[WoW] 4 Boxing Warlocks [updated 28th June 2008]

[nogbog]

I'm 5-boxing Human Warlocks myself and having so much fun :thumbsup:
All deep demonology specced and my voidies can handle anything I've thrown at them.
I found BRD to be a big step up after Sunken Temple... every dungeon up until then was a piece of cake but I feel that, being amongst friends, I can admit to my first wipe in BRD since my initial forays into the Deadmines when I was just getting the hang of it.

I use Felguards to quest outside with but find that they die way too easily against big packs of elites in dungeons. I know your demons should be disposable but I feel terrible when one of them dies ;(
Outside the dungeons you have to be quick to tag the mobs as 5xFelguards can kill a target before I can get off a spell if I'm not concentrating.

In dungeons I send in the voidies, and rotate through the pack with 5ximmolate, 5xcorruption and 5 different curses and everything just dies.
I rarely need to drain targets, they go down so quickly with 5xDPS on them.
It's very rare that my team actually take any damage from critters.
And 5 x Hellfire is a sight to see... pure carnage

I'd never think of my demon's as disposable, well.. maybe a little, i'd never sacrifice one for trash.. maybe for a boss

It's a shame that they can't tank elites too well, i was counting on their threat generation to kill stuff faster.

Have you cleared all of BRD? or at least up to which point? It's so big, it's an instance i'm looking forward to going into

[Mudd]

At lvl 60-70 how drain tankable are the instance bosses of same level, with/without a healer present?

In lvl 70 instances, drain tanking is barely enough to keep up with the incoming damage. This is based off my experience tanking with 5 SL/SL locks with max dots up to get the most out of soul siphon.

[nogbog]

Just did SM-Library at Level 35-36, so much fun, very easy with 4 locks
Epic ring, Deadman's Hand, dropped on my first run

[Chorizotarian]

> I'm in Australia, so latency is always an issue, 300-500ms is normal. The problems i've encountered are main targets don't update fast enough, so my slaves will often attack my previous target.

Do you have that kind of latency when single boxing or just when multiboxing? If the answer is b you should try this:
the latency trick

[Codam]

Ah, i didn't know there was a /party1, i mean, i've used [target=party1] before, but i don't really understand the mechanics of how it works.
So, if my main invites my slaves to a group, will party1, party2 etc be in the order i invite or the order that they accept? or is the order relative to each characters screen?

It goes by the creation time of the character. (ie: older character is assigned lower party* number) I'm not sure if the player doing the inviting overrides this and gets set as number 1 as my main was the first created and always does the inviting, therefore is always assigned party1 regardless of this. I know the age of character thing has been covered many times here before so I assume someone else can confirm whether the player doing the inviting overrrides it.

edit* oh by the way .... AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, OI OI OI *edit :thumbsup:

[nogbog]

the latency trick[/url]

My latency is the same no matter if i'm single boxing or multiboxing

[nogbog]

Reached level 48 after a marathon weekend. Had to catch up after that 4 day ban!

So, i've got a few questions for you other warlock multiboxers.

What spec's have you tried and what did you find most useful to each spec?

For example, i've been levelling demonology and;
I like

1. I'm liking how my pets can kill stuff off by themselves
2. When i go afk they protect me
3. All the spell damage bonuses you get from talent points

I don't like

1. Running low on mana all the time
2. My pets starting fights cuz of bad pathing

EDIT: i got a warlock tip for you!
If you send you succubus in to attack [target 1] and then tell it to attack [target 2] before it gets there, that succubus will keep [target 1] seduced

[nogbog]

wOOo! Dinged level 50!

Felguards all round.

Staff of Jordan also dropped while killing mobs in tanaris, glad i've been looting, easy 400g

[nogbog]

nogbog - why are you running only 4, instead of a full 5 box? Just curious.

I've already got a 70 warlock. It'll be 5 locks when i get to 70.

Sure, it probably would have been easier with instances if i had just made a 5th lock, but i prefer challenges, what people do with 5 i want to do with 4.

Oh and i'm only running on 2 computers, i don't like the tiny little screens.
I need the time that it takes to get to 70 to decide whether multiboxing is for me and if i want to invest money into a decent setup.

[Kalashnikov]

great thread mate keep up the good work!

I myself will make all my 5 locks demo till 70 so easier mob control