I read that thread.

It says boosting is the fastest method of leveling - I get that.

I don't understand the A > B > C > D > E examples though

Quote Originally Posted by Ualaa View Post
If you go with:
A > B > C > D > E

You end up with granted toons on every account, except account E.
Which is good, if you have a lot of toons on the existing account A.



If you go with:
A > B > C
A > D > E

You end up with a lot of granted levels on A, and some on B/D, with none on C/E.
If you have a booster on A, but very little else than this is a great method; that could be the case, if you transferred a booster with gold and heirlooms to a new server with other boxers... and then set up RAF there.

You would use "A" to boost BCDE.
Because there are "two-hops" in the RAF chain (two chains, but two hops in either chain), you need to level 2^2 characters for granted levels to cascade exactly.
So boost four toons on BCDE, with A, and granted levels work out perfectly.

C/E each give two toons (from 2nd to 80th), to B/D.
B/D each give two toons (from 2nd to 80th), to A.
B/D each received two toons from C/E, meaning they can each give one more toon to A.

A ends up receiving six full toons from granted levels.
B/D receive two from granted, plus the four from being boosted.
C/E each have the four that were boosted.

Unlike the A > B > C > D > E chain... four toons works out exactly, and any even number of toons works out better.




In my experience, boosting is the fastest leveling method.
It always work the same, and is not reliant on bugs/cracks in the system.
I guess I am just a bit confused about how granted levels work. I am going to have to look into it.

What about my other questions?