Recruit A Friend Homepage Revamp

Blizzard Posted 2018/09/17 at 12:22 PM by perculia

In Patch 7.3.5, 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). In addition, the XP bonuses provided by heirlooms do not stack with the RAF bonuses.

With the removal of the Battle Chest going into BFA, purchasing two months of game time grants a month of free game time, and purchasing three months of game time grants a special mount or pet.
List of special mounts and pets: Cindermane Charger, Emerald Hippogryph, Heart of the Nightwing, X-53 Touring Rocket, Swift Zhevra, Golden Pig Coin, Silver Pig Coin, Jade Tiger, Zipao Tiger

Recruit A Friend

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The Recruit-A-Friend feature offers amazing perks and epic rewards to World of Warcraft players who ask a friend to join them in their adventures through Azeroth. It’s easy to get them started: just open your friends list in-game (default hotkey:”O”) and click the Recruit-a-Friend icon to begin.You can earn rewards, including a free month of game time, and free pet or mount. You can also enjoy additional unique in-game benefits for you and your friend.Visit the Recruit-A-Friend page to learn more!

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Comment by Darksword88It's hard enough to get new people interested in the game, so they nerf RaF. They should really look at doing something with Scrolls of Resurrection instead. Let's bring old players back.Comment by mbboulderMy friends all think I'm a moron for playing WoW... but at this point it's like a heroin addiction so they put up with it.Comment by BillyMFMaysWhy is the lightforged paladin wearing two sets of shoulder armor?Comment by KompaeTime to change friends.Comment by Karsyno"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). In addition, the XP bonuses provided by heirlooms do not stack with the RAF bonuses."
Man i wouldn't be advertising this.
It IS NOT a selling point.Comment by perculia"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). In addition, the XP bonuses provided by heirlooms do not stack with the RAF bonuses."
Man i wouldn't be advertising this.
It IS NOT a selling point.Comment by ZerOrbitI miss the old XP boost but I understand that it's not my company so it's best not to argue about it.Comment by Redemption86They added nothing new for veterans to care about, well, for me at least. The exp nerf was also a serious hit to my interest in ever using this again.Comment by rubenmsallesWhat is the point? a friend of mine did the free trial to level 20 and then uninstall, he don't want to spend months to reach 120 just to start to play with me. Meanwhile, we play a ton in games like Overwatch, when you just jump there and play.Comment by WrashisI mean the fact that they put it on the launcher and changed the layout of the page means that they're trying to regain interest in a feature that they intentionally shot in the leg and left to die. Sometimes I don't understand this company. If they want to see more people recruited via recruit a friend they could just reinstate the old rewards and make a post saying "Hey, we fixed it, you guys can come back now". Redecorating a horse that's been used as taxidermy won't suddenly make people bet on the horse for a horse race.Comment by SarranuvaIt's hard enough to get new people interested in the game, so they nerf RaF. They should really look at doing something with Scrolls of Resurrection instead. Let's bring old players back.Comment by MANU1234hater will hate.Comment by ZibooAgree with that. It would be easier to get people to come back than finding people that have never played at this point. Even if the time frame is them not having played for two years. I guess the cost of those pixel pets/mounts and xp bonuses are too much for Blizzard.Comment by FixiKilling the XP rewards for RaF was curious - I'd hope they saw sales drop like a stone. But, since it has not been rectified, I guess not? To me, these rewards are pitiful.Comment by Fenril7Not going to happen, the experience was nerfed to the ground. There is no way I would ever invite anyone to this game anymore.....sorry to say.Comment by VetochkaFor people who complain about decreasing bonus exp when level with a friend, I point that also in BfA they "increased" criterieas to get rewards, in Legion you needed to play 1 month with a friend to get a mount, now you need to play 2 months for it. Exp nerfed, mount criterias upped. Not many people noticed second partComment by SgtGrumblesAs someone who's used RAF dozens of times, having no new incentives to recruit AND nerfing the exp bonus is a sure-fire way I will never use this again.

Why would I want my friends to suffer this leveling slog with me? REMEMBER you get PUNISHED for tagging the same mob! Exp is further cut in HALF.

The game actually PUNISHES YOU for playing with your friends! Just utterly ridiculous, Blizzard is so out of touch.Comment by Fenril7Woot 10 Years and 1 day on WoWHead. :)Too bad there isn't an achievement for 10 years on WoWHead.Comment by ArrayaLets reduce the XP gains you get... but that's not all, if you want the mount it will cost your friend more money for their Sub!Comment by DblbaconatorFor people who complain about decreasing bonus exp when level with a friend, I point that also in BfA they "increased" criterieas to get rewards, in Legion you needed to play 1 month with a friend to get a mount, now you need to play 2 months for it. Exp nerfed, mount criterias upped. Not many people noticed second part

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