How to setup my new RaF accounts (chain or not)

[oMek]

well i just got done multiboxing up three sets of two (two accounts linked) for my wife. it took alittle while but now she xfered them all to the main account and has all classes.

my main account has just a 70 mage on it.. and i want to also have all classes. i have two new sets of wow/bc keys sitting here to use..

should i link them.. in a chain or link them both to the main account? after i am done lvlin i would xfer them all to the main account.

[Trammel]

If you want to dual-box you have to link them to each other.

Alt 2
^
|
Main->Alt1

Won't give you any RAF bonus.

Honestly, if you want all the classes the most efficient way is going to be to set them up in a line and use some WOW Classic/free months and TBC trials.

You can set something up like my signature where you level them to 31.99 and then gift to 60, level the next account in the line to 31.99 and gift to 60 and so forth.

[oMek]

ok so.. if i chain then Main-->RaF1-->RaF2.

i can then, gift RaF1 lvls from RaF2... and that will count as levels earned.. and i can then "regift" those lvls to the Main account from RaF1?

[thepackerfan]

Do not ever link either account to your main's acct if you want to boost. The account linked to your main's will not get the 3x xp because the 70 is in the group. it should be like this : : Main

Account 1 ---Link--- Account 2

[thepackerfan]

well that picture didnt work but you get the idea

[Jheusse]

Couple options.

If you don't want to boost, having your main invite the first, which then invites the second is viable, then you run around in a team of 3.
X (your acct)>A>B

This allows you to run around in a trio and eat things. I've not gotten confirmation that gifting levels from B to A causes A to generate levels for X, I've asked several times. If they do generate in that fashion the chain is definitely superior to the X>A and X>B arrangement.


If you want to boost, have your wife invite you, accept and create and upgrade that account, which then invites yourself again, then you use your second set of CD keys to activate those.
Y (wife acct)>A>B

This allows you to keep your 70 mage viable as a booster without 'wasting' the grantable levels generated by acct A. Of course if your wife's account is all 60s you may have to get creative :)

I have a 70 feral on my main account, I had my best friend invite me and then created A>B>C>D, so I can boost and those levels generated by A aren't lost. He also gets the zhevra and the free month.

[Trammel]

I don't understand the problem with linking your main account.

I boosted with linked 70s (on accounts on both ends) and it didn't matter.

I think it only matters if you're doing Linked70-Linked alt, Not 70-Linked Alt-Linked Alt.

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so for you, the first thing you would want to do is figure out how many accounts you're willing to make, and what your pace of leveling is.

If you're only 2 boxing, you would do something like this:


Main-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Main-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-LEVEL TO 60-LEVEL TO 60
Main-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-LEVEL to 31.99 AND GIFT - LEVEL to 31.99 AND GIFT

[kipperflip]

I thought I understood this process until I started reading this thread. :D

I am about to multi 5 accounts. I have several other accounts with 70's on them. I was just about to:

Resurrect an old account that had a few alts on it but is already TBC. Use that as Acct1 and then:

Acct1--RAF-->Acct2--RAF-->Acct3--RAF-->Acct4--RAF-->Acct5

I didn't think you _could_ boost anymore, I thought if any of the XP was trival to anyone in the party then no 3x XP, but I guess that's not the case. So, that means I still have Main1, Main2, and Main3, etc. available to boost with?

Is the above the right way to go about it?

I'm so confused now. TIA

[Marious]

I guess really the only way it works is if A is linked to B and B to C versus having B and C linked to A, if A is your boosting account then you will not get the XP since A is playing on the trivial account which gets nothing from it. I know confusing but that's how it should be put. And yes for the whole C being able to grant levels to B and accrued levels to grant back to A.

[Spook]

"IF" you're planning on "boosting" during the 1-60 RAF leveling, you do NOT want any of the RAF accounts linked to your boosting character account.

