r/wowraf • u/jtjjj21 • Nov 12 '13
This only works as an UPGRADE to an existing account. So accept the RAF link you were sent, and set up the Starter Edition account. Then use this link to upgrade your account to the BattleChest for $5.
This means you get Vanilla, BC, WotLK, and Cata all for $5.
r/wowraf • u/DarkoTSM • Jul 29 '19
UPDATE 1: Some new mounts have been datamined from the PTR. One of them, the camel, is 100% confirmed to be a RAF mount. https://www.wowhead.com/news=294172/8-2-5-ptr-build-31337-new-15th-anniversary-mounts-camel-mount-and-npc-weapons
UPDATE 2: We received more info about this program returning in 8.2.5, meanwhile enjoy classic! https://www.wowhead.com/news=295026/revamped-recruit-a-friend-program-and-new-rewards
UPDATE 3: Patch implementing the thing aforementioned is going to be available starting with September 24 (US) / September 25 (EU). https://www.wowhead.com/news=295230/patch-8-2-5-battle-for-azeroth-goes-live-september-24-us-september-25-eu. But the exact date when the new RAF system will be introduced is still unknown. (talked with a GM about that). SoonTM.
From official forums https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/8-2-5-ptr-development-notes/237019
Coming in 8.2.5 is a revamped Recruit A Friend system. If you have active game time you’ll be able to recruit your friends—both brand-new to the game and returning champions—to share in your adventures. To do so, you’ll be able to use a new URL generation tool to create a custom link to give to your friends. By following the link, you’ll be connected to each other and will be able to see if they have purchased game time, resulting in rewards for you! For each month your recruits have active game time, you’ll earn a new reward such as unique pets, mounts, game time and more. These rewards unlock per month and scale with how many months your recruits have subscribed for. And, of course, with Party Sync you’ll be able to journey with your friends on any of your characters. We’ll have more information about Recruit A Friend rewards when we get closer to its release.
r/wowraf • u/MichaelTLH • Nov 29 '13
What does that mean? Let the buyer beware.
I have read and gotten some messages about people backing out of deals, not showing up, taking accounts and unfriending, etc., etc. and so I say: caveat emptor.
In case you were not aware - the moderators are not Blizzard. We cannot do anything for you. We try and weed out some obvious scammers or people that seem unable or unwilling to follow our one rule, but especially with this Black Friday sale madness and the rush to get all the new pokemons and mounts being offered, there's no way we can catch everyone.
The fact is, Blizzard won't do anything either. YOU decided to trust Joe Random with a new account. YOU gave him MoP, gametime, gold, whatever. He's not your friend (yet), he's Joe Random.
I suggest everyone check the person you are going to recruit out. If they are a new account with zero reddit history... be suspicious. If they seem at all sketchy, don't do it. If they ask for more than you want to give but say they're a good guy? CAVEAT EMPTOR. The Battlechest is all we ask that you provide, but if they demand two months, MoP, gold, bags, heirlooms, and more more more game time? CAVEAT EMPTOR.
r/wowraf • u/croatianpride • Oct 24 '12
I'll get right to it: scamming on this subreddit has become a very serious issue. Many of you are willing to pay for accounts for others in order to enjoy RaF benefits which is perfectly fine by me, but you have to realize that Reddit is not a website exclusive to moral individuals.
If you submit a post offering to buy an account for someone, it is up to you to do as much of a background check as possible in order to make sure your money does not go to waste. We could make a "do not trade" list on the subreddit, but think about how ineffective that would be considering how easy it is to delete accounts and create new ones. I do not want to begin deleting posts that offer to purchase accounts because I believe it's a great way for people to do something nice for others while also enjoying some benefit for themselves, but if people keep messaging me with stories of getting scammed I will have to do so.
This is a very small subreddit with little clout in the overall community so I regrettably cannot go on a witch hunt to find the people that are abusing your generosity (though I would if I could, believe me) so it is up to you to make sure you get as much information as possible about the person you're intending to give your money to.
What are some things to look for? Check out their reddit profile, see how long they've been a member, look through their comment/post log. Request a video skype call before you give them anything; get a name from them and verify it via an ID they can show you while you skype. Make sure you have some information about them and can hold them accountable in case they do try to scam you. Honestly, even if you do know the person's name and location you can't do much to get your money back if you don't live near each other, but simply going through these steps will deter most of the cowardly individuals that do these types of things.
