cata = RAF 0-70?

[zenga]

Anyone having any indications that's going to happen (based on what they did in the past, etc)? It would make sense in a way.

[Reddewman]

Anyone having any indications that's going to happen (based on what they did in the past, etc)? It would make sense in a way.

I don't see them allowing the RAF bonus to exceed pass level 60 since it's rather fast and easy to level from there. If they do that'll be awesome. Since we are only gaining 5 level's maybe they will increase it to 65 per say.

[Ualaa]

I'd like it, but have not heard anything about it.

Sure boxer abuse it as much as possible.
But its there for attracting new players to the game.
And in Cataclysm, 80th is where the action is.
So I could see it going to 70th quite easily.

[OzPhoenix]

I suspect they'll do more re-tuning as they have before. Already BC 60(58)-70(68) is far quicker than it originally was and Azeroth has, if memory serves, been twice re-tuning for faster leveling.

Certainly, my Paladin team is my last. The idea of raising yet another team all the way 1-85 is beyond my patience levels for old content now.

[Mooni]

The idea of raising yet another team all the way 1-85 is beyond my patience levels for old content now.

But... Goblins! Worgenses!

[Ualaa]

In 2.1 (or whatever the first big patch was, after the release of BC), they reduced the experience per level for 1-60 by 30%, as in you only needed 70% as much.

Ditto for WotLK, a major patch into it, they reduced experience per level for 60 to 70th.

Factor in 19% faster leveling, from shoulder + chest heirloom items, and we only need half the experience for 1st to 70th.

[OzPhoenix]

But... Goblins! Worgenses!

I just couldn't face it - only with RAF would I do it, and I've already got 12 accounts (only 5 active) - even I would start to blush at 16.... lol.

[alcattle]

If and when it happens, I am looking at 6 months before they allows the new races to quick level. RAF was almost a year into BC I think, I also see them changing things to 70 at that time. Do hard to get other to do old content.

[daviddoran]

I just wish RAF was like a service you could just activate for a fee for 30 days... so we dont have to keep creating new accts... But I guess they need to keep selling copies to make vivendi happy...

[OzPhoenix]

I just wish RAF was like a service you could just activate for a fee for 30 days... so we dont have to keep creating new accts... But I guess they need to keep selling copies to make vivendi happy...

My current leveling team, I most fervently hope my last (1 Prot + 4 Ret Paladins), is leveling quite nicely even without RAF.

With the dungeon finder available from level 15 onwards, I find myself enjoying the leveling experience again. I hit a zone, do all the kill quests (and any low-level annoying collection quests) and when I run out of those (leaving only the highly annoying collection quests), I go run dungeons for a level or two.

I must admit though, I'm not looking forward to Northrend and it's absolute psychotic penchant for overbearing collection quests, but then RAF wouldn't have helped me by that stage anyway.

[zenga]

My current leveling team, I most fervently hope my last (1 Prot + 4 Ret Paladins), is leveling quite nicely even without RAF.

With the dungeon finder available from level 15 onwards, I find myself enjoying the leveling experience again. I hit a zone, do all the kill quests (and any low-level annoying collection quests) and when I run out of those (leaving only the highly annoying collection quests), I go run dungeons for a level or two.

I must admit though, I'm not looking forward to Northrend and it's absolute psychotic penchant for overbearing collection quests, but then RAF wouldn't have helped me by that stage anyway.

Same here, i enjoy leveling up a few teams now and then. But i'm in no rush at all, and that makes quite a big difference. Outland is big fun: slay this guy, kill x amount of y. And no collection quests. Ran out of quests in a zone? Hit one of the ramparts with 80 tank + 4 others and later with 1 80 shammy and the 5th guy and ready for next zone.

What bothers me most is the minimum requirements for certain quests. If they would remove that, that be a massive pain out of the ass (if that is correct english).

[Style1one]

For the worgen/goblins getting faster leveling. They have talked about having a 2 month wait time after release before you can faction change. You then have the achievment system where its x class, x race to level cap first so raf to 70 could really affect that.

But once there is goblin 85's on all realms I could see something due to wow will be in the revamped old world areas.

[ciscokid454]

I just wish RAF was like a service you could just activate for a fee for 30 days... so we dont have to keep creating new accts... But I guess they need to keep selling copies to make vivendi happy...
This!

[Ualaa]

I think quite a few of us would be quite into that service.