RAF worth it if you have accounts already?

[Epotus]

I have 5 accounts (with BC not WotLK) right now, I've collected them over the years starting on new servers and not wanting to tie up a character, or just buying them for family in the hopes of them starting to play.

However, leveling up on normal accounts is uber slow, esp when I read about "OMG 1-70 in 3 seconds with RAF!!!!111one!"

What are the opinions of this community? I've gotten to about level 25 on 5 shaman, is it worth it to invest in 3 new accounts to have 2 legacy linked to 3 new RAF so I can level 5 chars with RAF? What are the opinions of this community?

[Feardis]

it will just take ages to lvl em
:(

[Epotus]

it will just take ages to lvl em
:(

So you think I should invest in the RAF and get 3 new accounts?

[hardcoded]

I got my 5th account the day before RAF came out :(

I sat on the fence about getting 3 more accounts and transferring my one team of seventies over. Even after considering the math, I sat on it for a while.

Math:
Everything considered, the boxes themselves (in battlechest form) actually even out to be free if you get them for $30. You get one month free for the referrer and one month free for the new box key.

That makes the battlechest cost fee. Then my only remaining issue was the transfer costs.

I only had one team of 70's, so that meant $75 in account transfer costs. Something I could live with. I lost out on any pre-paid time I had on the other accounts, but that is now neglagable.

I'm having fun so far, and am able to level on several servers where I have friends. And try out new class combinations :)

[Rin]

Haha, RAF is what made me 10 box. 5 accounts were non-RAF... I went out and purchased 5 more, got them to 60 in no time.

[not5150]

RAF makes things so much easier. I don't think I would have gotten into multi-boxing without it.

You turn in a quest and bam, your XP bar goes up 1/5 to 1/4 of the way. Triple XP on mobs and quests is HUGE. But on top of that you get the 29 levels to give away (when you hit 60).

[Prepared]

it will just take ages to lvl em
:(

So you think I should invest in the RAF and get 3 new accounts?

Yes, I think you should invest in RAF and get 3 new accounts. It will be much faster and you'll not only have new characters that you can level up equally, but you'll get them to level 70 much faster than if you didn't have RAF and used your existing characters. With 3 times experience on quests and on kills, my observation is that it goes a lot faster than 1/3 of the time if you didn't have 3 times experience. Maybe it's just me but it certainly seemed like it was much quicker.

[Epotus]

ok, sounds like RAF is definatly worth it.

now the question is, do I get involved with rolling new 5boxers now, or wait till I get my mains to 80, since WotLK is about to come out and RAF is only good for what, 90days?

[Feardis]

boost them to 60
is it by far the fastest way
well it has been for me
mainly coz my play time can be an hour at at time
once i get it all set up and going i have to run around doin quests
atm my three toons and my 70 are zoned into sunken temple..
i log in. 2 mins later and im gettin xp :)

[mmcookies]

worth it or not really depends on how much you think your time is worth

are the tons of hours you save RAF'ing worth $40 x # accounts?
that's probably yes to most people, especially if you truly want to play multiple teams

but so far i'm still only considering getting a second team
so for me, it's not worth it

[silverback]

I had 5 accounts. I moved some toons across accounts and ditched 2. I used 2 of the 3 remaining accounts to recruit 2 new accounts. In about 90 days I have leveled 14 toons to 60. I've spent a lot of time doing it but to do the same the old-fashioned way would ahve easily taken 4 months or more.

[valkry]

get 3 new accounts, discontinue 3 of the old ones, enjoy life in the fast lane :)

[Psybercop]

My vote is yes, I had 4 other accounts that had the remainder of my first 5box team. I had gotten them up to 50 when I finially gave in for the RAF (tho I'm stil trying to figure out the grantig thing). Now I have 1 40 team, a 30 team, and I haven't granted any levels yet. I got the new accounts last Saturday. So time wise it's fantastic, Just the 3x xp alone makes it worth it to me.

[blast3r]

I had 5 accounts when RAF came out and got 4 more accounts and absolutely do not regret it one bit. It was well worth it. My RAF is up November 4th and at this time I have:

5 Druids level 62
5 Locks level 62
5 Shamans level 64
5 Rogues level 60
5 Mages level 17
5 Hunters level 12
1 Pally level 59
1 Priest level 60

If I did not drop my other accounts and go RAF there is no way possible I could have all these teams.

[Epotus]

ok, sounds like RAF is worth the cost.

So now I'm trying to make sense of this quote about RAF level granting from the Wiki


2. X refers one account and then the rest link to another account from there. Ponzi at it's finest:

X>A
A>B
B>C
C>D

Offers many granted levels to toons accounts X,A,B, and C and 4 zhevras, but you can't use your 70 main to boost. This configuration does not require any single toon to be on for XP, but does require the proper pairings to be present in a chain of the referrals to get the XP. In this set up D gets no referral levels, while C gets levels from D, and X, A, and B all get levels from the referred plus levels gain extra referred levels because the referring account gets referral levels while accepting the referred levels. _someome please rewrite that in 4 paragraphs or less for me_

Partilcularly the part about:
X, A, and B all get levels from the referred plus levels gain extra referred levels because the referring account gets referral levels while accepting the referred levels.

does that mean that:
If Account C is granted levels from Account D. Account C can then use those levels to granted levels to B, A and/or X.

