What should I do? - Guild Wars Forums

nizaru · Jun 23, 2009, 09:01 AM // 09:01

Well, I am thinking about buying another Guild Wars account, because the current one I'm using is actually mines but my big brother playes with it and used the all 8 slots.

I'm thinking, what should I do
1 - Wait for the Guild Wars 2 game to come out?
2 - Not to wait and simpley buy the game...

Any suggestions?

Falkin · Jun 23, 2009, 09:36 AM // 09:36

I wouldn't expect gw2 to come out any time soon...... if it ever does

I say buy an account, they are fairly cheap

Arduin · Jun 23, 2009, 09:40 AM // 09:40

Make your big brother buy you a new account.

tasha · Jun 23, 2009, 09:51 AM // 09:51

GW2 has no release date as yet so you may as well go ahead and make your brother buy you another copy of the game. You can pick up the Trilogy pack relatively cheaply in a variety of places.

nizaru · Jun 23, 2009, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Alright thanks fpr informing me about the unknown releasing date (lol).
About my brother, actually he bought GW for my birthday and he started to play beofre he even gave it to me....

Anyways, I think I'll buy the game, although that would be exhausting to start a new character :S

EDIT :
My last question will be if I can buy only an account key without the gmae itself as I have it already installed.

tasha · Jun 23, 2009, 10:41 AM // 10:41

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Originally Posted by nizaru

About my brother, actually he bought GW for my birthday and he started to play beofre he even gave it to me....

Sounds like he owes you a new birthday gift :P

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Originally Posted by nizaru

EDIT :
My last question will be if I can buy only an account key without the game itself as I have it already installed.

The client and the accounts are separate. You can download the client from the website without ever owning the game (you just can't log in and play). If you don't want to go to a store and have a credit card/other appropriate means of payment you can buy through the in game store. That is probably more expensive than buying elsewhere online or irl, but is instant (Steam is the only other instant delivery method, I think they have a deal on Guild Wars at the moment, but that might have ended already). Have a quick shop around, if you can wait a few days for delivery you could pick up a good bargain.

citizensmith1001 · Jun 23, 2009, 10:43 AM // 10:43

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Originally Posted by nizaru

EDIT :
My last question will be if I can buy only an account key without the gmae itself as I have it already installed.

As far as i know if you buy the game from the Guild wars online shop they only e-mail you the account key and tell you to download the game itself off the website, the guild wars trilogy (thats prophecies,factions and nightfall,you have to buy EOTN seperately) is ??29.99 at the guild wars online shop ,thats $49.99 if your American.

*Darcy* · Jun 23, 2009, 10:44 AM // 10:44

When you buy the box, you are actually only purchasing the account key. The retail box and contents are window dressing. Anyone can download the game client from guildwars.com, but you cannot play (other than the trial) without an account key.

Kim Sythe Weilder · Jun 23, 2009, 10:50 AM // 10:50

HAHAHA i was in the same exact situation as you. What i did was bought the eotn package instead of guild wars 2 because the release date was not set set. Another thing you can do is buy two or three character slots which i htink are cheaper than buying a game. any which way you choose, i would not wait for guild wars 2 to come out.

Menlai Littiz · Jun 23, 2009, 11:06 AM // 11:06

@ Kim i think he needs a new account coz he wants to play at the same time as his brother does... buying new character slots wont help with this..
On steam however you can buy the Trilogy pack for ??24.99 (all 3 games not eotn) and eotn i think is on there for about ??12.99

Tharg · Jun 23, 2009, 11:57 AM // 11:57

if you guys have 2 computers then I would suggest to buy a second account so you can play together

imnotyourmother · Jun 23, 2009, 12:38 PM // 12:38

Delete your brothers toons and then change the password and POOF one account. I grew up with 3 brothers, 2 older and one younger...we never really had computer games like this one so...we just stole the tapes - Commodore 64 don'tcha know...

refer · Jun 23, 2009, 01:26 PM // 13:26

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Originally Posted by Darcy

When you buy the box, you are actually only purchasing the account key. The retail box and contents are window dressing. Anyone can download the game client from guildwars.com, but you cannot play (other than the trial) without an account key.

yes but retail is actually cheaper in this case. plus discs beats -image.