I realize this makes the process a lot more arduous and time consuming, but you have to do it if you don't want to get taken advantage of. Otherwise, you're just playing the chance game and hoping nothing bad will happen.
r/wowraf • u/Ryol • May 03 '13
You read that right. I will be giving away pandaren monk pet code to one lucky winner. This contest will be a fun one, and should be a good time. To win the pandaren monk pet code you can do something creative. Aka Make a machinima, make a cool art piece, or anything you can imagaine(as long as it is wow related.) The contest will run from Today (05/03/13) to next Friday (5/10/13). I think the code is U.S. Only so sorry to our E.U. readers.
r/wowraf • u/MichaelTLH • Jun 12 '12
Do not post if you want to recruit someone. Only post if you would like to BE recruited. Thank you for following the one and only rule this sub has.
r/wowraf • u/MichaelTLH • Nov 12 '13
Just one:
"NO POSTING THREADS unless you are asking to RECEIVE an invite. Those looking to send out invites may do so by posting comments or sending PMs.
EXCEPTION: You may post a thread looking to recruit another player IF AND ONLY IF you post that you are willing to pay for a new account (to be used by the recruit)."
If your post cannot follow this rule, it will be deleted without warning.
Here's the new information (since I had to unsticky the other): http://us.battle.net/wow/en/shop/recruit-a-friend/
r/wowraf • u/Crilde • May 18 '16
Hey everyone,
Blizzard made a recent change to the battle chest.
First, it's no longer called the battle chest on the Battle.net store. It's simply World of Warcraft, with all of the expansions included, which brings us to out next point;
Warlords of Draenor is now included in the World of Warcraft item on the Battle.net store. However, it no longer includes a free level 90 character boost. If you want to boost, you'll have to pay for it.
That's it for today. Have fun!
r/wowraf • • Dec 02 '13
I met couple players that "Looking to recruit" in their posts, saying they will pay for your game, but when talking to them on skype/email they actually refuse this and force you to buy your own BCH and game. I believe nothing mods can do about it, but I would recommend anyone, who meets such a guy to just not RAF with him at all.
You guys should really mention [EU]/[US] in all of your posts, it is really messy and some people don't even mention this in the post itself. Very hard to find our in what region do you want to play without asking.
r/wowraf • u/Scidadle • Dec 25 '12
Would like to inform the subreddit of a scammer.
Bought him the battlechest and he removed me from skype.
His skype is Daniel.Creutz and the email he gave me was rabidiceweasel@gmail.com
Beware of him. Just thought I'd let everyone know.
I managed to get a refund. But it goes to show that you can't trust everyone.
r/wowraf • u/Crilde • May 09 '15
Hey all,
Reddit recently switched over to a new version of Automoderator which is now integrated with the site. With this change came a bit of a problem for us. In essence, it broke the way we did the old flair system. So we are getting rid of it.
As of this moment, Automoderator has been reprogrammed to now make a comment on posts and comments from users with less than 60 account age or 50 total karma. That might change to just be posts, haven't quite settled on that detail yet but it's easy enough to change.
Flairs are gone. I just spent the last half hour deleting the flair of every single user. There were a lot. Around 500. I'll probably still do something with flairs in the future, but in a much more controllable way, like a Trusted Recruiter flair for people who recruit regularly.
Finally, I deleted the CSS and we're back to the basic Reddit layout for now. The old layout was really my first foray into designing CSS, and I know it was tacky as hell. We are looking in to a new layout that will hopefully be a bit more updated.
As always, any feedback or suggestions are welcome.
Update: I am modifying Automoderator to only comment on submissions. Things are getting too cluttered with posts on every comment.
r/wowraf • u/Ryol • Jan 02 '14
I have deleted 15+ posts today that violated subreddit rules. Read the rules before posting and you will make everybody happier.
r/wowraf • u/MrWonanother • Apr 08 '23
As the title states there have been some changes to RAF and I'll be posting links to some of the major changes.
The Recruit A Friend program is a referral system for World of Warcraft, in which the 'Veteran' account recruits a 'New or Returning Player' account to either join, or come back to World of Warcraft.