Example:
Account D has a level 60 Character, it grants 30 levels to a character on Account C.

Account C now has 15 "free" levels to grant to Accounts B, A, and/or X

[TeK23]

RAF is super fast from 1-60 but ONLY 1-60 as you lose the 3x XP bonus and don't get any more fee levels after 60!

So it's worth it if you plan on leveling up a bunch of 60's. But if you have 5 accounts already and they are high level then don't worry about it as you won't get much benefit after 60.

If you can't stand to level 1-60 then just buy a PL for the accounts to 60 and play 60-70.

[Vyndree]

My RAF Decision Tree:

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/2468/rafflowchartrc1.th.jpg (http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rafflowchartrc1.jpg)http://img388.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

1) Do you already have accounts? If no, skip to #6; If yes, continue to #2
2) Do you plan to boost (keeping in mind that this method will be hotfixed at ANY time as confirmed by a blue GM)? If no, continue to #3; If yes, skip to #7
3) Are your characters on the accounts level 40+ (about halfway to 60)? If no, skip to #5; If yes, continue to #4
4) Do you plan on making any new groups in the next 90 days? If no, skip to #10; If yes, continue to #5
5) Create (current number of accounts) * (1/2) accounts (rounded up) and RAF them to (current number of accounts) * (1/2) of your existing accounts. Repeat until number of desired RAF-linked accounts is achieved. END DECISIONMAKING PROCESS.
6) Create brand new RAF linked accounts (either linked A->B->C or A<-B/A<-C depending on how you want to allocate Zhevras) until desired number of RAF-linked accounts is achieved.
7) Do you have a high-level character to boost with? If yes, continue to #8; If no, skip to #9;
8) Create 4 RAF-linked accounts (utilizing 2 of your existing accounts, if available) and leave the high-level character's account unlinked. Commence boosting. END DECISIONMAKING PROCESS.
9) Level a prot pally to 70 (or bribe a friend), and return to step #7.
10) Do not utilize RAF. You're already halfway to 60 and don't plan on making any alt groups within the next 90 days, so the cost of RAF is probably not worth it. END DECISIONMAKING PROCESS.

[Redbeard]

Where are you guys picking up your battlechests from? I paid 40 for the one i just got... and poking around online the cheapest ive seen is $36 at Amazon.com

Thanks.

[Epotus]

I dig the Flow chart! thats how I tend to work through items, so laying out a logic flow put everything on paper. Thanks for the time invested in creating that!


Where are you guys picking up your battlechests from? I paid 40 for the one i just got... and poking around online the cheapest ive seen is $36 at Amazon.com

Thanks.

This is a good question, and one I'm interested in as well. can you use just any old account Key in RAF or does it have to come through the Blizzard website?

[Psybercop]

You need to start with the RAF email and set up the 10 day trial accounts, then you can upgrade to the full accounts via battle chest keys or indiviual box keys. I did miss out on the concept that the vet can't grant levels to the recruit ( I thought it could go both ways). Regadless even without the level grants the xp itself is awsome and just worth that in itself.

[mmcookies]

My RAF Decision Tree:

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/2468/rafflowchartrc1.th.jpg ('http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rafflowchartrc1.jpg')http://img388.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif ('http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php')

1) Do you already have accounts? If no, skip to #6; If yes, continue to #2
2) Do you plan to boost (keeping in mind that this method will be hotfixed at ANY time as confirmed by a blue GM)? If no, continue to #3; If yes, skip to #7
3) Are your characters on the accounts level 40+ (about halfway to 60)? If no, skip to #5; If yes, continue to #4
4) Do you plan on making any new groups in the next 90 days? If no, skip to #10; If yes, continue to #5
5) Create (current number of accounts) * (1/2) accounts (rounded up) and RAF them to (current number of accounts) * (1/2) of your existing accounts. Repeat until number of desired RAF-linked accounts is achieved. END DECISIONMAKING PROCESS.
6) Create brand new RAF linked accounts (either linked A->B->C or A<-B/A<-C depending on how you want to allocate Zhevras) until desired number of RAF-linked accounts is achieved.
7) Do you have a high-level character to boost with? If yes, continue to #8; If no, skip to #9;
8) Create 4 RAF-linked accounts (utilizing 2 of your existing accounts, if available) and leave the high-level character's account unlinked. Commence boosting. END DECISIONMAKING PROCESS.
9) Level a prot pally to 70 (or bribe a friend), and return to step #7.
10) Do not utilize RAF. You're already halfway to 60 and don't plan on making any alt groups within the next 90 days, so the cost of RAF is probably not worth it. END DECISIONMAKING PROCESS.omg vyndree, did you make that flowchart?

if yes, then <3 <3 <3
(platonic of course)

[Vyndree]

I made Suvega do the actual diagram based on my text-based specs ;)

He's a project manager, he has all the visio software already installed. ;)

[Haruko]

Vyndree little tree of awesomeness was not a bad way to help make the decision. I say go RAF