Hi Forums, my name is Matt.
I've had some mates RAF, but failed. Because they either, quit because the didn't find time for WoW. Or they were too slow to complete the RAF that would give me that mount! So I was thinking of buying a second account through RAF. And it struck me when I met this Multi-Boxer in Trade.
So I was thinking I should Dual Box since I'd get a 2nd account (originally for the mount). But meh, can't find another mate that hasn't played WoW to RAF.
So yeah... Now I'm thinking of what class or class combo to dual box with. I'm most likely gonna pvp and pve in the end. So yeah? What are your thoughts on this?

The vast majority of Dual-boxers I've seen and heard of, play multiples of the same ranged DPS class. I think this is because you don't have to individually manage positioning and such things like you'd have to with melee classes. With ranged, all you'd need is LoS on the target.
Note: Dual-boxing in PvE end-game with a group of other people isn't likely to end well because of all the boss mechanics and intricacies that could be very difficult to deal with when you have 2 characters to worry about in their positioning and dodging of fireballs and such. Not to mention if your 'lead' character gets hit by those random-target fears, mind controls, or gets hit with an 'instant death' hit, then you also lose control of your 2nd character for a few seconds while you switch the controls around. In those few seconds, your 2nd character could easily die too, then the group is left with only 1 DPS to beat the enrage timers.
In a Battleground setting (though sometimes annoying to your teammates), such things are less of an issue because in PvP people are constantly dying and being resurrected anyway, and there's no enrage times to beat.

Ah thanks. So I should be boxing mainly in pvp then. But any idea on class though? I've only played Boomkin, but I'm planning on making a new class for both a/cs and level together. Or should I dual-box as a combo? For example, Priest and mage? What about having a healer, while the other is high dps?

There are programs to help with Multi boxing. but remember your may be taxing your computer.. the more programs you have up the faster your CPU needs to be and the more Ram you will need to have on the mother board.
Classes I have seen Mult boxed are your ranged DPS Mages, Elemental Shammy, Booom Druid, and Hunters. I have not seen Warlocks used as I think their rotation priorities make it more difficult to use for Muliti Boxing
Frankly I do not like to do it though I can, I have more than one account and I have more than one computer than can play wow. I just find leveling the same character with the same gear to 85 boring.
You can not duel box two seperate classes, not effectively... you can have a higher level say 85 run a lower level through instances...where you control and kill everything with the 85 and then loot with the lowlevel.
But you can not play them at the same time.. as their rotations are not the same

You can not duel box two seperate classes, not effectively... you can not play them at the same time.. as their rotations are not the same

I'm sorry, but this really isn't true. It's definitely more challenging, but dual-boxing - even one class - is more effective when you bind your rotation into a macro. By doing this for each class, it's perfectly easy to one-button your way through most encounters. Heck, the one-button macro is useful even if you don't multi-box.
Check out http://www.dual-boxing.com/forum.php and read some of the starter articles.

is more effective when you bind your rotation into a macro. By doing this for each class, it's perfectly easy to one-button your way through most encounters. Heck, the one-button macro is useful even if you don't multi-box.

THe problem with this is most classes no longer have rotations and now have priorities. Most classes have at lest one proc to deal with that you can't bind into a cast sequence macro.
Yeah cast sequence macros for rotations really aren't that useful.

You want your dual-boxing characters to be of the same class, spec, and level because of the rotation/priority differences that Jilixx and Fairbreeze pointed out. I have heard of people dual-boxing with a miss-matched pair, but it usually doesn't work out very well and causes so many problems and self-handicaps that it's near impossible to play at all, never mind play well.

You can not duel box two seperate classes, not effectively... you can not play them at the same time.. as their rotations are not the same

I'm sorry, but this really isn't true. It's definitely more challenging, but dual-boxing - even one class - is more effective when you bind your rotation into a macro. By doing this for each class, it's perfectly easy to one-button your way through most encounters. Heck, the one-button macro is useful even if you don't multi-box.
Check out http://www.dual-boxing.com/forum.php and read some of the starter articles.

