Most modern systems will have enough resources to run at least two clients at full speed even with the resources used by Process Lasso, so that's only really an issue for older systems with lower specs.
I keep the sound on for both clients. It leads to a slight echo but, at least on my system, there is no performance gain from turning it off. It's a matter of personal preference, and I find the sound to help more than it hurts. Sometimes Gidget is half a world away as I heal someone who is training while Gidget is off... doing whatever. Keeping the sound on allows an audible notification that it's time to hit Alt-Tab.
For simplicity's sake, both clients have near-identical action bars. Since I am a healer alt, that means heal spells, "Use Item Enchantment", Invul, MPA, and Super Speed. I don't careplan; Gidget claims I get in her way, so I stand outside of her blast radius and just wait until it's time to put her back together again. I guess you could say that I CP the digger instead of the dig spot. If your digger is less of an ecological disaster than Gidget, you'll want to have a dig bar set up with a CP macro, but I'm not brave enough to do that myself.
Just as my action bar matches my expected role, so too do my stats and gear. As a caster, I favor LA, though I've been known to wear MA in tough areas, and have decent (+95%) q150 amps. I am a mini-master in Heal, and between my well-made armor and a few dozen levels of Rifle, I have enough HP to usually take at least one hit.
Speaking of well-made armor, it pays to equip your alts well. Your life may well depends on your alt, so don't be stingy with the sups. Equip your alt the same as you would equip yourself and you'll find that there are many times where that extra 1-2% Protection Factor or a few extra points of Healing make the difference between looting good mats and taking a dirt-nap. Think of it as an investment.
Macros help a lot too. I have one to target and follow Gidget, and she has one to back-heal me in the heat of battle. Since there are a wide variety of situations that require different heals, I don't use macros for that. Many times of someone other than Gidget needs a heal, I will just hit Shift and heal Gidget; the way my bar is set up, that's a Bomb version of whatever heal I'd get without Shift.
Running alts can be effective without being complicated. The hardest part is getting the timing down. But Talk is right about different people doing things different ways, so maybe what works for Idget Inc. won't work quite so well for you.
I keep the sound on for both clients. It leads to a slight echo but, at least on my system, there is no performance gain from turning it off. It's a matter of personal preference, and I find the sound to help more than it hurts. Sometimes Gidget is half a world away as I heal someone who is training while Gidget is off... doing whatever. Keeping the sound on allows an audible notification that it's time to hit Alt-Tab.
For simplicity's sake, both clients have near-identical action bars. Since I am a healer alt, that means heal spells, "Use Item Enchantment", Invul, MPA, and Super Speed. I don't careplan; Gidget claims I get in her way, so I stand outside of her blast radius and just wait until it's time to put her back together again. I guess you could say that I CP the digger instead of the dig spot. If your digger is less of an ecological disaster than Gidget, you'll want to have a dig bar set up with a CP macro, but I'm not brave enough to do that myself.
Just as my action bar matches my expected role, so too do my stats and gear. As a caster, I favor LA, though I've been known to wear MA in tough areas, and have decent (+95%) q150 amps. I am a mini-master in Heal, and between my well-made armor and a few dozen levels of Rifle, I have enough HP to usually take at least one hit.
Speaking of well-made armor, it pays to equip your alts well. Your life may well depends on your alt, so don't be stingy with the sups. Equip your alt the same as you would equip yourself and you'll find that there are many times where that extra 1-2% Protection Factor or a few extra points of Healing make the difference between looting good mats and taking a dirt-nap. Think of it as an investment.
Macros help a lot too. I have one to target and follow Gidget, and she has one to back-heal me in the heat of battle. Since there are a wide variety of situations that require different heals, I don't use macros for that. Many times of someone other than Gidget needs a heal, I will just hit Shift and heal Gidget; the way my bar is set up, that's a Bomb version of whatever heal I'd get without Shift.
Running alts can be effective without being complicated. The hardest part is getting the timing down. But Talk is right about different people doing things different ways, so maybe what works for Idget Inc. won't work quite so well for you.