I'm at work anyone testing the boosting and level one alt functionality of RAF

[Rigz]

I tried the level one alt thing this morning right after my server came back up and it appears to be fixed, anyone check boosting yet?

[Drizzit]

???

[Syro]

I think he means getting a 70 to boost lvl 1 veteran and recruit accounts to boost faster with 3x XP

[moleh]

Saying that it is fixed on US realms ?! Anyone else able to check?

If thats the case I am in for a long night as I am EU ...

Moleh

[Drizzit]

I think he means getting a 70 to boost lvl 1 veteran and recruit accounts to boost faster with 3x XPOh so they finally patched that up?

[sicsid]

Also at work and would like confirmation on the Boosting nerf. If they didnt fix it rest assured my 2 teams will be 60 by friday.

If anyone can test this to inform us working joe's that would be great!

[viisual]

Also at work, and probably equally curious as to if this has been fixed.

[Naysayer]

I'll go check.

[moleh]

ahhh the suspense is killing me!

Anyone tried it ? :)

Moleh

[Naysayer]

My LvL 70 non-linked account is still able to boost my 4 RAF characters who still get the 3x experience in instances.

As for the OP's question, I don't understand what he's asking.

[moleh]

YAY! Thanks for checking :)

Well I am not sure but as long as I can get to 50+ before they nerf it I am happy.

Moleh

[sicsid]

OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!! I am totally calling in sick tomorrow to get my teams to 60!

[Drizzit]

OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!! I am totally calling in sick tomorrow to get my teams to 60!

lol my co-worker keeps telling me to go alliance, i told him if he will power lvl me i would do it, wait till he hears that they didn't nerf it yet.

[WyoLars]

I guess I'm confused.

where you not able to boost because the mobs where Grey to the vet?
Or where they suppose to kill this all to gether?

My Mage is on a non linked account, I've been able to boost my three shammy to 40 in less then a week.

[Vyndree]

I guess I'm confused.

where you not able to boost because the mobs where Grey to the vet?
Or where they suppose to kill this all to gether?

My Mage is on a non linked account, I've been able to boost my three shammy to 40 in less then a week.

This is what they plan on fixing.

People are asking whether or not it was fixed (since it's Tuesday -- typically patch day).

See http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8765584132&pageNo=1&sid=1#4

[Talamarr]

Got to give Blizzard credit for at least giving us good warning and saying it's ok to do for now. I think that's the right thing to do.

I still have no clue how they could have missed this "bug" if it wasn't intended though.

[viisual]

So we have until next tuesday to wait (unless it's hot-fixable (I doubt it)).

\o/

[sicsid]

OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!! I am totally calling in sick tomorrow to get my teams to 60!

lol my co-worker keeps telling me to go alliance, i told him if he will power lvl me i would do it, wait till he hears that they didn't nerf it yet.


I have always wanted to go back to alliance and hit up some Draenai. I just dont have any accts to PL with :P

[WyoLars]

Thanks for the link, i couldn't find a thread here about it.

One week to finish off Team Moo, thanks for the heads up.

[puppychow]

I just logged onto my accounts on USA (post maintenance) and it works fine in Scarlet Monastary, a level 70 (unlinked) with 4 30s (RAFs) and all got 3x xp for mobs inside and mobs outside. So it works fine still for level 70 boosting.

What I believe they fixed was the "level 1 ghost" bug, where a level 1 could follow someone around in ghost form and the person would get 3x XP for quest turnins. Since most people on these forums are RAF'ing to actually level multiple 70s, not just a single alt, it probably doesn't affect anyone here.

Of course any day the could nerf the level 70 boosting as well, by making it so that if the mob is grey to anyone in the party then the 3x xp does not apply. May never happen either, ya just don't know. (and yes I know Blizzard has said its a bug). don't count on waiting until tue's for them to fix stuff either, if they get a bee in their bonnet they can hotfix it any day of the week (Zolo was hotfixed on a fri I think, after being in game for years).

[drope]

I tried the level one alt thing this morning right after my server came back up and it appears to be fixed, anyone check boosting yet?Not multiboxing related. Most likely a bug that was finally fixed.

People were running around with a level 1 linked trial account and getting 3x bonus XP till 60. Not going to say here how it was done but a lot of people were doing it. That's why we've been seeing a lot of level 1 ghosts running around in high level zones.

[Rigz]

Sorry to have been unclear, I meant both the level one trick and the unintended ability to get 3x experience while boosting.

According to everyones testimony they did fix the level one ghost exploit but left boosting alone for now...

The boosting is way more important and I hope they turn a blind eye to it.

