Change in multiboxing policy

[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?

[Braxtar]

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?

No and No, read the other posts instead of asking questions maybe ?

[Creed820]

Thanks for your amazing input. I'll just assume you're a quitter who's still crying about the loss of his easy button. I'm not, I'm looking for other options.

I've read the comments since the thread started, and it sounds like some boxers are taking this as an end to boxing. I don't, at least not yet. So I'd like to hear other viable ways that I and others can continue to play without broadcasting - but get some of the other functionality back (the stuff that didn't rely on broadcasting).

Obviously there were hardware options before, whether it was multiple pc's or just one. Any well-versed boxers out there willing to shed some knowledge?

[Fat Tire]

At least KVM switches are cheap now a days. There are even Display port switches so hardware boxing will still be a thing.


Feel bad for Lax though, this was probably a good side hustle.

Edit: For those who havent, you can get a refund on your shadowlands pre order. I got 3 refunded a couple of hour ago.

[kate]

Thanks for your amazing input. I'll just assume you're a quitter who's still crying about the loss of his easy button. I'm not, I'm looking for other options.

(snip)

Obviously there were hardware options before, whether it was multiple pc's or just one. Any well-versed boxers out there willing to shed some knowledge?

Why would someone help you when you're attacking people for being bothered for feeling like they've had the rug pulled out from under them? Figure it out yourself since you seem to be bothered by someone else wanting an "easy button."

On a different note, I was screwing around today with a pure hardware solution (worked pretty well, though not nearly as seamlessly as ISBoxer), and in about 10 minutes I got 4-5 people whispering at me that they've reported me for boxing which is a substantial uptick compared to the usual. I haven't gotten a ban or warning from Blizzard, but given that it's only been an hour or two, I wouldn't put much stock in that.

[stubbadub3000]

On a different note, I was screwing around today with a pure hardware solution (worked pretty well, though not nearly as seamlessly as ISBoxer), and in about 10 minutes I got 4-5 people whispering at me that they've reported me for boxing which is a substantial uptick compared to the usual. I haven't gotten a ban or warning from Blizzard, but given that it's only been an hour or two, I wouldn't put much stock in that.

Well that didn't take long, not surprised in the slightest given the hatred directed to multi-boxers from the general wow community.

Also I've read a couple of misconceptions in this thread that I wanted to add my two cents on;
- Activision makes more money off tokens then subs. People buying game time with tokens is PREFERED by Activision as it makes them more money!

- The percentage of multi-boxers is greatly exaggerated here, I doubt we would break double, even single digit percentages of wow population. But we have a real and imagined effect on a large percentage of the wow population which leads to reports/complaints, which then requires Activision to spend money actioning these reports/complaints. Activision wants to spend the least amount of money managing WoW.

- As computers have gotten more powerful, the amount of toons in a multi-boxing team has gotten larger. The game has changed as well in ways like multi-tagging of mobs and multiple toons hitting the same herb/mine node. This has lead to a perfect storm of a single player being able to make a massive amount of gold in the modern game, and Activision have always worked against successful single player gold farms.

- ISBoxer was too good! It made multi-boxing accessible and thus more people used it leading to more abuse, reports, issues etc.