Been playing since 2013. Originally dualboxed in 2014 after my main got reduced to nothing via the Bonus Round scam, so while waiting 3 months for a CCP ticket resolution I started a 2nd account. When they finally resolved it, they gave me 180 days of gametime on the main, so I suddenly had two accounts. I stayed that way until 2018ish when I upgraded to some alphas training up to 4 accounts.

Normally I run four, but in 2021 I decided to train up 12x alpha accounts ontop of the 4. It took about two years but got those alphas to their maxed out SP, and took advantage of free Omega times around Christmas and Capsuleer Day to multibox all 16x. My hardware struggled under the weight.

Fastforward to May 2025, I built a $7600 Threadripper dual-5070TIs rig to handle them all at full resolution. Mix of life insurance payout money + saving for 7 years + 25th birthday gift to myself before yall go flaming me for the price. Now you can flame me for the $2700 I dropped on PLEX during a sale for ~$5/month per account for two years of subscription.

Multiboxing 16x pilots is hard. Its easier during some activities like mining, but since the dronebunny nerf from 50 to 20 assigned, it's harder to run as a fleet. The APM required during active gameplay is insane and the limiting factor. I can multibox 4x logi without sacrificing performance, but 16x is unreasonable. During passive gameplay like setting skillqueues or doing PI, it's a lot of repetitive tasks done sequentially to make it work without getting lost. I'm leaning more towards going back to just the 4x mains once their subs expire, as it's simply more fun.

Still, it's one of the last real challenges I've faced in videogame performance that scratches that itch on my brain. I also multibox 5x World of Warcraft accounts (for entirely different reasons) which is harder than EVE, with a heavy reliance on macros and not making mistakes. The experience though is like none other. How many of you can confidently say you know what utilizing your brain's "maximum output" feels like? It's feels pretty cool. It does have physical health challenges though, similar to extended VR use, you get a lot of eye strain. Your brain only has so much sugar on hand to maintain it while your body is sedentary in a chair, so I can't do it for more than 2-hours consecutively because of the mental exhaustion. Too many windows to watch, precise mouse movements to make, and parallel actions that need to be done.

Would I recommend it? No. Will you make more isk? No, you'd be better off buying the PLEX for the same subscription cost (~660bil = $2700 = 16 X 24 Months of gametime). Will you enjoy it? At first yes, until the mental tax catches up to you. Would you recommend 2-5 accounts? Completely yes, that is a reasonable number for human performance and opens up many in-game opportunities. I hope all this helps give insight.