Indeedy, RAF "gift levels" will NOT do the following:
  • Increase your weapon skill
  • Level your hunter pet
  • Make your gear better -- if you're level 30 and you gift to 60 then you're still wearing the gear you had at 30
  • Increase rep with any factions
  • Give you flightpaths
  • Give you enough money to pay for your skill training


It's good for an alt -- especially if you have the patience to later grind out weapon skill on dead mobs or tote around a level 70 to "protect" it while it levels weapon skills and earns new gear... Buying AH greens or BoE blues is also an option, but you should get a full replacement of gear in outlands quests anyway.

Hints:
  • If you're a pet class, spec BM or Demo to compensate for sucky gear.
  • Spells work well since they are unaffected by weapon skill
  • Leveling weapon skill can be done on ANY mob -- including critters. Spamming a non-damaging ability like hamstring or wing clip works well too!