Guild Wars 2

greetings,

i did some snooping around and found that i can buy it for a friend if i use the paypal method, but i have access to only physical money; is it possible for me to go to a retailer, buy the game, and then give the activation code to a friend overseas through email or some other private messaging service, enabling them to download and play the game? or would i have to physically mail them the game?

if this has already been answered elsewhere, i apologize, but i was unable to find it. thank you for your time.

cheers,
deitus

this is the one and only bump i will provide for this thread.

Don’t email or text your friend the activation code. Find a more secure way to send it. e.g. put it in an encrypted zip file and email that to him. Or put it your Dropbox account, wait for your friend to download it, then delete it. Better yet, call him and tell him over the phone. (Don’t use Facebook – they keep a copy of everything you upload even if you delete the account.)

When I requested the email address connected to my account be changed, Anet asked me to give them my activation code as verification that the account was really mine. Since they’re using it for that kind of account security, you want to protect it so there’s no way, for example, someone browsing your email when you accidentally leave yourself logged in can see it.

Chris Whiteside.6102:

You could just give your friend the activation code. You don’t have to give him/her the physical game.

Chris

I did this for a friend too, but I used my paypal debit card lol

Vegeta.2563:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

You could just give your friend the activation code. You don’t have to give him/her the physical game.

Chris

I did this for a friend too, but I used my paypal debit card lol

i would use paypal, but i have access to physical money only, so im just gonna go to a gamestop and buy the physical version. i can just get the code from inside the box and basically just discard the rest, since i already have the game. thanks for your help guys

Deitus.6053:

Vegeta.2563:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

You could just give your friend the activation code. You don’t have to give him/her the physical game.

Chris

I did this for a friend too, but I used my paypal debit card lol

i would use paypal, but i have access to physical money only, so im just gonna go to a gamestop and buy the physical version. i can just get the code from inside the box and basically just discard the rest, since i already have the game. thanks for your help guys

Why not just SNAIL MAIL the whole boxed set to your friend?

EDIT: NVM, i’m forgetting it’s for overseas.

Im Mudbone.1437:

Deitus.6053:

Vegeta.2563:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

You could just give your friend the activation code. You don’t have to give him/her the physical game.

Chris

I did this for a friend too, but I used my paypal debit card lol

i would use paypal, but i have access to physical money only, so im just gonna go to a gamestop and buy the physical version. i can just get the code from inside the box and basically just discard the rest, since i already have the game. thanks for your help guys

Why not just SNAIL MAIL the whole boxed set to your friend?

EDIT: NVM, i’m forgetting it’s for overseas.

He can still send the box overseas even if his friend recieved the key by another means. It’s always nice to have the box and such (IMO).

GOSU.9574:

Im Mudbone.1437:

Deitus.6053:

Vegeta.2563:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

You could just give your friend the activation code. You don’t have to give him/her the physical game.

Chris

I did this for a friend too, but I used my paypal debit card lol

i would use paypal, but i have access to physical money only, so im just gonna go to a gamestop and buy the physical version. i can just get the code from inside the box and basically just discard the rest, since i already have the game. thanks for your help guys

Why not just SNAIL MAIL the whole boxed set to your friend?

EDIT: NVM, i’m forgetting it’s for overseas.

He can still send the box overseas even if his friend recieved the key by another means. It’s always nice to have the box and such (IMO).

I was under the impression that the US copy was/is somewhat different than the overseas copy, but, if not then yeah, send the whole thing.

GOSU.9574:

Im Mudbone.1437:

Deitus.6053:

Vegeta.2563:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

You could just give your friend the activation code. You don’t have to give him/her the physical game.

Chris

I did this for a friend too, but I used my paypal debit card lol

i would use paypal, but i have access to physical money only, so im just gonna go to a gamestop and buy the physical version. i can just get the code from inside the box and basically just discard the rest, since i already have the game. thanks for your help guys

Why not just SNAIL MAIL the whole boxed set to your friend?

EDIT: NVM, i’m forgetting it’s for overseas.

He can still send the box overseas even if his friend recieved the key by another means. It’s always nice to have the box and such (IMO).

i dont plan on sending the box, the key will be enough and then she can just download the client from the site. all i need from is the key, the rest can basically go in the trash