all of my toons are boosted all 40 of them, with the exception of 2 80's i already had, and the toons taht are on the same acnt as my 80's were granted levels from 1 to 60, they still have starting gear on, lol. but i do quest and craft them gear to get started off in, i don't hit bg's until i feel that my gear will allow me to survive it.