120 boost question

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Hey peeps,

Some friends are returning to wow and want to play alliance. I want to play with them, but am horde.

I want to faction change and xfer my toon but I don’t feel super comfy with spending the money to do so right now. I am also terrible at making gold!

So my question is if I use the shadowlands boost on a new alliance druid, what would I lose from my current toon?

I keep the mage tower appearances right? I just lose all my essences and rep plus character specific achievements?

Also is there still some benefit to leveling to 60 before applying the boost? IIRC you get professions boosted if you apply a boost to a toon at or above 60.

Thanks!

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You should keep any transmogs and achievements (though, while you can re-earn achievements you got already, you completely lose credit for unearned achievements). Due to a change back in 8.1, while you reset all your reps, you should be able to use any account-wide items that require reps (like toys or tabard transmogs), if you purchased them already. You also lose out on quest progress, so you’ll have to re-do entry questlines for certain zones like Argus or Mechagon.

Since BfA re-did professions, there is no longer any difference between boosting a level 1 character or a level 109 character (for a 110 boost).

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Thanks! Really helpful thank you for taking the time to write it out.

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You’ll lose access to some mounts. Some are Horde only but the alliance gets the bee mount.

It’s not bad to have two alts one each side.
I like having a few on each my self.

Also be careful on picking a server. If you’re going alliance pick a server that has at least 60-70% alliance population.

Relm pop is a site that can help you pick.

Good luck and welcome to the Alliance.

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I am not sure I understand. If you boost a new toon your current toons wouldn’t lose anything. Your access to anything that is horde specific would be gone on the new toon because it is alliance.

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While he did word it awkwardly, that’s not what he meant. What he actually meant was, what would his new 120 not have that his old one does.

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Ah yeah I never really came out and said it.

What I meant was: if I used the 120 boost (instead of paying to faction and server change) what would I not have on my new toon?

Things like is balance of power still doable, do I keep legion appearances from mage tower, etc.

Put another way, what can I not re-earn?

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Aahh, you would not have access to any individual achievements, like rep. All artifact appearances, including mage tower are account wide.