I bought 3 GW2 box's so i have 2 for my friends that i convince to play the game.....Won't be hard to convince someone to play a game for free with no subs......Who else did this? I might be in the minority but think it was a good idea to get friends to try the game :)..........

Hi, I want to be your friend. Can you buy me GW2?

...but seriously...damn...lucky friends.

Good idea, although at this point I would have saved my money until I found those 2 friends to play....then maybe purchase it for them?  If you have to convince them to play...that most likely wont last very long....I dont think having bought it for them will keep them playing a game they dont like or are not interested in. 

Anyway...its a good thing if you have someone in mind that you know will appreciate the gesture, but other than that....I would have waited. 

$60 game given to friends for free? I have a hard enough time convincing someone to buy the Torchlight 2 4 pack.

OP must be good guy greg.

Originally posted by Talketzanto

I bought 3 GW2 box's so i have 2 for my friends that i convince to play the game.....Won't be hard to convince someone to play a game for free with no subs......Who else did this? I might be in the minority but think it was a good idea to get friends to try the game :)..........

Not at all man. Good friend of mine is  into eq2 still. I got him the game so he could do beta with me last weekend. I Figured if he did not like it id hook my IT guy up at the office for his birthday this friday. (Always a good idea to keep those guys happy) Well he liked it so now I still got to get the IT guy at my office a copy for his birthday this friday lol. So in total thats 5. Me my two sons my best firend and IT guy. How many gifts can you give that last as long as somthing like GW2 will last for the money its a hell of a gift.

Your not alone.  I purchased 3 copies of GW2 several months ago at our local GameStop.  I paid for them in full and now I'm just waiting for some GW2 goodness on the 25th.  :)

Oddly enough, I've already bought 2 and am buying a 3rd tomorrow. Only one is for me.

I wish I could buy 3 friends to give GW2 to, ;D

The only MMO anyone ever bought me was SWTOR *cry*

 I plan to buy GW2 for friends and family that havent bought it yet for xmas presents. So far I've pre-purchased 7 digital deluxe editions for myself hubby our son and other family members for Aug 25th for headstart.

I've bought me and my wife a copy, my alt account, so thats 3, and plan on buying a few of my close friends copies for birthdays that are coming up and christmas. There are always those certain friends you know that will love certain games, but don't want to buy them because they arent sure theyll love it (but you have that inside information from playing and know their personality goes well with the game).

Originally posted by Talketzanto

I bought 3 GW2 box's so i have 2 for my friends that i convince to play the game.....Won't be hard to convince someone to play a game for free with no subs......Who else did this? I might be in the minority but think it was a good idea to get friends to try the game :)..........

I bought 4 copies. For me, my wife and two friends.

I'm certain that those of us who posted here are not the only ones who have bought more than one copy :-)

See ya'll on August 25th!

Wish my friends bought my copy =(.

Oh well, I'll settle for them buying their own. Note to self: May have to feign disinterest next time.

Originally posted by Talketzanto

I bought 3 GW2 box's so i have 2 for my friends that i convince to play the game.....Won't be hard to convince someone to play a game for free with no subs......Who else did this? I might be in the minority but think it was a good idea to get friends to try the game :)..........

My friends and I pooled some money to help another friends get an account in time for one of the BWEs...GW2 makes a great gift.

Also, I have a friend who you couldn't make play GW2...actually, I let him try it and he kind got lost and couldn't figure out where to go and what to do.  Back to maple story for him...

I will have to remember this, GW2 will make a great birthday present.

Originally posted by Talketzanto

I bought 3 GW2 box's so i have 2 for my friends that i convince to play the game.....Won't be hard to convince someone to play a game for free with no subs......Who else did this? I might be in the minority but think it was a good idea to get friends to try the game :)..........

Nice friend you are! Good ploy to get them to play with you though. I bought 1 digital deluxe for myself and my wife got one too. Funny how back in the day when we were dating she use to make fun of me. All it took was letting her make a toon on Age of Conan and try it out and that is where it all started for her lol. Pay attention guys who want thier girls to play. Just let them make and design the toon and make them roll a healer. They will love it. Now when we get a new MMO I usually have to wait an hour and a few remakes of toons for my wife to get situated lol. She makes damn good looking toons though so now I make her make mine. I tell her what I want and she makes it look good because I make dumb looking toons.

nice! does your friends come with benefits?

I bought 3 copies also, 2 digital deluxe editions for my friends and a collectors edition for myself.

I didn't have to buy my friends/family copies... we all got our own the day pre-purchase was available on the gw2 site >.>

I bought two copies. I'll likely use the second to try to hook friends and house guests on the game with some same room coop play. :) I can also see gifting this game to a few people I exchange gifts with. With no sub fee, it's an MMO you can actually gift, with out sticking the giftee with a sub fee that they may feel obligated to play after being given the game for free.