Multiboxing threads = Spam
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Im not creating a post about disciplinary actions. I am copying a templete used. There is no issue with posting it.
Suit yourself.
You multi cookie? I won’t lie this is how I got started.
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Proving this point to non believers is worth the paltry 7 day forum squelch if you ask me.
Yes, sometimes I don’t feel like doing harder quests on squishier toons so I double cookie them. One is usually chocolate chip and the other is snickerdoodles.
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Alright, I think we have different definitions so I’m going to say what mine is and then I think you’ll understand why my viewpoint is what it is.
Multiboxing as defined by Kaurmine:
Running more than one wow client at a time.
That’s it. That’s all you need to fall under “multiboxing”, just have multiple “boxes” (clients) running 
So when I say you don’t need software to multibox I mean just that, you don’t need software to open more than one instance of wow.
Yeah see I think this is the issue here, I’m talking about multiboxing at it’s base and you’re talking multiboxing at a certain level of efficiency.
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ok im on the same page as you now. having the clients simply running and even doing what Grumbles said about having alts merely on follow for the xp farm does indeed require little beyond simply logging them all in to begin with.
so i’ll correct my statement to be “the most problematic types (in regard to anoying other players) of multiboxing require software”. That is the people who strip mine profession nodes or shutdown quest choke points. I dont believe that pvp multiboxers are such a bad thing either as its easy to find the leader and once the leader is dead the blob stops and thats hilarious!
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Next time, turn your botting software off…
I really don’t think they’ll do anything about multiboxing for this reason alone because of what I mentioned earlier with 120s killing quest NPCs. They have the same effect, stopping people from questing and Blizz doesn’t do anything about it 
Its from me reporting myself with all of my other accounts to prove a point. Nice try though.
Usually I don’t care, but in this instance I think we should use specific terms so we’re all clear. If you disagree, that’s fine only trying to help
ban = can’t login to play
silence = can’t use chat
It’s to my understanding that you can’t get banned for something you do in chat anymore, outside of like RL death threats I guess but I’ve never looked into that.
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And here is where you lose all credibility.
People that are running bot software run it on each session INDIVIDUALLY so that they aren’t relying on a “master” session to control all the “slaves”. That way, if one is killed / banned / disconnects, it doesn’t risk the effectiveness of the rest.
NO BOTTERS MULTIBOX
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I don’t know why Blizzard hasn’t really beefed up those quest NPCs and Guards in lowbie areas to put the smack down on the 120s killing them over and over again.
I call bull hockey on that. You got pinched. You didn’t self report.
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I see what you mean, and the type of multiboxing is not exactly the kind that is discussed here. The multiboxing activity that is affecting gameplay of fellow players in question are 
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Multiboxers that use multiple toons to farm resources and quest items that was originally intended for multiple players to tap before exhaustion, denying other players of said resources and quest items for extended periods of time.
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Multiboxers that use multiple druids to gain an advantage over other players in PVP, as balance druids have spells that are omnidirectional, and does not suffer from most LoS situations.
The obvious advantage is that user will ALWAYS have a team with him, and all hitting the same targets, versus non Multiboxing players who will have to gather a group, taking time to wait for them to arrive, and having them leave when waiting is required. Coordinating attacks on a singular target is very difficult as well, since they will all have to be on discord.
The harmless multiboxing activities like RPing, having a druid to tag along for heals, mount, brez, tank, having multiple toons to do dungeons and fulfil requirements, are, well, not being complained about.
As such, the activities do require the multiboxer to utilize 3rd party softwares for said efficiency.
I have not seen a multiboxer pvper who depends on one window to broadcast commands for years. Most I met are sophisticated enough to have them all continue performing the spell spam even after the leader and a few others were taken down.
Their biggest weakness is mobility : they cannot move simultaneously in separate directions, hence a Focusing Iris blast + Eye Beam can wipe out a good number of them pretty quickly.
However, it is also easy to keybind/macro brezes and heals as well.
It is difficult to believe this as the combined experience of players in this thread, myself included, have almost always had GM interaction before a ban/suspension is performed. Warden red flags accounts, but we have not yet encountered automated suspension, especially not during a ban wave. Of course it is not impossible, it is just highly unlikely. The template even mentioned that they have investigated evidences.
Hence, your point is not proven, yet.
However, I do agree that since multiboxing itself is not against any ToS in any form, it is pointless to report them.
If you have not realized it yet, these threads are these player’s means of venting their frustration. Personally, my herbing profession which I have played for years, I could no longer enjoy it due to multiboxers. I had to switch to skinning in order to remain relevant. Yes, it is frustrating. Yes, the threads are pretty much spam.
Just let them vent.
I reported a multiboxer who was doing this at Zuldazar, levelling and farming dinos. After days of constantly seeing them at the same spot, I decided to train an elite to their position, who promptly killed them as they got overwhelmed and did not even make an attempt to move away/heal themselves. I stayed and watched, and found that they did not release as well. I got everything in screenshots and promptly reported them for botting. A few days later I received a mail from Blizzard, informing me that appropriate action have been taken.
I have never seen those bots again since.
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And here comes the insults…
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Why would botters want to use multiboxing software when they could just have botting software run each instance individually?
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Again… botting software sends commands to a single instance telling that instance exactly what to do - typically following a pre-determined path and actions.
Why would someone run such software on ONE instance of the game and rely on that ONE instance working correctly? If that ONE instance fails / crashes / gets out of sync, the entire group of multiboxing characters is now useless and they lose out on all of the gold they would have obtained until a person gets back to reset it. Running the botting software on all instances would mean that if one crashes, they lose only a small portion of their effectiveness.
If someone is botting and multiboxing, they are the biggest idiot.
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