Blizzard’s support article on multiboxing now reads: “Multiboxing, or playing multiple World of Warcraft accounts at once, is not a violation of our Terms of Use. Please note, however, that use of input broadcasting software may result in account penalties.” They’ve outlined those penalties in a new statement about the policy update. Blizzard say that they have examined the use of third-party software for broadcasting multiple inputs and determined that it has had an increasingly negative effect on the game. Being able to simultaneously control multiple accounts at once, rather than just having them both running, can be used to create bots that automate in-game tasks. Among other things, it can be a real detriment to in-game economies when a fleet of characters can be sent out to collect resources. No wonder then that Blizzard are rolling out this clarification ahead of the Shadowlands launch later this month. The pre-expansion patch is already out with a number of changes.