One I said effectively and two many class do not have rotations they have priorities.. which makes it hard to set up macros for. In fact all the Duel boxxers I have come across and I have been playing for 7 y rs are duel boxxing with the same class. So that in and of itself says something.
I am not saying you can not do it with more than one class, just you will not be very good.
there was a group of Shaman guy was 5 boxing on them.. He virtually Won the BG for his faction mainly because no one could get close to the lead toon to even kill it.. without getting nearly destroyed by all the totems and the 4 other toons. It took a concerted effort of a few players working together to kill him.
So I stand by what I said.. it is best to use the same class to Multi- Box with.
Now this does not take into account the players Computer set up...The More programs you have running the more ram you will need and the faster your processor will need to be. And while WoW is not graphically intense, if you are having to run multi video Screens you will need a More powerfull Video card and likely more than one. I guess you could use one screen but Min/Maxing more than two programs can be a real pain and a big time consumer.
I use two screens at my job and they are going to be giving us a third just to make the job easier and more effiecent.

Want a tip?
just click follow .. have 2nd class as healer .. quest ur heart out .. 6 days raf heirloomed chr 1-85 and a free priest lvl 80 on 2nd account

Want a tip?
just click follow .. have 2nd class as healer .. quest ur heart out .. 6 days raf heirloomed chr 1-85 and a free priest lvl 80 on 2nd account

yea but questing is so easy my friend came in with no BoA gear, just joined a level 25 guild and went from 1-85 in 1 week. And it was his first time playing WoW. But then again he has played a variety of other MMO's so maybe that helped.
I know when I started in BC getting to 70 seemed like an eternity.. it was fun but took forever (mainly because I was running a leveling guild and got too busy helping others level to work on my own toon :D a friend took pity on me and we grinded the last two levels in one long marathon night.. I hit level 70 at 5am in the morning)

Cool Thanks for the replies guys. TBH I was expecting childish comments like how usually my Realm Forum dwellers would. Anyway, I made a Mage team, but one with my first account has heirlooms, the other doesn't. Is this going to affect the balance of leveling much? I don't mind if it was 1 or two levels ahead, but if one gets into the next bracket before the other one does?

perhaps if the gap is getting too large turn off the xp for a bit on the one with looms until the next catches up?

If you're just doing it for the mount you can make whatever you want. I'd prob try and select one tank capable class to make for some fast dungeons though. Once you hit 80 you can upgrade to mop or do an account transfer of Amy toons you Lvld. Also you can combine accounts and have 2 keys on the same account (friends see it that way too)

If you're just doing it for the mount you can make whatever you want. I'd prob try and select one tank capable class to make for some fast dungeons though. Once you hit 80 you can upgrade to mop or do an account transfer of Amy toons you Lvld. Also you can combine accounts and have 2 keys on the same account (friends see it that way too)

Timestamps are your friend.
In the four months since he posted, I'd imagine the OP has resolved his question and won't be returning to this thread.

i'm not the OP and Ill be following Ravaged advice, and its 3 years later. Im a noob, 2box EQ2 was awesome fun but obviously very different to WoW, so the various advice and mechanics and boxin is very helpful. I'll be soloing quests and dungeons mainly I think..... - havent found a dungeon yet, my main is L12 troll ><

Could you do a DPS/Heal for dual boxing?

Could you? Yes. It would require you to be real good at switching between windows or PCs to keep up a rotation. The recommendation for two of the same class is because there are ways to have one keyboard /mouse control both characters having them do the same thing at the same time. Much easier to control.
Please don't try this in groups, you probably wouldn't be able to hold up your end.
Please also refrain from necroing 2.5 year old threads. The game changes a lot and we want to keep the old information on the back pages where it won't confuse people.

