4 Boxing and story line

[Bloodcloud]

Hi,

I was doing some dualboxing for a while which works fine.
I remember there where class quests which you can only complete/do with your Companion out.

(recently got 2 more accounts and I am 4 boxing now)

If you 4box you always have a full group of 4 meaning no Companions allowed.

How do people level with that and do companion dependent quests ?

cheers

[Apps]

Three ways.

Option 1. Do them solo, "the hard way". Drop group, get companion. Drive The Struggle Bus.
Option 2. Level with 3-1 or 2-2 group make up. I.e. (1) toon isnt the same class. (The drawback here is that you have two storylines to do now.)
Option 3. Level two groups / teams at about the same pace, and interject to help one another. (the drawback here is obvious)

[maxcom]

I usually drop one toon out, then since I have to do the class quest 4 times anyway I summon one companion at a time (of the toon whos instance im currently in). Then when all 3 are done, i drop one and bring in the one i dropped initially. Hope that helps.

[mmmbox]

Hi,

I 4 box ToR, and you do not need to drop any char during class quest, once you "zone" you can summon companion even if you are in a 4m group as long as one stay out.

This goes for distance as well, given enough distance you can summon companion.

EU ToR boxer x4

[Bloodcloud]

Hi,

I 4 box ToR, and you do not need to drop any char during class quest, once you "zone" you can summon companion even if you are in a 4m group as long as one stay out.

This goes for distance as well, given enough distance you can summon companion.

EU ToR boxer x4

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What he said!

Works nicely, as i figured out yesterday.

* Just enter the quest instance with the first (owner of the instance)
* enter with the other Toons -1
* summon pet of the instance owner
* do quest
* exit instance
* rinse and repeat with next Toon

[OldRod_KS]

Is there a way to force your follower to enter a zone with you? When 2-boxing, even if it's a group phase, when I enter, the other toon stops at the entrance, forcing me to switch chars and bring him in too.

I know I have to do each one twice for class quests, but on normal heroics and other group phases, it's a real pain.

I've also noticed the same problem where a zoneline *used* to be, like in quests where you have to deactivate a force field, the followers still stop where the force field used to be.

[Pyro_box]

My main character uses the WASD for movement, and these keys are not passed; my slave has the arrow keys passed through for movement, so when I come to an instance/flashpoint barrier I hit my arrow keys to get my slave to run in.\

I dont know of another way to accomplish this; WoW had the same issue, as they used phasing.

[Bloodcloud]

practical problem is that:
a) the camera's are not aligned on the slaves, so they move in all directions ...
b) with class quests, if it is the same class, they get a menu offering them to JOIN or CREATE a new area

[OldRod_KS]

Yeah, the camera problem is a pain - have any Bioware people mentioned if that will be fixed someday? Since it really only affects boxers, they probably marked it low priority, if they care at all.

[Lyonheart]

All these issue affecting us boxers in this game really make me appreciate how easy it is in WoW. Unless another boxable MMO comes out that is as customizable and easy to box as WoW.. I'm not sure any game will keep me long term. I'n WoW, I always felt like i was one toon with the power of 5. The control is so exact..smooth etc.. I miss that when i BOX other MMOs