Normally I would not complain about multi boxing (specifically MB pvp/wpvp macro spam), because it can be fun trying to figure out how to screw them, for example doing fear and etc.
But today happened something that completely changed my mind:
Alliance multiboxer is using between 5 to 10 characters (or 2 x 5-multiboxers), they started spamming their macros on sight, and because of it my game freezed and lagged. Not because my pc is bad or old, not because i can’t handle big battles, but because of the direct actions of the single player’s massive use of scripts in a tiny frame of time. this resulted in not being able to know where he came from, because the screen was freezed and then lagged, and once a frame of him appears, he already had the time to spam 5 instant cast spells in all his characters, resulting in 10 insta dead people.
I will repeat this again to avoid confussion:
I do not complain about syncronized used of spells using third party programs
I do not complain about multiboxing
I am making you aware that multiboxing is affecting single account user’s PC Performance in favor of the multiboxer
Let me know if that is intended gameplay
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How do you know his scripts caused your computer to lag? If your computer/connection can handle large battles in-game, then I would think it could handle 10 characters hitting their abilities at the same time. Its functionally the same traffic.
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There is only 1 other time that I can face this kind of lag/performance issue: nef/ony head about to drop in orgrimmar at prime raid time. We are talking around 200-300 people.
How do I know? because it started as soon as he approached, and I’ve never faced such thing besides the other example.
If a single person has the power to lag the game with what would usually take 150+ people, then something is really going wrong there. There’s a difference when 10 people are casting spells to 1 person performing 100 actions in a single second. Something’s gotta stress out.
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Do you have video of it happening?
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I wish I did, but I’ll be prepared next time, this is a well known multiboxer that has been griefing winterspring and felwood horde FP. Spy counted the amount of characters he used: 8 mages.
I’m not sure you have a solid grip on what constitutes proof.
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Let me get this straight. You believe a multiboxer’s macros froze up your client as much as hundreds of toons in Stormwind doing all kinds of crazy stuff while they are bored waiting for a world buff?
I was running in Darkshore today with no one else around and my client froze up/lagged for no apparent reason. I didn’t blame the bear next to me.
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It was the 40 stealthed rogues boxing next to you.
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I’ve noticed that some people are using some type of lag tool that affects they’re own latency and connection to the point where it doesn’t DC them, but instead makes them run in place and other people are unable to attack them. They usually use this in BGs like warsong and grab the flag, and by the time people understand whats happening, the person is like halfway across the BG with the flag.
Theres also some type of tool that people are using that causes major FPS loss to other people. regardless of your own personal gaming PC or how strong it is, it seems to affect you anyways. This might have happened to you and someone used that program or whatever it is. Where did this happen, AV? not surprised if it happened in a BG.
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Supertroll, your name seems fitting. I remember like a week ago you only had like 10 posts on the forums. Seems that you’ve been trolling it up for the past few days huh?
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I mean of all the ways to approach removing multi boxing from the game this is the one you chose.
There is one really good reason to remove multiboxing from the game. IT’s called cheating. Every server economy is inflated because of multiboxers farming gold 24/7. Way more efficiently than china bots back in the day. It’s pay to win, and hurts everyone on every server where multiboxers are present.
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Proof multiboxing is unfair
my game lagged out so clearly he’s cheating.
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Two things. First, this isn’t “proof”. It’s anecdotal evidence from one guy who is clearly biased. That is about as far from proof as you can get.
Second, even if every word you say is true… the situation you described would be exactly the same with 10 individual players.
ever heard of a lag macro?
You might want to work on your memory.
If your computer cannot handle 5 to 10 people on screen then you need to fix your computer.
Flagged the OP post as a troll.
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Signed: Griftah
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There were a ton of network hiccups today across many different services.
Without this consistently happening and being tested, there is no way to know if he was running something illicit, or if its just a normal network flare up.
In either case, it has nothing to do with multiboxing. 10 characters are not enough to cause legitimate disruption to the game. For him to have caused it, it would have to be something else hes doing that most definitely violates the tos.
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He’s been at it a lot longer than 10 days.