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Hi Forums, my name is Matt.
I've had some mates RAF, but failed. Because they either, quit because the didn't find time for WoW. Or they were too slow to complete the RAF that would give me that mount! So I was thinking of buying a second account through RAF. And it struck me when I met this Multi-Boxer in Trade.
So I was thinking I should Dual Box since I'd get a 2nd account (originally for the mount). But meh, can't find another mate that hasn't played WoW to RAF.
So yeah... Now I'm thinking of what class or class combo to dual box with. I'm most likely gonna pvp and pve in the end. So yeah? What are your thoughts on this?

The vast majority of Dual-boxers I've seen and heard of, play multiples of the same ranged DPS class. I think this is because you don't have to individually manage positioning and such things like you'd have to with melee classes. With ranged, all you'd need is LoS on the target.
Note: Dual-boxing in PvE end-game with a group of other people isn't likely to end well because of all the boss mechanics and intricacies that could be very difficult to deal with when you have 2 characters to worry about in their positioning and dodging of fireballs and such. Not to mention if your 'lead' character gets hit by those random-target fears, mind controls, or gets hit with an 'instant death' hit, then you also lose control of your 2nd character for a few seconds while you switch the controls around. In those few seconds, your 2nd character could easily die too, then the group is left with only 1 DPS to beat the enrage timers.
In a Battleground setting (though sometimes annoying to your teammates), such things are less of an issue because in PvP people are constantly dying and being resurrected anyway, and there's no enrage times to beat.

Ah thanks. So I should be boxing mainly in pvp then. But any idea on class though? I've only played Boomkin, but I'm planning on making a new class for both a/cs and level together. Or should I dual-box as a combo? For example, Priest and mage? What about having a healer, while the other is high dps?

There are programs to help with Multi boxing. but remember your may be taxing your computer.. the more programs you have up the faster your CPU needs to be and the more Ram you will need to have on the mother board.
Classes I have seen Mult boxed are your ranged DPS Mages, Elemental Shammy, Booom Druid, and Hunters. I have not seen Warlocks used as I think their rotation priorities make it more difficult to use for Muliti Boxing
Frankly I do not like to do it though I can, I have more than one account and I have more than one computer than can play wow. I just find leveling the same character with the same gear to 85 boring.
You can not duel box two seperate classes, not effectively... you can have a higher level say 85 run a lower level through instances...where you control and kill everything with the 85 and then loot with the lowlevel.
But you can not play them at the same time.. as their rotations are not the same

You can not duel box two seperate classes, not effectively... you can not play them at the same time.. as their rotations are not the same

I'm sorry, but this really isn't true. It's definitely more challenging, but dual-boxing - even one class - is more effective when you bind your rotation into a macro. By doing this for each class, it's perfectly easy to one-button your way through most encounters. Heck, the one-button macro is useful even if you don't multi-box.
Check out http://www.dual-boxing.com/forum.php and read some of the starter articles.

is more effective when you bind your rotation into a macro. By doing this for each class, it's perfectly easy to one-button your way through most encounters. Heck, the one-button macro is useful even if you don't multi-box.

THe problem with this is most classes no longer have rotations and now have priorities. Most classes have at lest one proc to deal with that you can't bind into a cast sequence macro.
Yeah cast sequence macros for rotations really aren't that useful.

You want your dual-boxing characters to be of the same class, spec, and level because of the rotation/priority differences that Jilixx and Fairbreeze pointed out. I have heard of people dual-boxing with a miss-matched pair, but it usually doesn't work out very well and causes so many problems and self-handicaps that it's near impossible to play at all, never mind play well.

You can not duel box two seperate classes, not effectively... you can not play them at the same time.. as their rotations are not the same

I'm sorry, but this really isn't true. It's definitely more challenging, but dual-boxing - even one class - is more effective when you bind your rotation into a macro. By doing this for each class, it's perfectly easy to one-button your way through most encounters. Heck, the one-button macro is useful even if you don't multi-box.
Check out http://www.dual-boxing.com/forum.php and read some of the starter articles.

