This meant that the only players who were using the Refer-A-Friend system in its intended way – leveling alongside their friend – were those who had decided that they wanted to experience that content together. Players often out-level areas long before they’ve had a chance to complete key stories and quest lines, leading to a less-than-ideal experience. Except that this adds no new functionality. Changes to Recruit a Friend program XP boost 1. That said, we’re certainly taking the feedback about the rate of leveling alts into account as we move forward with the game’s development. While you’ll still have to invest time into get any character to level 120, using any of the XP increases below will significantly help during Battle For Azeroth. So, to help with this, you can now invite your friends to join you in RuneScape and we’ll offer them items and extra XP, with the possibility that you could earn an XP multiplier too! Open the "Social" tab. Copy your unique Recruit a Friend link and share it with your friends. Questing in WoW is the most brain dead activity one can do as from level 1 to 100 you dont even have a proper rotation and even if you ding 100 out of 110 you still only have 4 button rotations as Legion is the most braindead dps rotation of all expansions. So making leveling take +- 40% longer in an already outdated mmo with a outdated quest system is in you eyes an improvement ? When it was first introduced, we gave it a hefty bonus to experience gain as a way for both players … You can even go turn off xp gain completely if you want to go through all of the zones. I wondered why World of Warcraft was doing something promoting marijuana, I briefly thought it said they were doing a “Reefer-a-Friend experience”. So I take it you disagree with them then. Overall, there’s nothing strictly wrong or even particularly obnoxious about the way things work now. I was originally excited for this update. To recruit more friends, you’ll need to generate a new link, which you can do once every 30 days. Obviously this probably is going to result in more people buying boosts who might have powerleveled through other means in the past. All you need to do is Refer A Friend through our programme and, if your friend subscribes within two weeks of joining, you’ll receive a 10% XP boost for one week. The gameplay itself was tedious as I had limited interaction with the combat beyond a quick DPS burst, then 10-20 seconds of just… waiting… on… CDs because I was too low level to have an engaging rotation. Shows the XP of any friend in your group who is also using FriendXP. The Refer-A-Friend system is intended as an option for players who want to invite a friend to play WoW with them and experience the game together. That’s the excuse they’re seem to be using though. If you hit 60 before you get maxed crafts. When it was first introduced, we gave it a hefty bonus to experience gain as a way for both players to reach endgame content as quickly as possible. Then they can follow the link in the invitation email again, and they will be prompted to choose which account to RAF link. When you’re ready to bring your friends to Azeroth, simply log in to WoW and generate an invite link through the Recruit A Friend interface, then send that link to your friends. The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst general chat channel? The Game Archaeologist: Clone Wars Adventures, the Star Wars MMO everyone kinda forgot, Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs I’m optimistic about in 2019, Perfect Ten: Counting Fallout 76’s many post-nuclear flubs, LOTRO Legendarium: The unique feel of Lord of the Rings Online, The MOP Up: Destiny 2 sanctions unorthodox raiding. theyre a troll if that matters. I suspect your bias to it all being “bitching” as opposed to constructive feedback though. The Daily Grind: What’s the most embarrassing thing you ever said in MMO chat? And yet another thread swarmed with people who certainly never played vanilla or who were 11 years old recollecting or just out-right lying about very obvious, prominent mechanics. In addition, the XP bonuses provided by heirlooms do not stack with the RAF bonuses. We realized that, for those players, the 300% XP bonus was a disservice; we were cutting that shared experience short by making them finish it far too quickly. RuneScape can be great fun to play with others, whether you’re starting a clan, aiming for a skill milestone or taking on a boss. It surprising they nerfed all experience gain with the exception of Lv 100 boosters…not. The nerfs to all exp gains in a game this old where its mostly veterans left is nothing more and nothing less then a direction to their cashshop and their character sales. And if the price was on par with such an old game it would still be fine but they charge 60 euro for 1 level 100 boost. The bigger problem is the TTK. My understanding is that while there’s more effort involved (higher TTK, harder dungeons inherently worth less xp), the actual speed hasn’t been