Plan of action

[Kalyse]

I have been researching lots... I'm not actually going to be playing for at least another 3 weeks but I want to make sure I have done all my reading before hand.

I now have a few quyestions.

I have an account called Account Y. This has two characters on. I am going to do a PCT (paid character transfer) of my Mage onto Account A which has been set up on a new battle net account and using RAF.

I will then set up a RAF chain like
Account A refers B
Account A refers C
Account A refers D
Account A refers E.

Account A will then boost FOUR teams (so 16 characters in total).
This means that I would then have a total of about 480 grantable levels to Account A. (Is this correct?)

Then also, because Account A has just been set up, will Account A ever be able to get 300% bonus? Account A will never be playing along Account Y. So can Account A ever get the bonus?

Is that true also about the 480 grantable levels? Because then I wouldn't need the RAF bonus, because I can just grant all the levels to the main account?

[orianthi]

if A is boosting then there is a flaw in your setup… to get the 300% XP bonus the 2 linked accounts need the mob to be green (gives XP) but this won’t be the case with your booster (mobs will be grey). have you considered the other setup where A refers B refers C refers D refers E, it seems like you only want to use A in your setup - each has it’s own pros and cons depending on what you want to do at the end.

but to stick with your setup, you can boost with Y and create new characters with A,B,C,D - they will be linked while Y boosts them. you don’t need E since the 5th spot is taken by your booster. you can do E but without a booster though it’s a lot slower even with RAF.

[Smithnweson]

What you want to do is:

A refers B
B refers C
C refers D
D refers E
Use Y to boost B,C,D (while alternating A & C)
This would allow your A and C to stay close and whilst not always being in the group if they fall behind too much you can use B & D to grant them levels).

Now since Wow holds a max of 10 characters per account, you should boost 5 teams to 60 and 5 teams to 30 and this will allow you to grant those 2nd set of teams to 60. now remember that on the 5 teams to 30 your E guy won't be getting levels granted.

If you didn't care about levels getting granted... with RAF the whole 1-60 process takes 18-30 hrs depending on the person. And I would probably say even less as you get used to doing runs. You could pop 10 teams to 60 in a month if you went hardcore at it. The only issue is if you stock up on teams, when cataclysm releases you will have no spots left for Worgens/Goblins.

Anyways I hope this helps.

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[Kalyse]

Account Y won't be doing any boosting.
Basically, Account A will be my main account. Its the one with the Mage which will be boosting on. I will be paid character transfering the mage back (eventually) to Account Y. So I'm trying to figure out HOW do I level up any level 60s on account A?

Please can you advise on this? I figure I won't get any 80s until I have full teams of 60 on accounts A B C and D, so I thought I would just grant all the 60s onto account A.

(PS. When creating my teams, my names are going to be themed.. but I don't want to create three names only to find out that the fourth name isn't available. How can I check if the names are available before creating?).

I'm buying pwnboxer now
I'll be playing on trial accounts for a month now.

[orianthi]

why not boost using Y since you are going to return the mage back to that account anyway?

using your setup i would create:
A -> B,C,D
Y = booster
* so 1 team (up to lvl 60) will give you 90 levels to grant to A
* you will end up with a bunch of lvl 60 characters in account A that’s why i thought you are intending to use A only and throw away B,C,D (after trasfers).

using suggested boxing setup:
A->B->C->D
Y=booster
* you have to cascade available grants from D to A, so A will end up with more (received) grants than C since granted levels can be used to grant as well (same 2:1)
* i always create a DK on D since it will be the account with fewer 60s.
* i would avoid granting levels to lvl 1, i would save them and level up to 20-30 (and 98-99% before the next level) at least before granting.

“->” means RAF link

to check or reserve names just make lvl 1 toons on that server… delete it once you are ready to use that name.

[Kalyse]

I gave account Y to my brother when I stopped playing last year. While he's now made lots of new characters on the account, I feel that I need to return the mage back once I have done what I need. The mage was mine originally up to level 70.
Thats the purpose of the strange transfer to Account A from Account Y. In my mind, it seems like Account A is going to have no level 60s? Because he will be the boosting account with the mage.
Does this make sense now?

[orianthi]

you can still grant levels to A since they will be linked but you won't get the 300% XP boost which makes a BIG difference. if you're planning to play B,C,D and E then the best setup i think is A->B->C->D->E. A recruits B, then B recruits C, then C recruits D and D recruits E.

boost using A teamed with the other linked (i.e. B->C, D->E) accounts. after your first team (if my math is correct):

E can grant 30 levels to D
D can grant 30 + 15 (45 total) levels to C
C can grant 30 + 22 (52 total) levels to B
B can grant 30 + 26 (56 total) levels to A

take note that you can only grant a toon up to the maximum level of the toon that is granting levels. as an example, if i like to make 2 teams, after the first team of 60 and using above, i only need to make a lvl 30 on D, lvl 15 on C, lvl 8 on B and lvl 4 on A before giving the grants to reach 60. this is not the optimum strategy but just to make my point clear (or confusing?).

i'm sure there are guides out there that explains it a lot better but the RAF FAQ should be enough to make up your own strategy. i made my own but didn't follow it, i seldom use the grants since i only make 1 team per server since i can't decide on a server. i'm basically just using the XP boost ... i know.

[Kalyse]

Thanks orianthi.

However, where are you getting +15, +22, and +26 from? What are these?

In your RAF chain, Account A will only have 60s which are granted right? Thats why I'd like to try and get a chain set up where as many grants can go to A as possible. Because I will always be boosting on A and A won't ever be getting any bonus.

[orianthi]

those are the grantable levels gained from grants, if you grant 30 free levels to a character it will gain 15 grantable levels. you may need 2 or more characters to grant a character to 60.

notice that i didn’t include the grants from regular leveling of characters outside of team#1 from so you actually have more grants than what’s in the table, i just used it to make my point.

correct on your question about A having only 60s from grants .. if you insist to boost with it.