Recruit-A-Friend XP bonus only one acct?

#0 - Sept. 10, 2008, 6:01 a.m.
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Hi,

I recently started dual-boxing, and I transferred a character over from my existing account to my second account (the character is 36).

I've been having a level 30 character on the original account follow him around, and making sure to kill mobs that appear at least green to the 36 (so red usually for the 30), and I can see that the level 30 character is getting the Recruit-A-Friend XP bonus, but the 36 that I transferred over is showing nothing so far except normal XP gain (or if 200% is present from rested, that bonus).

I was curious as to whether this is due to just having created the account and such, or what?
#2 - Sept. 10, 2008, 6:07 a.m.
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Q u o t e:
Hi,

I recently started dual-boxing, and I transferred a character over from my existing account to my second account (the character is 36).

I've been having a level 30 character on the original account follow him around, and making sure to kill mobs that appear at least green to the 36 (so red usually for the 30), and I can see that the level 30 character is getting the Recruit-A-Friend XP bonus, but the 36 that I transferred over is showing nothing so far except normal XP gain (or if 200% is present from rested, that bonus).

I was curious as to whether this is due to just having created the account and such, or what?


You may have missed the second part in the Recruit a Friend FAQ.

Q u o t e:
# While in a party together, any experience gains are increased significantly.
# If both players are present when the mob is killed both players should receive triple experience.
# If the mob is trivial to either character, no experience bonus is earned.

This means that if you have Player A (level 50 veteran character) grouped with Player B (level 30 RaF character) and they kill a mob that is level 32, since the mob is trivial to Player A, no bonus experience is awarded.

# If one player is 4 or more levels higher than the other but the encounter is not trivial, only the lower player gains the experience bonus.

This means that if you have Player A (level 15 veteran character) grouped with Player B (level 11 RaF character) and they kill a mob that is level 13, only Player B would receive the experience bonus.


# If both players are present, experience gained from quests that are not trivial (gray difficulty or 5 levels below your level) will be tripled for both characters.


http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8765628748&sid=1

Although the mob is not trivial to either of you, the characters are not within 4 levels of one another.