A little public service announcement

With the Recruit a friend program granting the much coveted triple xp and that you can just give levels to one of your alts, more and more people around the bog sphere have been looking to give multiboxing a whirl, even if it's for a few months. The goal for most is they want to use up the time that the promotion lasts and level up as many 60's as possible, then transfer them to their main and then close the extra accounts. The fastest way to do this, of course, is to multibox.

But, how do you multibox?

My video intro doesn't really show you how to set up your own setup. It wasn't meant to be that, but since people want to know how to do it, I am going to lend a hand.

First off, you should know that the dual-boxing community has put in tons of time making various guides and tips to help you ease your way into this new play style. I mean exhaustive work. It would be a shame if you didn't read it. The community is generally friendly and helpful, but reader beware, if you are going to ask a question, please read the stickies in the new multiboxer forum first! A lot gets answered in those posts, or from the links within them. If your going to dive in questions first and read later, I suggest you bring your flame retardant britches. This is where I started learning how to "really" multibox. Before I went to this site, I was only doing 2-3 toons simultaneously using nothing but Alt-tab (I do not recommend) for about 8 months.

Next up is Vyndree. She has her own blog which covers a ton of multiboxing basics. She is a very helpful person and you will probably see her on the duel-boxing forums.

Lastly, your going to need to learn how to macro. This part I personally hate the most, mainly because I have to do it to 5 toons usually whenever I have to change something (or create new characters, ugh). In addition to the Dual-boxing site, you can check out Wowwiki's multiboxing macro entry. A lot of the basics that you will need are here, and you can use them to branch off into other macros that you feel you might need. There are also some advanced macros here should you need to use them for anything.

Those are the main links that, should you read through them, will give you all the knowledge on how to set up your own rig, be it 2-5 toons or possibly larger if your psycho.

As far as just starting, just remember that this is going to be completely new to you and very difficult at first. Reading everything there is to read won't magically grant you experience on how to do it in real time. It's frustrating to start. Think of it like when you first started playing WoW. Everything was new. You didn't know where Ogrimmar was, or what talents were, or how to "play your class". Your going to go through that all over again, because multiboxing is going to require a different mindset than just singleboxing. You will NOT be able to use all of your abilities for all your toons to cover for all situations. The more classes you want in your group, the harder it will be to use all of their abilities.

And for my final bit of advice, start small. Do NOT take 2-5 lv 70 characters and try your hand at this for the first time. You will be overwhelmed by abilities and you won't know where to start. I am talking about personal experience here. Start small and create new toons for you to try it out. That way there is only 1-2 abilities that you need to worry about, and you will grow out from there. This will make life much easier for you and increase your chances in succeeding in multiboxing.