This is my uncensored review of  Pwnboxer. I’ll be sharing both the good and the bad of the software, rather then like so many of the one sided “reviews” you see today. Below are just the opinions of a somewhat experienced multiboxer.

It is a review though, you can click here to visit the official Pwnboxer website.

First of all, What precisely is Pwnboxer?
Pwnboxer is a multiboxing suite by former CEO of wowhead.com, Tim Sullivan.

The software itself is designed to be very simple and easy to use, while allowing you to control anywhere from 2 to 10 characters simultaneously in MMOs like World of Warcraft.

Built in are a ton of features, from mouse & keyboard broadcasting (makes casting aoes easy as hell!) to custom game settings to increase performance on older PCs. One of the newest features in Pwnboxer 2.0 is dockable clickmapping which allows you to make an in-game grid with buttons that broadcast commands to all of your characters.

What makes Pwnboxer so great is the abilty to multibox a number of characters with ease, without having to learn complicated scripting or navigate an overly complex UI. It’s easy to setup your characters and games, use clickmapping to send commands to all your characters with the click of a mouse, and manage healing, tanking, DPS and AOEs all at once.

My confession is that when I first heard about Pwnboxer I figured it wasn’t any good. I believed the only way to really multibox was with a complex setup of 5 PCs and displays, networked together with KVM switches and a bunch of other hardware. I didn’t think a single application could do what my old setup could.

I did a full 180 when I actually tried Pwnboxer for myself.

I discovered I could do more with a single application running 5 games on 1 PC then I could do with my $5000 setup.

“With Pwnboxer you can easily manage a 5 man team and roll heroics, arenas, and battlegrounds handling your tanking, healing and dps with ease.”

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Here’s how pwnboxer works:

When you first startup pwnboxer you setup your game windows and buttons for switching between game windows. You can literally switch from one window to the other in under a second. You setup each window with custom graphics settings and frame rate. With this you can run 5 copies of WoW simultaneously even on an older computer.

You setup your keyboard & mouse broadcasting for all of your windows. This way you can have separate macros or abilities on each of your characters and handle tanking while your other characters DPS. With mouse broadcasting it’s extremely simple to heal your team while you tank and cast AOEs.

Pwnboxer only duplicates your keystrokes or button presses to multiple windows so there is no automation going on. That means that pwnboxer is 100% within the EULA of most MMOs like World of Warcraft. It’s so easy to use that you’ll own people that are using bots or scripts to manage multiple characters in PVP while they risk the chance of being banned.

The Bad:

• Pwnboxer is simpler then some of the multiboxing programs out there. That means there are fewer configuration options in pwboxer, though what’s available is perfect for 99% of multiboxers. If you need access to command lines or code then this software isn’t for you.
• Pwnboxer isn’t free, and has a yearly fee for updates. The good news is that it’s nothing compared to the cost of building a hardware setup for multiboxing.

The Good:

• Pwnboxer is extremely simple and intuitive to use. You won’t have any trouble using it if you take 5 minutes setting it up to go through the different options.
• It has all the features of the other multiboxing applications out there, and then some, like it’s dockable clickmaps.
• This is all you need for multiboxing. Don’t worry about having to buy anything else to manage your team effectively, this software does it all.
• A great community for guides and support. If you’re new to multiboxing don’t worry. Pwnboxer has an incredible forum and community to help you out starting your first team

In Summary:

This draws to a close my Pwnboxer review. Overall, this is one of the most complete and well made multiboxing programs that I’ve seen

If you can imagine yourself rolling through quests, dungeons, pvp, or arenas on a single computer, playing a number of characters with ease, you should check this out. It definitely blew away my (previously low) expectations.

Ross.

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Great teams for PVP content are usually multiple characters of the same class.  As they are all the same class you can use their abilities in perfect unison, letting you make the most out of all their abilities, and maximizing burst damage. 5x shaman teams and 5x mage teams are great. One reason why multiboxers are so successful in battlegrounds is they are perfectly coordinated, generally focusing 1 target at a time and taking them down. While 5 well coordinated players will always be better then a multiboxer controlling  5 characters – in most battlegrounds a good multiboxer playing strategically will actually be a positive influence, rather then a negative one that many players assume them to be.

On the other hand for PVE content, you want a balanced group so you have the right balance of tanking, healing, and DPS. While things can get very complex with a team of a warrior, priest, warlock, and 2 hunters, you can keep things simple for PVE as well. A team of 5 paladins, one specced protection and the other 4 ret – can take down 5 man content easiily. This is one of the teams I’m working on.

But to manage all these characters effectively and efficiently you need some sort of multiboxing tool or software. One option is a hardware setup, with 5 computers and displays and a keyboard and mouse sending commands to all of them through an expensive KVM setup. The other is through software, like Pwnboxer. One of the reasons I like Pwnboxer so much is it’s ease of use and efficiency. Every key you hit is always properly broadcast, and mouse broadcasting is pinpoint accurate. When you’re in a frantic PVP fight and one of your guys goes down it’s 1 button press to switch characters and take control of your team again

So how does it work?

Pwnboxer’s main features are it’s window management, along with key broadcasting and mouse broadcasting. What these broadcasting features mean is you press a key and that key is sent to every game window. Or, you can enable mouse broadcasting and move your mouse on every screen at once. Mouse broadcasting is especially friggin awesome for casting AOEs that require positioning with the mouse that you normally couldn’t do.

Of course Pwnboxer isn’t the only multiboxing software out there. But in my experience it is one of the best. That’s why I decided to write my Pwnboxer review to get the word out about it. Other multiboxing tools are either too complex or don’t offer enough features. Some are even against the Blizzard EULA.

So why multibox a team of characters with Pwnboxer?

First of all, it’s absolutely great fun. I’ve been multiboxing for over a year, and there’s nothing like running a 5 man dungeon with just your team. Not only do your characters get all the EXP, gold, and phat loot, but you can do the dungeon at your own speed. You don’t need to worry about low whining team-mates, a suicidal tank or AFK healer.

My biggest reason for multiboxing is it revitalized WoW for me. I was getting tired of the same content over and over again. Multiboxing added a new dimension of complexity to the game and a lot more fun (c’mon, who doesn’t want to roll through AV with a 5 man team tearing it up?)

So, be sure to check out my pwnboxer review up on the site. I wish you guys all the best of luck in wow and on your multiboxing journeys