Guild Wars 2

Hi, here is the scenario. Not long ago, I persuaded my friend to buying guild wars 2 and playing it with me although I started earlier than him. But in return, he told me that I had to fund him ( That is his general image of MMORPGs where no money = GG ), which simply means giving him some gold to help him start up a bit and get some items he might want / need which is fine by me although I’ve told him that guild wars 2 is not like any ordinary MMORPGs where money is so crutial, don’t get me wrong but gold is also crutial in guild wars 2, but I believe that you can make do with that you get in quests and stuff. But I’ve heard people getting banned for trading/giving gold to their friends because the system thought they were gold sellers, so I wish to avoid that. Any tips on trading/giving him some gold? I heard that the guild bank works fine but I’m worried the gold might fall into the wrong hands.

They say that writing in the PM what the gold is for and why you’re giving it helps them see you aren’t gold selling. I’m not sure how true it is

You could make your own guild though, having just you and him in, and transfer things through the guild stash. It isn’t all that expensive to do, just takes a little time. (Remember that new guild members cannot interact with the stash for 3 days upon joining, though.)

Lilith is right, dev’s have posted this before.

If you want to avoid a ban, make sure you send the gold with a clear message. Because if you do get flagged for sending it, the first thing they look at is that message.

Thank you very much for your advice, but is there any risk of getting banned when using the guild bank? Like, it would be really weird if the systems sees me adding him 3days before i send him some gold

Zephosis.9587:

Thank you very much for your advice, but is there any risk of getting banned when using the guild bank? Like, it would be really weird if the systems sees me adding him 3days before i send him some gold

I really don’t think so. Because of the 3 day requirement, it’s hard for gold sellers to succeed in using it to sell, so I don’t think they flag it.

Also you don’t send him gold using the bank, you deposit it. He withdraws it.

Edit: inculp, I’d quote you but my flood control is too high, but I agree. However I think that due to the system anet has to have some way of distinguishing non gold selling from gold selling and it is a good way.

I’m not sure writing a message does much good. If it did, wouldn’t gold-sellers just write a fake message with each gold delivery stating ‘Here is the gold I borrowed. Now I’m paying it back.’….or something like that?

Food for thought.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’m not sure writing a message does much good. If it did, wouldn’t gold-sellers just write a fake message with each gold delivery stating ‘Here is the gold I borrowed. Now I’m paying it back.’….or something like that?

Food for thought.

If the search function, functioned I’d link a dev post. But it’s the best bet as far as I know.

How much gold are we talking about here. If you are going to send your buddy one or two gold to buy starting gear with, I seriously doubt there will be an issue with that. Now if you are going to transfer 100 gold to a new account, that probably will get the attention of the gold transaction monitor.

Sadly, depositing gold in the guild bank is no guarantee to keep from being banned, either. I can attest to that.

Whatever method you choose, if the false-positive comes up, CS will most likely put everything to rights, eventually.

Nobody knows the methods used or how they change or what they look for on this subject and I doubt we ever will. They rightfully want to protect that info so gold sellers won’t be able to get around the checks.

Bottom line is that if you put some reasonable note in the mail message, that will certainly help you get unbanned if the worse does happen.