Purchase and play multiple accounts?

#2 - July 2, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

Let’s assume your son is a minor. We do allow a parent to purchase a game for a minor child. Once the account is purchased by a parent and turned over to the minor child, the child becomes the account owner. Basically, the account owner is the person who registers and then enables the account. The account owner normally is the buyer, but as you can see in this example, that is not not always the case.

It’s “one owner per account, forever.” No sales, trades, pass-alongs, give-aways, use as a prize, recycling… Once the original owner is done, the account will remain accessible to that person but cannot be supported for anyone else.

Sharing or passing-along game accounts is strictly forbidden by the User Agreement. The reasons are many, but it’s a solid business policy for a company that does not charge a monthly fee. Consider a admittedly-outlier situation: Someone buys an account, passes it to a friend, and then it is passed in turn to 48 others. We are supporting the use of that account for 50 people, and not the intended 1 person. Why does that matter? Because while some players play for years — and they are welcome to do so! — some will play for less time. That “average” is figured into our costs, into how we’re able to continue to support the game. If everyone passed along a used account, our costs would rise enormously, and that would have an extremely negative impact on our company and on our ability to continue to support a no-monthly-fee game.

#7 - July 2, 2013, 1:27 p.m.

Hi again. Yes, you certainly may have a second account. You will need to use a separate email address — it is not possible to have two GW2 accounts with the same log-in. I’d remind you that for security reasons, it’s best to use an email address that is used only for Guild Wars 2, but of course that option is up to you.

#26 - July 8, 2013, 4:48 p.m.

zarzamora.3261:

Gaile Gray.6028:

It’s “one owner per account, forever.” No sales, trades, pass-alongs, give-aways, use as a prize, recycling… Once the original owner is done, the account will remain accessible to that person but cannot be supported for anyone else.

Sharing or passing-along game accounts is strictly forbidden by the User Agreement.

Excuse for the offtopic but, are you aware that that doesn’t apply for games sold in Europe? As Oracle and Steam already know, reselling used software is allowed

I recently reviewed a detailed legal opinion on this. There are two elements: The software license and the account. The Oracle case did not say that we must enable selling game accounts. Truly, and for everyone: You may not sell your Guild Wars 2 account, no matter what your country of residence.

simplesimon.2084:

Geotherma.2395:

This is turning into one big “You can sell your account and they can never know, so go ahead!” thread. Good job.

Anyone that buys a used account is taking a huge chance. The account they bought could’ve been permanently terminated, never existed at all, origional owner chargebacks the account closing it after the sale, or have such a bad reputation that it is on every blocklist.

Plus it is a hassle to change the email addresses, which you’ll want to do since you won’t have access to the original email in case there is ever a need for a password change.

This is solid advice, and it happens every single day of the week. Resold accounts are a recipe of disaster. Yes, they don’t do our company any good, but they also often don’t do you any good, either. Once the account goes into dispute, it’s closed. Once it’s reclaimed by the original account owner, you’ve lost it (and ultimately he/she loses it too, of course).

Resold account: Just say “No!”