Thoughts on Multiboxing (community discussion)

[Karahn]

Agreed.
But when im reading stuff like :

It's about protecting the minority in this situation. And for the way this thread has gone, I thank you, staff of Smolderforge. :)

I get the feeling im that looking at a Political Debate.
We are not World leaders,nor should we act like that upon this discussion.
However, i think that this case is quite obvious and since this whole discussion has started because of 1 player. (in this case stinasone/five)
I would personally say that it would be absurd to Ban multiboxing.
People just dont know how to deal against them.
Maybe someone needs to make a guide about it so people would QQ less about it.
and make less tickets about : OMG BAN THIS NOOB MULTIBOXING SHAMAN!!11!1!1!!

Take for example the things that FaK says :

when you loot the corpses of the multiboxer you will force they're respawn so if you just loot like 2 out of 5 of his corpses they will spawn on different graveyards which will fuck him up since he needs to regroup his shammy's and that will cost him a lot of time especially in AV.

Im willing to bet that half of the players in this topic didnt knew about that.
So as a solution i would vote for a Anti-multiboxing Guide with explanation on how kill them faster/easier.

-Mynce

I think the idea of putting a guide together for anti-multiboxing is a good idea. Maybe a player should do this and let the community contribute their input to the guide.

[Henhouse]

Today I was fully convinced something finally needs to be done about multiboxing. Usually we've been on the fence about this. There's positive and negative sides and the very minimal multiboxing we saw wasn't too much to be concern about.

However, today we witnessed 20 multiboxers.

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^ Class picture.


I was concerned about the amount of resources they were consuming in the mall. Already the mall has been overcrowded (luckily this was NOT during peak). But this person was consuming 2000% resources that normally 1 player would consume. Thus, creating massive FPS drops for other players and obviously an insanely strong disadvantage.

This player was under the assumption that you were not allowed to multibox in battlegrounds, so he went to Hyjal instead:

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Now remember how it takes several people to take down Gul'ren or Brandar? How about how insanely OP the Spirit Protectors are? Well no worries, because 20 multiboxers can take them all down within seconds. -_-.

Obviously this cannot be considered "fair" when you're bypassing our attempts to keep players some-what safe in their graveyard when this entourage of multiboxers come storming through killing the guards put in place.

But also the resources. This is a free-to-play server, and people are obviously welcome here. But this person was playing for free and consuming 2000% resources -- it's just not fair, for me, or for anyone else.

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Here's what I'm considering and want your input:

1. Ban multiboxing altogether. Not accepted anywhere. Players will first be warned, and if they continue, all the multiboxing accounts will be closed with IP suspension.
2. Ban multiboxing in PvP environments, Hyjal, battlegrounds, etc.
3. Ban multiboxing from raid environments and battlegrounds, but not Hyjal.
4. Ban multiboxing from raids and battlegrounds, but not Hyjal.
5. Ban multiboxing when it is above 3-5 characters.


What are your thoughts?

[Mynce]

ban them all except stinas :D

[Haymaker]

lol'd

[Wire]

I vote 5. Its somewhat possible to tackle 3-5 shamans, but anything over that is nearly impossible.

Edit; forgot I had a picture just for this. My thoughts when I see multiboxers ;_;

[Victort]

People should be allowed to log 2 characters. To make an enchant, exchange some items and stuff like that. But that's it. No more. Someone logging X characters just to screw around with multiple chain lightings and such is a waste of server resources and people's nerves.

[Henhouse]

People should be allowed to log 2 characters. To make an enchant, exchange some items and stuff like that. But that's it. No more. Someone logging X characters just to screw around with multiple chain lightings and such is a waste of server resources and people's nerves.

That type of behavior would never be banned. What would be prohibited it key-clone multiboxing. Not logging into two WoWs -- big difference.

[Clausewitz]

I say banworthy overall, it's very hard to limit how many clients one person can have open since they can just alt f4 a bunch, I say it has to be all or nothing.

[Whizz]

I say banworthy overall, it's very hard to limit how many clients one person can have open since they can just alt f4 a bunch, I say it has to be all or nothing.

[Bleu213]

I understand when there is a detriment to the server. Then again, I wonder what the difference between 20 multiboxers and 20 regular players is, but eh. Perhaps a compromise for those that enjoy multiboxing. Maximum amount of characters, 3 or 5, but allowed everywhere. If we bar it from the bg's, raids or Hyjal there will be no purpose for it. In other words, banning it from certain areas is banning it altogether. Putting a limit on the amount of characters would allow for the enjoyment of boxing with little strain on the server.