is five boxing pointless atm?

[Fat Tire]

With 4-5 toons you have significant burst. With 3 toons that advantage is less while you still have the issue of controlling multiple toons. If your argument is that a 3 boxer plus two solo players is better than a competent 5 boxer, then I'm indifferent. If you think 4 random solo players (not bots) are better than a competent 4 boxer then I disagree. If you're arguing that a three boxer is better than three solo players then I hugely disagree. In other words, 4 toons give you enough focused power to outweigh the many disadvantages of boxing. Three boxing doesn't give you enough and often just being there is a harm to the BG - they would have been better off with three solo players.

With all that said, if one of your three toons is a healer then I switch my stance. A three boxer that has 2 dps and 1 healer may be more helpful than three random players, but that's mostly because the odds are fairly low that one of those random players would be a healer.

Its really hard to make a non rambling argument on an iPhone - sorry

I could burst one player down with 3 just as easily as 4-5, so I fail to see the point of using extra accounts as overkill. However, most decent players(non random) will use their defensive's or cc anyways to negate the burst.

If you think 4 random solo players (not bots) are better than a competent 4 boxer then I disagree.

Seriously? I think you need to have variables in that statement. What if there 4 solo glad pvpers? There are too many variables in random bgs to determine if having 4-5 is better than 3. No one will convince me otherwise. Not really sure why anyone would argue about if 4-5 is better than 3 in random bgs, when most players look at randoms as part of the journey and not end game.

I was stating that anyone can achieve everything a 4-5 man can do with only 3, including in both pvp and pve and I stated some of the perks associated with only playing three.

[heyaz]

I could burst one player down with 3 just as easily as 4-5, so I fail to see the point of using extra accounts as overkill. However, most decent players will use their defensive's or cc anyways to negate the burst.

What class are you running where you can burst down a player with 3 just as easily as 4-5? And what about when they use defensive CC's or have a healer?

I run 5x DK and there are people who still take 3-4 globals to kill. When I go up against 5 or more enemies I definitely need that extra burst to quickly eliminate one or more of them or to land a kill despite healing, if killing a healer isn't an immediate option. The other problem is losing a DPS which against as few as 2 other competent dps is often inevitable, a lot of fights I finish off with only 3 DKs left or have to battle rez one or more of them. If you only have 3 dps and one drops in a few seconds due to massive burst, what then? 2 dps is going to kill anything?

[Fat Tire]

What class are you running where you can burst down a player with 3 just as easily as 4-5? And what about when they use defensive CC's or have a healer?

I play alot of classes in different combos, its in my profile. If you are referring to randoms then I would say it doesnt matter, randoms are an objective oriented game minus AV/ioc it seems. For example, I would take a fresh lvl 90 in green that guards the node opposed to a fully geared 10x r1 glad who fights on the road.

Then play three

Thanks I have been playing just 3 for over a year now.