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[Freddman]

I rerolled a new Quad team of Shamans yesterday with RAF, got to level 18 in 2h and 35min
Going through SFK now until i hit 20, then i think i'll go to either RFK to 25 or just hit SM GY.

[shaeman]

Just hit SM. Saves losing time running to org then coming back to undercity.

I hit 20 in SM, then went in to SM:GY. 1 clear of that (as I hate GY) and it was in to SM library. A few quick runs, and a few more levels, and it was in to SM cathedral. I'm only 26 now and I probably should have stuck to the lower SM wings a bit longer, but to be honest the levels are flying by anyway. Still levelling every run, and only experienced one shammy wipe.

I must at some point go get my shammies their fire and air totems (just dont want to break off from levelling when it's this quick).

[zanthor]

I'm not boosting, and with about 20 hours I'm at 35th level on 4 shammies. I have all 4 totems, I've trained every 4-6 levels and am wearing gear from the auctionhouse I purchased @ level 22/24 mixed with gear from quest drops.

Nix 2 hours of the played for the setup time I spent on macro's. So 18 actual hours, 35 levels.

[Tonuss]

If they nerf it, IMO it will be once WotLK is in full swing and they figure that it fulfilled its intended goal-- to get people to level up to 70 fast so that they were ready to jump into the expansion. I don't think that they are shocked or dismayed by how fast people are able to boost, I think that's kind of the idea. There are probably some people who managed to get friends to start playing WoW or to return, and they're being PLed to 60 as fast as possible.

But they may not nerf it at all. Think about it, in order to take advantage of this, a new account has to be purchased. It isn't as if every alt character will be racing to 60 on triple-XP, and the ones that do are paying for the privilege. Sounds like a win-win situation for Blizzard.

[puppychow]

Its total win-win, for most people going 60-70 is just as long as 1-60, and its not like when you hit 70 the "game is over", there is so much stuff to do people will easily stay sub'd until WOTLK, which is all they want - a ton of customers ready to buy WOTLK and play.

Re: 40-45, has anyone figured out a good instance? I know BRD is ok, but damn, its a long ass run from SM to BRD. I haven't bought my alts any skills, mounts, etc and I'd waste an hour or so doing so (all are different races), I'd rather do it at 60 and get em all their talents/mounts/etc at once. I plan on just running SM till 43 and then doing some WPL/EPL quests & grinding (the farms, etc) to 45 then hit strat like my previous set. If anyone has a better idea thats near city zones or near SM would love to hear it. ZF sucked previously as a prot pally, too many runners to make it efficient. Tanaris and Dustwallow have some decent quests for 2-3 levels, but they are so far away.

Re: SM, imo just do cathedral from 20-40, its not even worth doing GY or library (esp lib, since too many chained mobs and mobs that stun). The only thing you get out of lib is the key, which none of your alts are going to need - you can always come back solo at 70 to get it

edit: don't forget the city cloth quartermaster quests, at 44 you can probably get a TON of xp if you get a mage to port you around city to city turning in cloth. easily enough for a level per char I'd think, with 3x.

[Freddman]

I have a question about the RAF summoning thing. I know it's 1 summon per hour but is it the summoner who only can summon once per hour or the player that gets summoned that only can get summoned once per hour?

[Caspian]

I have a question about the RAF summoning thing. I know it's 1 summon per hour but is it the summoner who only can summon once per hour or the player that gets summoned that only can get summoned once per hour?

Each toon on each account has a 1 hour cool down. So you can run a 70 somewhere summon the noob account toon then switch the 70 for another toon and be summoned up and if you have more he can then summon and so on.

Vet acct lvl 70 -> Noob acct low lvl -> Vet acct low lvl -> noob2 low lvl ...

[Stabface]

I optimized my Stratholme pull route and bothered to set up some macros so my alts can assist me. Much better now, I pull more and kill just as fast so it's win-win on the XP front. I did L50-51 in <30 minutes, the XP meter peaked north of ~300K/hour XP

I'm going to make some videos of how I boost in SM, ZF and Stratholme... could do Deadmines and Stocks if there's interest but those are pretty simple.

[Xyl41]

I would very much appreciate a Strat video, since I've never boosted there and will soon be to that point and plan to be there tonight (38 atm). Could you just list how you do the pulls? Do you just pull alot of the undead mobs outside or do you do part of the inside? Also your paladins gear/talents would help alot.

Thanks.

[mlwhitt]

I boosted some Shaman up thru 30 using my 70 Mage in RFC then at 15 SFK and then hit SM (Cath/Arm) at 20. I am actually starting another group thought that I intended to just quest without boosting / instance runs other than for instance quest. I think with the XP boost it may be more entertaining than just doing instances over and over again.