Blizzard should therefore prevent players from owning multiple accounts and multiboxing because:
- It’s unfair to players who lack the tech savy
- It’s unfair to players who can’t afford it
Should Blizzard also place limits on login time per account? I mean it’s unfair that some players can play all day long and others can only play a few hours a day.
Should Blizzard also limit achievements and gear rewards? I mean some players are better than others at the game. It’s unfair that they get all the best stuff and hardest achievements.
Obviously, your point is nonsensical.
It’s a fact of life that some people are better at stuff than others. It’s not up to Blizzard to be the “great equalizer.”
And just because someone can afford something another cannot doesn’t make that individual a cheater.
Blizzard makes the rules of this game and has stated repeatedly (and recently) that Multiboxing is fine, is not against their rules and isn’t cheating.
You evidently didn’t read them very closely since your problems with multiboxing have already been answered by them. And you certainly wouldn’t have said anything ridiculous like “greed governing their judgment” as a reason why multiboxing is still allowed.
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I read the relevant ones very clearly, and many other ones while trying to find the relevant ones. Yeah, they don’t consider it cheating. I would. You press one button for five fireballs. That’s cheating. There’s no extra effort, just a setup that enables directly multiplicative power per spell input. The burst is impossible to replicate by other players on that level of consistency because all the GCDs are lined up. It’s just impossible to fathom how you can’t see how there will always be a differing perspective that is likely more valid than the actual rules until they change, because if you think about it rationally instead of technically, it’s not right to be able to set yourself up to one shot anyone in the game by pressing one button. Imagine 10 fire mages just spamming fireblast 3x each and instacasting pyroblast. What player could survive that? It’s not cool, it’s just a negative experience that is directly immersion breaking.
Despite what the media says, facts are just facts, regardless of your feelings on them.
Cheating, by definition, requires breaking a rule to gain an advantage.
Multi-boxing does not break any rules, and thus is not cheating.
You are entitled to feel that it is unfair, and gives other an advantage over those who don’t also multi-box.
But you can’t change a fact to fit your feelings.
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It’s fine to have opinions on things, but you can’t call your opinions fact when they fly in the face of reality.
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Rankin, it’s obvious at this point, that some people just want to argue, despite the issue having been settled a long time ago.
Some folks don’t even regard Blizzard’s own words on the subject as dispositive.
LOL… you gotta laugh… 
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When the fact I am speaking of is me not seeing WoW as an entirely legitimate game experience, yes I can. You guys are misinterpreting what I said, but I think that’s fair enough.
That’s a gross oversimplification of what’s happening. You press a button, each client window responds to that button press and each character performs one action.
If you think that’s wrong, then you have redefined automation so broadly that it now applies to everyone who plays the game.
It’s also not necessary to replicate. A group of players can do a lot more than a multiboxer could and a multiboxer is almost always easier to deal with.
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well theres an old saying “theres two side to every story then theres the truth”
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You can also have multiple computers controlled through a kvm. None of it is automation. All MB requires a human to perform the keypresses which by definition is NOT automation!
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Rejoice!! Blizzard says it is not cheating so it is not cheating even though other companies do consider it cheating! It’s like the wild wild west! Good for all of you.
It’s irrelevant what other companies do. Blizzard says they are fine with Multiboxing, it’s just not supported play style.
Being able to farm islands in sets of three, which effectively triple your reward chances.
Being able to honor grind in parallel rather in series (for rank 3 bg essence and honor levels).
And for upcoming shadowlands, being able to gear in parallel for the different covenants, multiple versions of the same class, in order to see which one will perform better for certain fights.
There is a reason why this past year, higher tier players have shifted their alts from being on the same account to being on different wow accounts under the main blizzard account. Because it allows them to more effectively gear out those characters, while reducing the wasted time they would have spent doing things primarily in series.
Multiboxing is pay to win. Inb4 ad hominem, “what they do doesn’t affect you”, or its been allowed since vanilla bs. You should see how deadly one person can be on classic if they multibox throwing with pin point accuracy grenades in the middle of a raid heading into an instance.
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Here’s a nice simple example for you to help it make sense.
Game A: allows triple jumping, wall jumping and gliding
You don’t like that Game A allows wall jumping, this does not make wall jumping cheating. People who use wall jump in Game A are not cheaters.
Game B: double jump only, no wall jump or glide
You use a code or device to allow you to glide in Game B, you are cheating.
If the people who make the game say it is not cheating by their standards/rules your strong dislike of something does not change that fact.
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There is no industry standard on this or any other issue in gaming.
It is completely irrelevant what other game companies do. Other companies incorporate features and attributes that also are not used in WoW; Each company establishes its own stories, class builds, settings, scenarios, types of content and rules and terms of use. Each game company makes its own self-contained rules for its self-contained gaming universe.
Go play other games that don’t allow multiboxing if you are so deeply offended by it.
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all a matter of perspective after all in germany you can drive 200mph on their freeway but if you do it here you can get arrested
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Ignoring all the listed examples of how multiboxing allows you bypass the time requirements in the game
Not pay to win.
Ok dude whatever makes you sleep at night with your 15 monitors lighting up like a magnesium flare.
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Other companies also consider it not cheating. There’s no overwhelming consensus on it being “allowed” or “not allowed”.
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You only need one monitor.
And since players (and any player) can purchase multiple accounts, I don’t really see the problem here.
If you knew anything about MB you would know that it is a lot more hassle than it appears to be;
- you have to level each toon
- you have to equip each toon (this could be massively time-consuming)
- You have to pay for each toon’s training, gear, mounts, FP travel and every other expense
- You are bound by the same play rules as every other player in the game
- You are likely to be LESS effective on MB than you are with 4 other humans.
I’m seeing the “pay” part – but how exactly does one “win” here?
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