My new set up - building for aoe

[Sam DeathWalker]

Well as many have guessed my first run at RAF was a disaster, getting to like level 22 on all my guys lol ... ok well

Anyway setting up my 26 new accounts now and doing things slightly differently set up wise.

Instead of 1 raf 2 raf 3 raf 4 like I was Im going

Main Pally invites all 5 group leaders (I have 5 groups plus 1 main). Each group leader then starts the group raf chain.

The reason for this is that now the Pally can group with any group and get RAF (as long as he is with the Group Leader), AND can be the tagger for ANY group, and get RAF exp ...

So now the pally can run and grab a ton of mobs, run back and tag all with consecrate and he and the other 4 in his group get all the exp. Or he can just tag during single pulls (well I guess "run to's" is more accurate in wow as you run to the mobs and not pull them to you).

I found this guide to help me aoe:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Mage_area_of_effect_locations

AND looks like on test fire nova and magnum totoms dont cause threat! WOOOOT! I guess I wont even have to drop stone claw totems even.

[algol]

Why are you trying to do your groups in parallel instead of in series anyway?

[Multibocks]

so does this mean you are buying 26 new accounts to set up the RAF?

[Sam DeathWalker]

Yep transfering my level 22's from my old accounts to my new accounts (I have 150 plus in all professions I dont want to lose and Im not doing that totem quest again going up that stupid mountian with 25 following taruns lol ... ) ..... so still only 26 accounts but now I can have 2 zhevras lol ... (well maybe for an alt but not planing to make alts at this point).

[zanthor]

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I'm still bewildered... take 5 on RAF, level them to 60... don't even bother granting levels and take 5 more on RAF and level them to 60, you can even have the first team tag along to help with totemDPS since totems won't affect the XP the levelers are getting... repeat until you have 25 level 60's...

Playing 2 shaman or 24 shamans is virtually identical. With a 5 shaman group I rarely had to cast more than 2 vollies to decimate any target...

The problem with your plan is that the pally is going to vastly out level the others if you keep him in the main group. This is fine until the mobs turn gray to him, then he's a huge sucking vortex of xp drainage... In or out of group.

I think the biggest thing you haven't come to accept is that grinding is not the best way to level in WoW, period. Never has been, never will be. The absolute best XP you can get (and this applies 300% more than for RAF) is questing. Even if you only do the kill-this target quests and totally skip collections you will come out so far ahead of a player spending the same time killing shit.

Anyhow, I'm going to stop with the horse, I'm sure he's had enough.

[Smahs]

AoE'ing normal mobs with 4 players? I don't know. If I where you I would AoE instances with 1x paladin, 2x resto druids, and a resto shaman. Pull the mobs have the druids heal you then have the shaman drop all the totems including that AoE totem and have fun. Thats to way to go if you have 4 accounts, might want to bring along a friend to heal you since you might die a lot. But if you get use to it, you well master it and have a lot of fun. You would make TONS of money too.

If you have 2 accounts and AoE it would probably be best to just AoE normal mobs.. But if you have 3, 4, or 5 do a instance. More EXP, more money, more fun, more gear, more fun.


Smahs


EDIT: Your trying to do this with 26 accounts? Wow man, thats just to insane. Not to diss you but wouldn't you rather want to get something more valuable with 500+ dol;ars (and like 300 dollars a month). just do 4 accounts, thats all you need. What could you possible do with 26 accounts that you can't do with 5 accounts. /wrists

[Sam DeathWalker]

The problem with your plan is that the pally is going to vastly out level the others if you keep him in the main group. This is fine until the mobs turn gray to him, then he's a huge sucking vortex of xp drainage... In or out of group.


Ya that is so true I must be vigillent to keep him within 9 levels of the others. I can group him with eveyone except the group leader and he wont get raf. Is there a way to lose exp in this game? Still the advantage of looting all the time with the main is really really great.


Well aoe with 4 or 5 surely wont be as effective as aoe with 25 (and if everyone is within 9 levels then there is no exp loss). Don't mages aoe level and not quest?

[badashh]

Make sure that you don't lose those levels you can gift. that's 25 level 11s you can have.

[Sam DeathWalker]

I already used up the granting, Im not even going to bring over the guys I made ....

But i was in limited way using the raf for the mains, its kinda neet but if you level up the last people on the chain you can gift levels up the chain. So if the last guy gets 2 levels over the guy up the chain above him he can raise that guy 1 level. It kinda breaks down as some point but is a bit of extra that dosnt hurt.

[emesis]

I already used up the granting, Im not even going to bring over the guys I made ....

But i was in limited way using the raf for the mains, its kinda neet but if you level up the last people on the chain you can gift levels up the chain. So if the last guy gets 2 levels over the guy up the chain above him he can raise that guy 1 level. It kinda breaks down as some point but is a bit of extra that dosnt hurt.

What a waste to use your RAF grant a levels at low levels.

In fact, if you level your entire set of toons to level 31.9, and then level a single toon (ok, maybe a quintet for speed and the 3x XP bonus) the rest of the way to 60, you could chain-level grant the remaining 25 or 21 toons directly from 31.9 to 60.9 in one fell swoop. Result: 26 level 60+ toons with no money and mostly level 20 or so gear. Woot!

Were I nuts enough to try to do this, this is the route I would have taken.