Follow disabled in all PVP activities

[Deezlar]

Had it confirmed on Dual-Boxing that /follow is disabled when engaged in any PVP activities

Seems a strange choice to go after multiboxers when they are such a tiny % of the playerbase

The only thing I was looking forward to in BFA was dual boxing 2v2's - no matter how low my rating got it was just for fun


So as usually, fun detected, fun nerfed.
Cancelled both accounts and moved on - just posting in case others were not aware

Source: https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/...orld-pvp/page5

[szandos]

Good, was about time they got rid of multi boxers in pvp, should have happened expansions ago imo.

[RippedLife]

people like you are pathetic lmao

[Tatahe]

Good, was about time they got rid of multi boxers in pvp, should have happened expansions ago imo.

This should been a perma ban thing since WoW day one. Having to deal with those 20 shammys or 20 dks on AV was so annoying.

[Marcellus1986]

Had it confirmed on Dual-Boxing that /follow is disabled when engaged in any PVP activities

Seems a strange choice to go after multiboxers when they are such a tiny % of the playerbase

The only thing I was looking forward to in BFA was dual boxing 2v2's - no matter how low my rating got it was just for fun


So as usually, fun detected, fun nerfed.
Cancelled both accounts and moved on - just posting in case others were not aware

Source: https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/...orld-pvp/page5

Good. Multiboxers and the people who play them are trash.

[Byleth]

Multiboxing to level - Fine
Multiboxing to do dailies - Fine

Multiboxing for anything else - Awful

Of course that's just my opinion. But there are many times in PvE & PvP where multiboxers are really disruptive.

[Deezlar]

Personally I've only ever used it for levelling and making G on the AH

I never use a multi-box team to gank unless I've been attacked first, and believe it or not, MB teams are easy to kill...

I just wanted to tank my rating with a couple of 2v2 teams to join the ranks of the for fun PVPers and have some fun with it.
Follow is still active in all PVE situations, so the people doing follow in LFR and dungeons (arguably more disruptive) will still happen.

Just because people play the game differently to you doesn't immediately make it wrong, as long as its within the rules of the game.
This change is ridiculous and punitive to a very small subset of the population.

I'm just pissed that I bought the xpac on 2 accounts already and will never play it... no refunds because Blizz..
I'd chargeback my card if it was bought directly from blizz, but sadly it was a reputable key site, and its hardly their fault the rug has been pulled

[A Chozo]

Oh boy, they nerfed /follow abuse AND made a multiboxer quit too? Now this is a party-worthy day.

So glad to see that Blizzard still do changes for the greater good... sometimes.... instead of chasing profit.

[Cizr]

Not even multiboxer but I hope that its just a mistake and Blizzard wont listen to pathetic whinners.

[Steelfox]

Personally I've only ever used it for levelling and making G on the AH

I never use a multi-box team to gank unless I've been attacked first, and believe it or not, MB teams are easy to kill...

I just wanted to tank my rating with a couple of 2v2 teams to join the ranks of the for fun PVPers and have some fun with it.
Follow is still active in all PVE situations, so the people doing follow in LFR and dungeons (arguably more disruptive) will still happen.

Just because people play the game differently to you doesn't immediately make it wrong, as long as its within the rules of the game.
This change is ridiculous and punitive to a very small subset of the population.

I'm just pissed that I bought the xpac on 2 accounts already and will never play it... no refunds because Blizz..
I'd chargeback my card if it was bought directly from blizz, but sadly it was a reputable key site, and its hardly their fault the rug has been pulled

Not really on the main topic but if you value your battle.net account at all and play any other games on it, don't charge back blizzard. I just went through hell doing a charge back for BFA because they wouldn't refund the game and they disabled my entire battle.net account until I payed the money back.

[Maneo]

Multiboxing to level - Fine
Multiboxing to do dailies - Fine

Multiboxing for anything else - Awful

Of course that's just my opinion. But there are many times in PvE & PvP where multiboxers are really disruptive.

I would like to add to that.

Leveling sure
Dailies sure
Old content
Fishing

[Lex Icon]

i don't care if you multibox but remember pre legion when bg's where full off bots following eachother? it'd probably worth the sacrifice of your small niche to the benefit of the rest of the player base if we never have to see that again.

[Thrif]

Seems a strange choice to go after multiboxers when they are such a tiny % of the playerbase

So why assume that's the reason? I think it's more to stop people from /following people to hide their inactivity in battlegrounds in general.

[Lochton]

Had it confirmed on Dual-Boxing that /follow is disabled when engaged in any PVP activities

Seems a strange choice to go after multiboxers when they are such a tiny % of the playerbase

The only thing I was looking forward to in BFA was dual boxing 2v2's - no matter how low my rating got it was just for fun


So as usually, fun detected, fun nerfed.
Cancelled both accounts and moved on - just posting in case others were not aware

Source: https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/...orld-pvp/page5

YES! If this is true, YES!

This has no goddamn thing to do with 'fun policing' there is nothing more annoying than an AFK'ing player on /follow on people. Besides, the change is most likely not do with multiboxing, game isn't built for multiboxing either - but finally watering out the slack of others.

[AnonEntity]

I don't like multiboxers at all and they should do even more to get rid of the blight.

[Deezlar]

I don't like multiboxers at all and they should do even more to get rid of the blight.

Blight? Multiboxers are rare.. you are far more likely to meet someone using a PVP bot to auto kick or even fully automate their actions than you are to meet a Multiboxer.

Also /follow has been disabled in BG's for years. I was ok with that because there were many people abusing it via grinding bots, but again people multiboxing was quite rare. You would occasionally see a 5 group shammie team or something, but it was hardly a daily occurance... again, you were far more likely to meet a bot than you were a multiboxer

"This has no goddamn thing to do with 'fun policing' there is nothing more annoying than an AFK'ing player on /follow on people"

Again, already been in place for years. PVE /follow is still going to be active, so those people using it in LFR and Dungeons will still be there; arguably a much bigger issue than a multibox team because literally anyone can do it with one keyboard command.
To effectively multibox takes a lot of setup, extra financial cost and practice.

Its a disproportionate response to something a niche finds fun.
So yes, it absolutely is fun policing

[JackWest]

Finally. No more getting killed by a single person with 20-40 characters in wpvp

[Deezlar]

So why assume that's the reason? I think it's more to stop people from /following people to hide their inactivity in battlegrounds in general.

Its already disabled in BGs to combat the bots that were in effect. They said at the time that they were ok with the impact to multiboxers although they weren't the intended target of the nerf.

This is expanding it to Arenas and Open world

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Finally. No more getting killed by a single person with 20-40 characters in wpvp

Tell the truth, how many times have you seen that?
I've played since US beta, and have never seen a 20-40 man team, so you are resorting to hyperbole

There is no way 40 clients would run on one machine, and if they were broadcasting across multiple machines it would technically no longer be within the rules.
I've said it a lot, but Multiboxing is rare and does not need this overreaching nerf.

[Tonkaden]

YES! If this is true, YES!

This has no goddamn thing to do with 'fun policing' there is nothing more annoying than an AFK'ing player on /follow on people. Besides, the change is most likely not do with multiboxing, game isn't built for multiboxing either - but finally watering out the slack of others.

Its only in PvP. They didn't disable /follow everywhere else lol.

[digichi]

I dont think its ever been a good idea to /follow someone in a PvP situation... Even if its a friend going AFK for a sec, there's a high likelihood you're just going to get slapped around by the first person who sees you.

Ive only seen a 5-man DK team multiboxer in a BG this expac. They're pretty rare. Maybe it's a farmer-targetting thing all over again?