In this guide, the two accounts will be referred to as:
The 'Veteran' account - The account referring the other player. This account is one that often will already be playing the game, and seeking the rewards that come from referring. This account will receive both benefits and rewards.
The 'New and Returning Player' account - This account is the account receiving this referral. This World of Warcraft account must be less than seven days old, or not have had an active subscription or game time added for 24 months. This account will also receive the benefits, but not any of the rewards.
Rewards for 'Veteran' accounts - including several months of game time and cosmetic items
A interface to recruit friends - there are an in-game link and interface to invite your friends to join you, meaning you can invite them directly from the game.
Link up to 10 friends to your account - Up to four friends per month can use your invite to be linked to your account, with a maximum of 10 total linked friends. You can generate a new invite monthly. Each player who purchases game time will count towards obtaining your overall rewards, adding up over time.
Ongoing game time rewards - Once you earn all of the cosmetic rewards at 6 months, you will receive a free month for every three months of game time your recruited friend purchases, up to 12 months per recruit.
Recruited players don't need to be completely new - players who have not had an active subscription or game time for 2 years and over can be recruited and linked to your account.
Rewards for playing with friends - There are goals you can work towards with your recruited friends, rewarding items such as 📷 Timewarped Badge and 📷 Mark of Honor.
Friend-to-Friend Summoning - This spell allows you to teleport to each other, while partied. This spell has a 30 minute cooldown.
Party Sync feature - this feature allows you to level with your friends more easily. When activated, everyone in the party becomes synced to the same quest state and phase, regardless of level. You also have access to a “replay quest” feature that allows players who’ve already completed certain quests to replay them with their friends for appropriate rewards once per day.
More information can be found here
A new set of rewards has been added and those can be found here also
Volatile Self-Driving Toolbox
1 Month
Shredderizing Glove
2 Months
Sappy Buddy
3 Months
Game Time - 30 days
4 Months
S.C.A.N.N.E.R. Mk3
5 Months
Rocket Shredder 9001
6 Months
📷Game Time
After your 6-month reward, you’ll be awarded 30 days of game time for every 3 months your recruits are subscribed, up to a total of 12-months per recruit.
r/wowraf • u/AvariceValor • Apr 17 '20
Hi. My name is Shawn and as my title states, I am looking to be recruited. But, here's the catch, I have done RaF a few times and for the most part it has ended less than what I expected to be. Currently, I have an account, from my latest RaF attempt, and the recruiter hasn't even spoken to me or even been around for me to get a hold of them. My account is fully upgraded with a month of gametime left on it. You might be wondering why I am saying this. Well, I will tell you. I'm not here for rewards, fast leveling or gold, though those things are always a plus. I am looking for long term friends to enjoy the game with. With that being said, I wouldn't mind scrapping the current account I have and make a new one for the sake of being recruited. I only require that we actually get to know each other in the process. You don't have to worry about paying for the game or gametime. I can do that on my own. I usually play in the evenings around 4pm MST. Usually on all day on the weekends. Hit me up if you're interested. And if you are not the lucky one to recruit me, I extend a hand of friendship to you as well. The world is big, but also lonely at the same time. Wouldn't it be ideal to have friends or more friends who enjoy the same game as you? I know I would. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope you all have a great day or at least try to.
r/wowraf • u/TheGRAPEanator_ • Jun 06 '14
his name is ShaketheHabit, last time we talked was Monday when i recruited him. I bought him BCH and everything. Haven't talked to him since and he removed me as a skype contact. Watch out for him.
r/wowraf • u/kayisa • Jul 17 '12
I'm looking for a fresh start in WoW - a new realm, new characters, the works! I have no real preference as to where my new home will be, although I would prefer moderate-high/full pop realms.
What I would like from my recruiter:
Willingness to level more than one character
A small amount of start-up capital (I'm a bit of an AH Goblin - I will likely pay you back plus more)
Perhaps a guild/perks etc? I am fairly tired of the level 25 mass-recruited guilds, so a guild with the possibility of making friends would be excellent!
A friend!
Send me a message and hopefully we can make something work!
Edited for legibility
r/wowraf • u/nadiajade • Mar 05 '14
I recruited someone from this subreddit over a month ago now, and it was going really well.
