3 Boxing Follow

First, some of the more recent (which means last few years) similar topics:

About 3 boxing

2 boxing with mercs



So then the question becomes "best trio for what?" and "Are you using mercs?" (which you said yes)

Another factor is what kind of boxer are you?

I've seen people that use the "drag the extras behind my main while main does most of the work... add in dps when safe" method.

You could be running all casters and kiting.

You could be doing traditonal PC tank, slower, healer... and so on.


Finally, what do you want to do with this trio?

You could 3-box 3 clerics without mercs and eventually get to max level. Not sure that it would be fun though.

Edited, Feb 27th 2011 2:08pm by snailish

I am partial to SK, SHM, Enchanter. You have your tank (SK), slowers (SHM and Enc), best buffs in the game, puller (SK), backup healer (SHM) and crowd control (Enc). I run this combo with one healer merc and 2 melee DPS when content is easy and two healers and one DPS when the content is hard.

The problem with this setup is you have to invest in the SK's gear and AA's. This isn't a problem if you really like to play the SK as your main but if not and you don't put in the time to get the gear, AC augs, and AA then they will not tank well. If you want to skip having to worry about tank gear and a couple thousand AA's to then I would also support using a Mage pet to tank and use a Mage, SHM, and Enchanter using healer and caster DPS mercs (since melee mercs will get hit while using mage pet to tank).

You could replace the Enchanter with a Bard and get song DPS but I can macro my enchanter to DD or DoT a lot easier then I can auto attack with my bard and I already had an enchanter when I started.

I don't argue that warriors have better mitigation and defensive's but you might be selling the SK's utility short a bit by only mentioning FD and snare.

SK's have Hate's Attraction (flings the mob towards you) and Death Effigy (fade) allows perfect pulling every time. SK's can pull with this combo as good and sometimes better then a monk. Yes, you have to wait 1.5-2 minutes between pulls but it allows you to box easier by staying on the same screen during pull and initial aggro.

2.0 Epic click + Second Spire + Visage of Death +2 hander allows you to kill named with one healer, solo (no merc) most other T4 mobs, and increase burst DPS to very high levels.

Don't forget SK's can swarm for AA's. Last double XP weekend I raked in nearly 300AA in <9 hours play time swarming in Thal and Mech guardian. Warriors can't touch that.

SK's have easy to box aggro abilities.

I'll second what Reverent said.
I primarily, 3 box an SK, Shammy and Necro(main).
Although I have a warrior geared and AA'd similarly to the SK. The SK nowadays has excellent pulling capabilities and far better utility especially for a boxer. Also, being puller and main tank for the group is very convenient while boxing.(I use 3 separate computers, but for someone switching windows between characters it may even be more efficient than a separate puller and main tank). Finally, the SK instant aggro control is another plus on the warrior until the warrior gets many AAs and disciplines invested.

Please note : If you ever plan to raid, the warrior is King of tanks in the realm of the raiders.

Is there any sites that talk about different ways to use macros? You know, "Macro's for Dummies in EQ" lol

Also, what's the trick for autofollow, the character that is set to autofollow will do fine then all of a sudden start going in circles, and if I don't catch it in time, arrgh :) I have turned down FPS, clip plane, anything that is video intensive and it don't seem to help...


Edited, Jan 2nd 2014 4:26pm by narrew

cept there is nothing cooler than a Troll tank...

Same....there are only certain area's that this seems to happen...I recently noticed this when I entered Dulak's Harbor...if I am on auto-follow and I get close to the building with the entry to Torigan mines, the whole circle thing happens, and this on my new gaming rig.

I just check a little more often, especially in zones I don't know, to keep from going in circles and gaining aggro

Sure, makes sense. I have a mage in my group for this as well as a druid and wizard because the latter 2 can port as well as teleport to bind. Throw in fellowships and campfires, secondary bind and the new tertiary bind and I hardly ever have to run a toon anywhere.

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AH! Will give that a try, thanks much Lordzeis.

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It's a real treat in LDoNs as well...

I 2 box on the same PC and the toon on follow sometimes while outdoors does run around in circles. Most time inside i dont auto follow often like you said staircases and the like are a pain in the ***** I would normally just run one then the other.

I havent done an LDON in forever, I miss those. Do you still go to the specific camp for each one or do they have a central location for all of them now?

Btw weird un suject but do you get more xp boxing using 2 merc so 4 in a group or if i go the road of 3 toon with 3 merc so full group thanks

Ya seem to remeber a full group xp bonus to encourage grouping and what not. I do believe mercs take some xp just like a pet would for a pet class toon. So 3 box +3 mercs might get ya bonus xp.