Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone,

I’m trying to get a friend to play the game, but, understandably, she is hesitant from dropping $60 blindly for something she might not enjoy. All the praise about the game I tell her will not substitute actually experiencing some of the game herself.

As of right now, there are no orthodox free trial modes (which should be addressed, in my opinion); the last free trial weekend was bad for both of us, as we were very busy at the time. However, since Christmas break is coming, there will be much more free time, which I’d like to take advantage of.

So in short, would it be bannable to let my friend play on my account to see herself what the game is about? If it is, is there an ETA on the next free trial event?

Thanks!

But surely its ok if I let my girlfriend play once in a while (literally – once in two month) on my account?

green plum.7514:

But surely its ok if I let my girlfriend play once in a while (literally – once in two month) on my account?

Probably better to get a 2nd account for her, because when she plays, she probably wants to play with you, and will mean a lot more to her than simply just playing a game. And hey, she might like playing the game with you and want to play more often.

I dont see anything wrong with account sharing as long as you fully trust person you’re sharing it with. I used to play on my friend’s account during beta weekends and head start (also watched him playing via teamviewer) and that was decisive reason i got an account for myself later.

I recommend you log into your own account and let your friend play while you advise/supervise. Since you log in, no login information needs to be shared.

If you really do trust them and they are just trying it out and you are going to do this anyway:

Change your password first, give her a bit to try it out. Charge your password again when finished. (This way you are not giving up the password you were using, especially if you use the same password elsewhere.)

I would strongly recommend against account sharing and just wait for the next “free trial” event.

It’s not always a matter of trusting your friend. Your friend can be completely trustworthy yet still put your account in danger. Here are a few scenarios that come to mind:

Scenario #1: Tommy, your bestest friend since 1st grade wants to try the game. You trust Tommy. He’d never betray you. So you give him your login account and password. Tommy was true to his word. He played on your account for a week then decided to buy his own account. What you don’t realize is that Tommy loves to surf the web. A LOT. He downloads every free video, song, and pirated piece of software he can get his hands on. His computer probably has 5 different trojans on it and one of those trojans just picked up your account credentials.

Scenario #2: Your little brother wants to play on your account for a bit. You don’t trust him with your password. It’s kinda an embarrassing password and if you told him what it was, he’d laugh and spread it all over school in a week. So you sign in and just let him play on the account for a few hours. The next day you find your account banned. Why? Well your little brother is a bit of a dork. He thought it was funny to spam “Poopy head” over and over and over in Lion’s Arch for a half hour.

Scenario #3: You would love it if your girlfriend, Jenny would play the game with you so you give Jenny your password and have her try it for a bit. She logs in and plays and kinda likes the game but not as much as you do. She doesn’t want to buy it but instead just uses your account now and then. That’s fine……. Until you and Jenny have a major fight and you decide Amanda is much cuter and nicer anyways. Jenny gets mad and she still has your password. I think you know where this one is heading.

The Scarlet Raven.5416:

I would strongly recommend against account sharing and just wait for the next “free trial” event.

It’s not always a matter of trusting your friend. Your friend can be completely trustworthy yet still put your account in danger. Here are a few scenarios that come to mind:

Scenario #1: Tommy, your bestest friend since 1st grade wants to try the game. You trust Tommy. He’d never betray you. So you give him your login account and password. Tommy was true to his word. He played on your account for a week then decided to buy his own account. What you don’t realize is that Tommy loves to surf the web. A LOT. He downloads every free video, song, and pirated piece of software he can get his hands on. His computer probably has 5 different trojans on it and one of those trojans just picked up your account credentials.

Scenario #2: Your little brother wants to play on your account for a bit. You don’t trust him with your password. It’s kinda an embarrassing password and if you told him what it was, he’d laugh and spread it all over school in a week. So you sign in and just let him play on the account for a few hours. The next day you find your account banned. Why? Well your little brother is a bit of a dork. He thought it was funny to spam “Poopy head” over and over and over in Lion’s Arch for a half hour.