On the other hand, if you plan on questing and/or instance running with just the RAF group (my preference), then you would want to link to your existing vetran account, as you get the free extrra month(s), the mount(s), and gifted levels to characters on that account. So:

NewA > Linked to RAF-1
NewA > Linked to RAF-2
---- OR -------------------
NewA > Linked to RAF-1, which is linked to RAF-2
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Either of the above will work for Boosting OR questing, but you'd need to be four boxing to boost with this group



Existing VetranA, new RAF character > Linked to RAF-1
Existing VetranA, new RAF character > Linked to RAF-2
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This will ONLY work for questing, the minute you replace the low level character on the Vetran account to boost, the two RAF characters will only get normal quest experience and rested bonus if they have any. Bye bye 3x RAF bonus

If you only want to BOOST two characters, you could do Vetran > linked to RAF-1, which is linked to RAF-2, but then you'd be losing 50% of your RAF potential.

[Trammel]

I'm telling you straight up that I was boosting on a linked account, actually several linked accounts, up to tuesday night (when my RAF expired).

I don't know where this "Cant boost with linked accounts" comes from.

It's possible that it doesnt COUNT as a link, like you couldn't do Alt---link---70---link---alt, but it works fine as 70--link---alt---link-alt and as 70---link---alt---link---alt.
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Kipper restated above (edit didn't go through):

so for you, the first thing you would want to do is figure out how many accounts you're willing to make, and what your pace of leveling is.

If you're only 2 boxing, you would do something like this:


Main-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Main-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-LEVEL TO 60-LEVEL TO 60
Main-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-LEVEL to 31.99 AND GIFT - LEVEL to 31.99 AND GIFT

[Jheusse]

If you boost with a linked 70 (for example vet acct to new B which is linked to new C) the toon that is grouped with the 70 and is also linked to it will not get triple xp. In the example I gave C gets triple, B does not, because B is linked to A and the kill is trivial to A).

If you want to instance boost that's why people state the way they do.

If you want to have your grouped kids tag mobs outside instances and your ungrouped L70 one shot it, I believe that still works ok.

[Trammel]

Thank you for being an idiot.

As I mentioned in my post(s) above yours, I was boosting with 70-Linkednewbie-Linkednewbie and it worked fine in instances.

This was up to Tuesday night (after the patch).

If you have personal experience otherwise, perhaps we can discuss how things were set up in detail so that we can perhaps isolate the cause.

If you don't have personal experience with it, and you are just blatantly spreading misinformation... You have been told otherwise and you are doing the forum, and all of its' members a great disservice.

[Jheusse]

Rather than respond as you deserve I'll take the high road, thank you for the information. The WoW forums are elsewhere.

Something has changed, as that has always been the situation previously, you can find the threads, they go back months stating it was the way I described.

My main is not linked, so I can't test it and I don't much care, as it doesn't affect me.

edit:The original RAF master thread here, where the setup I describe is tested and proven multiple times ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=10772&pageNo=9&highlight=recruit-a-friend').

Like I said, if it's changed since then, thank you for the information, it's easier to correct being wrong than it is being an ass.

[Trammel]

When you completely ignore previous information posted on the thread, particularly the post directly above yours, you might be a WOW Forums poster yourself. Enjoy your high road, it must be quite busy up there given my experience with the general WOW community.

Nevertheless, I had no problem doing it recently or months ago.

They had intended to change their stance - to make it such that bonus exp was not awarded in the event of the mob being trivial, but it never happened - and was always worded such that it was irrelevant as to whether it was linked or not.

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640237684&sid=1

Down a bit:


However, it is intended that the lower level characters should be getting triple experience if certain conditions apply. For example, the following group makeup:

Level 70 on account 1
who referred
Level 35 on account 2
who referred
Level 35 on account 3

Provided level 35 mobs are killed by this group, both level 35 characters should receive triple experience*. This is because account 3 is linked to account 2; should only account 1 and account 2 group up, no triple experience would be given. In a matter of speaking the second link will override the first link for account 2, who then becomes eligible for the bonus.

* There is currently a known issue with this, but this is the intended functionality.

[Goon]

I play on my main acc linked to RAF1 and RAF2, and it seems to work ?
All three are now level 15, shall I re do or ?
And one thing more I can't "Grant Level" to any toon or myself. =/

Please note that RAF = Trials acc. And I am going to upgrade one of them.

[ahi]

make CHAIN. I did not and now am missing some benefits.

The main problem is that the "end" of the chain cant get any levels gifted to him as he referred no one. :(

I have 2 ends when I should have just made one.
?(

[Goon]

Will the grant a level work if X (Main Acc) recruits A (Trial Acc)= ?