Things that keep your sanity while multiboxing...

[i8screaminmoose]

I was jsut curious what people do while they multibox to keep from going nuts while leveling, setting up, playing with new macros/addons etc.

I personally fidn that a guidl guild chat makes multiboxing sooo much easier while doign the quest/level grind and then I really enjoy being online, if the guild chat sucks tho or they r rude or boring or offline its really slow and tedious and I notice EVERY TIME I hafta click in 5 screens... and just how small each screen is and how I cant really read anythign on all my alts....

Another thing I do that helps is download books on tape and listen to a good book while I play.... I amsure this is like most of you putting on music or... watching tv or something but if I got good guildchat or a book on tape im dandy if not well... slow torcher followed by eye gouging and a break for a few hours.... or I go and bg if I am at one of those lovely x9's levels so I can actually enjoy it without getting a "this guy makes the whole team low leveled comments. I do with bg's were playable at all levels, not just when ur lvl x8 or x9. Oh well, I also with BG's had a global que system so we could use em anytime we wanted to help break up the level grind more basically jsut pick us up where que choses us and drop us off there when we r done... maybe a trinket or a special hearth thing?=P

[Anahka]

I stopped doing collections quests unless the droprate is 100%. That helped stress-levels a LOT.

[i8screaminmoose]

LOL wow I already don't do collection quests... well most of em I don't. I just find that the clicking in allt he screens to turn in quests X5 and accept questX5 and to equip all guys X5 then enchant new equip X5 then empty bags to ore/leather to all the different profession users etc. can get tedious at times. Don't get me wrong I enjoy multiboxing but certain aspects can wear on you especially when not near your goals like uh.... lvl 70 for me for first time ever=P I do find farming instances is an awesome break... all the greens etc. make me feel like im actually gonna dig out of the gold hole I always seem to be into with mounts skills etc.

[Otlecs]

I don't have the mental capacity to actively take part in things like guild chat when I'm boxing. I can't even use one of my many screens to watch a movie - it's just too distracting for me ;(

Even Zolo boosting without that passive healing trinket (I really ought to go and get that some time...) requires sufficient attention that I can't look away for more than two or three minutes at a time!

I do listen to audio books and podcasts on iTunes though, and yes the administrative overhead of a 5 man team is tedious - I have AutoProfit (links to Curse) to ease the burden of emptying so many backpacks, but it's still a right pain at the beginning or end of each session.

[i8screaminmoose]

I do all my looting and gatherign on my main but doign all the trades to move that much leather/ore is the main thing to clear space for other stuff as i cant afford decent bags yet!! if i could afford 5x imbued netherweave bags it wouldn't be soo bad. my other guys jsut carry aroudn stuff for there trade skill till I decide to do a huge leveling chunk with em whent hey have some gold saved... I need to push ym engineer I guess to get jumper cables soon as I am running a 4xhunter team and my paly hasn't caught up yet.

[i8screaminmoose]

To be honest... guidl chat mostly consists of sick jokes and "DING" and some jokes about whomever dinged... I guess thats not that high of a mental copacity really. I thoink my guild had a 3 hour discussion on tea bagging last week...

[Thulos]

I watch something from hulu.com on another monitor while I quest, etc. I generally watch something where I don't mind missing a lot of storyline because I'm only half paying attention. Right now thats babylon 5.

[Tidomann]

Music and movies. And i frequently take a trip to razorblade alley.

Razor hill of course..

[Littleburst]

To be honest... guidl chat mostly consists of sick jokes and "DING" and some jokes about whomever dinged... I guess thats not that high of a mental copacity really. I thoink my guild had a 3 hour discussion on tea bagging last week...

As far as my experience goes, that's not regular :P

I mostly char with people and always have music on.

[HPB]

Guild chat helps, talking on vent, music, tv, and perpetutal coffee breaks.