I lost my Bonus Today....

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08-26-2008, 01:38 AM
Motgib

I lost my Bonus Today....

But on the Bright Side my Locks are 59 :thumbsup:

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08-26-2008, 07:18 AM
zanthor

I'm confused how you lost your bonus @ 59... the 300% goes to 60... or to 90 days, which isn't possible to have ended yet...
08-26-2008, 08:27 AM
Ken

Congrats!
I read somewhere that you can just create new pairs of characters and level them to 60 on the linked accounts. So the level bonus should just keep on working for 90 days total.
08-26-2008, 10:16 AM
Tjapp

First of all Congrats with your warlocks.
Im quite new to dual-boxing and just trying a bit on 2 mages. Haven't started anything serious yet, I just found out how hotkeynet works so..
Anyway my question is, how long did it take you to level up up 2 characters to 60 with the RAF? Dunno if you got youreself boosted ( Im not planning to )

So how long will it take to level up 2 mages with the 300% bonus, without doing loads of instances.

Thanks in advance,

Tjapp
08-26-2008, 10:20 AM
zanthor

I went 1-60 in just over a week (3 days played) for my four box, no boosting.
08-26-2008, 10:20 AM
Seraphaw

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Originally Posted by 'Tjapp',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110602#post11 0602

First of all Congrats with your warlocks.
Im quite new to dual-boxing and just trying a bit on 2 mages. Haven't started anything serious yet, I just found out how hotkeynet works so..
Anyway my question is, how long did it take you to level up up 2 characters to 60 with the RAF? Dunno if you got youreself boosted ( Im not planning to )

So how long will it take to level up 2 mages with the 300% bonus, without doing loads of instances.

Thanks in advance,

Tjapp

Well if you have leveled up alot of characters before this point you can do it in 2 days /played (48 hours) np. Add another 12 if you don't feel confident in your speed when leveling.
08-26-2008, 10:23 AM
Icetech

:( :thumbup: hate you guys.... and blizz...
08-26-2008, 10:23 AM
Seraphaw

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Originally Posted by 'Icetech',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110610#post 110610

:( :thumbup: hate you guys.... and blizz...

UNIQUEE SNOWFLAAKEEE!
08-26-2008, 11:01 AM
Motgib

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Originally Posted by 'zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110501#post 110501

I'm confused how you lost your bonus @ 59... the 300% goes to 60... or to 90 days, which isn't possible to have ended yet...

At the time of this post they were level 59. At the time of this post the day hadn't ended yet. Before the day ended they were level 60. Hence bonus being lost today, and them being level 59 at the time of the post.

Also the /played time is 2 days 8 hours, which is nothing spectacular, I took my time, did alot of collection quests that I should have just skipped.I play casually and work a full-time job and have a family so it took me about 3 weeks of playing to get to 60. I boosted about 3 levels in Dead mines, 3 in Stockades, and 3 in SM. TBH I think it would have been a waste of time to boost anything past SM, as the amount of XP you get for questing is rediculous. I was averaging about 16k a quest (most of them being Orange at the time of turn in). On that note my lvl 60 locks have lvl 30 armor and lvl 10-20 rings. Gear and professions just couldnt keep up with the leveling curve.
08-26-2008, 11:20 AM
Icetech

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Originally Posted by 'Seraphaw',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110611#pos t110611

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Icetech',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110610#post 110610

:( :thumbup: hate you guys.... and blizz...

UNIQUEE SNOWFLAAKEEE!

Sera, when i have people say they are clones i tell them that each one is a unique snowflake:)
08-26-2008, 03:45 PM
Xar

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Originally Posted by 'Icetech',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110610#post 110610

:( :thumbup: hate you guys.... and blizz...

/sign

With Wrath so close and the cost around $500 for the whole family and my boxing accounts to upgrade...just couldn't spend the money on new RAF accounts and transfer fees. The mount, yeah, nice for bringing in extra business but really, the 300% xp should be upon toon creation and "link" to another beginner toon on anyone else's account or really as long as you are appropriately grouped up (no high levels). So in the end $$ = extreme power leveling advantage. It's a big shaft to those that already recruited friends and family into WoW...long ago.
08-26-2008, 03:55 PM
Motgib

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Originally Posted by 'Xar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110829#post1108 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Icetech',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110610#post 110610

:( :thumbup: hate you guys.... and blizz...

/sign

With Wrath so close and the cost around $500 for the whole family and my boxing accounts to upgrade...just couldn't spend the money on new RAF accounts and transfer fees. The mount, yeah, nice for bringing in extra business but really, the 300% xp should be upon toon creation and "link" to another beginner toon on anyone else's account or really as long as you are appropriately grouped up (no high levels). So in the end $$ = extreme power leveling advantage. It's a big shaft to those that already recruited friends and family into WoW...long ago.

I still don't see how you can say that. I, just like you, have recruited friends and family pre-RAF, yet I, like you, are afforded the same opportunity to use RAF as anyone else. So saying that this gives those who already recruited the shaft is incorrect. You chose not to utilize the new benefits.

