[WoW] Dual-Boxing Powerleveling Class Guide

[marvein]

No, Hunter pets do not work with this. I made a newbie hunter and brought my 70 hunter down to the starter area to try this; Newb tags mobs, pet kills, 11-20exp. Newb tags and kills alone, 65+ exp. Same mob type, same lvl, no assists from the hunter itself whatsoever.

HOWEVER! I've borrowed a friend's Warlock for my twin shamen back around lv16-17 and let them tag mobs then send VW in - it worked just fine, full exp. I'm assuming the difference is because of changes they made to pets recently where you didn't get credit for loot if yer pet did the killing(I know my druid's Treants killed stuff and I couldn't loot them); though the flaw with that possibility is they're both technically pets; one's just more permanent than the other lol

The only other possibility is that on my hunter, I was 1 70 and 1 newbie; whereas with the twins I had a third highbie doing the killing and the shamen were partied together.

Back on topic, I had a guildie run me through library a couple of times; got 222 rested + group exp per kill, 111ish without rested exp @ lv35. SM is quite the powerlvling playground if you can do it :P

well that is why it was very specifically stated that you had to make a party with the lowbies, it doesnt work if you are not in a group of 2+ lowbies +1 hunter

[AndyB]

So I was thinking that the least hassle for straight power leveling would be to just have four toons and one 70 in a group. Toons can just basically be put on follow and the 70 can slaughter quick. I know there's a drain having a high level character in the mix, but would that be offset enough because of the full group? (And of course the speedy nature of the clearing...)

Just wondering if this would be just as fast a leveling experience as 5 boxing 5 low level characters, given that you should be able to tear through the mobs at a much higher clip...

Thoughts?

[Mokoi]

[*]Shaman/Shaman: unefficient, but use two enhancement builds for quick kills.

I'm curious at your reasoning for this being "unefficient"? I'm currently doing exactly this (22 atm), and I can tear through just about anything in my level range. I'm even considering adding a third shaman to the mix.

I agree, I am currently using 4 shamans and they are ridiculously quick.

elemental shamans rip through most mobs in one volley of lightning and a couple shocks if needed.

[ITAvenger]

The warlock pet killing technique wasn't working for me. I tried it with all pets (except felguard) and I tried it grouped and ungrouped.

My warlock is lvl 66 and I was testing this out with a level 4 shammie. I'd tag the mob with my shammie and then send the warlock pet in. Every time I got less than half the exp I'd get had I killed it solo.

Is there some trick to this warlock pet power leveling?

[Eteocles]

I think the pet trick only works with 2 or more lowbies, as I had no exp when killing with my hunter's pet when it was 70 hunter + lowbie hunter, but when I logged on a 70 lock with the diablo twins back around lv16 I got full exp per kill + group bonus; the group bonus seems to be the key and it only kicks in when the party has 3 or more people.

[ITAvenger]

Thanks for the info. I only two boxed it because I was just testing it out. I'll give the three box a try.

[roknroll]

What have you found to be the best profession combination for 2 characters?

I would imagine that you'd pick up a gathering skill on each char (i.e. one has mining and one has herbalism). Both chars would walk up to the node and try to loot, but only one would be able to do it.

Assuming that most people who are going to start dual boxing have higher level alts that already have crafting professions, it also makes sens to pick up the 3rd gathering profession on one of the chars (leatherworking).

That leaves one final profession to pick up. I guess at this point, it just depends on what professions your alts have, and what you hope to make endgame.

[einstein505]

I've tried the 2 lowbie partied and 1 high level trick and can say it's jaw droppingly good. I have a 70 NE hunter and just started to box 3 undead mages recently so I thought I'd give it a go.

I created 2 new NE hunters and partied up. Worked like a charm. The humanoid camps (Furries + Gelkis) respawn so fast that you basically stand in one spot with your lowbie and tag + send high level pet. After killing gelkis to about lvl 5 I went off to Starbreeze village and killed all there but the respawn wasn't fast enough. Thankfully I lucked upon the furlbog camp at around 68,53. Somehow one of my hunters went off follow and dropped behind and then I noticed my other lowbie was getting full xp for all the pet kills.

The respawn rate was unreal. You are literally hitting send pet, shoot, send pet shoot non-stop or vice-versa depending on how near the mob is. I checked my xp per hour and I was getting between 30k and 40k per hour (50 to 60 xp every 6 seconds is about right)!! I recall getting about 25k (50k with rested) per hour as a mid level 50 solo grinding rep in Felwood. I should also mention that my other lowbie had since died and I rezzed her about 1/4 to 1/3 of the map away and my 'main' lowbie was still getting full xp.

Incidentally my experience with the mages is pretty mixed. PVE is great but it's quite difficult to avoid doing the collection quests without substituting pure grinding to make up the loss in xp. PVP is not so great but I'm putting it down to lack of experience playing a mage/playing mages/boxing and also they aren't twinked at all because I intend going to 70/80 with them.

Edit: 7hours 30 mins to lvl 20 with this method. You can probably take an hour or 2 off for setup and general messing around too. I kept my other lowbie (still lvl 5) in the same zone although I don't even know if this was necessary for it to work.

Update: (yeah I'm obsessed :P ) 4hrs 59 mins to lvl 20 with rogue + pet.

[roknroll]

TBH, I didn't really find this guide very helpful. I came hoping to get some information about the different combinations for dual boxing (non carebear), specifically strengths/weaknesses of the various combinations. Basically all it is is a list of every possible combination with a 1 line description saying what form/build you use.

I'd be great is someone could elaborate on strategy/build/strengths/weaknesses of the various combinations. I think it would also be beneficial to narrow down the combinations a lot. I'm sure there are people out there with experience that could identify maybe the top 10 combinations and elaborate more on them.

[Squiggoth]

Gonna have to agree, most of what's said is pretty common sense and doesn't go into builds, just basic tactics (so according to this guide, with two classes, I should only need 2 buttons right? wrong...)

Aaaanyway, the problem with mega-class guides (or even harder with dual-boxing class guides) is you need someone who's played every class 1-70 (or at least 1-60)...and that's rare. But maybe there are people here who played with a buddy 1-60 and can comment....