is set for two players and their companions. One of the mini games is leveling your companions affection. Well when you duo this first FP ( Black Talon ) You get a TON of affection for your companion bt the time your done. There are a TON of conversations on this FP. If you were in a full group, you would not be able to have a pet out.. thus no affection.

Thats just one small benefit of course.. but things like crafting will be nice to have two as well. But anything more than two might be rough. If they ever add macros.. that will help a ton, but even then. ill be sticking with two, the companions are just that great! and fun!

[Lyonheart]

I'm going to fraps black talon tomorrow. Then I'm going to level up two BHs. i really like how the Sorc/Sorc combo feels so far. Not a lot of time for me to test two boxing, so I want try out a few combos up through Black Talon ( about lvl 11-13 when your done )

[Mercurio]

Glad you guys are on and having fun.

Contrary to popular belief, I've never even logged in to SWTOR.

I tend not to like Betas and figure I'll have plenty of time to try things out when it goes live and progress won't be wiped. In fact, I only have one copy of the game bought ATM, though I think I'll spring for a second prior to launch.

My sis is in-country (she's usually in Africa), so I'm taking our extended family to Disney in Orlando. Should be fun for my three nieces. Anyway, had it planned and bought tickets prior to the launch date being announced, and it turns out that I'll be there for the first portion of the SWTOR head start.

So keep up the good work. I'll be figuring out my setup when you guys are already well into the level up process.

[Lyonheart]

Glad you guys are on and having fun.

Contrary to popular belief, I've never even logged in to SWTOR.

I tend not to like Betas and figure I'll have plenty of time to try things out when it goes live and progress won't be wiped. In fact, I only have one copy of the game bought ATM, though I think I'll spring for a second prior to launch.

My sis is in-country (she's usually in Africa), so I'm taking our extended family to Disney in Orlando. Should be fun for my three nieces. Anyway, had it planned and bought tickets prior to the launch date being announced, and it turns out that I'll be there for the first portion of the SWTOR head start.

So keep up the good work. I'll be figuring out my setup when you guys are already well into the level up process.

The OTHER Merc! not you! Mercbeast has been boxing beta lol

[Lyonheart]

Has anyone nailed down a good assisting system yet? i can not get it to work.. I'm still doing tab targeting for most stuff and manual targeting when i need them to be on the same target. It gets the job done, but I'm always having to rearrange my followers camera view to forward. When your on follow, your camera angle is fixed.. so if the leader goes around a corner.. the camera stays put but the toon turns with you. Most the time that means when you get in the next room your alts screen is facing back wards, if you tab to target..it uses the direction the camera is facing, not the toons. There is no 'smart camera" option either.

With all that said, Being able to box on one PC is so much better than multi PCs. I love it! it makes having to change the camera angle.. lay down GTAE effects and such.. much easier. Thx again Lax for that!