Cortyn is struggling with multiboxers in the PvP of World of Warcraft. One single player controls 16 characters at the same time.
In the past few days, I played up a new class in World of Warcraft to check out the remaining class campaigns. Because I was a bit naive, I thought to myself, “Spend some time with a bit of PvP” – because I have been really enjoying it since Legion.
At least until a few days ago. Then, I encountered my worst nightmare in PvP. The opposing team had a total of 12 Death Knights and 4 Healing Shamans, all with suspiciously similar names.
And – as it had to be – they were multiboxers. This “group” took apart all the opponents solo. 12 Death Knights focusing a single player with Death Grip and any attack simply mow everything down. If things get tight, the 4 Healing Shamans take care of the problem, keeping the whole group entertained and in top health with area and chain healing.
For those who don’t know multiboxers, a quick explanation: A player does not have just one account, but several. These are all played simultaneously by one person – with 16 characters, I assume several computers are necessary. Through macros and various helper programs, the inputs from one character are transmitted to all the other characters. So when the player presses “1” for an ability on their main character, all the other characters execute that keystroke.
The group encountered me multiple times over different days, sometimes as enemies and sometimes as allies. But the matches were never really fun, as it was always just “Ah, the multiboxer is playing on side X. So side X will probably win” – and that turned out to be the case every time.
What do you think about multiboxers in MMORPGs? Is it a cool thing when one can decide entire matches almost single-handedly? Or is it rather annoying and should be prevented by developers?
Last week I ranted about unboxing videos – I still don’t understand the hype.