reduced unless you try to do the same old dungeons-only tactic. Some players are calling for a reduction in price for the level 100 boost token that also comes free with the Legion boxed expansion, claiming that this is just a way of forcing people to pay more to completely bypass the leveling process in short order. The Daily Grind: Do you wish Guild Wars 2 had proper player housing? The XP boost has been reduced from 200% bonus to 50% bonus*, effective today, January 22, 2018. No Refer-a-Friend or other XP-boosting activites, gear or buffs (Darkmoon Faire, Heirlooms, Garrison potion, etc). Whether you’re just returning to World of Warcraft, or making an alternative character, leveling quickly - without buying a boost - will save you considerable time and money. I mean, why would you level from 0 when your friend gets a free boost for buying the expac? The audacity right boredlol? Hey, we said it was unrelated. Sally’s tongue in cheek reference (to the quote) is likely due to the fact Bungie said the same thing and got ripped to shreds. It’s kind of a waste to use a token before you hit 60. The Refer-A-Friend system is intended as an option for players who want to invite a friend to play WoW with them and experience the game together. All Mounts (including Heirloom and Mount Equipment) and Account-wide abilities (Toys) are allowed. How you answer that question will make a lot of difference in how you see the changes made to the game’s Refer-A-Friend system, which has reduced the massive experience boost from the service from 300% to 50% and removed any stacking with heirlooms. That’s not audacity, that’s well-founded disgruntlement. We linked our accounts via email but we noticed our benefits were not active/ given to us. so… all it seems like a desperate move from blizz to milk more money from boosts… but I think it will have the opposite effect. It installs a LDB component which is shown to the user. Ongoing RaF participations remain unaffected for up … Heirloom gear XP bonuses will no longer stack with the RAF boost (i.e., the maximum XP boost you will see from today onwards is 50%). As you may have heard, Patch 7.3.5 significantly overhauled the level-up experience in World of Warcraft so that zones from 1–100 will dynamically scale to your character’s level. In other and wholly unrelated news, there’s been a round of hotfixes to correct some bugs. The XP boost has been reduced from 200% bonus to 50% bonus, effective on January 22, 2018. “The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for leveling new characters slower.”. Log into a character in-game. In addition, the XP bonuses provided by heirlooms do not stack with the RAF bonuses. The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO change or update you’re still a little angry about? It seems clear that Blizzard is doing this to sell boosts and race changes. The Refer-A-Friend system is intended as an option for players who want to invite a friend to play WoW with them and experience the game together. 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This allows people who play togeather to see each others XP when leveling without having to ask every ten minutes "how far to go?". Because of this, we are adjusting the XP bonus on the Recruit-A-Friend (RAF) program to ensure it reflects the updated pacing of the game as new players level their characters and explore Azeroth. There’s nothing fun about taking longer to kill mobs with less abilities to use. currently unable to grant levels to my friend who i recruited. Why? Very few posts are constructive. Nowadays, purchasing the latest WoW expansion includes a free character boost, so the need to rush your friend to max level is no longer there; you can jump into the latest content with your friend right away. They put up with the use of it for dual box powerleveling back when there wasn’t any good alternative, but using it for that always was kludgy and dumb, and they have no real incentive to continue supporting it as a ghetto boost. Attempting to use a second scroll while one is already active results in the message: "You will need to wait for your current bonus to expire first." is it was an outdated system that needed to be brought in line with the recent changes. Refer a Friend to Receive an XP Boost! Dont even start taking about old dungeons – aoe spam festst with 5-levels gain per run. I take those for what they are worth though. Once the account is created, they need to verify it with Blizzard, through a follow-up email. Its bitching , moaning, and complaining. Leave slow leveling to the new Classic server. In other words, at this point the biggest boost you can get to experience while leveling is 50% across the board, however you get it. We are making these changes to ensure the XP boost doesn’t upset game balance and undermine the experience, while still giving a significant XP bonus to you and a friend as a thank-you for being part of the Recruit-A-Friend program. No, you can still spend $60 and get there in a