Slaves not getting exp

[Ethan]

So to start out I will say how my accounts are linked:
lvl80 account --linked--> acct1--linked-->acct2

Acct1 and Acct2 are not getting exp when the lvl 80 account is in the group.
I thought that they would since acct1 is linked to acct2.
Help would be appreciated,
Ethan


BTW: I plan on boosting these characters through instances and I have done this before, just not had this problem (in instances they seemed to get triple exp). I linked my last set the same way and had no problems and didn't know if they changed RAF to nerf boosting.

[Ethan]

Oh and another problem I am having is multiboxer is declining my group invites even though I am on the slaves friends list. Any help with that problem would be appreciated too. :)

[Zub]

are acct1 and acct2 toons of the same level?

[Ethan]

are acct1 and acct2 toons of the same level?Yes, fresh lvl1 tauren shamans

[razorbax]

RAF will only apply when linked accounts are within the same level range. SO if your 80 is linked with a low level, the low levels wont get 300% XP

[Sychosys]

Thats really odd. I do not think the linkage from the high level and low level should stop the two low levels from getting any XP.

Can you take your level 80 out of the mix and just go smack some newb thing to see if they get XP on their own? I dont want to suggest it but maybe the linking is a little mucked. (both are linked to the main account instead of the chain of links)

[razorbax]

Straight from the horses mouth.


"
Do our characters (my character and my recruit's character) have to be same level in order to receive triple experience?

No, but you must be within 4 levels of one another and meeting all other triple experiences requisites in order for both characters to receive triple experience. If this level requirement is not met, only the lower level character will receive the bonus.

For example: Should your character be 5 levels higher than your recruit, only your recruit's character will be eligible for triple experience (provided that all other requirements are met, as well).


"

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=25716



Also look for the following message.
"
How can I tell if I'm receiving triple experience?

Triple experience will be noted in your Combat Log as follows:

"Player gains 'X' experience ('Y' exp Refer-A-Friend bonus)"

"

Hope this helps.

Hope this helps

[alcattle]

You are both right but somewhere it is not as told. acct1 and acct2 should be getting 300% questing or boosting. Done it a few times as many other have, so most likely answer is the linking is wrong somehow.

[Ethan]

So i tryed this morning with the 80 out of the group and they did get triple exp. I figured since even though the 80 is in the group that it should still work since acct1 is linked to acct 2. Hopefully this will not mess up my boosting.

[Otlecs]

lvl80 account --linked--> acct1--linked-->acct2
Your notation is a bit ambiguous. Are you saying that the level 80 account is linked to account 1?

If so, your newbies will never get any XP from being boosted by him.

The booster must be completely unlinked. It's always been that way, I'm afraid.

[Ethan]

I know i changed my username since (because i am sticking with this name) but I did the same linking before and had it work.
The link HERE ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=181634&highlight=#post181634') (btw image was removed from photobucket but it was linked main-->acct1-->acct2)

I boosted those accounts with no problem except the difference was that I did not have the 80 at the time with them until deadmines which was lvl 10.

[illuminat]

Your notation is a bit ambiguous. Are you saying that the level 80 account is linked to account 1?

If so, your newbies will never get any XP from being boosted by him.

The booster must be completely unlinked. It's always been that way, I'm afraid.The booster does NOT have to be completely unlinked. and has never been that way either.
The only demand for 3x xp is "be in same party, be linked, be within the same level range. (4 levels is it not?).
i know this since i just recently linked my booster and accounts like this.
booster--account1--account 2 AND 3.
accounts 2 and 3 required that account 1 was in the party, and having the booster in that same party caused no problem for account1.
all 3 dinged about the same time (deaths made em get a bit different XP ;) ).
account1 dinged first since that char actually never died. the other 2 did 2-3 times.

so in short. it does not matter if booster is linked as long as there is another linked account in the bunch that is within the same level range.

[Ethan]

I figured (and it worked the first time (don't know why not the 2nd)) that since main acct is in the party with an 80 that acct1 doesn't get triple because of the main, it gets triple exp because its linked to acct 2.


