World of Warcraft: Current Year

Hello good members of Dual-Boxing.com, I'm thinking about starting a multi-box squad in WoW after having not played since pre-Cataclysm when I killed Arthas and immediately uninstalled! Back then I dual-boxed a little with my priest main and a warrior and it was pretty fun.

I'm currently playing Everquest and have spent a lot of effort on my boxing crew there ( https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/...elcome.240258/ ), but it's getting a bit stale and I'm contemplating a move to WoW. I'm using ISBoxer in EQ, but would be happy to move to whatever tools are best.

I know that fun is different for everybody, but I'm hoping that folks here can help me decide whether I should go that route. I'm looking to return to my level 80 priest. II mostly want to experience the content I've missed over the last ten years, learn the new game mechanics and build up the best box crew I can. I don't really even know what questions to ask, but I'll try to set some and welcome any additional opinions people have.

1. I'm not sure I want to sign up to 5 box, at least not at first. If I level a 3box up to 110 and then decide I want to add two more to complete my crew and run dungeons, how hard is it to level/gear a new character on a totally new account to 110? How hard is it to level 5 new characters without boosting?

2. If I just want to see the new zones and do the quests from Cataclysm -> Legion, how much fun is that with a 3 box team? Is it fairly streamlined or will I spend half my time struggling through moving them around, doing a bunch of quests that are annoying to do with a box team and streamrolling content that is easy for a soloer and boring for a box team?

3. I looked through the last couple years of boxing composition forum and had trouble understanding a lot of the posts. What composition(s) make sense for a 3 or 5box that include a priest?

3a. I see that in WoW a lot of the top box teams stack multiples of the same class (ex: 5x hunters), is this purely for ease of setup, or is it all but impossible to execute on 5 different classes properly, so you're at a huge disadvantage if you use different classes? Personally I like using boxing to learn different classes, so the idea of playing all different classes is compelling to me.

3b. In EQ I have a trinity style system with my main driver being a tank, having a healer and then 4 DPS. This is what I'd prefer in EQ, but I'm open to any suggestions.

3c. I'd prefer a general purpose composition, but one with a high skill cap (I get bored when I feel like I've peaked in a game).

3d. I have an 80 warrior on a different account that would be nice to continue, but I am not totally set on playing him if there are better tanks for boxing.



Sorry for the longish post and not knowing what I'm really asking, I'd appreciate any information folks have.

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