New Recruit a Friend Features

[Aradar]

http://us.blizzard.com/support/artic...rticleId=20588

Some of the cooler things:

What in-game benefits do we get while the accounts we play are linked?

1. Characters on both accounts can summon each other once per hour.
2. While adventuring with your linked friend/family member, you will each gain triple experience and honor.
3. For every two levels the new player earns, the new player can grant one free level-up to a lower-level character played by the veteran player.

How long will I be linked to my recruit?

The link between the accounts will last for 90 days from the date that your recruit creates an account. Remember that for the link to work properly, your recruit must create a new World of Warcraft account using the 10-day trial key in your invitation email.

Is quest experience tripled too?

Yes, but only if the quest was not trivial (gray difficulty) for either character.

What if I'm partied with multiple recruits who I'm "linked" to? Do I get quadruple, sextuple experience?

No, you can only ever gain a maximum of triple experience regardless of how many linked recruits you are partied with.

How can I earn the exclusive in-game mount?

For each person you refer who upgrades to a retail version of World of Warcraft and purchases two months of game time, you will be able to give a character on the account you sent the invitation from an exclusive in-game zhevra mount. This unique mount can be claimed through the website, is only available to Recruit-A-Friend participants, and can only be applied to a single character.

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In theory if I understand the free level up correctly, a new boxer could create one account and invite 4 others which in turn could cause 4 other toons to reach 35 without ever being played.

[The IT Monkey]

Four letters for you...

OMFG!

This would have been useful to me A YEAR AGO!

[Shuri]

This would have been useful to me A YEAR AGO!

Or two weeks ago in my case. /cry

[Jaese]

Wish it was retroactive. :/

Though I only did the recruit a friend for 2 accounts because I forgot about doing it for the first 2.

[Perrigrin]

This would have been useful to me A YEAR AGO!

Or two weeks ago in my case. /cry

yeah, second that

[Stabface]

So.....

Account 1, L70 Prot Paladin
Account 2 & 3 recruit-a-friend and make accounts 4 and 5.
Accounts 2-5 make L1 noobs, get boosted by 70 Prot Paladin.

"Do I always gain triple experience while I am linked to my recruit?
No, only when you are partied with a character on the linked account and both players are present when slaying the monster or completing the quest. Also, if the two characters are not the same level, only the lower-level character is given the experience boost."

Triple XP for all the alts?? z0mg!

err and just to keep with the latest forum meme....
CREATIVE USE OF GAME MECHANIC OR EXPLOIT ? LOLZ

[Biz]

So wait. All multiboxers may now level their entire group at 300% experience? That's insane.

[Vyndree]

How can I earn the exclusive in-game mount?

For each person you refer who upgrades to a retail version of World of Warcraft and purchases two months of game time, you will be able to give a character on the account you sent the invitation from an exclusive in-game zhevra mount. This unique mount can be claimed through the website, is only available to Recruit-A-Friend participants, and can only be applied to a single character.

WHAT?!

I want a zhevra!

[badashh]

I've been pretty much avoiding 5 boxing(I 2-box) but with these changes the 3 I level, I could get an alt on my main to 70 without ever logging in. And holy crap, boosting with x3. I think my head just exploded. And the free level thing is that for every toon you level? So if I boost 3 groups of 3 to 40 is that 3X3X40/2=180 levels I can distribute? Sooooo many questions.

[zanthor]

Curious...

Assuming you have 5x 70's.

WotLK releases... Buy 5x WoTLK 4xBattlechest...
Recruit-A-Friend the 4 new accounts.
Transfer 4 toons to the new accounts.
Level to 80th 3x faster than anyone else.

Thats $120 for battlechests, $100 for transfers, any other cost I'm missing?

$15x4 refund (free time on main account) brings the total down by $60...

so $160 for 90 days of double XP and lots of free levels you can whore around. I'd bet you could fill 5 accounts with 70's in 90 days of triple XP.