Recruit A Friend - Character Creation Restrictions

[Tule]

If they're overpopulated, why even run a recruitment program to begin with? Once again SE sees $.$ over logic. I guess they didn't really think this through. But then i wonder, are they noticing a decline in population? First a "free weekend" and now this?

They've had a free weekend before. Its called marketing.

[Saccharin]

If they're overpopulated, why even run a recruitment program to begin with? Once again SE sees $.$ over logic. I guess they didn't really think this through. But then i wonder, are they noticing a decline in population? First a "free weekend" and now this?

Not all servers are locked/full, mainly legacy servers. They need to pry people from legacy servers because if not you'll get empty servers and then everyone clustered in legacy ones causing queues and possibly lag.

It's been almost a year so the population has probably stabilised. MMOs have an amazing amount of churn. People try it, maybe for months and then stop playing for various reasons. Some play for five minutes and never play again. Some come back during a major patch. You have to recruit new players to replace those that leave or have a break. The constant subscriber is unlikely to be the majority of the player base. They've had weekends on every major content release. All these promos are needed to keep a healthy population.

[tOnni3]

What a conflict of interest. LOL.

Well done SE !!

[gamesmart]

As of right now, the best way I can think of avoiding the restrictions is to have your friend create his character either late at night or early in the morning - I had to wait until about 11 PM PST to make my alt on Behemoth. Yes, it sucks having to wait those hours when you guys want to play together, but at least it shows the game's still alive and well.

Giving people who register through the Recruit a Friend system priority wouldn't be such a bad idea either.

[Baneus]

As of right now, the best way I can think of avoiding the restrictions is to have your friend create his character either late at night or early in the morning - I had to wait until about 11 PM PST to make my alt on Behemoth. Yes, it sucks having to wait those hours when you guys want to play together, but at least it shows the game's still alive and well.

Giving people who register through the Recruit a Friend system priority wouldn't be such a bad idea either.

Pretty much. Almost all US players we play with on Behemoth had issues creating their characters during US prime time. Whereas not a single Oceanic player ran into any issues during our prime time.

[Mrfox0707]

Sorry to stray off topic a bit. My guess would be no. But does anyone know if we can use the "recruit a friend" to bring someone back to the game? My buddy has an account but quit playing a few months back. It would be cool to recruit him back to the game.

[Cylla]

Sorry to stray off topic a bit. My guess would be no. But does anyone know if we can use the "recruit a friend" to bring someone back to the game? My buddy has an account but quit playing a few months back. It would be cool to recruit him back to the game.

If they have not bought any time passed their 30 day free trial, then yes they will have the option to use the code. However, if they have bought time passed that, then no. I've already tried that option with both my daughter and husband account and both don't have the option to do it. Others have reported on reddit that with accounts that were only used for the first 30 days could use the code.

[Mjollnir]

If they have not bought any time passed their 30 day free trial, then yes they will have the option to use the code. However, if they have bought time passed that, then no. I've already tried that option with both my daughter and husband account and both don't have the option to do it. Others have reported on reddit that with accounts that were only used for the first 30 days could use the code.

I can also personally verify this to be correct. My second service account in my main S-E account (which I bought for my wife to play on AND SHE NEVER DID) only ran for the 30 days you got with the game. My friend was able to send me a code to apply to that service account. Now if I ever reactivate it for 90 days, she'll get her camelbo...

[Mrfox0707]

If they have not bought any time passed their 30 day free trial, then yes they will have the option to use the code. However, if they have bought time passed that, then no. I've already tried that option with both my daughter and husband account and both don't have the option to do it. Others have reported on reddit that with accounts that were only used for the first 30 days could use the code.

Cool, thanks so much for you info and you as well Mjollnir.

[Nicobo]

...have a Recruitment Code from a player on that server are given priority over brand new players and trial accounts?...

+1
And I would like to suggest the player with your code will be added to your friend list automatically upon first logon.