Question about sending gold to friend

#1 - Dec. 13, 2013, 11:30 a.m.

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.

Gaile Gray

#11 - Dec. 13, 2013, 6:35 p.m.

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.

Yes, of course they would. I don’t know where the “write a message to get a free pass for gold transfers” rumour got started, but I cannot give it a whole lot of dev approval.

There are logs and system checks that might flag an account for possible “suspicious” activity, but each transfer is reviewed by a human being and the false positive rate is very low. I’d encourage you to go about your business knowing that if someone were to make an error and block an account for a perfectly legitimate we’d act very promptly to reverse that error.

We’re human. We may make a mistake from time to time. But honestly, it doesn’t happen often, and the number of false positives is ever decreasing with improved training and review systems.

Gaile Gray

#12 - Dec. 13, 2013, 6:41 p.m.

Brother Grimm.5176:
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.

Thank you — very sensible observations!

Gaile Gray

#13 - Dec. 13, 2013, 6:41 p.m.

Gaile Gray.6029:
Brother Grimm.5176:
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.

Thank you — very sensible observations!