React: Policy Update for Input Broadcasting - May 2021

[Gorrith-sulfuras]

@Donkles-bloodsail-buccaneers

but are acting like multiboxers should be protected

Okay, I take back what I said about you inferring what you like… You are pretty bad at it.

I do not multibox. I feel like it ruins the intent of the game in which you should rely on your skill and not how deep your wallet is.

I am grateful for the change. I feel like blizzard may only be doing it to courier favor with the majority playerbase who oppose automation, bots, and multiboxes but whatever…
That said, blizzard will want to do something to try to protect the financial investment of those “whales” who are willing to pay for 5+ accounts or what not, these are sustained from a playerbase who obviously has the disposable income which could be used on cash-shops or wherever else…

Protect the multiboxers… that thought is laughable.

Character transfers is already a service that is scripted and been done before - not usually on any kind of massive scale other than character realm transfers…

However; and you are welcome to correct me if I am wrong, but:

@Donkles-bloodsail-buccaneers

By and large, there is no value in transferring multiboxed characters off the account. Very few people will have reason or inclination to do so.

Very few $ is > no $ - amirite?

Anyway, feel free to argue amongst yourselves, I made this thread to point out an observation and call attention to a little irony… Some people get up in arms and that is fine… Have fun!

[Enigmuh-mankrik]

@Gorrith-sulfuras

Fear not, my multibox friends… I highly suspect you will see a cash shop item to be added soon™ that will allow you to transfer characters from one account to another for a nominal fee…

I suspect this will not extend to boosted characters because this would defeat the purpose of the one-boost-per-account narrative, but then again - who knows?
Maybe it will be open to boosted characters as well, once the unlimited boosts are opened.

If it is not entirely clear, allow me to be crystal - this is entirely speculation and/or conjecture depending on where you stand. I assume this will come to fruition because to me this very accurately represents the best interest financially for activision’s blizzard and this tends to be the entire consideration for their business decisions.

How did you get all that from Kaivax’s post? This is why people don’t take complainers seriously. lol

Also, a link to the source in case anyone is interested:

Policy Update for Input Broadcasting - May 2021

On November 3, 2020, we posted an update to our policy for input broadcasting software, and soon thereafter, we began taking action against accounts found to be using third party software to automatically mirror keystrokes to multiple game clients. We find that, like full automation of play, multiple-account mirroring disturbs the gameplay experience for the vast majority of players who control a single account at a time. We will now additionally prohibit the use of all software and hardware me…

[Gorrith-sulfuras]

@Enigmuh-mankrik

How did you get all that from Kaivax’s post?

Sorry, I thought I named this topic “React” not “Extrapolate”
My reaction is pretty plain. I don’t particularly care as I am not a fan of multiboxing… But I would wager that blizzard will try to offer some kind of incentive for their multiboxers… Will it please everyone, or even most? Doubtful since the automated practice basically just got banned… Then again, how likely is Blizzard to enforce these Terms of Service? I dunno.

Point is, while I don’t really care, I wanted to share my opinion/reaction and before the uproar from multiboxers (if there is such a thing considering how few they are compared to the rest of the playerbase) I wanted to let them know that this is probably not entirely the last of it.

[Delmok-mankrik]

I have two accounts, and all the classes are split between them. I have 8 60s, one of each class, 4 on each account. I multiboxed the entire expansion this way because it allowed really OP combinations (warrior shaman in particular). I’d rather not pay for the second account, and I’d rather not pay to boost.

So…yeah. I’d be in the market for a service such as this. A service, by the way, that already exists for retail and it’s FREE. People do it all the time. It just doesn’t exist for classic–yet.

Always hilarious when someone who doesn’t know what he’s talking in pops off and makes himself look like a complete idiot.

[Donkles-bloodsail-buccaneers]

@Delmok-mankrik

Always hilarious when someone who doesn’t know what he’s talking in pops off and makes himself look like a complete idiot.

@Donkles-bloodsail-buccaneers

Let’s just pretend I said “But of course, there are obvious exceptions”. After every sentence. That way I can address your next five complaints ahead of time.

Hi, you must be the idiot. I suggest reading before you respond next time.

[Delmok-mankrik]

You still here? Good lord.