5 Level 32 Shamans - Worth it to ReRoll with RAF?

[Coke]

I would start again with RAF only if you plan on starting another team after this one. If not, you have most of the worst grinding before Outlands already behind you. Also at a certain point how many random 60's with no gear or skills can you use? I like the idea of them, but i can't use another lvl 60 hunter much less equip him. RAF is great, but if you are just building 1 team at this point it really isn't worth it. I you ARE building an army though, have at it, start new accounts, and start cranking out teams.

Well I have always wanted 4 locks 1 priest teams, 5 mage teams, all the other stuff too, but it would take too long to level on these non-RAF's.
And how do you RAFers level your proffesions?

[dodger8440]

You don't. No time, and mostly no gold to do it. Most have no gear and few have mounts, much less professions, besides possibly a collection one. 90 days will go by quickly and if you are doing more than 1 team I would lvl first and then worry about professions after that. Even with my meager stash of gold (between 4 and 5k) I will be hard pressed for gold by the time this 90 days is up. After training on 5-10 toons, mounts and gear there is nothing left for professions. After the leveling is over and the time limit isn't pressing up against me, I will take a breather and figure out which toons and what professions will work for me.

[Coke]

You don't. No time, and mostly no gold to do it. Most have no gear and few have mounts, much less professions, besides possibly a collection one. 90 days will go by quickly and if you are doing more than 1 team I would lvl first and then worry about professions after that. Even with my meager stash of gold (between 4 and 5k) I will be hard pressed for gold by the time this 90 days is up. After training on 5-10 toons, mounts and gear there is nothing left for professions. After the leveling is over and the time limit isn't pressing up against me, I will take a breather and figure out which toons and what professions will work for me.

Alright, lets say I just level all the teams I always wanted to 70, then level proffesions after doing dailys x 5? Would that work well?

[Coke]

:S ?( :S
Can I do this
A recruits F
B recruits G
c Recruits H
D recruits I

Would that be 5 accs with RAF and mounts?

And just play with AFGHI and cancel BCDE

Thing is for RaF bonus to work you need to have both RaF friends (the vet and the friend) in a party together. So in your example A and F would get the 3x XP bonus but G, H and I would not.

If you are fine with cancelling your BCDE accounts you have a lot more flexibility. You could do:
A recruits F who recruits G who recruits H. A, F, G and H level new toons to 60. F gifts 30 levels to A's original shammie to ding them to 60. A's original shammie transfers to B accounts. C, D, E are canceled. A, F, G get the bonus mounts. You spend $25 x 3 for F, G, H accounts, $25 for transfer. $100 but you lose the time you've paid on C, D, E.

Can trial Accounts RAF?

[daviddoran]

I say, get 3 RAF accts, keep acct A and B, cancel C D and E, and xfer C D E to F G H. $150 one time, and you get 90 days of 1-60 leveling bliss, 3 zhevra mounts, and some free gift levels. If you want more "free" toons on your A account, you can get one more RAF, and one more xfer for a total of $200.

That way you keep your team right where they're at, and get the last 28 levels on super-speed, and can then start on those "dream teams."

An other option, if you would rather spend less money is to just get 3 new accounts and no transfers, and start from scratch. You can get to lvl 32 really fast, and be back up to speed in no time. Actually, since you are already at 32, you could level up some extra "placeholder" toons on the veteran accounts, and switch to the existing 32s once you get up that high. Once you hit 60, you can instantly level up the placeholder toons

I just started over, and am undecided as to whether or not im going to transfer my old toons (4 61s and 4 52s) or just let em sit. Their play time just ran up, so im just gonna leave em be until RAF wears off, and make my decision then. Ill probably end up transferring over as many as i can afford, and at the same time, put em all on the same server.

[zanir]

You don't. No time, and mostly no gold to do it. Most have no gear and few have mounts, much less professions, besides possibly a collection one. 90 days will go by quickly and if you are doing more than 1 team I would lvl first and then worry about professions after that. Even with my meager stash of gold (between 4 and 5k) I will be hard pressed for gold by the time this 90 days is up. After training on 5-10 toons, mounts and gear there is nothing left for professions. After the leveling is over and the time limit isn't pressing up against me, I will take a breather and figure out which toons and what professions will work for me.

Seconded. No professions until you get to 60 and are done levelling teams (or unless you have a load of gold from your main(s) with which to buy mats). But if you're going to do Herbalism/Mining for money, do what I did and put it on the primary so you can use a macro (/castsequence Find Herbs, Find Minerals) to switch between views and don't have to look at one of your smaller displays for the minimap's node spot. Similar with Skinning; I added that to one of my subtoons since I already knew which mobs were goign to be skinnable and just a quick double-click (I don't use 'Focus Follows Mouse' in Keyclone) gets it going.

