Problem with boxing Melee

Hi.

I've no problem using ranged when multiboxing (oh well exept facing )

Now I've given melee a go. I have set up with click-to-move and added interact with target to last step of my dps keys.

However I have the problem that 1 or all of my slaves more often then not suddenly runs off in some direction so if I'm not very fast pressing follow after each fight I have to run like crazy to pick up my slave(s).

[lax]

Welcome to World of Warcraft's Interact with Target feature.

What you're describing is a well-known hazard of spamming IWT. We've documented it and demonstrated it in videos: http://isboxer.com/wiki/WoW:Interact_with_Target

Your character will automatically stop moving if the action is performed, but will not otherwise change direction or stop moving unless manually interrupted. Unfortunately, this limitation of the feature causes some undesirable side effects, especially in the cases where your target is moving, or your character otherwise slightly misses the target, because your character will continue running in that direction unless manually interrupted!

And in the video on that page at 7:10 is the video explanation/demo: http://youtu.be/OHWQbUfOVvM?t=7m10s

Oh crap, I'll go back to playing ranged classes then since this thing makes meleeboxing almost impossible (for me anyway as I don't see any way of not spending my time focusing on chars running around instead of focusing on fighting). Well, can't have it all here in life

Edit: and btw, thanks for explaining it for me

[lax]

I will add...

WoW is the only game with the IWT + CTM combination that works like this, and people (including myself) multiboxed melee teams even before the feature existed. You don't actually have to use it at all, although it is quite nice in PVP.

The easiest thing to do is lead with your tank, with your melees on auto-follow. Run slightly past the mob and turn around, and fight. Your tank will be in front, with the rest behind or to the side of the mob.

And since in WoW they stop auto-following when they do a melee swing, you can adjust a bit with your tank without having to move them. Manually press an IWT hotkey as needed instead of putting it in your DPS buttons; this will also give you a better idea of when they might be about to run off, and then you can press the IWT key or auto-follow key again to prevent that.

I will give that a shot lax, thanks for always being so helpful.