Why is boosting xp so low?

[mxracer050]

Allo,

I just started boosting my other 4 shamans tonight. group makes consists of 76 DK , 11 Shaman x4

My experience is really low.. I'm only getting 37xp per kill. Thats not a lot, when they were 10, it took me the entire instance just to get maybe half a level to 3 quarters? Is this normal?

Thanks

[Tight]

Think i read something about.. hmm

Did you use the RAF thing? Think you cant boost with the account that you refered with or something.. If i could only find the link..

This thread explains it a little i think
RAF Clarification Questions ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=19588')

olol now im even confuesd.

Cheers
//Sebastain.

[Zal]

the main account must be within 5 or so levels of the RAF accounts to receive the bonous exp.

Tight wtf is up with your avatar, it scares me.

[Tight]

Dont know..

Found it on the internet a long time ago. :S
Was thinking, a lot of ppl use sexy/sensuall photos as avatars.

Soo.. :D I just had to do something different.

Ps. I hate downtime.
Nothing to do then to troll this forum.

[mxracer050]

the main account must be within 5 or so levels of the RAF accounts to receive the bonous exp.

Tight wtf is up with your avatar, it scares me. I'm lost, I'm reading of other people running their characters through the instances and they're receiving triple experience. Perhaps I am ?? When I look at the experience my characters gain, it does say ( Recruit-a-Friend ) experience. I just think that 37xp is rather friggin low for triple experience.

I used my main account to refer 4 new accounts, therefore all of them are linked to main account.

This is frustrating and I'm almost debating just leveling a group instead of boosting, because at this point leveling as a group would be faster than this instance crap.

[danyjr]

You are not the first one to complain about this. I've heard some stuff about Blizzard changing the XP share when a high level character is in the group, so that the lower level characters receive negligible XP. I'm not sure if its true but I heard a complaint this morning about a friend having the same issues as you (not receiving as much XP as he used to).

Looks like RAF boost leveling has come to an end....sadly :(

[elsegundo]

the main account must be within 5 or so levels of the RAF accounts to receive the bonous exp.

Tight wtf is up with your avatar, it scares me. I'm lost, I'm reading of other people running their characters through the instances and they're receiving triple experience. Perhaps I am ?? When I look at the experience my characters gain, it does say ( Recruit-a-Friend ) experience. I just think that 37xp is rather friggin low for triple experience.

I used my main account to refer 4 new accounts, therefore all of them are linked to main account.

This is frustrating and I'm almost debating just leveling a group instead of boosting, because at this point leveling as a group would be faster than this instance crap.you linked your raf wrong. sorry to say.


about 10 threads down from yours: RAF Clarification Questions ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=19588')

[BigSmitty]

Elsegundo is right.

Account 1 or your "booster" account can't be linked to the other 4.

http://mattsworld.org/images/RAF_Still_Works_With_80s.jpg

As you can see from the screenie, I'm in Stocks, the pink haired bringers of death and the pimp daddy dwarf priest are all level 16 on 4 RAF linked accounts (1 vet and 3 referrals). The 80 druid in the upper left corner is on account 1, unlinked. You can see both the RAF and group experience is unchanged from before. Hope this helps.

[elsegundo]

you cant redo your referals. the only thing you can do now is level a team of 5, yes, FIVE, from scratch. just level a char on account 1 to 10, then add him to the team and now you can learn to 5box from level 10 on up. =]

[danyjr]

How did you link your accounts?

Account 1 = Boosting character
Account 2 = leveling
Account 3 = leveling
Account 4 = leveling
Account 5 = leveling

If you did
Account 2 --> Account 3 --> Account 4 --> Account 5
Account 1 = Not linked at all
It should work.

If you did:
Account 1 --> Account 2 --> Account 3 --> Account 4 --> Account 5
It used to work, not sure if it works now though.

If you did:
Account 1 ---> Account 2 , Account 1 --> Account 3 , Account 1 --> Account 4 , Account 1 --> Account 5
It won't work at all.

[elsegundo]

option one and two will work. option three is what the OP did.

[Jubber]

Sorry to say but you messed up your RAF linking.



Not trying to get your hopes up but maybe you can speak to billing and maybe they can fix your RAF. Didn't Sam Deathwalker do something similiar and get his fixed? I could have sworn he said something to that extent.