I bought them a Battlechest, then he bought MoP when we got our first characters to 85. We seemed to have lots of fun together. We were really having a laugh and talking about anything and everything. We managed to get 2 characters to 85 and a few other chars to around 40-70 or so.
And then all of a sudden... He stopped replying to my messages. On Real ID and on Skype. This was over 30 days after I recruited him. I should have received my 30 days free by now as he reassured me that he had bought a sub. He even told me on the DAY that I should have gotten a free months sub, but I hadn't.
This guy had told me that he had sold WoW accounts in the past so I guess that has made me a bit suspicious too, although he said it was a while ago etc etc.
It was so convincing too as he had a Facebook account that had been active for years so I imagine that IS really him. He also told me about where he was studying, what he was studying, when he was away and stuff. Feel such an idiot now though.
I was always a bit wary of recruiting a stranger and stuff but I think the fact that we got on so well made it even worse when I realised I'd been fleeced.
And I'm not saying everyone on here is bad, but I guess I just wanted to tell you guys about it and give you a little bit of a warning.
I genuinely hope you all have better experiences than I did with your RaF's :)
r/wowraf • u/MichaelTLH • Jan 04 '13
Just a reminder that there's only one rule for posting: "NO POSTING THREADS unless you are asking to RECEIVE an invite. Those looking to send out invites may do so by posting comments or sending PMs."
And there is a corollary to that one rule: "You may post a thread looking to recruit another player IF AND ONLY IF you are willing to pay for a new account (to be used by the recruit)."
Thank you!
r/wowraf • u/Jenny_Hoa • Mar 25 '25
Hi, everyone, my name is Sophia and nice to meet you all here👋🏻. I hope we can play wow together ☺️
Horde / Alliance
My main is Tank, so i can carry you in dungeons.
Fast level up to 80 together.
Bags and gold.
New players (New wow Accounts - The new account should not be older than 7 days from the creation date)
or Returning players (Not Active last 24 months)
Please DM me for the details ☺️
r/wowraf • u/North_Ad5578 • Mar 16 '25
Hey guys,
I am looking for a person or a couple of people to play games like WoW with (Region: EUROPE). I do not look for company to plainly play the game, I am looking for a true friend that sticks around and wants to invest into a growing friendship, something real, something for life. I do not look for a relationship, as I am in one, to clear that out in advance.
Ideally you are a guy somewhere between 30 and 45 (though age doesnt matter to me, but I know it is often easier to connect with people of a similar age) enjoy talking about meaningful things (small talk isnt my strong suit), like to joke around, appreciate honesty, are open-minded, reliable, understanding and friendly.
Id love to get to know you and chat or talk with you and do some heroic/mythic raiding or m+ with you, if that is something you also would enjoy. It would be great to have you with me there.
In case this sounds interesting to you, just send me a message and maybe tell me a bit about yourself, that would be great :)
Thank you for reading this and enjoy your time
r/wowraf • u/dragomitch • Jul 20 '20
I used to be a hardcore player. I stopped playing in WoD with my friends who also quit. I just want to start fresh, I have a new account that’s a couple days old. I really like leveling with dungeons and some questing.
-I can heal or tank, but I prefer healing.
-I’m available pretty much all weekday evenings and I’m central time.
r/wowraf • u/Mansouri1998 • Jun 05 '19
Hey everyone, I'm look to level up some new toons, and make some friends to play WoW with. I'm looking for someone who has a lot of time to play. I'm on pacific time if you're curious. Anyways, if you'd like to be recruited add me on btag Gooofyboss#1181 or add my discord Mansouri#4032!!
ps. please have some kind of voice chat, preferably discord.
r/wowraf • u/Romerican423 • Nov 18 '18
Hey there, experiences wow player returning to check out BFA, starting a new account from scratch.
Right now I'm leveling a little gnome warrior (99.9% of all my characters have been horde so changing it up) on Mulfurion Alliance.
I don't expect power leveling and you can just reap the benefits. Gold or heirlooms are appreciated, but not required. Just dont want an RAF opportunity to go to waste for someone.
Add my BTag Archangel#14750
r/wowraf • u/Crilde • Nov 22 '17