Scenario #3: You would love it if your girlfriend, Jenny would play the game with you so you give Jenny your password and have her try it for a bit. She logs in and plays and kinda likes the game but not as much as you do. She doesn’t want to buy it but instead just uses your account now and then. That’s fine……. Until you and Jenny have a major fight and you decide Amanda is much cuter and nicer anyways. Jenny gets mad and she still has your password. I think you know where this one is heading.

Those are worst case scenarios.
Friend may know a thing or two about internet security, brother or any other relative are mature enough and i think my girlfriend is the cutest.
Utopia desu~. =\

Scarlet Raven gave some very good examples of why I would never give out my login details to anyone. Even if the people involved are completely trustworthy and computer-smart, it’s still creating additional points of vulnerability that you can’t monitor yourself. If you feel confident enough to take the risk, go ahead, but if anything unfortunate happens, you only have yourself to blame.

Gaile Gray.6028:

Guys, I’ve been working to help players for a long, long time. (12 years with ArenaNet alone.) And I’ve seen some situations that just blew my socks off, that I never would have expected, where family members get into huge tussles over ownership of a game account, or when couples, even married couples, write us to appeal for a resolution to a shared account situation.

I’m not trying to scare you — I’m telling you the truth. I wouldn’t share my account with my husband, my best friend, or Mother Theresa.

The last one would be tricky anyway.

EnemyCrusher.7324:

I recommend you log into your own account and let your friend play while you advise/supervise. Since you log in, no login information needs to be shared.

Of course this is just how we do it. I wouldn’t give anyone my account details, girlfriend or not.

Gaile Gray.6028:

Guys, I’ve been working to help players for a long, long time. (12 years with ArenaNet alone.) And I’ve seen some situations that just blew my socks off, that I never would have expected, where family members get into huge tussles over ownership of a game account, or when couples, even married couples, write us to appeal for a resolution to a shared account situation.

Gaile, you misunderstood my question. Again, I would never ‘share’ my account with anyone (that is, give away my login credentials), and my GF never ever asked for it. I was simply asking if its ok if I let her play once in a while on my account, while I am present and watching. The account is still mine, she simply has her character she plays once in two month or so.

Buying her an own copy of the game wouldn’t make any sense, as a) she does not have a machine capable of playing GW2 and b) she does not have any time for gaming anyway.

Well if you had nothing to reproach yourself, of course you can let her occasionally.
This is how my brother made ??me discover gw, and that made ??me buy gw1.

since I took gw2 xD

And, I have beeen tested has my man, my man loved the beta, I told him to buy his game =)

I really see no reason why it would be wrong to try to leave the game your girl!

I tend to agree with Gaile that I wouldn’t give my best friend, brother, or whomever access to my account. That said…

There have been cases where I’ve logged onto a friend’s account to do a jump puzzle for his account that he couldn’t complete or something, and honestly, it was totally not safe. The fact that I didn’t steal anything, destroy anything, or log his credentials is a credit to me, not the safety of the action itself. It is against the EULA technically, but I don’t think the security team will vehemently hunt you down and terminate the account unless it goes into ownership dispute. If all things work out between you and your girlfriend (especially if you keep your account credentials secure), then you’re fine.

If you’re willing to take the risk, the burden is really on you. If something goes wrong, support will probably be forced to terminate the account. It’s a lot like making trades off the TP in-game; it’s unsupported, risky, I wouldn’t recommend it, and support won’t save you from your own mistakes, but if it works out then no big deal.

Rising Dusk is right. The account is your’s and it is your’s to decide about how it it used.

Just don’t start complaining if something gets terribly wrong.

I played GW1 along with 2 minor age kids. It could have been done with one account, because most of the time we were NOT playing together. I ended up owning 3 copies. As they were minors I am technically the owner. Before the kids grew up, they grew out of playing GW. Thus I own 3 full copies now.