[Declined] Boris and Character Boosts [In-game]

[Masashi]

Title: Boris and Character Boosts

Type: In-game

Description: 

Greetings. I might not be the one to talk about this, but here it is. I'm kinda getting tired of all those character boost promotions going around. While it was cool to get and instant 100 character boost at the start of Sylvanas realm (start of any expansion/realm really), I think getting instant characters (especially max level) for every update, arena season, and holiday is kinda breaking the game. On my main account I already have 3 characters boosted in their time, and also, there is the option to copy character from other expansions, which I used twice, so that's five instantly high level characters without leveling. To be precise, I'm not against transfer/copy options, however I think there are better ways to promote a big update, or new arena season, than giving people free characters.

 

With that said, I'd proceed to my suggestions. Keep in mind that this is only my opinion and there might be other ways, so please share your own opinions and ideas.

 

1. of all, Boris, as a character, is a good thing and should stay around. Everybody knows Boris, and everyone is happy when "he is coming". That itself makes for a nice event.

2. Since Blizzard already gives instant boosted characters to their players with every expansion (after MoP), it should be fine that upon opening of a new realm, players get a boosted character (90 for WoD, 100 for Legion etc.). This is a good promotions for a new realm, and a chance for players to instantly get into the expansion content.

3. Apart from these boosts mentioned in 2., there should be no other free instant character boosts for all players. If there is a possibility to let new players boost 1 character free, it would be good, but I don't think it will be easy to evade exploits. (That one try with Mac address was a good one though...)

4. Now, there are several other ways to promote new realms, big updates, arena seasons, new dungeons and raids, ets. It is just a matter of approach. You just need to "inspire" players to enjoy your new content. For example, if you are promoting a new PvP season, wouldn't it be way cooler to give players a PvP item, honor boost, PvP mount or something like that? Wouldn't it be better to give players an XP potion, to inspire them to level up, rather than giving them free character for nothing? It's just that simple - give people reason to play!

5. I give you a list on what kind of rewards I have in mind, but feel free to expand on it accordingly (and logically):
-Elixirs and Potions (that give XP or just buffs)
-Bags (1 large bag for new characters)
-Mounts (Rare PvP mounts for arena seasons, legacy mounts for pve and leveling, fun and promotion mounts)
-Gear (PvP gear, not whole sets just few items, heirlooms etc.)
-PvP items (For pvp season promotion, banners, potions, elixirs, and other items useful for pvp)
-Fun items (Exclusive toys and other useful/useless items)
-Profession boosts (375 for LK, 600 for WoD, 700 for Legion... you get the idea, max of last expansion)
-Pets (exclusive and/or rare pets)
-Enchants (for lower level players, or higher level player)
-Transmogs (full transmog sets, or just weapons)
-Reputations (smaller or bigger reputation gifts or boost)
-Honor (smaller or bigger honor/conquest point gift, or boost)
-Currency (smaller or bigger currency gift, or boost)
-Silver F points (smaller or bigger amount of vote/loyalty points, of a limited boost)
-...

6. Boris can and should still remain as an NPC to share these gifts with people, but you can also use him in different wayss. Let him be a hidden npc, or a secret mob in the battleground, or appear only at some times during the year. Just note that this should depend on the promotion target, you shouldn't hide Boris in Silithus if the promotion is intended for new players (level 1-10). Instead, hide him somewhere in the starting zones, so that players go out to explore to find him. Just clever little things to make the game fun and enjoying.

7. Also, why not do promotions only on low population realms. For example, Gul'Dan realm has suffered a large population drop. Wouldn't it be nice to do a promotion only on Gul'Dan to get more people to play there? Think about it...

 

I hope you like my suggestions, please share your opinions on this...
Thank you.