[nubScotty]

Yup indeed you messed up RAF, I am dualboxing and have my hunt/lock to 50 in less than eleven hours played, and thats including all the travel time to run to instances X_X

However all is not lost, 1-60 with RAF is incredibly fast, I did a sham/war in aboot 2days /played with the warrior having 300/300 skin/mining

So you can do 5sham 4sham/1tank etc~

[mxracer050]

Well, sure its a bummer I can't do instance boosting.. but in the long run I now have 60 levels to practice multi-boxing. :-P

I did call Blizzard Billing and they stated I could not have a high level in the group, I must have a character within 4 levels. So.. oh well.


Thanks for help!

[Vyndree]

You should've tried boosting pre-RAF and pre-XP-nerf. My warlocks got to 40 that way. ('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inOhPKEXmu8')



Was thinking, a lot of ppl use sexy/sensuall photos as avatars.

Meow.

[foxiegrandpa]

After reading all the stuff on this forum, I was thinking the same thing. That questing was my only option.

Actually- what I've found is that RaF boosting XP is REALLY GOOD even when using a high level char. This character just can't be linked to any of the characters in the group. Then- you're going to get MAD xp. Trust me. I have a friend who was getting 125k/hr or so she said. So- I was about 36 at the time and said "Ok, invite me to SM, then I'll see how "great" this is."

It. Was. Amazing. Not even an 80 running, just a 63 DK and I was getting over 400 xp for every well- leveled kill. Honestly, best xp I've ever gotten, IMO. I got over a full level in less than an hour at mid 30's.

This is comprable to questing, and if you don't have a high level to run, then I guess it can be OK. But- if you do have that high level friend, I would HIGHLY recommend doing this. It is great xp.

[elsegundo]

After reading all the stuff on this forum, I was thinking the same thing. That questing was my only option.

Actually- what I've found is that RaF boosting XP is REALLY GOOD even when using a high level char. This character just can't be linked to any of the characters in the group. Then- you're going to get MAD xp. Trust me. I have a friend who was getting 125k/hr or so she said. So- I was about 36 at the time and said "Ok, invite me to SM, then I'll see how "great" this is."

It. Was. Amazing. Not even an 80 running, just a 63 DK and I was getting over 400 xp for every well- leveled kill. Honestly, best xp I've ever gotten, IMO. I got over a full level in less than an hour at mid 30's.

This is comprable to questing, and if you don't have a high level to run, then I guess it can be OK. But- if you do have that high level friend, I would HIGHLY recommend doing this. It is great xp.i've mentioned this before somewhere too. if you jacked up your RAF, then just pay someone to level you if your purpose was to be boosted. i would gladly give someone 1k gold just to run me from 8 to 55 on raf. to make it as efficient as possible, i wouldnt even loot. quest turnins? what is that? you get more exp standing there watching a high level kill things than running back to a questgiver to turn in a quest. at 55, i think i can handle some cloth turnins. hit outlands, reach 60, gift my main from 1-60, then learn to 5-box. lol

[danyjr]

quest turnins? what is that? you get more exp standing there watching a high level kill things than running back to a questgiver to turn in a quest.It is worth it trust me. 1-2 level ups just for turn-ins isn't bad. plus you get rep and reward.

[elsegundo]

quest turnins? what is that? you get more exp standing there watching a high level kill things than running back to a questgiver to turn in a quest.It is worth it trust me. 1-2 level ups just for turn-ins isn't bad. plus you get rep and reward.context my friend... context. remember im talking about getting boosted by a higher level player, and all i do is stand there and pay the fees as i level up.

here's why i think its a waste of time: first you need to travel to your destination questgiver. some quests require several other quests just to get to the dungeon quest. then you do the say... three quests that are actually inside the instance while you get boosted... why would you wanna run back to your questgiver? rep? with who? are they going to give me uber shoulder enchants for turning in stuffs from SM? i think not. sure, you turn in those quests. i'll just have my booster stand there and pulverize mobs for just the same amount of exp while you travel back and forth, to four different towns, etc.

honestly, unless its outland or northrend rep, why bother really? and with the rewards you already get from the drops, plus in two hours im 10 levels up, moving on to a new set of instances, why would those rewards even phase me? sure, whitemane's chapeau plus bloodrobes for warlocks look incredible together, but other than that i dont think so. in fact, unless its a BOE blue or a twink anything, why even pick it up? maybe if i can still turn in the quest while mr booster takes a break... that might rock. but then again, when am i ever going to use the rewards? RP?

im just throwing this out there. i mean is it that awesome to turn in quests from dungeons? i mean for example... yes im rambling, sorry i cant wait to leave work today, but yea, for example. i get boosted in rfc, i get one level a run, lets say. great. boostees run to thrall to turn in quests. sure. boostees fly to tb to turn in quest. wtf? its faster exp to just jump back in the instance with the booster!! so yea... thats kinda the basis for my example. i know. its one example. but many of the instances are like this. your thoughts?

