Character Boost Information (on PTR)
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:14 pm
Didn't see a general PTR thread anywhere nor a thread about this, and since this feature is for WoD, figure I would report it here.
I finally got the character boost to work on PTR, but I had to use the Korean server. It sticks in processing on US servers for me.
I boosted several toons, including level 1, level 10, and level 60.
As of Patch 5.4.7 PTR - Build 17859...
1- You zone into the shrine of your faction, standing right outside the main entrance on upper platform.
2- Your gear is all 483 and looks like the Stormscale Recolor set. You actually use the Trailseeker set (http://ptr.wowhead.com/search?q=trailseeker).
3- You get 150 gold pieces and only a Hearthstone (set to Shrine) and a stack of 20 Lemon Flower Pudding (300k HP and Mana over 20 sec)
4- A hunter boosted immediately has no pets, not even the default one hunters start with. I levelled a hunter to 10, tamed 3 pets total (1 in Call Pet and 2 in Stable) and the boosted hunter retained all 3 pets (even their position in stable).
5- You have 4 Embersilk bags (22 slot) on your character.
6- Only basic bank is open, no extra slots purchased.
7- You pick your Spec during the boosting process. No glyphs or talents are chosen, though the characters knows every available glyph.
8- Only basic Faction reputations are discovered, and you are a mix of Neutral to Friendly.
9- Dual Spec has NOT been learned. You gotta go manually learn it.
10- 280% flying has been learned, including Azeroth, Northrend, and Pandaria flying. 310% and Cloud Serpent flying is not learned.
11- When it works, boosting happens instantaneously. I am sure this is subject to many variables.
12- PTR is in test currency, no idea how much it'll actually cost.
13- Tome of Dinomancy is not learned.
14- Only Pandaria flightpaths known are Shrine and Dawns Blossom.
15- None of the Pandaria map had been discovered, outside of Shrine when you zoned in.
16- No professions for a character boosted under 60. Will be moving a 60 over and testing to check veteran bonus.
Veteran bonus to professions: If you boost a character level 60 or above, they get their primary and first aid boosted to 600 even if they are 1/75 skill. You only know the recipes that you had previously. If you boost a 60 with no primary professions, it gives you two primary 600 professions. I boosted a rogue with no professions, and it gave me 600 LW (with a few basic recipes and the self-buff recipes learned) and 600 Skinning. I then got a DK to 60, had no primary professions, around 300 in First Aid (since DK have that anyway) and 1/75 skill in Cooking, Fishing, and Arch. I boosted the DK to 90, it gave me 600 Blacksmithing and 600 Mining and 600 First Aid. Fishing, Cooking, and Arch was all still 1/75 skill. I have a hunch the profession is armor type based, so I imagine Warrior and Paladin also get BS/Mining. I don't have a 60+ mail wearer or cloth wearer to boost to check professions, but I imagine cloth get herb/tailoring and mail probably gets same as leather since LW makes mail as well. I can't confirm if the professions given are based on armor types or class though.
17- On my veteran level 60 rogue, all my currently equipped gear and all my player bags and items were replaced with the 22 slot bags and the items mentioned above. Gold and bank bags/items stayed perfectly intact.
18 - All quests except Account quests (and the "A Flash of Bronze" quest you auto-accept when zoning into Vale) were wiped.
I finally got the character boost to work on PTR, but I had to use the Korean server. It sticks in processing on US servers for me.
I boosted several toons, including level 1, level 10, and level 60.
As of Patch 5.4.7 PTR - Build 17859...
1- You zone into the shrine of your faction, standing right outside the main entrance on upper platform.
2- Your gear is all 483 and looks like the Stormscale Recolor set. You actually use the Trailseeker set (http://ptr.wowhead.com/search?q=trailseeker).
3- You get 150 gold pieces and only a Hearthstone (set to Shrine) and a stack of 20 Lemon Flower Pudding (300k HP and Mana over 20 sec)
4- A hunter boosted immediately has no pets, not even the default one hunters start with. I levelled a hunter to 10, tamed 3 pets total (1 in Call Pet and 2 in Stable) and the boosted hunter retained all 3 pets (even their position in stable).
5- You have 4 Embersilk bags (22 slot) on your character.
6- Only basic bank is open, no extra slots purchased.
7- You pick your Spec during the boosting process. No glyphs or talents are chosen, though the characters knows every available glyph.
8- Only basic Faction reputations are discovered, and you are a mix of Neutral to Friendly.
9- Dual Spec has NOT been learned. You gotta go manually learn it.
10- 280% flying has been learned, including Azeroth, Northrend, and Pandaria flying. 310% and Cloud Serpent flying is not learned.
11- When it works, boosting happens instantaneously. I am sure this is subject to many variables.
12- PTR is in test currency, no idea how much it'll actually cost.
13- Tome of Dinomancy is not learned.
14- Only Pandaria flightpaths known are Shrine and Dawns Blossom.
15- None of the Pandaria map had been discovered, outside of Shrine when you zoned in.
16- No professions for a character boosted under 60. Will be moving a 60 over and testing to check veteran bonus.
Veteran bonus to professions: If you boost a character level 60 or above, they get their primary and first aid boosted to 600 even if they are 1/75 skill. You only know the recipes that you had previously. If you boost a 60 with no primary professions, it gives you two primary 600 professions. I boosted a rogue with no professions, and it gave me 600 LW (with a few basic recipes and the self-buff recipes learned) and 600 Skinning. I then got a DK to 60, had no primary professions, around 300 in First Aid (since DK have that anyway) and 1/75 skill in Cooking, Fishing, and Arch. I boosted the DK to 90, it gave me 600 Blacksmithing and 600 Mining and 600 First Aid. Fishing, Cooking, and Arch was all still 1/75 skill. I have a hunch the profession is armor type based, so I imagine Warrior and Paladin also get BS/Mining. I don't have a 60+ mail wearer or cloth wearer to boost to check professions, but I imagine cloth get herb/tailoring and mail probably gets same as leather since LW makes mail as well. I can't confirm if the professions given are based on armor types or class though.
17- On my veteran level 60 rogue, all my currently equipped gear and all my player bags and items were replaced with the 22 slot bags and the items mentioned above. Gold and bank bags/items stayed perfectly intact.
18 - All quests except Account quests (and the "A Flash of Bronze" quest you auto-accept when zoning into Vale) were wiped.