Edit:And it may be the fact that the accounts my not have been considered upgraded since I did it the same night but I will have to see after maintenance is done..

[Otlecs]

I stand corrected.

And yet the experience of the OP, and the many, many posts that crop up in a search on this site suggest that I'm right.

I RAF'd when it first came out, and what I said was most certainly right back then as well.

But I shall bow to your apparently superior knowledge, since you cite more recent experience than mine.

The the OP, do let us know what the outcome was. Given Illuminati's experience, everything should just be working.....

[illuminat]

I figured (and it worked the first time (don't know why not the 2nd)) that since main acct is in the party with an 80 that acct1 doesn't get triple because of the main, it gets triple exp because its linked to acct 2.


Edit:And it may be the fact that the accounts my not have been considered upgraded since I did it the same night but I will have to see after maintenance is done..you are right in thinking that newacc1 and newacc2 are both getting xp because they are linked to eachothers and in party.
the 80 doesnt hinder nor does it help in RAF situations.
so if newacc1 and newacc2 are linked directly and NOT threw the booster only then it should work.

but as mentioned before in the thread i think..
did you recruit both new accounts from the boosters account?
i suggest you login to your main account on account management website.
then go down to "refer a friend" section and find out what accounts you are linked to from the main.
when you did that. login to your new acc1 and newacc2 and check the same thing.

it does sound odd to be honest. the lvl 80 should not hinder the 3x XP.

it worked when i did it in TBC, it worked when i did it about 5 months ago and it worked just now last week for me :/.
if RAF 3x XP had not worked i could of impossibly leveled all those chars to 60 in less then 18 hours.

id like to know more as to what could be the problem though :P. seems very odd and odd things intrigue me :D.

[Ethan]

I figured (and it worked the first time (don't know why not the 2nd)) that since main acct is in the party with an 80 that acct1 doesn't get triple because of the main, it gets triple exp because its linked to acct 2.


Edit:And it may be the fact that the accounts my not have been considered upgraded since I did it the same night but I will have to see after maintenance is done..you are right in thinking that newacc1 and newacc2 are both getting xp because they are linked to eachothers and in party.
the 80 doesnt hinder nor does it help in RAF situations.
so if newacc1 and newacc2 are linked directly and NOT threw the booster only then it should work.

but as mentioned before in the thread i think..
did you recruit both new accounts from the boosters account?
i suggest you login to your main account on account management website.
then go down to "refer a friend" section and find out what accounts you are linked to from the main.
when you did that. login to your new acc1 and newacc2 and check the same thing.

it does sound odd to be honest. the lvl 80 should not hinder the 3x XP.

it worked when i did it in TBC, it worked when i did it about 5 months ago and it worked just now last week for me :/.
if RAF 3x XP had not worked i could of impossibly leveled all those chars to 60 in less then 18 hours.

id like to know more as to what could be the problem though :P. seems very odd and odd things intrigue me :D.I linked it like this Main-->Acct1-->Acct2 (in a chain) and the only difference from my last boosting setup and this one is I have 1 less account. (kind of like your setup before illum.

[illuminat]

A. if acc1 and acc2 is linked.
B. if acc1 and acc2 is getting 3x XP when killing something with only those 2 in party.
C. if acc1 and acc2 is NOT getting 3x XP when killing things with the lvl 80 main account booster in the party.

if A+B is true and C still happens. Then something is very wrong and it might be a bug.
Also make sure you are reading the combat text for the "3000xp gained blabla (+2000xp Refer-A-Friend bonus)".

because a lvl 80 booster does snitch alot of xp from you when you kill things.
and that could possibly be misstaken for a loss of RAF bonus if you arent reading combatlog for the RAF bonus text.

where are you killing things at the moment where acc1 and acc2 get RAF in there own party.
and where are you killing things where you do NOT get RAF bonus when booster is in party.
what mobs/zone :).

