According to Blizzard, yes.
Not according to Blizzard.
The fact that 1 click results in 1 action per client, and another click is necessary for a second action makes it not botting.
“I don’t care about the only stance that matters.”
It’s very simple. The Multi-box program cannot perform abilities, on its own, without the Human guiding the program to replicate their actions. Whereas botting doesn’t require the human.
Once again, I understand some people take issue with the program that replicates. I’m not going to call it botting because it’s not.
With that minor detail out of the way, can we all have a discussion about multi-boxxing with and/or without said program, now?
Or, are we going to continue getting nowhere with this discussion by fighting about the nonsensical point of “replicating = botting”?
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WHAT?
HAHAHAHAHA uh…this is so wrong I just can’t. Like, seriously. I can’t.
Ok so since i can play a single instance of wow without botting that means that there is no such thing as botting PERIOD. Because, by your logic, either its ALL botting or none of it is.
Seriously. WHAT IN THE HELL…is wrong with you? HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Edit: Am I seriously the only person that saw this comment?
Sorry I didn’t realize we were here to talk about what has already been covered by blizzard. Their stance is clear so then what is the point of conversation if not to hear other people’s opinions?
So 1 click = 40 actions what matters is when those actions occur. If they are sequential then it is botting and against the rules, if those 40 actions happen simultaneously then it is not botting it is just replication.
Seems like 1 action resulting in 40 outcomes should be an issue based on the number of outcomes, not the time when they occur.
I mean, if people were willing to say “one is a problem because it is one subscription, but the other is not a problem because it is 5 subscriptions, and blizzard most likely took this stance from a monetary perspective” then it makes sense.
Don’t know why people seem to be arguing that they are fundamentally different and that is why one is allowed and one isn’t.
its a pay to win aspect of world of warcraft. I would totally try multiboxing if 1. I had the money 2. my computer could run it lol
It’s only, “pay to win” in content that doesn’t matter… like world PvP. It’s not great in PvP and in PvE it’s laughable.
No it’s not - you still have to level, train, and gear each character.
Sigh. I don’t understand how people don’t get this:
1 keystroke resulting in 1 action per character is not botting and fine with Blizzard.
I have repeatedly say I know what is fine with blizzard, that was not the point of the conversation so I don’t know why you keep going back to that.
Your argument is that it is not botting as long as it is one action per input, so if I created a program where it does predetermined actions in a sequence, as long as I press a button for each action you would not consider that botting? Just spamming the space bar is the differance?
Bro you are literally stuck on stupid when it comes to the distinction between automated play (botting) and replication of keystrokes.
its replication of input. blizzard only allows multiboxing because of two reasons:
- short term monetary value
- lack of long term vision for classic wow
So I am asking you when replication becomes botting and Vice versa. Not sure why you are so hostile when i was asking for your personal line, not what blizzard has decided. You know you can have different opinions from what big Daddy blizzard decided for you.
Actually yes. Since cast sequence macros exist in Classic and do exactly this.
The moment it becomes botting is when there’s no key presses at all.
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it wont ever be botting. but it can be something basically as bad.
So if I got one of those bouncin head things to hit the space bar for me and have the program perform complex actions and reactions based on a predetermined algorithm, you would not consider that botting? I said you, not blizzard.
It’s botting when the play is automated by another program.
that would be impossible
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No, actually, since they also don’t like keyboard macros that can do that. They want you to be there to hit the button and if they figure out that you’re not actually at the keyboard, they will action you.
However, there’s no way for there to be any, “complex actions and reactions” in a cast sequence macro or in a singular button push mirrored however many times. The only way multiboxing works is if a player is at the helm and directing those key presses. Well, it could be a bot doing it too, but that’s when they’re actually botting.
What…? People boxed in vanilla - including Blizzard employees.