Esraep · Jun 23, 2009, 01:38 PM // 13:38

Personally I would get the Guild Wars: The Complete Collection because you get EotN as well as all three campaigns. In the UK you can get it online at play.com and amazon.co.uk. Not sure about other places.

Esraep · Jun 23, 2009, 01:38 PM // 13:38

Personally I would get the Guild Wars: The Complete Collection because you get EotN as well as all three campaigns. In the UK you can get it online at play.com and amazon.co.uk. Not sure about other countries.

Eddie Frenzy Spam · Jun 23, 2009, 05:00 PM // 17:00

Right so your brother bought you a birthday present, used it before he even gave it to you as a present and then pretty much used it for himself even after he gave it to you, forcing you to not be able to play?

No offence but he sounds like an asshole who owes you another copy of the game. It should be him buying you a new copy, not you who has to fork out the money.

Braxton619 · Jun 23, 2009, 05:16 PM // 17:16

Buy GW1. GW2 is not coming out for at least a year.

Bob Slydell · Jun 23, 2009, 05:20 PM // 17:20

How bout you delete all his characters, put a password on your computer and make him buy HIS own account?

gremlin · Jun 23, 2009, 06:32 PM // 18:32

Depends how reasonable your Brother is about these things.

You could buy another account for yourself or for him and whoever ends up with the original account meets up and passes a few things over to give the new player a little help.

nizaru · Jun 24, 2009, 11:01 AM // 11:01

Well, I'd be glad to delete his characters and change the passwords but the problem is that he bought it for me two years ago, and I played it a lot. Actually I said something that is not true, he did open the game and started to play just because of curiousity, and then gave it to me. I played it for like three months, finished the Prophecies and then I got bored of it (perhaps because I was too newbie and just thought that there is not fun in PvP ). And he started to play. Now after two years he has like three awesome characters which each one of them has "kick-ass" builds and armors and such, erasing these characters would be to meen...

I still don't know what to do, I'm not to sure about my play time, i might parchuse that game but i won't play after one month (maybe..).

anyways, thanks to all of those who care about my issue

EDIT : Problem got fixed.

Jun 23, 2009, 09:01 AM // 09:01	#1
nizaru Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2009	What should I do? Well, I am thinking about buying another Guild Wars account, because the current one I'm using is actually mines but my big brother playes with it and used the all 8 slots. I'm thinking, what should I do 1 - Wait for the Guild Wars 2 game to come out? 2 - Not to wait and simpley buy the game... Any suggestions?

Jun 23, 2009, 10:09 AM // 10:09	#5
nizaru Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2009	Alright thanks fpr informing me about the unknown releasing date (lol). About my brother, actually he bought GW for my birthday and he started to play beofre he even gave it to me.... Anyways, I think I'll buy the game, although that would be exhausting to start a new character :S EDIT : My last question will be if I can buy only an account key without the gmae itself as I have it already installed. Last edited by nizaru; Jun 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM // 10:17..

Jun 23, 2009, 10:44 AM // 10:44	#8
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	When you buy the box, you are actually only purchasing the account key. The retail box and contents are window dressing. Anyone can download the game client from guildwars.com, but you cannot play (other than the trial) without an account key. __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

Jun 24, 2009, 11:01 AM // 11:01	#20
nizaru Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2009	Well, I'd be glad to delete his characters and change the passwords but the problem is that he bought it for me two years ago, and I played it a lot. Actually I said something that is not true, he did open the game and started to play just because of curiousity, and then gave it to me. I played it for like three months, finished the Prophecies and then I got bored of it (perhaps because I was too newbie and just thought that there is not fun in PvP ). And he started to play. Now after two years he has like three awesome characters which each one of them has "kick-ass" builds and armors and such, erasing these characters would be to meen... I still don't know what to do, I'm not to sure about my play time, i might parchuse that game but i won't play after one month (maybe..). anyways, thanks to all of those who care about my issue EDIT : Problem got fixed. Last edited by nizaru; Jun 24, 2009 at 01:10 PM // 13:10..