[Ethan]

I was killing the lvl 1 mobs in the starter zone but i will try something less trivial when the servers come back online.

[JU1CYFRU1T]

Your problem is that the mobs are SOOO low level, that the 80 is killing the xp.

I can say this with DEFINITIVE FACT... because I am doing it RIGHT NOW... linking Main -> Account 1 -> Account 2 WILL result in triple xp. I am boosthing my toons through SM as we speak (level 35.82 on both). This isn't "something I did in TBC" or something I did 5 months ago... I boosted 15 levels YESTERDAY. It worked for RFC (in there for 7 levels)... it worked for SFK (in there for 6 levels [helping a friend level to 20, so that he could join me in SM])... and has worked in SM for 15 (almost 16) levels. Please stop spreading FUD, it doesn't help solve the actual problem.

The problem that you are having is that the mobs are "at level" for your lowbies, and having the 80 kill them is going to get you a grand total of ~3xp... triple that = 9 xp. Here is a VERY simple solution to your problem, and it will help you out in the long run...

Keep your 80 OUT of the equation until level 8-10, when you can get into your first instance. Start a new toon on your main account, and have all 3 levels 1s do the starting quests up until level 10. Once you ding level 10, head into your first instance (for me, it was RFC at 8 ). Doing it this way will do a few different things for you.
It will give you MUCH better xp going from level 1-10.
Killing things in the starting area with 3 toons is CRAZY easy, especially if they are all properly /assist (ing).
It will save you "granted levels". Boosting 1 toon to 60 will give you a free level 30 on your main account... but if you do it this way, you will have a free level 40. Doing it twice will give you a free level 60 and a free level 20.
You will get a feel for your group, and get a very basic understanding on how they function together (pure class... not an issue / mixed group... helps a little).

Seriously, it should take you 1-2 hours to level from 1-10... maybe a LITTLE bit more if you keep getting "find me 5 ____" quests. You don't need an 80 until you are going into your first instance, so drop your main, re-roll another toon, and level them all 3 by hand to 10.

[illuminat]

i did say i did this only a few dayes ago ;).

but what JU1CYFRU1T said about the lowbie xp is true.
i guess i just assumed people did as i did.
wich is i lvl to 8 with the quick non loot demanded quests.
with RAF that takes me 1 hour ish. doing some quests in start area and then some in the second quest hub.

level 8 is for horde. level 10 for alliance.
then RFC to lvl 20 for horde and deadmines for alliance.
rfc is kinda slow in the end of 17+ but it saves you time from moving the toons to SFK :).

so do as JU1CYFRU1T said. level to 8 in mulgore since you have taurens.
and then hop on over to rfc :).

[JU1CYFRU1T]

i did say i did this only a few dayes ago ;).

Sorry if you thought this was pointed at you...

I was refering more to people who talk about "what worked for TBC" or "when RAF first started"...

On a side note, I just realized (through reading other threads here) that I can gift my main account 45 levels for every pair that I take to 60 (in theory, I will test it out soon). If I can do that math correctly (and give RAF levels from the correct accounts, I could (in theory) have a free level 55 from power-leveling one duo to 60.

Here is how it would work (this is theory... I have NOT done this yet):
If I have: Main/ Alt1/ Alt2... Main at level 10 (from doing starting stuff, then changing to my 80 for boosting) / Alt 1 @ 60 / Alt 2 @ 60
Alt 2 gives 30 levels to Alt 1
Alt1 now has 90 levels gained (60 boosted + 30 gifted)
Alt1 gives 45 levels to Main (who is a level 10)
Main is now a 55

Others in a different thread have stated that this will work, and now it's just a matter of testing to see if it will work.

[Otlecs]

Please stop spreading FUD, it doesn't help solve the actual problem.
Calm down.

I don't think anybody - least of all me, who I assume your barbed comments are actually aimed at - is deliberately spreading FUD.

All I see here are genuine attempts to solve the problem based on whatever knowledge people have. I already conceded that my knowledge was out-of-date based on Illuminati's more recent experience.

*shrug*