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What can we do about multiboxing?

Post by 161527

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Post by Erethzium

So, what can we do about this?

Laugh at the multiboxer because they probably can't kill people 1v1 so they multibox.

Post by Dralas

Well, really, you need to consider a couple of things. Multi-boxxing requires multiple accounts. Every account means another $15 a month I believe, so that means that one game costs more money for that person to play. Really, they're harming themselves more than players doing that.

Also, Blizzard is a business. They are into making profit just like any other corperation like McDonalds or GMC. Really, if a person wants to spend ten-fold more money on a game, Blizzard doesn't see a problem with that. More accounts = more money.

I'm not for multi-boxxing, nor do I condemn it, but I do hate having to suffer it just as much as the next person. Really, it's not very common anymore where I am. That or my battlegroup's boxxers have gone extinct.

Regardless, for your 'answer,' there is not really any solution besides sucking it up and dealing with it.

Post by ExDementia

inb4:

"QQ MOAR!"

"PvP servers are PvP servers."

"L2P nub"

"Roll on a care-bear server"

and my personal fave:

"I like turtles."(##RESPBREAK##)12##DELIM##Gnub##DELIM##By now you should really know the . Less of stuff like this, please.

Post by Adamsm

You realize of course, that they have just as much right to play the game as you do right? You don't want people camping your butt; go to a PVE server or stay in safe zones.

Post by Moklar

The problem is that you don't get it.

1. You do not need an external program to multibox, originally a keyboard multiplexer was used only later was that replaced by software, and running 3'rd part software in itself does not break any rules.

2. Nothing is automated, multiboxing only works if there's a player behind the keyboard.

On top of that your tone in your post (calling other people children and what not) should have gotten you a forum-ban.

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Post by apocalypsa

HOW THE !@#$ CAN YOU HATE MULTIBOXERS?

Sorry, had to. But 5 real players will ALWAYS utterly destroy one multiboxer. Why would it be a problem to get oneshotted by a multiboxer while, if it was 5 separate people, they could have been actually doing something useful in the bg instead of running around the midfield or defending one base with 5.

Also, if 5 normal players were corpseganking you, you would've had a much higher problem. But even then, corpseganking shouldnt be such a problem as you say it is. Rez, mount up and fly away.

And multiboxers automate nothing. The only thing they do is send one keystroke to 5 different programs. You go ahead and try controlling 5 characters: its actually pretty damn hard, especially if youre playing different classes. Theres this guy who has a prot paladin, a resto shaman and 3 mages and he runs heroics on his own. Imo, that is skill. He also raids(with 5 normal people.) Can you imagine how great multitasking, situational awareness and preparation is required for that? Probably not, because the only thing you see is 5 lavabursts flying and the only thing you hear is your own qq.

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Post by Problimatic

Multiboxers are also a good thing to have on your team tbh, can you imagine someone trying to heal a flag carrier through 5 multiboxxing ele shamans? LAVA BURSTED! I honestly have no problem with multiboxers, if someone is willing to pay for 5 accounts (Xpacs also if its at level cap) and pay their monthly fees for legal enjoyment within the game why not? It costs how much for going to a football game twice a month? It costs less than that to multibox and its their own form of enjoyment. Why get mad at someone for having fun in their own way?

Post by Sinespe

As I have seen other gamers post on WoW forums, multiboxers take gametime away from other players. Multiboxers like to farm honor points in BGs, so when a multiboxer with 5 toons enters a BG, that leaves 4 other players (who also pay blizzard just as much money per toon) sitting in the queue.

The emboldened part of your statement makes your entire argument pointless. They pay as much. They don't pay more. Their position in the queue is therefore of as much importance as the multiboxer. Whether the multiboxer gets in before or after them is irrelevant. The multiboxer is no different to a group of five players queueing for a BG.

EDIT for OP: There are myriad reasons why your thread was locked; none of them have anything to do with your complaint regarding multiboxers. They have everything to do with your arrogant, aggressive and antagonistic tone. If you re-wrote your complaint of multiboxers without feeling the need to insult anyone who argues against you before they have even made their comments, you may have lasted longer. Replace the first paragraph with any other personal complaint, and amend the small number of sections throughout the post where reference is made to the supposed subject matter, and the complaint would equally have been locked. It is a classic flamebait post.

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Post by Gone

I see your point, but people do some pretty amazing things as multiboxers and I would be sad to see them go.

I dont think that kind of post should be deleted though

Post by bigheaded

Mulit-boxers pay just as much for the game as you do.

Learn to deal with them as a team and quit bringing your QQ here.

I dont think that kind of post should be deleted though

I agree. Blizzard does seem to muzzle the dog a little too quickly, far too often.

Post by Gone

Didnt Blizzard ban people for multiboxing in Diablo 2? Just food for thought for all the people saying how they pay for the same time and blah blah blah. Just food for thought, tbh I see both sides of this argument, some could say its exploiting.

Post by deathbyte

I pay to play a game, I expect to be able to do what I want to do, when I want to do it (obviously, within reason).

And so do they.

Post by EnigmaPunch

I guess Blizzard doesn't like being called on their bs, and further, doesn't want it advertised that they are all about the money and don't really care about fairness, or equality of game play for those who just want to play the game the way it was INTENDED to be played. MMO means just that, Massively MULTIPLAYER Online, not, Massively Multiboxed Online game play.

So, what can we do about this? Obviously, with the $195 million dollars earned per month, even a thousand of us couldn't persuade Blizzard to do the right thing.

The answer to this question is simple - Nothing.

The question has been continually asked, and Blizzard has cintinually been consistent in their answer - Multi-boxing does not violate their rules.

Personally, I don't like paying to play a game where one player who is Multiboxing can kill me, in front of my factions' guards, and then kill them also, and continue camping me until I stop playing for the day, due to inability to play the game I'm paying for. Of course, getting killed goes along with the game, but being camped by someone who controls 5 (or more) characters with one keystroke, for hours on end?

Then don't.

It's the same as those who camp low levels on their 85's. If you find yourself in this situation, change zones, change toons, walk away for more than 5 minutes, and I guarentee you, the MB'er gets bored and goes and finds something else to do.

The answer(s) should not entail, switch toons, switch servers, or any combination thereof. I pay to play a game, I expect to be able to do what I want to do, when I want to do it (obviously, within reason).

Apart from what has previously been mentioned about "So do they", you are sadly mistaken about your rights.

You do not own the toons you pay for.

You can not, never have been, and never will be able to do what you want, when you want. Everything belongs to Blizzard, and you play in their world, by their rules...or you don't.

One on one PvP is a well established fact, two on one is even established. Getting an entire raid group together to deal with one or more highly skilled players is yet another established fact. But having to either quit playing, move to another toon/server to get away from one highly UNDERskilled player who merely wants to cheat the system, that Blizzard says ok to, only because they make so much money off of it, is NOT an established, NOR accepted fact.

What makes you qualified to decide that person who MB's, or anyone for that matter, is or is not skilled, in any area of the game?

Two points to finish:

First: Seriously, Blizzard is a business. It exists to make money. This is not a new concept.

Second: Highlighting my earlier comment - You do not own your account. Blizzard owns everything. You agree to play by their rules everytime there is a patch. This point alone ends your argument.

Post by hymer

Far too many emotions invested in that post OP. Being impolite and flamey hurts your case. State your beef briefly and with dispassion. Make your examples clear and to the point. And make as few assumptions as you can, by researching your material before writing.

What can we do about multiboxing?

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