second. Details here. Like the dev said. (Except for DK). WoW Classic requires a subscription. RAF needed the nerf bat too or there would be no point in any of it. *For a full list of the rewards and the in-game criteria for receiving them, visit our RAF In-Game Bonuses page. If you refer to five friends and those friends make an account with you to play, you will get a "Swift Zevhra" as a reward, but the mount can only be used after level 40 or higher. This is probably for the best. So, were all of the experience boosts you had in World of Warcraft there to get your character to max level as quickly as possible, or were they there to ensure that you didn’t have to languish in zones where you were going to be leveling through awkwardly anyway? The experience bonus, that was reduced to 50% in 2018, was working normally before today's maintenance, but now seems inactive, as promised by Blizzard previously. i started as a maghar and we are still unable to grant levels. It’s clear that Blizzard’s view now is that the leveling game is for people who like to level, and the boost is the answer for people who don’t. As such, enemies took quite a long time to die. You actually have to spend a week or two playing the game before you get to max levels, gear up in a week, then run circles around your order hall. The raf xp boost scroll can be obtained by recruiting a friend via the Refer a Friend Programme.Activating the scroll grants a 10% experience bonus for seven days. The raf xp boost scroll can be obtained by recruiting a friend via the Refer a Friend Programme.Activating the scroll grants a 10% experience bonus for seven days. I’ve heard mixed opinions on this though. Shame only that this taken so long time and i hope Blizzard will not revert this over time due to forum whining etc…. ©2021 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. You can receive up to five of these boosts in a year, so it is a great way for you to level up on those harder to attain skills. They dont force you to do anything and if you think taht you must buy a token bacause you cant ‘endure’ (still easiest and least time consuming in genre) leveling maybe its time to change game. I’m also sure they have run the numbers and are confident it will be a net buff and not a nerf to their bottom line. https://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1082701-changes-to-recruit-a-friend/. With the change, Some accounts also are having issues showing their Recruit-a-Friend list. o.O. This, along with the already active XP nerf, is the complete opposite direction that they need to be going whilst on the verge of releasing the new races. Level granting: for every two levels your friend gains while the accounts are linked, they can grant one level to one of your characters. Click the "Recruit A Friend" button ( ). My guess is that while the new scaling is for everyone ultimately, it’s mainly for new players who have found the leveling process too easy or disjointed before. invited player will receive a starter pack along with a bonus that allows him/her to get a 10% modifier for the first week of play time People who did not want RAF bonus did not have to RAF. Blizzard has made changes to the Recruit a Friend program in Patch 7.3.5. o.O, I think you are completely right. The XP boost from RaF has been reduced from 200% bonus to 50%. I wonder how long until the cash shop assumes its ultimate form tho, they seem to believe if they are sneaky enough they can train their audience not to notice… and they might be very right about that. So you take away the diffrent paths how people like to level and say thats an improvement ? I don’t know a single person who was clamouring for a longer 1-110 leveling experience. They don’t want to spend more time playing the *same exact content they’ve already played* just for the sake of Blizzard’s push towards tokens. ... also try adding the person you sent it to and teleporting to them or have them teleport to you you will also get an XP boost so trying killing something and and checking the battle log it should say X amount of extra XP … So it removes options for some people and does not really add new options for others. Hmmm spend the two days it takes to level in this game or buy a character token for $60… Hmmmm.. decisions decisions, many are reporting 40+ hours for post-patch leveling, so… two days /played. Except with catchup for profs these days, it is quicker and better GoldPerHour to just boost at 1. Others are pointing out that this plus the 7.3.5 patch changes means that you and your referred friend can both just enjoy the leveling experience together, moving faster but still being able to see a good chunk of the zone with players who may not be familiar with all of it. They are just in the vast minority so of course my bias is to it. You can’t have leveling a certain way then say “oh wait, lets leave this as the only FAST option available other than token / buying”. For someone who’s already done the grind 10 times, the prospect of going