[quote='emesis',index.php?page=Thread&postID=148201 #post148201]
[quote='Caspian',index.php?page=Thread&postID=14819 8#post148198]
One thing you need to consider is how are you linking your accounts. If the pally is on a linked account he will hit 60 with your first group, but then screw up the XP on the next set because of this link. If he is not linked then he will lag behind, 3x behind, the rest of that group. You could level him then transfer him to an unlinked account to get around this. Then don't put any more toons on his main account. Actually you could refer from that account and get him a Zevhra mount if he isn't getting on already. Then transfer him back when you are done RAFing. This is basically what I did. I use the other character slots on the account for my mules.[/quote]


I'm pretty sure no longer get the RAF bonus when boosting from outside the RAF linked accounts. In other words, you only get the 3x bonus if everyone in the group is getting experience.

[url]http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8765584132&sid=1&pageNo=1[/url]

Plus, boosting as you describe would 1. require an extra account, and 2. limit the number of toons you can level at a time to 4 from 5. This may not be an issue, but it's something to keep in mind.

Boosting is still supposed to be pretty efficient, but without the RAF bonus I suspect it is not more efficient than questing, which allows you to bring a full team along.

Disclaimer- I don't personally have experience with boosting and have not independently verified that the RAF boosting technique has been nerfed; I'm just citing blue posts.[/quote]That post is from August, my RAF expired Nov 4th or 5th, it still worked then. It might have been nerfed since my RAF ended but I honestly doubt it.

Yes it does require 1 extra account, and you either have 4 man teams or 4 + your pally. But That is not uncommon. [url='index.php?page=User&userID=3']Ellay[/url]'s PvP team is 4 plus an outside healer, as are others. And many PvE teams are based on a Prot pally.

It really depends on the level. I personally think questing from 45-60 is faster the boosting with or without RAF.



Lets say I did want to gear a pally as soon as the RAF -> 60 was
done - so he had half-decent gear for boosting ... how long would it
take with my team and where would you start?



Caspian mentioned getting the S2 gear as a start, but I have no idea
how long that takes (quit 3-4 months before BC ... lots has changed).
Thanks all ...
At this point I would just get to 70+ asap and not screw with S2 (or any PvP) gear. Some of the blue quest and instance gear in WotLK is close to or better then S2, even in the 70-72 dungeons. Even if you have to pull your pally out of the group.

I play Horde I would level a team to 10 and do
10-20 SFK
20-40 SM Cath
here I would usually start questing - Dustwallow -> south STV -> Hinterlands -> Ungoro -> WPL ding 60
When I did boost I did
40-45 ZF (made my daughter tank on her druid)
45-60 Strat back on the pally,

I did all the instance quests that did not involve a chain, execpt the ones that were a chain in strat