Recruit-a-friend now grants bonus experience, levels to 80
by Mathew McCurley 
Jun 25th 2011 at 2:00PM
The Recruit-a-friend change was noted in the newest version of the patch 4.2 Rage of the Firelands patch notes found on Blizzard's community site.
Patch 4.2 Patch Notes
Recruit-A-Friend now awards bonus experience and free level grants to level 80, up from level 60.
Check out the Recruit-a-friend FAQ for more information on the program and how to level characters together and the benefits received.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jeff Jun 25th 2011 2:10PM
EXCELLENT!
Recruit-A-Friend has sort of fallen by the wayside for me, given that at this point 1-60 isn't very hard anymore. The Cata revamp made it much easier to swallow, not to mention more fun.
60-80 is the real slog, I can't tell you how happy I am that RaF works there now.
Simandl Jun 25th 2011 2:11PM
This make me wish I had recruited my friend to WoW... now it's too late though :/ he's capped
lazymangaka Jun 25th 2011 2:15PM
This is an awesome change, but I wish that I could purchase the benefits without getting a new account so I could use it for characters on accounts I actually care about. I understand that it's a recruitment tool first and foremost, but that doesn't stop me from wishing.
DonNochay Jun 25th 2011 2:22PM
While you're right, that it IS first and foremost a recruiting tool, I think Blizzard should acknowledge players like us (which I wouldn't say is a small portion, to say the least) who have old, old accounts, or in some cases (like mine) have already done account shuffle in order to take advantage of it in the past. It benefited them then, they should allow it to benefit me now.
DonNochay Jun 25th 2011 2:23PM
the* account shuffle.... @_@
Sally Bowls Jun 25th 2011 3:58PM
@Don - I am not completely sure if that is correct. Of the half-dozen or so friends I see with RaF (the 2-seater mount), they were all dual-box. One was just to the buy mount. So it is positioned as a recruiting tool and I am sure works for that and they (and players) hope it works. But my guess is the second account idea is bigger than folks think.
DonNochay Jun 25th 2011 4:49PM
@Sally Bowls
You may have misinterpreted what I meant. I ended up shuffling old characters to a new account (years ago, during an RAF with my girlfriend), and it sucked to have to pay the extra money to power level a toon or two, and then get my toons no one account, so that I WOULDN'T have to pay for multiple accounts. I understand that for many, 2+ account has become something of the norm, but not for me. I consider it a massive waste of money.
Glaras Jun 25th 2011 2:20PM
... making content below level cap even *less* relevant to anything than it already was. Making it even *more* likely that people will arrive at level cap not knowing how to truly play their class.
DonNochay Jun 25th 2011 2:22PM
Uh, not so sure about that champ.....
WaterRouge Jun 25th 2011 2:27PM
The people getting and using the bonus experience are the ones who recruited their friends so I highly doubt they didn't have any experience with WoW beforehand.
Saeadame Jun 25th 2011 2:34PM
Bonus XP applies for both, but if you've got a friend introducing you to the game you're already ahead, for the most part. The granted levels are for the recruiter, not the recruitee, so it's someone who already has an account. RAF people are generally ahead of the game knowledge-wise compared to a normal "huh, well I like elves..." person who just picks it up randomly in a store, so I don't see this as a bad thing, honestly.
Jeff Jun 25th 2011 3:03PM
It's pretty easy to just level by questing, never having to really "learn" your class. Figure out how to kill mobs, and you can get to 85. That's just a fact of life. Speed boosts like Recruit-A-Friend aren't going to make anything better or worse, you're just looking for something to blame.
Minstrel Jun 25th 2011 3:32PM
Yes, doing fetch quests slower is the key to "learning your class." I think players who struggle to tank or heal in dungeons and raids (or optimize their DPS) probably didn't do their quests slowly enough. :)
mitch_b_666 Jun 25th 2011 2:27PM
Bitchin'
Saeadame Jun 25th 2011 2:32PM
SO EXCITED. Not that I have anyone to recruit, atm, but I have a few friends that want to restart WoW from scratch I can probably convince to RAF with me. Mostly I want to get some of my toons through the 60-80 slog. It's such a slog =/.
andrepertoire Jun 25th 2011 2:33PM
Does this change current RaF linked accounts, I RaF'd my friend a week ago, and I'm curious if this is a blanket change and we will benefit from this as well?
Saeadame Jun 25th 2011 2:35PM
Hopefully. It would make sense, otherwise it'd be kind of a bummer.
Farnoth Jun 25th 2011 2:48PM
I hope so. Me and a friend have a little under 2 months left on our RAF link and just hit Outlands on the toons we're leveling together.
icepyro Jun 25th 2011 2:57PM
I'd imagine so since it is more of a game client change like the rest of the patch notes than it is anything to do with billing or anything meta like that. I doubt you will get bonus exp/levels for the levels gained past 60 before the patch, however, so you may want to either start new toons or wait until patch drops to do anything further there if you have reached the Outlands.
Tdog Jun 25th 2011 2:35PM
I know everybody is praising this and it's a nice little change. But I really feel that they are doing this because Blizzards dropped alot more in subscribers then they are letting on.