Hmm I went and had a look here and the information there is inconclusive really.

This is the question closest to what I was asking:

Q: If I created a new account using Recruit-a-Friend, upgraded the account and used the Paid Character Transfer service to transfer my level 60 character over, would it then be able to gift one of my low level characters 29 levels?






  • A: No, gifting levels are earned as you level on the RaF account. A character that leveled exclusively on the RaF account would be able to grant a total of 29 levels by the time it reached level 60. For example if you transferred a level 30 character to the RaF account for every 2 levels that character gains on the RaF account you would receive 1 level that you could gift to the veteran account until level 60 giving you a total of 15 levels.




But I'm not looking to transfer an existing 60. The question is if receiving gifted levels is considered "earning as you level". From a coding standpoint it'd be simpler to just flag the "you gained a level" to add one to the "levels to gift" variable or set it to "(new level-1)/2 rounded down".

Anyone done this either way?

By the way that FAQ does note that there is currently no visual indicator of how many levels are available. I won't be wasting any granted levels on my "keeper" toons to check it, but it might make sense to level a couple test toons to 8 or so, then gift some new toons and see if they can gift in turn. Bad news is my time is too limited for anything but leveling keepers right now.