Please help!
any mods who can answer this? please!
It’s not on a CD. It’s a digital download.
If you purchase HoT through the official site, buy.guildwars2.com, you will be sent a key/serial code that you can forward to your friend. Your friend will then apply the code to their account, or create a new account (if they don’t have one).
Good luck.
There is a HoT Pre-purchase FAQ on the main Guild Wars 2 site. I believe it covers this question.
Edit: here’s the link
https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/94582027?_ga=1.152042737.991296289.1433068741
It will be like any other GW2 purchase I would imagine, log out and purchase it as if your a new customer using your friends email, he should receive the game key, or you will see it upon purchase. Just make sure you sign everything up as your friend, his name, his email, his address and so on. Worst case scenario, you need to tell him the key code.
At least thats how I would imagine it should work.
One warning: Do not buy the expansion in the gemstore within the game if you want to give it away!
It is explicitly stated that buying HoT in-game automatically links it to the account you are on.