boosting with druid?

[johnny555]

Hello,
I currently have two accounts. One with a 70 rogue the other with a 74 druid. I'm thinking of leveling four characters with boosting by having the rogue account refer four accounts which can then grant levels back to characters on rogue account.

From some of the reading I've been doing it seems paladins are best for boosting. How well would it work with a druid? My goal with this is to have several high level characters so when I get the itch to play a different class I'll have one available to play around with. And if I get comfortable with multi-boxing maybe trying to run instances. thanks.

-johnny

[Ualaa]

For the longest time, Paladins were the only very strong AoE tank.
With the release of WotLK, Warriors, Deathknights and Druids can all effectively AoE tank, like the Paladin.

At lower levels, a Balance Druid in Moonkin form, using mostly Huricane can probably boost the quickest (of the druid specs).
Eventually, the survivability of a Feral Bear, with Frenzied Regeneration and Swipe spams will allow for larger pulls and surviving through them.




You have two accounts now, and are thinking of boosting four accounts with your druid (total of five accounts)... or boosting three accounts with the druid's account (total of four accounts)?

Call the druids account A.
Your existing other account is B.
Your new accounts are C and D -- or -- C, D and E.

Account A cannot be linked to C, D or E, if it will be used to boost.
If B is linked to C, D and E, then B must be on and grouped with C, D or E for any RAF bonus to occur.
Levels gained on C, D and E will result in levels granted on B.
For every even number of toons that reach 60 or higher between the boosted accounts, B gets a level 2.99 toon boosted to 60.99.

I'd personally go with something like... (Four total accounts)
A is boosting account.
B refers C.
C refers D.
Levels gained on D equals granted levels on C. Levels gained on C equals granted levels on B.

Or...

A is boosting account. (Five accounts total)
B refers C.
D refers E.
Levels gained on C equals granted levels on B; levels gained on E equals granted levels on D.

It all depends on which accounts you want the granted levels, and to a lesser degree which accounts get the Zhevra Mount (which saves you about 100g if its a new to 60 toon).

[Seldum]

A druid will do fine. As will a mage, or a warrior. When people say a paladin is better I think its marginal......

[Halo]

I think a druid will be fine. The pali just has a better 'oh shit' button.

I agree with RAF-ing like this A->B->C-D rather than A->B A->C A->D

The reasons are that

1. Granted levels count as earned levels which then can be used to grant MORE levels up the chain

2. You won't have to transfer toons from A to the other accounts.

[Ualaa]

Prior to the patch preceding WotLK, a Paladin could AoE (Consecrate) to hit as many targets as were in their radius. They could also Holy Block and Blessing of Sanctuary, to inflict a lot of damage on any creature not behind them. The Paladin could effectively kill any number of mobs, provided they had the health to survive.

With the patch prior to WotLK, a druid can hit as many targets as there are with a Swipe rather then hitting only three. Warriors and Deathknights also have effective AoE tanking now, which they did not have prior to this.

At this point in the game, any tanking class will be an exceptional booster. The reason people used to say you needed a Paladin, is mainly because they could kill 50 mobs at once, while the druid or warrior could kill 3 at once.

[johnny555]

Thanks for the replies and clearing up that granted levels count as earned. Thought I read that was changed. Good to hear druids are capable boosters

Here's my new plan: account A has the druid and account B has the rogue. Accounts C, D, and E will be new. I'll do the referals as b -> c -> d -> e.

[Nisch]

:thumbup: I tested the granted / earned levels last night and it worked fine.

So essentially, if you had the following levels on each account:

Acct1: lvl 60
Acct2: lvl 30
Acct3: lvl 30
Acct4: lvl 30
Acct5: lvl 30

If you end up with this, you can granted levels all the way down the chain giving all accounts a 60.

I setup 5 new RAF accounts after I realized I did the referring chain the wrong way and now have the setup correct and should end up with a total of 30 level 60's by leveling up only 6 toons to 60. Should give me a nice aresenal to choose from when I'm done.

[Owltoid]

:thumbup: I tested the granted / earned levels last night and it worked fine.

So essentially, if you had the following levels on each account:

Acct1: lvl 60
Acct2: lvl 30
Acct3: lvl 30
Acct4: lvl 30
Acct5: lvl 30

If you end up with this, you can granted levels all the way down the chain giving all accounts a 60.

I setup 5 new RAF accounts after I realized I did the referring chain the wrong way and now have the setup correct and should end up with a total of 30 level 60's by leveling up only 6 toons to 60. Should give me a nice aresenal to choose from when I'm done.

Depends on who Acct1 is, but if Acct1 is the boosting account then this is not true.

To put is as simply as possible:

A = boosting account with a high level

B, C, D, E = new account

A -> B -> C -> D -> E

Now, if you were able to get E to 60, then the boosting from level 30 works for the others. However, if E is only level 30 then it cannot grant levels above its current level. Therefore getting E to level 30 with the hope of chain level granting will not work.

If you want 5 toons then what you could do is:

A -> B -> C where your A account uses a high level to get B & C to 60. Now you create two new toons on A and B. Your newly leveled 60 on account C boosts the new toons on A and B to 30 at which time you can now boost them up to 60. You are left with the following:

A: the original high level and one level 60

B: two level 60s

C: one level 60

You now have your original booster and 4 60s that can be transferred to a new account. If you think it's significantly faster to boost two toons as once instead of four toons, then this is the way to do it. If you think it's faster to do four toons at once then just create the accounts.

One nice thing about boosing four accounts at once is that once they're 60 you can roll a new team of four, get them to level 30, and have them granted to 60.

Sorry if this is a confusing post but I saw a few incorrect strategies in this thread and I don't want you to waste your time.

[Nisch]

Well, I forgot to mention that I have 10 accounts and I have a full chain of 5, using the 6th to boost the last in the chain up to 60, then RAF-granting my way back up the accounts.

[elsegundo]

gone are the days where swipe only hit 3 mobs at a time. seriously, that was a terrible limitation. now i run through instances like butter with my druid. actually think its a lot more fun than with my pally. now... my pally has limitations. hammer of the righteous hits 3 only? whaaaa???