To answer the OP's question (Is it worth it): Yes. The speed at which you level means that the original early-30s team is going to be quickly passed.

I leveled my original tribox team to 60 in around two weeks (about a day and a half, /played time), and now have another 2.5 months with which to (very very rapidly) create new teams (and thus, a presence) on other servers so I can play/socialize with friends on those server/factions.

The BEST way to do this, so you spend a minimum of money, is:

A recruits F and G
B recruits H

Let C, D and E expire. Playing with this team in one group means you only have to buy three more copies/keys, and can use two of your original accounts (which should have your main(s), if any). You'll get two Zhevras for A, and one for B.

As for purchasing software/keys, what I did was look on google for sites/companies that had the Battlechest on sale for $30, which I had no problem finding. I purchased my four copies from Circuit City, Best Buy, and GameStop/EBGames, and ended up not having to pay shipping for three of them (local San Francisco pickup from Best Buy and GameStop).

[Coke]

I say, get 3 RAF accts, keep acct A and B, cancel C D and E, and xfer C D E to F G H. $150 one time, and you get 90 days of 1-60 leveling bliss, 3 zhevra mounts, and some free gift levels. If you want more "free" toons on your A account, you can get one more RAF, and one more xfer for a total of $200.

That way you keep your team right where they're at, and get the last 28 levels on super-speed, and can then start on those "dream teams."

An other option, if you would rather spend less money is to just get 3 new accounts and no transfers, and start from scratch. You can get to lvl 32 really fast, and be back up to speed in no time. Actually, since you are already at 32, you could level up some extra "placeholder" toons on the veteran accounts, and switch to the existing 32s once you get up that high. Once you hit 60, you can instantly level up the placeholder toons

I just started over, and am undecided as to whether or not im going to transfer my old toons (4 61s and 4 52s) or just let em sit. Their play time just ran up, so im just gonna leave em be until RAF wears off, and make my decision then. Ill probably end up transferring over as many as i can afford, and at the same time, put em all on the same server.

Sounds like I might do that, but who/how would I RAF that way?
And what 2 placeholder toons? healer/tank maybe? I also have a 35 pally on A I could instant level.

[Coke]

You don't. No time, and mostly no gold to do it. Most have no gear and few have mounts, much less professions, besides possibly a collection one. 90 days will go by quickly and if you are doing more than 1 team I would lvl first and then worry about professions after that. Even with my meager stash of gold (between 4 and 5k) I will be hard pressed for gold by the time this 90 days is up. After training on 5-10 toons, mounts and gear there is nothing left for professions. After the leveling is over and the time limit isn't pressing up against me, I will take a breather and figure out which toons and what professions will work for me.

Seconded. No professions until you get to 60 and are done levelling teams (or unless you have a load of gold from your main(s) with which to buy mats). But if you're going to do Herbalism/Mining for money, do what I did and put it on the primary so you can use a macro (/castsequence Find Herbs, Find Minerals) to switch between views and don't have to look at one of your smaller displays for the minimap's node spot. Similar with Skinning; I added that to one of my subtoons since I already knew which mobs were goign to be skinnable and just a quick double-click (I don't use 'Focus Follows Mouse' in Keyclone) gets it going.

To answer the OP's question (Is it worth it): Yes. The speed at which you level means that the original early-30s team is going to be quickly passed.

I leveled my original tribox team to 60 in around two weeks (about a day and a half, /played time), and now have another 2.5 months with which to (very very rapidly) create new teams (and thus, a presence) on other servers so I can play/socialize with friends on those server/factions.

The BEST way to do this, so you spend a minimum of money, is:

A recruits F and G
B recruits H

Let C, D and E expire. Playing with this team in one group means you only have to buy three more copies/keys, and can use two of your original accounts (which should have your main(s), if any). You'll get two Zhevras for A, and one for B.

As for purchasing software/keys, what I did was look on google for sites/companies that had the Battlechest on sale for $30, which I had no problem finding. I purchased my four copies from Circuit City, Best Buy, and GameStop/EBGames, and ended up not having to pay shipping for three of them (local San Francisco pickup from Best Buy and GameStop).

Then xfer cde to ghi?

[zanir]

Then xfer cde to ghi?

Only if you feel like you NEED to keep those three early-30s-level toons and don't mind spending the $75 it'll cost.

Since you're putting so much money up front anyway ($90 for the software/keys, if you get them at $30 each), I would just abandon them, and start an entirely new team. But that's me-- I try not to spend too much money on WoW in any given month.

You could also just put off on doing the transfer until just before the three-month on the C/D/E accounts expire, so you're not dropping $165 in one fell swoop.

It just depends on what your financial situation is.

[BobGnarly]

imo, yes. I was almost 50 and did it.