That is like saying that I should get some kind of benefit for leveling my characters when the game was first released, because back then we didn't have as many quest choices, spells, or abilities, and the game wasn't as finely tuned, so it was more difficult for us to level......That is illogical thinking.

On That note I want free Arena gear for grinding two toons to Knight Captain before pvp was a free gear give-away. ;)

Edit: I'm totally being a smartass with that pvp comment, please don't take any part of that comment seriously.
08-26-2008, 04:14 PM
Xar

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Originally Posted by 'Motgib',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110837#post1 10837

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Xar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110829#post1108 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Icetech',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110610#post 110610

:( :thumbup: hate you guys.... and blizz...

/sign

With Wrath so close and the cost around $500 for the whole family and my boxing accounts to upgrade...just couldn't spend the money on new RAF accounts and transfer fees. The mount, yeah, nice for bringing in extra business but really, the 300% xp should be upon toon creation and "link" to another beginner toon on anyone else's account or really as long as you are appropriately grouped up (no high levels). So in the end $$ = extreme power leveling advantage. It's a big shaft to those that already recruited friends and family into WoW...long ago.

I still don't see how you can say that. I, just like you, have recruited friends and family pre-RAF, yet I, like you, are afforded the same opportunity to use RAF as anyone else. So saying that this gives those who already recruited the shaft is incorrect. You chose not to utilize the new benefits.

That is like saying that I should get some kind of benefit for leveling my characters when the game was first released, because back then we didn't have as many quest choices, spells, or abilities, and the game wasn't as finely tuned, so it was more difficult for us to level......That is illogical thinking.

On That note I want free Arena gear for grinding two toons to Knight Captain before pvp was a free gear give-away. ;)

Edit: I'm totally being a smartass with that pvp comment, please don't take any part of that comment seriously.

I levelled 8 toons total to 70 pre-RAF and 3 of them were pre-20-60 v.2.3 nerf.

The RAF program was good in intentions and the mount (which does not affect game play) is a nice bonus for bringing in new blood into wow. Blizzard has always been against (to my knowledge) having real money give anyone an in-game advantage. Thats why you will not see epic armor loot or weapons come out of the TGC card game, it's all cosmetic and fun stuff, like that cool rocket mount, the Spectral Tiger. None of those things give anyone an in-game advantage.

However...quickly acquiring an army of level 60's does give people an in-game advantage over those who don't have access to the 300% bonus xp. Unfortunately I was enjoying wow too much and got all my family and friends into the game already and they are all still faithful subscribers.

In the end I don't think Blizzard realized how many people would start multi-boxing/dual-boxing just for the RAF bonus. This whole RAF thing has really rubbed me the wrong way since I've been a good customer and have brought Blizzard many other good customers and I still can't participate in the 300% xp fun. Sucks.. But I still enjoy wow and want to be able to afford Wrath when it first comes out so I'm having to say no to RAF.
08-26-2008, 04:22 PM
Motgib

I can see what you are saying, and I myself have leveled (6) lvl 70 toons pre-RAF. I've been playing since the game initially released, but we all have to expect that eventually they will be making all leveling requirements easier. Eventually we will all be level 120, and if they didn't significantly make it easier, they would never be able to get new people seriously interested in playing. Imagine the first time you leveled from 0-60, and imagine how hard it would be to go from 0-120 (eventually down the road).

I honestly think this is a way for Blizz to test run some concepts for adapting the way that leveling will work in the future (without certain parts of the RAF, I'm saying the amount of xp you recieve and the speed at which you level)
08-26-2008, 05:44 PM
Xar

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Originally Posted by 'Motgib',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110855#post1 10855

I can see what you are saying, and I myself have leveled (6) lvl 70 toons pre-RAF. I've been playing since the game initially released, but we all have to expect that eventually they will be making all leveling requirements easier. Eventually we will all be level 120, and if they didn't significantly make it easier, they would never be able to get new people seriously interested in playing. Imagine the first time you leveled from 0-60, and imagine how hard it would be to go from 0-120 (eventually down the road).

I honestly think this is a way for Blizz to test run some concepts for adapting the way that leveling will work in the future (without certain parts of the RAF, I'm saying the amount of xp you recieve and the speed at which you level)

Yeah I agree with you, I'm secretly hoping they are just testing the 300% xp waters to see what effect it has then open it for all new toons on any account. My complaint about it isn't that new people get to level quickly it's that not all players get to enjoy that benefit. Again, free Zhevra mount, no biggie, yeah it's purty and if I had the extra cash I'd get at least 1 or 2 for myself but I wanna quickly level toons too, I love Outlands levelling but can't stand old world anymore. The QQ is about not having anymore friends and family to get into WoW and not being able to participate in the 300% xp bonus, I think the 300% bonus is awesome, I started a couple trials just to play with it and it's fun.