[viisual]

Unless I am missing something, the level 1 ghost trick sounds lame anyway... like really? running around for xp... c'mon, doesn't even sound efficient.

[drope]

Unless I am missing something, the level 1 ghost trick sounds lame anyway... like really? running around for xp... c'mon, doesn't even sound efficient.running around... following some "main", granting the main extra xp

[sicsid]

OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!! I am totally calling in sick tomorrow to get my teams to 60!

lol my co-worker keeps telling me to go alliance, i told him if he will power lvl me i would do it, wait till he hears that they didn't nerf it yet.


I have always wanted to go back to alliance and hit up some Draenai. I just dont have any accts to PL with :P

[Rigz]

Unless I am missing something, the level 1 ghost trick sounds lame anyway... like really? running around for xp... c'mon, doesn't even sound efficient.While there is no debate it was cheesy (and a pretty textbook exploit) if you had no 70 to boost you and didn't want to pony up for another account it made basic leveling three times as fast, as the new raf bonus is most pronounced when questing.

[Vyndree]

Sounds like the "level 1 ghost" trick was something that people exploited so that they wouldn't have to pay for the new account -- just leave it as a trial account (if you use up the 10 day trial period, create a new one).

Pretty cheesy. I didn't know that it existed until now, but still. Pretty cheesy.

[Drizzit]

i think the ghost trick is too much of a pain. You cannot follow in ghost form so you would have to move the ghost if you got too far away.

[Rigz]

Sounds like the "level 1 ghost" trick was something that people exploited so that they wouldn't have to pay for the new account -- just leave it as a trial account (if you use up the 10 day trial period, create a new one).

Pretty cheesy. I didn't know that it existed until now, but still. Pretty cheesy.Once again I'm not denying it was cheesy and/or an exploit, but it was useful in certain circumstances. For example if you has a main at 40-59 and wanted them to get three times the quest exp. Also it was not about the money as even if you paid for another account as it works now your main does not get three times exp you need two same level characters.

Also, I don't really think its any more cheesy than RAF boosting which is way faster than that ever was.

[Stompp]

i think the ghost trick is too much of a pain. You cannot follow in ghost form so you would have to move the ghost if you got too far away.

Actually, you can /follow in ghost form... unless I'm missing something, I do it all the time when my group wipes :D

[sicsid]

you can follow dead toons, not live ones.

[Vyndree]

You cannot follow in ghost form so you would have to move the ghost if you got too far away.

You can follow other ghosts, and you can follow alive-people while in ghost form.

This is what I do regularly after wiping -- just /follow LeaderName and head back to the instance.

When I lose just one character in PvP, sometimes if the GY is close enough I'll move him near my alive ones (who are busy drinking/eating) instead of rezzing. They are also able to /follow my alive characters.

[Vyndree]

Also, I don't really think its any more cheesy than RAF boosting which is way faster than that ever was.

RAF boosting was similar in mechanics to boosting normally (pre-RAF). Boosting normally was confirmed to be not an exploit, and RAF 300% bonus was confirmed to be not an exploit, and lastly (and most importantly) boosting + RAF was confirmed not be an exploit (by GM Syndri in the ORIGINAL thread about RAF in the customer service forums the same day RAF was announced). Most of us wouldn't have boosted if a GM hadn't confirmed the behavior was expected on day 1.

Almost a week later, they rescinded their comment about it being the expected behavior (Syndri's comment) and decided that it was indeed a bug. Many of us stopped boosting the moment we heard this, because none of us intended to exploit a bug in the system.

GMs confirmed that we could still utilize this behavior without being banned (until the "bug" was fixed), so that's why you see people doing it again -- or at least, doing it until the bug is fixed.

Anyway, the point is -- it's totally different from using a level 1 ghost to follow us around and give us 300% experience. Boosting + RAF was confirmed numerous times by GMs to be non-bannable (and indeed was at a previous point in time confirmed to be the expected behavior). Ghost-RAF'ing wasn't confirmed by the GMs at all.

[Drizzit]

You can follow other ghosts, and you can follow alive-people while in ghost form.

OMG i just realized why my guys wouldn't follow. I have nodead in the macro :(

[Vyndree]

You can follow other ghosts, and you can follow alive-people while in ghost form.

OMG i just realized why my guys wouldn't follow. I have nodead in the macro :(

Hehe, yeah I do the same thing.

All I do is when I die, I just type out /follow manually.

[WyoLars]

I did a quick poll in ZF on my lunch break and it still works

Mage non linked and 3 linked shammy.

[Anahka]

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9023687975&sid=1