Hello , with all the recent discussion about the addons and mods it got me thinking about my experience with WoW.

I remember in WoW when people started to multi box , it was the beginning of the end to my enjoyment with the game, they let it go on as they said it was not cheating....... in my opinion it was..... do you think TESO will allow such a thing?

How would you purpose they stop multiboxing? Some people use separate machines to run mulitple different accounts. Some people use the same machine to run multiple copies of the same game client. I used to run two accounts in EQ on the same machine. So I could have my healer with me while I soloed on another character.

People will do it. I do it in wow and eq2. You wont atop it. Theyll find a way.

When you cant open more than one copy of the game on a computer we'll just use more than one computer...

multi-boxing in PVE , i could care less...

but

multi-boxing in PVP you need to be banned.

Don't see how multi boxing is cheating... Using a program that automates your other characters I would say is cheating because they're being automated while you only have to control one character...

But people have their own definitions of cheating and will say I'm wrong so whatever.

I multi box mainly for gold/credits and I don't use any programs, I just keep them on follow and manually control each one when I need too.

Impossible to stop.

There's no way a developer can distinguish between a multi-boxer and multiple members of the same household playing the game together.

Given its FPS'ish design I'd say multi-boxing and botting will be harder in ESO with the exception of healing, with all the pbaoes and the ways heals auto-target. I would expect to see a lot of healer slaves.

I don't see how multiboxing will be effective in ESO. It works in WoW because tab targeting is a thing there. I just don't see it being as effective in this combat system.

That said, I don't multibox, but I don't mind other people doing it. It's super-easy to confuse/kill a multiboxer, and you have the added joy of knowing that they're spending 5x as much as you to have their ass handed to them.

+1

As long as we don't see 10x characters stood on top of each other and all moving // using the exact same skill at the same time to down someone in 1 second in PvP let them multi-box.

We can't prevent it, so may as well have the benefit of an additional sub to the game.

but they can prevent it, by banning the multi boxers.

The best I can tell is the game has no "Follow" command which makes multi boxing a little on the tough side, unless you run a third party program, and in most mmo's third party programs violate the TOS.. but I am sure some folks will still do it, but it is easy to spot, and killing muliboxers in pvp is like a bonus..

I tried it on a game just for the sake of seeing what it was like, what a pain in the butt..

How can you prove they are multi-boxing though?

True for everything except healing.

For healing it can be effective. You just need to keep your slave within the 12m aoe radius. Plus the only single target heals don't require or even allow aiming. They automatically hit the ally with the lowest health within 28m.

Perfect for multi-boxing.

I don't see the problem with multi-boxing. If you're paying for and playing more than one character, you're entitled to what you earn.

I have to say multiboxing in PVP is hilarious. You see one guy running around with 5 of his friends following him on auto follow lol.

There was this guy in WoW who always did BG's with 5 shaman. It was the most crazy thing I've ever seen hehe.

If they don't use third party programs to control more than one character at the same time, then I guess is fine. Those boxers you see doing coordinated movements are cheating.

I remember Bots in DAoC skirm zones. Had a shaman sit in safe keep and player run around. They got smart and capped buffs to scaled levels. HAHA

Honestly, it's just another way for players to cheapen their experience. They are paying for it, they'll get called out on it as well.

No, that's not. They're still controlling all 5 characters, nothing has been automated for them.

That's it right there. Players who don't like pay-to-win don't like multi-boxing.

I'm not a fan of either myself but personally can't be bothered getting upset over it. If I see any room for pay-to-win to have an impact in a competitive aspect of the game where I could care about winning, I don't participate in and do my best to completely ignore that part of the game.

You might see people getting upset if multi-boxing turns out to give a significant advantage in Cyrodiil - eg. if it turns out the only way to become emperor is to be trailed by half a dozen healbots.

i played at least 2 accounts at all times in DAOC, in pvp one would stand at our border keep or in a keep in the frontier and act as a buffbot

in pve i very often played 3 accounts and at times 4

lienage 2 i played 3 accounts my main dwarf with a prophet on follow for buffs/heals last account was my merchant

wow 2 accounts, and most games since then 2 accounts, and ive played most major mmorpgs since DAOC

the last few years after i got married and had children, i simply cant afford it, if i could afford the initial extra 60-80$ for one more imperial edition and the extra 15$ a month i would have an extra account here as well, if nothing else just to act as my easy access mule, since bag space is severely lacking

Ain't gonna happen.

Get better at the game.

I don't know what to tell you if you lost to someone with a divided attention span.

if some one is using a 3rd party program to control the other chars its wrong.

I remember from my experiences in wow , I saw the shaman he could cast one spell and the other 4 of his chars would cast the same spell simultaneously. It would ruin the PVP experience , and with such a vast pvp zone in TESO the appeal for them to do it is there.

Another example is running about and having a 2nd char heal you thats a bot.

It seems very hard if not impossible for one person to control 2 chars at once without a macro or 3rd party program

I've only encountered problems with multi-boxers once. They had 5 characters (all the same) target me at the same time and all 5 shot the exact same spell instantly killing me.

Theirs no way to "get better" against something like this and this as far as I'm concerned is where multi-boxing crosses being something that doesn't bother me to something that's really frustrating.

Thankfully here with locked PvP to Cyrodiil its a case of, if you're happy to be adventuring in Cyrodiil then you've gotta be prepared for the consequences, don't like it, don't go to the PvP zones.

this is the same experience i had , it was not fair and not in any way to (get better)

Multi Botting is bannable and it should be reported by any player that comes across it, with print screen or GM report.

Multi Boxing is no problem for me. If i had a problem with it then i should have a problem with a couple playing ESO with their 2 children and ganking me up while having fun, and that is ok by me.