I have two accounts (both were paid from my bank account and I can provide both CD Keys)… What is Anet’s stance on multiboxing if I have two accounts I legitimately own, I know they are a bit sketchy when it comes to 3rd party software but I want to know what their stance is on multiboxing (no macros involved because I know they won’t allow that).
1)Will they allow me to run both accounts via my pc?
2)Will they allow me to run the accounts on different two different computers?
If it is ok with Anet to run two accounts on two computers, the way I would do it is by remote desktop so I wouldn’t be using 3rd party software specifically for multiboxing.
I am not multiboxing and have never done it but I was thinking about it and would really like to know if that’s ok or not before I do it. Needless to say if it isn’t ok with them I am not going to do it because I would hate to get banned. I am really just looking for clarification.
Multiboxing is fine as long as you are actively playing each account (not using bots or keyboard mirroring software to have one keystroke affect both characters). You cannot launch two instances of GW2 on the same PC without a third party software though and ANet does not offer support for such software, so use at your own risk.
Personally I have an old laptop set up for my second account.
1. You may use more than one account at the same time.
2. You may use more than one computer at the same time.
3. You must be actively playing on each account.
4. And as stated above, you may not program your keyboard to perform functions on more than one account at a time.
a. For example, if you press W on your keyboard to move forward, a single character on a single account should move forward. The keystroke or mouse click should not perform functions on more than one account.
how can you actively play two accounts on two computers, you’d have to switch keyboard and mouse every time you wanted to go from character A to character B, when you swap to character B then character A would be standing still :S
edit: i am assuming you would have to be playing on two separate computers
how can you actively play two accounts on two computers, you’d have to switch keyboard and mouse every time you wanted to go from character A to character B, when you swap to character B then character A would be standing still :S
Well, off the top of my head, you could control one with a mouse in your right hand and control the second with something like a gaming keypad or left-handed mouse in your left hand.
how can you actively play two accounts on two computers, you’d have to switch keyboard and mouse every time you wanted to go from character A to character B, when you swap to character B then character A would be standing still :S
edit: i am assuming you would have to be playing on two separate computers
With great difficulty.
I’ve got controls set up for one-handed operation and I basically keep my alt in front of my main when I run, but it’s like steering drunk while in the back seat. I’ve only had the second account since the 75% sale though, so I haven’t bothered trying any dungeon content with it, but for open world PvE stuff it’s serviceable.
1. You may use more than one account at the same time.
2. You may use more than one computer at the same time.
3. You must be actively playing on each account.
4. And as stated above, you may not program your keyboard to perform functions on more than one account at a time.
a. For example, if you press W on your keyboard to move forward, a single character on a single account should move forward. The keystroke or mouse click should not perform functions on more than one account.
