My first try at 5 boxing in deadmines.

[rarr]

Well I got as far as Mr Smite tonight, with one wipe at Sneed. Got his machine down but by then the mages were out of mana

Mr Smite's adds made quick work of the mages but I managed to get them down just as the last mage died. The tank didn't really make much of a dint in Mr Smite so when the healer ran out of mana that was that.

Still I didn't think I'd get past the foundry room so wasn't a bad run Getting used to controlling and positioning the other toons and getting my mages sheep used as much as possible.

Mages are now at 19, tank and healer are 20. Fingers crossed for next time

[TheElles]

multiboxers normally arent really able to use all spells

I have had no problems using any spell I like, using a combination of macros like /castsequence and keybindings to run them all. Infact, I find I use more spells with the macros as a multiboxer than what I did as a singleplayer! Maybe that is just me...

[Oatboat]

I think its all about playstyle i did deadmines at 17 with 4 shamans and only lost 1 shaman the whole run. Just get your keys somewhere you can click em fast and not be searching for them. I think loss of focus is what does a mulitboxer in. If you can get a rhythm going ... you will pretty much be unstoppable.

[Freakinred]

Sounds like you're having a lot of fun. I'm definitely looking forward to DM myself, as I've never actually been there before with any characters. I just dinged 19 with my 4 locks and was wondering when I'd be able to try and run DM.

I REALLY don't want to pick up anyone else for healing/tanking.

At least I'm aware that normal mobs< elite mobs. I cut through non-elites like butter everywhere I go with 2 VWs tanking and 2 imps spamming fireballs (while I shadowbolt the heck out of everything), but I'm keeping myself in check and not jumping the gun.

Any recommendations on when I should try my first run?

[rarr]

Sounds like you're having a lot of fun. I'm definitely looking forward to DM myself, as I've never actually been there before with any characters. I just dinged 19 with my 4 locks and was wondering when I'd be able to try and run DM.

I REALLY don't want to pick up anyone else for healing/tanking.

At least I'm aware that normal mobs< elite mobs. I cut through non-elites like butter everywhere I go with 2 VWs tanking and 2 imps spamming fireballs (while I shadowbolt the heck out of everything), but I'm keeping myself in check and not jumping the gun.

Any recommendations on when I should try my first run?

Try it, if it doesn't work wait a bit longer

Killed of Mr Smite tonight Great battle, healer died first this time but Mr Smite didn't have much to go. Managed to get the tank to heal himself while Mr Smite ran back from getting a new weapon. Mages went next leavng Mr Smite and the tank with 1% health luckily Mr Smite fell first. Hurrah!

Cookie was just about, healer and tank survived the fight only to die from poison after

Agroed the Captain working my way up to the top desk which of cause agroed everyone

Still managed to leg it to the exit and lived to tell the tail.

Why did I ever single box?

[tzibo]

hehe - nice one.

I tried my first instance this evening after finally getting my 5box sorted.
Went very smoothly, which I guess you'd expect for 20,20,20,23,26.
Aggro was decent with consecrate, though for most mobs I just burnt them down.

Van Cleef was fun with his adds - I think I need to work on my healing split macros to not drop dps so much.
No wipes though and a whole lotta fun!

Taking it nice and steady in there - prolly about an hour a run (I forgot to pick up water before I set out, so a few stops to recharge ), so I think I need to start upping the pace to make it effective.

[Hetzer]

I did my first clear of SFK last nite. Finished it 3.15 min to server shut down.....then i released that i missed a quest pick up on one of the shammys..... :cursing: a quick run back, grabbed the book and heathed with 45 sec to shut down :thumbup:

I have only been doing the first couple of bosses in WC and SFK, but last nite i said bugger this lets go for gold!!

I only survived the last boss fight because he MC my main toon who only had 40 health left..... :whistling: i lost three boyz but i did it!

i must say i find my reaction, timing and skills are improving on each run (even more so than questing). Keep hanging in the and phat lootz shall be yours 8o

[daviddoran]

I made a successful run of the deadmines a few weeks ago at 20-21, and with my paladins consecrate, holy nova, and arcane explosion, I just AoE'd the entire place. VC himself was the toughest, because of the adds (need to work on my sheeping macro) but thanks to off healers, and Druid switching to kitty mode, I was able to down him, and wipe to the adds.. Funny how everything up to a certain boss is cake, and the boss himself is hardmode. Like when I had 4 lvl 8 locks, I was gonna do hogger, and wiped a couple times to him, but regular gnolls around him I one shotted. Interesting to see how the "elite" title works. They don't take much more to kill, but sure pack quite the punch compared to "non elites"

Right after I did SFK, and did ok until the final boss, and due to the previous run, with a wipe, and losing a char here and there, all my gear was red on all my toons, so when I attempted the boss, I got pwned, and haven't been back since. I think I can take him as long as i have my gear fixed. It really sucks when he ports, cause moving the squad around means nobody can do anything else, (healing,dps) whereas 5x real players can manage that part a bit better. But I guess it's offset by a 5boxer's ability to burn him down faster

[rarr]

Ugh, very fustrating run. Wiped on the Captain twice due to two stupid pulls and wiped on the way back in on the re spawns because I was rushing

Anyway VC made mince meat out of me, 4 adds on the healer and that was about that,

Feel I should of gone through it by now, my tank is at 22, mages at 20 and healer 21. Although I was getting tired towards the end and making daft mistakes.

ah well maybe tomorrow. It's interesting to hear other peoples experiences

[Kel]

For VC I killed the first set of adds (sheeped one, killed the other) and then burned down VC when the second set of adds came.

I do have two healers though (shaman and shadow priest as back-up), so it's probably easier for me to extend the fights a bit.