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Recruit a Friend 3x Exp or just 1.5x?
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Post by
Lorkin
So I decided to try the recruit a friend program. I was lured in with the 3x experience they were boasting, but I'm sorta disappointed in the results. Is the reality that the extra experience gained is only 1.5x experience, even lower than 2x rested experience for grinding mobs?
Let me explain: You would group with your recruit a friend account, and mobs would yield 3x experience. Say Mob X gives 100 exp. Grouped with your buddy, the mob would yield 300 experience. Since you are grouped, the mob's 300 experience would yield 150 exp to each party member. Thus, each character would only see an increase from 100 exp to 150 exp, which is 1.5x experience.
When you are grouped, rested experience is turned off. So if you had rested experience, you would normally have gained 2x experience from mobs. Is my math off or something, or does this seem like its much less than a lot of folks expected? I mean, I thought you actually got 3x whatever experience you would normally get, i.e. level 3 times as fast. So far I've only seen a slight increase in leveling speed, nothing to write home about.
Thoughts?
Post by
Random0214
No, it is 3x experience, no matter on being in a group. Trust me.
Post by
MasterOfDisguise
No, it is 3x experience, no matter on being in a group. Trust me.
I might be misunderstanding this, but the linked accounts needs to be grouped together, in addition to some other prerequisites, in order to gain the triple experience.
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104395
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
MasterOfDisguise
You get triple xp from quests too.
Not to mention reputation awards. =)
Post by
Random0214
No, it is 3x experience, no matter on being in a group. Trust me.
I might be misunderstanding this, but the linked accounts needs to be grouped together, in addition to some other prerequisites, in order to gain the triple experience.
What I was saying is, that being in a group does not halve the experience gained through RaF.
Post by
Lorkin
Ok riddle me this than.
My one character solos and gets 100% exp from mobs, and 200% rested exp.
If I do a recruit a friend: Both characters get 150% experience. 300% from mob divided by 2.
Isn't that even LESS than I would be getting if I was grinding mobs with rested experience?
Post by
Teddiursa
I do not know why you can't understand this:
Your experience is not divided in half when your RAF grouped.
You each get 3x the exp you would normally get from anything. Rested gets you 4x exp.
Post by
Lorkin
I do not know why you can't understand this:
Your experience is not divided in half when your RAF grouped.
You each get 3x the exp you would normally get from anything. Rested gets you 4x exp.
That's not true my friend.
Only quests would give you 3x experience. Mobs you still have to split the experience.
Also your rested becomes disabled when you are grouped with your buddy. You CAN NEVER GO ABOVE 3x Expeerience, dunno where you're getting the 4x exp from.
Post by
Teddiursa
I do not know why you can't understand this:
Your experience is not divided in half when your RAF grouped.
You each get 3x the exp you would normally get from anything. Rested gets you 4x exp.
That's not true my friend.
Only quests would give you 3x experience. Mobs you still have to split the experience.
Also your rested becomes disabled when you are grouped with your buddy. You CAN NEVER GO ABOVE 3x Expeerience, dunno where you're getting the 4x exp from.
Then how come I get ~400 exp per mob in Scarlet Monastery when grouped with my friend, and ~100 when I'm not? By your logic I should be getting ~200, no?
Post by
Lorkin
You must have a magical account what can I say?
Here's the Recruit a Friend FAQ site:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=25716
What if I'm partied with multiple recruits with whom I'm linked? Do I get quadruple or quintuple the experience?
No. Although you may be linked with multiple accounts, the maximum increase you can receive at any given time is 300% —triple the normal amount.
Edit: Added post from Vrakthris:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8765628748&sid=1
Q: What about rested experience, do I have the potential to get over 300% experience?
A: No, the max experience gain is 300%. While you are grouped and in close proximity to a character on the linked account your rest experience bonus will not be applied. This means that if you decide to solo later any rest experience that you have acquired will still be available.
Post by
Teddiursa
You must have a magical account what can I say?
Here's the Recruit a Friend FAQ site:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=25716
What if I'm partied with multiple recruits with whom I'm linked? Do I get quadruple or quintuple the experience?
No. Although you may be linked with multiple accounts, the maximum increase you can receive at any given time is 300% —triple the normal amount.
Edit: Added post from Vrakthris:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8765628748&sid=1
Q: What about rested experience, do I have the potential to get over 300% experience?
A: No, the max experience gain is 300%. While you are grouped and in close proximity to a character on the linked account your rest experience bonus will not be applied. This means that if you decide to solo later any rest experience that you have acquired will still be available.
I was more referring to the exp not being split than the rested exp. When I was not with my friend I would get around 150 exp per mob, when I was I would get 450.
Post by
Lorkin
2 Level 8's fighting stuff in Durator.
Solo I would get 76 Exp per mob
Grouped I would get 126 Exp per mob.
My point was that shouldn't I be getting 76 exp x 3 = 228 Exp per mob?
Post by
Lorkin
Then how come I get ~400 exp per mob in Scarlet Monastery when grouped with my friend, and ~100 when I'm not? By your logic I should be getting ~200, no?
I was more referring to the exp not being split than the rested exp. When I was not with my friend I would get around 150 exp per mob, when I was I would get 450.
I like how your numbers changed as well.
Post by
Teddiursa
Then how come I get ~400 exp per mob in Scarlet Monastery when grouped with my friend, and ~100 when I'm not? By your logic I should be getting ~200, no?
I was more referring to the exp not being split than the rested exp. When I was not with my friend I would get around 150 exp per mob, when I was I would get 450.
I like how your numbers changed as well.
~ indicates an estimated amount.
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