Jun 23, 2009, 09:36 AM // 09:36	#2
Falkin Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Denmark Guild: Brothers of Honour [boh] Profession: R/	I wouldn't expect gw2 to come out any time soon...... if it ever does I say buy an account, they are fairly cheap

Jun 23, 2009, 09:40 AM // 09:40	#3
Arduin Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Netherlands Guild: Limburgse Jagers [LJ] Profession: R/	Make your big brother buy you a new account.

Jun 23, 2009, 09:51 AM // 09:51	#4
tasha Auctions Mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Guild: Mystic Spiral [MYST]	GW2 has no release date as yet so you may as well go ahead and make your brother buy you another copy of the game. You can pick up the Trilogy pack relatively cheaply in a variety of places.

Jun 23, 2009, 10:50 AM // 10:50	#9
Kim Sythe Weilder Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Neverland Profession: R/	HAHAHA i was in the same exact situation as you. What i did was bought the eotn package instead of guild wars 2 because the release date was not set set. Another thing you can do is buy two or three character slots which i htink are cheaper than buying a game. any which way you choose, i would not wait for guild wars 2 to come out.

Jun 23, 2009, 11:06 AM // 11:06	#10
Menlai Littiz Academy Page Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK (Wales) Guild: United in Battle [UIB] Profession: W/	@ Kim i think he needs a new account coz he wants to play at the same time as his brother does... buying new character slots wont help with this.. On steam however you can buy the Trilogy pack for ??24.99 (all 3 games not eotn) and eotn i think is on there for about ??12.99

Jun 23, 2009, 11:57 AM // 11:57	#11
Tharg Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusetts Guild: Omega Glory Profession: Mo/	if you guys have 2 computers then I would suggest to buy a second account so you can play together

Jun 23, 2009, 12:38 PM // 12:38	#12
imnotyourmother Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: in a house Guild: The Knitters Guild Profession: W/R	Delete your brothers toons and then change the password and POOF one account. I grew up with 3 brothers, 2 older and one younger...we never really had computer games like this one so...we just stole the tapes - Commodore 64 don'tcha know...

Jun 23, 2009, 01:38 PM // 13:38	#14
Esraep Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2009	Personally I would get the Guild Wars: The Complete Collection because you get EotN as well as all three campaigns. In the UK you can get it online at play.com and amazon.co.uk. Not sure about other places.

Jun 23, 2009, 05:00 PM // 17:00	#16
Eddie Frenzy Spam Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2007 Guild: Old N Dirty [ym] Profession: W/E	Right so your brother bought you a birthday present, used it before he even gave it to you as a present and then pretty much used it for himself even after he gave it to you, forcing you to not be able to play? No offence but he sounds like an asshole who owes you another copy of the game. It should be him buying you a new copy, not you who has to fork out the money.

Jun 23, 2009, 05:16 PM // 17:16	#17
Braxton619 Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2008 Profession: A/W	Buy GW1. GW2 is not coming out for at least a year.

Jun 23, 2009, 05:20 PM // 17:20	#18
Bob Slydell Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2007	How bout you delete all his characters, put a password on your computer and make him buy HIS own account?

Jun 23, 2009, 06:32 PM // 18:32	#19
gremlin Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2006 Guild: GWAR Profession: Me/Mo	Depends how reasonable your Brother is about these things. You could buy another account for yourself or for him and whoever ends up with the original account meets up and passes a few things over to give the new player a little help.