Warfare & Tactics

This is a grey area, I'm "pretty" sure a post a few years back said the keyboard macros were alright, but I would definitely petition a GM and ask for clarity, be very specific and keep your response to cover your ass.

I saw a post of a guy who was doing incursions in a fleet of 20? of his own accounts, using a program to delegate a specific keypress to a specific set of accounts.

I'm not sure how much above par that was, so ill refer you back to my first sentence :).

The easiest way IMO would be to get a second monitor and run a client in each. I run 2 accounts, but I have one in a covert ops either getting a warpin or keeping an eye on D scan / local / other sides of gates so that i dont get bbqd.

I multibox 3 accounts on a single display. Setting all to fixed window and alt tabbing fast always works for me but I have a bit of an issue with large fights with all 3 present as it severly strains my computer. What I am interested in is a way in game to combine the accounts into a single client like switching to other characters as a button on the sidebar. I doubt such a program currently exists but someone might be interested in making that change to the game.

Unless your two characters have exactly the same skills and fittings you have no use for synergy.

Dual boxing on a single screen is easy, just alt and tab between windows. Don't run clients in windowed mode. You could also use a lower res client than your monitor res and overlap the windows so you can see both of their overviews and some or all of their tank and modules.

Dual boxing a falcon is so stupidly easy which is why so many people do it. I'd try something else if you actually want to make an effort. Obligatory **** FALCONS !

The easiest way to get into dual boxing is to have one ship setup to passive tank and require minimal module management and have that decloak / warp in first. This leaves you with only one ship you really need to pay attention to.

A big part of your problem in asking advice is that what works well on one machine may not work so well on another. The hardware you're using is going to make all the difference in the world. An older system that can barely support one client while mining in a quiet system - is not a candidate for multi-client PVP, while a brand new, **** hot system may do any number of things really well.

There's also personal preference.

What works best for me ... is using multiple computers. That way - each computer only has to work one copy of EVE, I only have to glance at the monitor to see what's going on and I've merely got to move my hands from one mouse to the other to operate them. Synergy would save you this trouble as you could keep your hand on the mouse and just move it. Look up Synergy on Wikipedia for a description of what it does and it's history.

Alt Tabbing - works really badly for me. There is a distinct transition period during which I can't move the mouse. That period lasts longer on some computers than others - but is not something I'd want to do while PVPing. If it works well for others - then good for them - but I'm not going to do it.

My experience with using Windows Mode - is that it distinctly slows down EVE's operation. I can do it - but things will be slower.

Also - what worked well before - does not work well now. EVE has become more bloated and takes more horse power. Machines I had that worked well with 3 clients running before ... now bog down with 3.

I have a couple of older P4 2.53 Ghz systems running XP, with a newer ATI AGP adapter and at the moment (I have the extra RAM) only 1.5 GB of memory. I can run 2 clients on these really well but they strain at 3 - and that is alt tabbing. I'd not think of running them windowed like that - or - of doing PVP with multiple clients on these machines.

I've also got a Dell MSP1530 Laptop that is much faster - but still I prefer to use multiple computers while doing any form of combat.


My suggestion would be - to go run some missions in whatever configuration you think you want to try and see how that works. Then possibly try some of the other options. When you get with one that works best for you - use that.

... and ... of course ... the first time you try anything with PVP ... use cheap ships ...


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I started just using 1 monitor and it works fine but having 2 is better. I can easily see when falcon is in trouble and overload jammers/change focus to tacklers etc without missing anything happening with my main. I use falcon in at like 40-50km for max jamming chance, when you're starting maybe 100km is better.

Scimitar + shield cane or some other cheapish shield nano ship is great also. Just kind of approach, tackle and shoot with the cane. Manually fly the scimitar to avoid tackle while keeping reps on the cane. Bug out if you need to and don't worry about leaving the cane. Once you get a big of practice upgrade to something like vaga, ishtar or sleipner.

I have tried to characters actively PvPing on 1 screen in window and full screen alt tab. Window works best so you can overlap them, I just click on the part of the screen that stick out of the overlapped screen to switch. It still however doesn't make it easy to PvP with 2 characters, probably cause I am terrible at it even with one character . In a few days one of my characters will be in an onyx, so the plan is to have it sit there with bubble up and then I don't have to worry about it... is this a good approach, probably not.. but what the hell its all fun anyway

I got a similar setup, much less SP. 1 caldari 1 minmatar and I use 2 monitors. Yes, falcon-cane is win, and so does RAPIER NAGA!

Get a second monitor, it is way better than alt tabbing especially in combat!

I have triple boxed with BCs... One EHP bait tackler with 2 other DPS fitted. I used them to hit solo roamers.

My best kill was on a faction fit loki worth half a bill. The loot drop was worth quite a more then the fleet I used to kill him.

alt tab nahh... never

win 7, (windowed) Ctrl click eve on taskbar to swop 2 client's, lot better then (alt tabbing)

good tip. This will save me some time at work too!