Why not implement a RAF system instead?
This is the best alternative I can think of to a boost as I believe this was in TBC originally?
So why not re-introduce it for classic?
What is RAF?
Faster xp, free summons, free level granting for low lvl alts, free mount.
If you are against boost but for RAF⌠Then Iâm out of words gg you guys make no sense, literally.
I wonder how many lvl 58s bots can make in those 90 days you get more xp and free levels and a free mount.
RAF was in the original game.
Boost wasnt.
Think about it
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I had a quick google and seems it came about in 2008
The downside with RAF is many players end up RAFing themselves to get the benefits. Unless you genuinely find a new friend to introduce to WoW.
The two things RaF has going for it as opposed to the boost in my opinion are a) that it was introduced in TBC (and therefore can be considered âClassicâ), and b) that it still allows a player to ease themselves into the game and see the actual pre-outlands game world without some of the aspects that many people find tedious (assuming they donât dungeon level exclusively). Itâs not perfect Iâm sure, as Punyelf pointed out it can be exploited (but then again you could say that about everything), but it seems like a good alternative to me.
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The downside with paid boost is many players end up paid boosting themselves to get the benefits. Unless you genuinely find a new friend to introduce to WoW.
RAF at least promotes playing with friends. And btw, August 2008 is still TBC. WotLK was November (if my Google doesnât lie).
On topic: RAF would be a good compromise IMO, but Blizz analysts probably think paid boost is more $$ (and theyâre probably right). Thatâs why weâre getting the latter.
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The downside of RAF is you still have to level through classic content, which is the sole reason they proposed the boost.
People who wanna play TBC and donât have classic chars donât wanna level 1-58 in old outdated content. They wanna jump right in with all the rest and potentially their friends in TBX.
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But at a much increased speed so whatâs the problem?
My boy Tanvar.
Why are you making a new post? There are already thousends of those in circulations. Which you obviously know, you were active in participating.
But NO. Boost willcome. Making a new post will not change a thing.
Recruit a friend is good as addition. But not instead of a boost.
Give it a rest will you?
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My point is that people who end up RAFing themselves and you have a second account on follow, you can also do multiple characters with RAF. RAF earns Blizz plenty of money and itâs repeat business. I have self RAFed for all the mounts in Retail. When it still had really good levelling benefits it was very common to see people with a second account on follow. They were infuriating in dungeons as you were essentially a man down. There are of course genuine RAF partners who play together. There would probably be more interest in that with the old skool levelling perks back.
The boost is a one off once per account deal. You get one character that can jump straight into TBC at a cost. Not everyone will be willing to spend that money either. Some will level in prepatch with the improved levelling speed. Knowing Blizz the cost will not be cheap.
My point was that 2008 was still TBC, Iâm sorry that wasnât clear.
I donât think one thing is worse than the other, you could even have both in the game. Iâm not someone who is upset by the boost and will be using one but I do understand that others are upset by the one off catch up mechanic. I will also be levelling other characters too most likely. Especially as my friends have decided to go Alliance 
No.
Why dont you stop reading these threads if youâre so tired of them?
Use a brain yeah?
Because you talk the same nonsense over and over.
Im here to let the sound of sanity be heard.
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The voice of reason.
Obviously this is precisely what they should have done, just as they did back in 2007.
But of course they wonât. This is not the same Blizzard who made Vanilla, TBC, Warcraft III, Starcraft, Diablo II etc. etc. etc. This is Activision - a huge, powerful, profit-hungry, money-grubbing corporation with a few subsidiaries under itâs umbrella, one of which is still called âBlizzardâ, though few of the original employees remain, they left, or lost their jobs in sweeping redundancies, which is why we no longer have GMs - they eat into Activisionâs philosophy of max cost-cutting/max-profits.
This is why the people who claim that they trust Activision not to go any further down the pay-to-win path are living in cloud cuckoo land. Theyâre the same kinds of people who trust smooth-talking politicians when they tell us that better days are just around the corner if we all just tighten our belts, and endure more cuts and austerity, because weâre all in this togetherâŚ
Whatâs happening here is that Activision have carefully monitored Classicâs performance and demographic breakdown.
They have observed that Classic had two distinct long-term demographics: 1) Ex-private server players (these are the types who bring the meta, and the whole min/max ethos) 2) Disgruntled ex-players who quit in around 2012 (people like me).
They observed that Classic was infinitely more popular than their projections indicated and grudgingly opened more servers. They also observered that the first few weeks after launch saw a great many of the people we call âtouristsâ. (group 3) Basically retailers who were Classic-curious many of these quit after a couple of months, and the game has effectively levelled out ever since.
Itâs this last group Activision are most interested in. They know groups 1 and 2 will play regardless, but what if they could use group 3 to make a hefty short-term profit?
Hence we have the situation we have now. Activision are effectively luring group 3 (retail players who are TBC-curious) into the game with promises of instant levelling boosts. They know that theâre unlikely to stick around for more than a few weeks, but in the meantime, getting them to buy boosts will stuff their coffers with lots of lovely lucre.
But what if they could retain group 3 for more than a few weeks?
All it would take is a bit more âconvenienceâ, a bit more âQOLââŚ
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Yeah weâve seen your âsanityâ
Your troll thread is a joke.
Youâre just a retail shill
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Exactly the reason ^^^ they could not be bothered with the game in the first place.
Canât even do leveling with that increase all the benefits⌠smh
We get it, you do not understand Classic and the reason we got it in the first place.
The Royal Air Force. I live a few miles from one of their bases.
https:// en.wikipedia .org/wiki /Royal_Air_Force
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Not at all.