Second Account

I can undersatnd why u only get 4 characters although it pisses me off as i need more. So i was wondering is there a way to purchase a second account without actually buying the whole game again. I thought maybe you could purchase a second cd key online cheaper than buying the whole game?

The only legal thing you can do is buy another game.

Buy it off someone! Or even better eBay! That's where i got mine

DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT buy your game off of Ebay as this is a violation of the EULA and ToS(Terms of Service). It is a bannable offense.

He's right, and plus, it might not be legit anyways. I bought one, even though it worked, it was shortly thereafter banned for some previous infraction <NOT, I Repeat NOT the EULA breach> so take this as you will.

--The Shim

Its perfectly fine to buy off Ebay as long as you're buying the new retail game and not someone's used account.

Retail game yes; but this thread was on ACCOUNTS, not to bag on ya, just read closer =) I know you're just pointing this out, though.

--The Shim

wait... you can buy golds off ebay without being banned unless your account is not legit?

Technically buying anything off ebay concerning GW, apart from unopened retail boxes (and even then I wonder.. ), is against the EULA and TOS and thus can get your account banned.

So buy'ing gold, or gold items, etc off ebay can get you banned if ANet find out about it and decide's to take action on it.

You can download the game and buy a second account legally, but you don't save any money. I realized this after posting a similar question here:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=80625

Bastard son - actually, depending on where your from or such you can save money by buying it online.

I believe it retails for ~$55 in the US, so your saving ~$5 from no taxes..

Also, say your buying from overseas - lets say Australia.. $50 US = $69.6 Au, now you add in oh.. lets say a ~$10 fee for Foreign currency conversion.. and your looking at $80 (rounded up..) Au. Considering that GW cost's ~$90-100 retail in Australia.. thats a saving of ~$10-20! course it does depend a lot on what the exchange rate is at time of purchase as well as any bank fee's associated with the transaction..

But it is a fair propersition (sp?) that people can save money buying it online - whether it's just a ~$5 tax saving or a $10+ saving due to currency exhange and cost of GW locally..

Hi, i bought it off ebay(the game NOT ACCOUNT) when i installed it it said that the cd key was already in use , i have emailed the person i bought it off to see that it is wiped off his computer and he says yes. I have emailed ANET have had no reply off them, and the person i bought it off has emailed them, is there anything else i can do

Lokin - yes, go and buy a legit/retail copy .. seeing as ANet will likely ban/block that account since selling accounts over ebay is against the EULA and illegal.

and CD-Key's are tied to accounts - you can't detatch the cd-key for creation in another account. Thus you can't create your own account with that CD-Key... all you could do is use the account s/he created using that cd-key.. and hope that ANet doesn't ban you or the owner gets control of the account again..

BTW.. if the person only gave you the CD-Key.. then they ripped you off because you have absolutely no way to use that CD-Key.. not that buy'ing the key over ebay was even legal anyways. The only way you could have possible used the account is if you were provided the e-mail & password used to log into the account.. without those 2 things the cd-key is 100% useless to you..

it is the legit/retail product box 2 manuals 2 discs and key code on back of the disc 1, has has emailed them and cancelled his accounts nothing illegal about it

Lokin -

http://www.guildwars.com/legal/user-agreement.html

Sorry, it's not legal to resell Guild Wars if you have already opened the box and used it. And considering the CD-Key has already been used, it means that person agree'ed to the EULA & TOS, and thus has no legal rights to re-sell the product.

And if he really did e-mail them to try and cancel his ties to the account telling them he sold the account, you can expect ANet to ban/block the account since what he did was illegal and breaking the EULA.. and ANet do ban/block accounts sold over ebay if they discover it.

At the end of the day, when you lose intrest in a game you have bought and dont intend to play it again, they more or less telling you to throw £25 in the bin, would you??????

Well.. except that I got a copy for AU$70... without needing to use a credit card for either buying it off the site or making a paypal account from Australia.

You did? Where'd you buy your copy so damned cheap? Second hand or retail? Oh, and when did you buy it? I ask when since chances are prices have been marked down by now and thus can get it cheaper now.. *shrugs*

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=s...C&title=586714

My brother got GW for 70 bucks too, that was 5 months ago, in a sale at EB Games. Heh.

I was sure you could go online at the GW site or something and buy another account. Or am I once again mistaken?