[mxracer050]

I would.. but I don't believe I can hire someone to boost me through instances.

This is because I linked my accounts like this.

Account 1 ---> Account 2 , Account 1 --> Account 3 , Account 1 --> Account 4 , Account 1 --> Account 5

If I remove account 1 the links are broken.. no?

[Clanked]

Correct.

You would have to drop one of toons 2-5 to keep the bonus for the rest.
So toon one would always be getting XP, and you would have to rotated the rest out.

[Ronin]

Im new to play boxing

i have started in January Raf links in 4 accounts (3 new ones, 5 total).
4 accounts RaF linked, int this way:

account 1 unlinked // account 2-->account 3 account 3--> account 4 account 3 --> account 5

this strange choice of links because my acc1 was full and acc2 almost full.

Currently levelling mage squad (x4) with pala tank from account 1.

Xp boost works fine for me.
Probably issue is higher level character ("booster") in linked account

[Nisch]

This is what I did in the beginning (the link sequence). But I bit the bullet and rerolled all new accounts with the daisy chained referrals rather than all to one. If I hadn't, I certainly would not be able to get 48 level 60's. Doing the RAF in the correct way helps tremendously compared to others. Plus with granted levels being seen as earned levels, you have a lot of gift levels. Just last week, when doing a "cleanup" of lowbie chars to make room for new ones, I accidentally deleted a level 60 mage 8| that I JUST got to 60 a couple days prior. I had enough gifted levels that I was able to get another level 60 instantly from level 1 with all the levels left over to grant.

[elsegundo]

I would.. but I don't believe I can hire someone to boost me through instances.

This is because I linked my accounts like this.

Account 1 ---> Account 2 , Account 1 --> Account 3 , Account 1 --> Account 4 , Account 1 --> Account 5

If I remove account 1 the links are broken.. no?
/deskface.


make a level 1 on account 1. dont level account, iono, 5.
once you get your team up to 60, you can easily boost account 5 by linking it with a level 1 from account 1. run them through instances with your three other uber level 60s. not that hard is it?
there's not "easy" way through this. you basically gone a messed up. so this is how you deal with it.

[Catamer]

the only way to get the 3x XP is to to have a character within range of 5 levels.
and the quest has to be within range as well. I had many quest turn-ins where the first person to turn in the quest blew the main out of range of the quest so the alts didn't get the 3x bonus.

start a new character on account one ( or start a new team )
you will be leveling fast enough it won't kill you ( at least until level 60 ).

if you wanted to boost as well as 3x xp, then it might be best to have an non-RAF account doing the running through instances.
account 1 stand alone and account 2 -> 3, 3->4, 4->5
this means account 1 will never level an alt though.

good luck.

[CommanderChaos]

I did things the right way, having a main account not linked for boosting the other five. In my experience so far this has been useless, since boosting the classical way has not been worth it. I've quickly leveled 5 man teams via questing only with tourguide. Never had time for instances the levels came so fast.

So in my opinion you haven't missed out on much. Rock and roll.

[danyjr]

I did things the right way, having a main account not linked for boosting the other five. In my experience so far this has been useless, since boosting the classical way has not been worth it.Unless Blizzard has changed the way XP is distributed when you have a high level character in your group, RAF boosting is (or was until recently) faster than RAF levelling. 18 hours /played for 2 x lvl 60s via boosting.

[elsegundo]

I did things the right way, having a main account not linked for boosting the other five. In my experience so far this has been useless, since boosting the classical way has not been worth it.Unless Blizzard has changed the way XP is distributed when you have a high level character in your group, RAF boosting is (or was until recently) faster than RAF levelling. 18 hours /played for 2 x lvl 60s via boosting.i dont think this is a matter of faster=better.

[danyjr]

i dont think this is a matter of faster=better.
In my experience so far this has been useless

?(

[elsegundo]

i dont think this is a matter of faster=better.
In my experience so far this has been useless

?(his point is that he's been able to level up super quick questing and actually learning how to use his five characters together, 5 boxing. so doing instance runs with a booster is quite useless. your argument about how its faster to boost vs leveling via questing is irrelevant to this reasoning.