Using a tool to control 6 clients with one controller isn't automation.
Automation is using scripts to run the game unattended. Multiboxing does not necessarily mean automation.
Personally I only have an issue with people using tools to do things that a normal player couldn't possibly do. i.e. speedhacking, gaining acceess to information and data that is not normally shown to the player, etc. Of course that also includes automation scripts to let the game play itself without your intervention. Things that are designed to harm other players' experiences. As long as the multiboxer is actually present and playing, I don't have much problem with it.
I agree that there is a difference. I disagree with the notion that most multiboxers are also cheaters. Some do, yes. But this is another thing that probably varies greatly by server.Originally Posted by someone else
I also agree with the notion that FFXI's slower pace of combat does make real time multiboxing (i.e. actually playing multiple instances of the game at once without special help) quite possible unlike most modern MMOs.
It's weird how much I find myself agreeing with Pixela in this thread. Cats and dogs, mass hysteria.