Multiboxing and bot-farming? When will SE draw the line?

[LyndisRay]

You simply need to enable gamepad to work for inactive state. You don't even have to make macros for most activities (again endgame instanced areas are pretty much impossible); FATEs or farming hardly require a lot of complex manuveurs. I move with the WASD keys and sometimes the mouse for my main. I only use like 4 buttons for the most part: 1 chocobo, 1 auto-follow, 1 normal action, and 1 DPS macro rotation (and yes, they do go off at the same time because it broadcasts). The gamepad is simply for those actions. Want to end auto-follow? Hit up on the joystick. Jump, reset camera, menus, confirm, cancel: it's all already there on your pad. For direct movement controls, switch to that character's window. Just dual-boxing, you can just assign that one pad and control that alt directly. I can keep going on and on...

[LyndisRay]

It's truly not hacking or botting. As I said before, anyone that doesn't believe can try it themselves.

The correct term is "key-broadcasting", and let me just say there's nowhere in the ToS saying it's prohibited, and until it does, it's a matter of opinion. SE would have to take out that "inactive client" feature plain and simple if they want to render it useless. Still, you want to play it like a pro, then really: don't multibox. Multiboxing has no business with the real gameplay, and it's an insult and disservice to your group. Even if you make the greatest macros, you'll never replace an individual.

And as I stated throughout, endgame is not something you multibox. You can do the trivial and menial, but that's about the extent of it. Nobody is talking about doing the more difficult content, and I'm sure most multiboxers can fully chime in on this.