back and leveling my last class was already daunting, but the new races and rewards at least provided some incentive. If your counter-argument is “well i want to experience the content with my friend and not use the boost” then their should be no complaining about the exp boost that trivializes said content being removed from the game. Now, we certainly recognize that the majority of people using the Refer-A-Friend system before these changes were doing so in order to level alts quickly. XP penalties are supposed to be applied when in a party with significantly higher leveled players. This is where/how you claim all your prizes, including pets and mounts. Blizzard’s about to introduce four allied races, each of which come with their own incentive to level the old fashioned way instead of buying a boost. Use this link to recruit two World of Warcraft accounts on the same Blizzard account. But they lets call taken away options a good change ye as thats what YOU seem to like. It wasn’t being used as intended anyways. https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21342575/changes-to-recruit-a-friend-now-live. Period. To recruit more friends, you’ll need to generate a new link, which you can do once every 30 days. Log in to Hearthstone and click the Recruit a Friend button at the bottom of your Friends List. Subscribe to my channel:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=warcraftcallofdutyFollow me on the Live Stream at http://www.twitch.tv/velifer The bottom line,. Nobody has lost anything that they thought they were paying for before now. No, conspiracy theories aside, this is Blizzard restoring gameplay that had been lost over the course of the game’s expansions. The below is a dev response to the bitching… oops, complaining… oops, i meant feedback!!!! currently im 27 and they are 22. thanks. Oh Give me a break. The XP boost gained from the Recruit-A-Friend program when playing with a linked friend is down from 200% (300% XP vs. base XP) to 50% (150% XP vs. base XP). You already have a choice, don’t punish everyone else and remove theirs. LOTRO Legendarium: Analyzing the 2021 LOTRO producer letter. The massive nerf to dungeon exp and all other sources to exp is an improvement ? Question about Refer A Friend So I recently started playing wow and my friend (who's returning to the game) recommended we use the RAF benefits to level faster. And tbh if there will be side effect – more boost sales then good for them. Maybe it matters less now that continents scale with your level, but the 50% heirloom bonus alone is really fast. When it was first introduced, we gave it a hefty bonus to experience gain as a way for both players … They’re not leveling in a new game, they’re leveling their umpteenth alt to play a new class, or the same class on one of the new races, or on a new server and/or faction with friends. I’m sure this won’t hurt Blizzard’s feelings any. O.o, Vague Patch Notes: The sneering elitism of the MMO term ‘welfare epics’, Gamigo has laid off an unspecified number of RIFT devs, says MMO will continue, Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s forced grouping serves an important purpose. If you assume that, then it makes sense to nerf RAF. Heirloom gear XP bonuses will no longer stack with the RAF boost (i.e., the maximum XP boost you will see from today onwards is 50%). Recruit A Friend Bonus XP Nerfed. Setting Up Recruit a Friend If you either sent or received an invite before the change went into effect today, once the invite is accepted you and your friend will still receive triple XP* (200% XP bonus) until the link between your accounts expires (90 days from the date the new recruit’s account was first created). I guess Questing is King once more. All you need to do is Refer A Friend through our programme and, if your friend subscribes within two weeks of joining, you’ll receive a 10% XP boost for one week. And the leveling game overall will be better for the changes. Most of the people complaining have spent years playing. RAF xp boost was not available in Vanilla so it should not be available in Classic. my friend recruited me, and im on wow now, ... Warcraft Refer A Friend. But it wasn’t *engaging* because dying was only a worry if I was mobbed by a group of enemies. If you’re already actively participating in the program, fear not! “Thanks for the feedback and thoughts so far. By the time 8.0 and the next expansion rolls out, nobody will even remember that anyone ever cared about any of this. People used it to power level alts. Typically, this is WoW1.After this point, the acco… Over the years, we’ve made multiple changes to adjust the leveling curve—and as a result, the pace of characters’ progress has become significantly out of sync with the content. If you were already on the program, Heirloom gear will still stack. These accounts are basically your RAF1 and RAF2 accounts, however, for clarity, we're going to refer to them as WoW#2 and WoW#3.
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