Change in multiboxing policy

[Generalbrock]

Maybe they will allow only 5 boxing account :x

I really wish they would do this. I only two or three box and have never bothered anyone. I think this would solve the problem, but I'm not hopeful.

[Kalros]

Man, this really hurts. Multiboxing WoW has been a huge part of my life for 12 years now, and just like that, its gone. I've already gotten a response about my request for a refund on Shadowlands. Like others I've seen in this thread, they seem more than willing to give the refund without a fight, which I do commend them for. I've had a feeling that SOMETHING was coming because of the increased hate traffic against multiboxing I've been seeing lately. The shame of it all is, most of us here have nothing to do with the reasons why this eventually happened. I never mass-gathered for profit or really messed around with the auction house at all. I enjoyed the challenge of doing 5-man content on my own, farming mounts and earning raw gold through old raids and emissaries.
The multiboxing community has been great overall. Huge thanks to Lax and Ebony for the products you created that made this possible. Unfortunately, with the end of multiboxing comes the end of Warcraft for me. I dont leave angry, just a little sad, but thankful for the times that I DID have. I may try boxing The Old Republic again or go back to EverQuest, but it'll never be to the level that I played Warcraft. Its going to be weird not logging in every day, but if I cant play the way I enjoy, I wont be playing at all. Thanks again to the boxing community. I'll miss the days of WotLK and Cata as we all worked together to figure out strategies, macros, and tricks to finish Heroic Dungeons and do the "Glory of ." achievements.
Goodbye, I'm gonna miss you. You had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end.

Jason aka Kalros

[Emanon]

Just gave up, canceeled my 20 accounts now Private server here we come!!!!

Only plus now i save alot of cash each month.

[notta3d]

There were a million other ways Blizz could have handled this to stop the abuse without disallowing the software.

[Pocahuntess]

This will not have any impact on botting / multi-botting. People that bot never cared about the TOS! They will still multi-bot and continue to disrupt regular players.

Blizzard plainly doesn't want boxing any longer. There is no amount of circumventing that will prove worth it in the end. Good luck to you all and whatever you chose to do next.

[ejay33]

I had just finished the hivemind on my 4th team, got all 4 teams to engineering 70 for that loot a rang and was looking forward to shadowlands so much I upgraded my video card to a 3080 and monitors to 4k. This is such sad news.

I did what everyone else is doing, cancelled my accounts and shadowlands preorder - wrote in it was because of the multiboxing ban hoping by some miracle they will reverse it some day...which they won't.

the wife asked me why I can't just play 1 toon. I told her it's just not as fun or challenging. To which she replied now you have no choice so stop crying...LOL. Thanks everyone for all the help and info on here.

[Mercbeast]

I feel like the decision to ban multiboxing might be hinting at some sort of f2p model coming. Games that go to f2p often tend to ban multiboxing or take hard actions against it.

What Bliz should have done in my estimation is, designated certain servers as multibox friendly. That way they don't lose thousands and thousands of subs, and people who hate multiboxers can move off those servers and multiboxers can move onto those servers.

[Pocahuntess]

I feel like the decision to ban multiboxing .

Multiboxing isn't banned. Nor is it against the TOS.

[Tiny_d]

Man, this really hurts. Multiboxing WoW has been a huge part of my life for 12 years now, and just like that, its gone. I've already gotten a response about my request for a refund on Shadowlands. Like others I've seen in this thread, they seem more than willing to give the refund without a fight, which I do commend them for. I've had a feeling that SOMETHING was coming because of the increased hate traffic against multiboxing I've been seeing lately. The shame of it all is, most of us here have nothing to do with the reasons why this eventually happened. I never mass-gathered for profit or really messed around with the auction house at all. I enjoyed the challenge of doing 5-man content on my own, farming mounts and earning raw gold through old raids and emissaries.
The multiboxing community has been great overall. Huge thanks to Lax and Ebony for the products you created that made this possible. Unfortunately, with the end of multiboxing comes the end of Warcraft for me. I dont leave angry, just a little sad, but thankful for the times that I DID have. I may try boxing The Old Republic again or go back to EverQuest, but it'll never be to the level that I played Warcraft. Its going to be weird not logging in every day, but if I cant play the way I enjoy, I wont be playing at all. Thanks again to the boxing community. I'll miss the days of WotLK and Cata as we all worked together to figure out strategies, macros, and tricks to finish Heroic Dungeons and do the "Glory of ." achievements.
Goodbye, I'm gonna miss you. You had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end.

Jason aka Kalros

Kinida same boat as myself, Im genuinely gutted played wow since launch and boxed about 12 years.

This 'fix' will change nothing when it comes to node farming, bot farms and the businesses that use them, it totally only effects this community.
Spent so many hours getting prepped for SL, Hive mind mounts on many teams, leveling new teams it's just another thoughtless move by Blizzard.

[Creed820]

I only got into boxing late last year. Running a trio for fun; no farming nodes, no pvp - just doing what I would normally do solo with a pair of helpers. I used IsBoxer and EMA. I wasn't sure how long I would do it or if I would like it after a few months, so I did what I could to minimize my RL cost. I was able to buy BFA for my other two accounts when it went on sale, using gold. Initially, I started testing the waters without broadcasting software; so I can see how it can be done without it - but I also see how it's ease-of-use made the playstyle's popularity explode in the last few years.

I used one pc (with three monitors) to run my teams. Using additional pc's is an option for me, but I'd like to keep it on one. With that said, I'd like to pose a few questions to everyone:

Is it still possible to use programs like ISBoxer or EMA, without broadcasting? How much of what they do would have to be "toggled off" in order to still use the program without breaking the new policy?

Is there a way that I could use a couple of number pads (connected to one pc) to run my other two clients?