Intro:
This guide is how i did it. It are the basics of multiboxing and it's easy to do. Multiboxing is really fun, and it's not such a pain
in the ass as most people think. With the new RAF action of blizzard it has become even more interesting.
What is Multiboxing?
- Multiboxing is a term used to denote one user playing multiple
accounts simultaneously. This can be done using one or more machines.
Expensive?
Most people say that it's really expensive, but that's not really true. To get started with multiboxing you only need 1 main account,
where you pay every month for, and you need 1 or more trial accounts that you upgrade. I did it with 1 main accounts and 2 trial
accounts, that are linked to my main. After I hit level 20, or you played 10 days, I bought 2 wow cd codes on internet for a total of
24 euro. With the normal wow (not tbc) you get 30 days free playtime. So on the world of warcraft site, you can upgrade your trial
account by just giving the cd codes. You don't need to buy 1 month to activate the 30 days free playtime. So for 1 month multiboxing
with 3 accounts i payed 24 euro for my trial accounts and just 13 euro every month for my main account, which I already had. If you
want to do it the same way you have to buy keyclone to, which is $20, that's like 14 euro. So that's a total of 51 euro.
What do you need to get started?
- A main wow account
- 1 or more trial account (I had 2 trials)
- keyclone
- 1 Pc that can launch multiple wow's at the same time
To get started:
When you have bought all the things you need, you have to instal keyclone. When that's done, you start keyclone. Then you have to give
you serial and press close. Then you see this screen:
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Next you have to press Setup, and then go to the do-not-pass list. Keyclone is a program, that sends the buttons you press on 1 wow
you launched to the others, you have launched to. In the do-not-pass list you input the buttons that you don't want to send to the
other wow's you have launched. The buttons that didn't want to pass are: Tab, Snapshot, A, D, S. Like this:
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Now press Ok. That's all i did with
Keyclone for now. Exit keyclone.
Now I downloaded some addons to make multiboxing easier. The addons i use are:
- Bongos 2
- Automaton
- twoboxtoolkit
- Pitbull
(Ofcourse you can use addons like metamap or carbonite to, to make leveling easierer)
Next you have to launch wow for each account you have (I had 2 trials, and 1 main so 3x wow). You should fix your screen setup, so you
can easily see all your characters. I did it this like this:
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Now you logg in, go to the server you want to play and create a new character (It's most easy to make all you characters the same
race). You have to do this on all the wow's you launched. And logg in on the Characters.
Now you see a very chaotic screen. You should make it like this:
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I'm not going to explain how I made it like this because that would take to much time. If you don't know how to make it like this, you
can always search on the site where you downloaded this addon, and look for a guide to set it up.
First we are going unbind some keys on your trial accounts. Go to Gamemenu, keybindings and unbind the following commands.
- Move forward
- Move backward
- Turn left
- Turn right
- Strafe left
- Strafe right
- Jump
- Open chat
- Open chat Slash
- Chat reply
- Target nearest enemy
- And all the interface Panel Functions (like open bag, toggle spellbook etc)
Now when that's done, we are going to make some macros. the macro I use to let my character follow is:
/cleartarget
/follow Kynan
/assist Kynan
I put this macro on the actionbar, and bind it on W (which is normal the move forward key). Do this on all you trial accounts
For attack skills i use the following macro:
/assist Maincharacter
/cast Lightning Bolt
This one is for lighting bolt, but if you want to make it for shadowbolt, you just replace lightning bolt for shadowbolt.
do this with all you attack skills, and do this on all you trial accounts.
For healing spells i use this macro:
/target thecharacterthatcastit
/cast Healing Wave
This one is for healing wave. You have to change your charactername which casts healing wave for thecharacterthatcastit.
I have auto self cast on, so I don't use macro's for buffs. You can use a macro to buff other characters.
Now you have to place all you spell on the exact same place on the action bar by all you characters. And have all the bindings exactly
the same. I have lightning bolt on 2 by all my characters, and healing on 3.
Next i you can launch keyclone. when the license thing comes up you press close, and then minimize it. Now you go to your main and
invite all you trial characters in your group. when thats done you can start walking around with your main character by using the
wasd movement keys. If you did all things correct, then all you trial characters will follow. now target a mob (I have target nearest
enemy on q by my main character), and press 2 to cast lighting bolt. Now all you characters will cast lighting bolt. you can now grind.
Questing:
I didn't quest much, but if you wanna quest then don't accept the quests where you have to loot things (like 10 feathers). Cause it will
take to much time to loot it with all you characters. Also don't quest with 1 character, because then that character will level up faster
as the others, and when all your characters will not have the same level then you don't get the 300% raf xp bonus.
You can now start leveling