Quote Originally Posted by Evergrey View Post
I dunno how the recieving end works. But how I guessed how it works is that the person can first use the 10day trial to see if he/she likes the game or not, and after that buy/add code.
They have to FIRST buy the game (base for $20 and $40 for HW) and then use the Recruit Friend code to use it, but if they use the Activation Code from the base game they bought it locks them out of using the Friend Code you sent them. So really... there's no point to it if they don't like FFXIV. They wasted $20 - 60 for nothing.

I don't know if they can get a refund for it, but I see this as poorly thought out.