One I said effectively and two many class do not have rotations they have priorities.. which makes it hard to set up macros for. In fact all the Duel boxxers I have come across and I have been playing for 7 y rs are duel boxxing with the same class. So that in and of itself says something.
I am not saying you can not do it with more than one class, just you will not be very good.
there was a group of Shaman guy was 5 boxing on them.. He virtually Won the BG for his faction mainly because no one could get close to the lead toon to even kill it.. without getting nearly destroyed by all the totems and the 4 other toons. It took a concerted effort of a few players working together to kill him.
So I stand by what I said.. it is best to use the same class to Multi- Box with.
Now this does not take into account the players Computer set up...The More programs you have running the more ram you will need and the faster your processor will need to be. And while WoW is not graphically intense, if you are having to run multi video Screens you will need a More powerfull Video card and likely more than one. I guess you could use one screen but Min/Maxing more than two programs can be a real pain and a big time consumer.
I use two screens at my job and they are going to be giving us a third just to make the job easier and more effiecent.

Want a tip?
just click follow .. have 2nd class as healer .. quest ur heart out .. 6 days raf heirloomed chr 1-85 and a free priest lvl 80 on 2nd account

Want a tip?
just click follow .. have 2nd class as healer .. quest ur heart out .. 6 days raf heirloomed chr 1-85 and a free priest lvl 80 on 2nd account

yea but questing is so easy my friend came in with no BoA gear, just joined a level 25 guild and went from 1-85 in 1 week. And it was his first time playing WoW. But then again he has played a variety of other MMO's so maybe that helped.
I know when I started in BC getting to 70 seemed like an eternity.. it was fun but took forever (mainly because I was running a leveling guild and got too busy helping others level to work on my own toon :D a friend took pity on me and we grinded the last two levels in one long marathon night.. I hit level 70 at 5am in the morning)

Cool Thanks for the replies guys. TBH I was expecting childish comments like how usually my Realm Forum dwellers would. Anyway, I made a Mage team, but one with my first account has heirlooms, the other doesn't. Is this going to affect the balance of leveling much? I don't mind if it was 1 or two levels ahead, but if one gets into the next bracket before the other one does?

perhaps if the gap is getting too large turn off the xp for a bit on the one with looms until the next catches up?

If you're just doing it for the mount you can make whatever you want. I'd prob try and select one tank capable class to make for some fast dungeons though. Once you hit 80 you can upgrade to mop or do an account transfer of Amy toons you Lvld. Also you can combine accounts and have 2 keys on the same account (friends see it that way too)

If you're just doing it for the mount you can make whatever you want. I'd prob try and select one tank capable class to make for some fast dungeons though. Once you hit 80 you can upgrade to mop or do an account transfer of Amy toons you Lvld. Also you can combine accounts and have 2 keys on the same account (friends see it that way too)

Timestamps are your friend.
In the four months since he posted, I'd imagine the OP has resolved his question and won't be returning to this thread.

i'm not the OP and Ill be following Ravaged advice, and its 3 years later. Im a noob, 2box EQ2 was awesome fun but obviously very different to WoW, so the various advice and mechanics and boxin is very helpful. I'll be soloing quests and dungeons mainly I think..... - havent found a dungeon yet, my main is L12 troll ><

Could you do a DPS/Heal for dual boxing?

Could you? Yes. It would require you to be real good at switching between windows or PCs to keep up a rotation. The recommendation for two of the same class is because there are ways to have one keyboard /mouse control both characters having them do the same thing at the same time. Much easier to control.
Please don't try this in groups, you probably wouldn't be able to hold up your end.
Please also refrain from necroing 2.5 year old threads. The game changes a lot and we want to keep the old information on the back pages where it won't confuse people.

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