The ignorance on the WoW forums makes my head hurt. Even in EQ I knew what dual-boxing was. How can these kids (and adults) not grasp that it isn't the same as botting?
The ignorance on the WoW forums makes my head hurt. Even in EQ I knew what dual-boxing was. How can these kids (and adults) not grasp that it isn't the same as botting?
Originally Posted by Owltoid
I think the mods should discuss lifting this prohibition on the forum, in light of current events.
No. That would not accomplish anything good.
Wat.
Last edited by EaTCarbS : 03-06-2013 at 08:21 PM
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I think an acceptable policy is to discuss things that are against EULA/TOS for games that do not allow multiboxing. GW2 for example. At the moment, Blizzard does allow multiboxing so it would not be eligible for private server discussion, but it would be getting close.
Owltoid, Thatblueguy, Thisblueguy, Otherblueguy, Whichblueguy
Knows its against the forums rules.
Posts anyways.
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We disabled /follow from use in battlegrounds to curb some of the most basic types of bots that use the command. We chose not to communicate it beforehand in attempts to catch as many bots unaware as possible. Removing /follow in battlegrounds is one small change we can make immediately to stop a number of bots, and those that choose to transition to more overt botting methods will have a much higher chance of being caught and banned.
We did consider those who use /follow for other reasons, including multiboxing, before making the change. Multiboxing in battlegrounds has been a long-fought battle within the community, as the effect of multiboxers in those situations is considered unfavorable by many. When we were looking to make a change to disable a command used by bots, which would benefit the game as a whole, we were ok with it also resulting in multiboxing in battlegrounds also going away due to the poor experience it can create for others.
Right now /follow is also disabled in Arenas, but we’re looking to revert that change as bots don’t typically exist in Arenas, and multiboxing in that kind of pre-determined group environment doesn’t tend to be as disruptive.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...775?page=6#104
Added thread to main post.
my game cards just ran out the other day too, and I have been lazy getting to Best Buy.
as someone else suggested, let /follow work within the battle.net account. I realize that would not work with the community of boxers 9+, at least it would be a reasonable compromise.
I guess 5.2 is the real end to wow for me. I have canceled a few times and taken breaks, but always nice to come back when I was ready. To be forced out? I was 2boxing in vanilla. This change is 8 years too late blizzard. Poor, poor, poor decision.
acid
Earthen Ring - Horde - 7 boxing
Cuddle Buddies - 4DK, 1 Holy Paladin, 1 Disc Priest, and 1 Resto Shaman | Armory 5v5 Cuddle Buddies
ex Kilrogg - Horde
Team Acid Wuvablez - 4DK + 1 holy pally | Acidburning, Crashohvride, Acidloves, Acidhugs, & Acidcuddles | Armory 5v5 Love You Bye Bye
ex Garona - Horde
Team Acid Dessert - Quad Shaman | Acidcake, Acidfudge, Acidicecream, & Acidmoarprz
Team Acid Hackers - DK + 3 Rets | Acidburning, Crashohvride, Ceralkillah, & Loardnikon
So what has long been thought is now proven true. complaining on the forums does get results.
Edit: so I guess this means the days of ganking, crz, and auction house control will be coming to an end.
Last edited by Narij : 03-06-2013 at 09:38 PM
Judging from that post they probably won't disable /follow all together. So the PvE boxers might be left alone... Maybe not forever, but.
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