Guild Wars 2

So I used my booster on a new char today and did not get any lvl up rewards. Is this working as intended?

I helped a new player in map chat today who was asking questions about the game in general. I then advised him not to use his booster on his first char as he wont get the lvl up rewards. But then another player in map chat said she got hers. So which case is bugged?

no, you don’t get the level up rewards when using the level 80 boost. I’m fairly sure it is intended.

this is from the FAQ about the boost, so yes, it is intended.

What happens to the level-up rewards I would earn by leveling up regularly?
If you use the Level-80 Boost to advance your character to max level, you won’t get the level-up rewards you would have earned from normal leveling. However, the package of rewards from consuming the boost is much more valuable than the normal level-up rewards. Note that if you boost one of your characters and then undo the boost, that character will still earn their level-up rewards as normal – using the boost only cancels out the level-up rewards for the character whose boost you make permanent.
https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/99059447-Level-80-Boost

You don’t get the individual level-up rewards for each level. Instead, you get https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Level-80_Boost_Package
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Level-80_Equipment_Package
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Package_of_Old_Equipment

And some level 80 zone waypoints unlocked.

Hmmm fair enough so I wonder why this person in map chat said otherwise. Might have been a bug at their end or trolling.

I don’t mind not getting them. However the gear we did get was not wanted and not really a replacement. Exotic PVT? No ty, I played 7 chars in PVT I’m so over those slow kills lol. So I had to delete it all, can’t salvage, can’t Mystic Forge so yeah what a waste, should have let us chose our stats tbh……