sicyn, did you need to order a whole new original world of warcraft game for a new account activation. Or does it not prompt you to enter a CD for authentication and you used your original box?

Well, it depends. If you already have your original account (the veteran), then you can "partner" with a new account (the recruit) that can be a 10 day free trial. That account is limited, but is basically a "dummy" partner. You can easily get to 60 in 10 days with the 3x xp bonus.

If you don't have an account, you'll need to go buy the game (new CD key) to be the veteran, and then send an "recruit-a-friend" invitation to a new account (10 day free trial). If you buy this online (digital download from Blizzard), not that it can take several days for them to activate a "free trial" to a "paid account". It's easier to go to the store and get a CD with new key.

So, I gave my original account to a friend's son, so I had to go buy the game (all expansions too!).

i see, you can also get the x3 xp if you are the recruitee, just have to upgrade the full account as well.

The veteran and the recruit will both get 3x xp if:

1) You stay within 4 levels of each other (so you have to just do both sets of quests)
2) Are in a group together while turning in quests or killing mobs
3) Do quests that are green or higher (no grey)
4) Do it within 90 days of "recruiting" (it expires after that)
5) Are within a certain distance of each other when killing/turning in quests
(probably 1 or 2 other things that I can't remember)

So technically your "recruit" doesn't have to have a paid account, you could be using a free trial...you would just have to get to 60 (to max 3x xp) within the 10 days..which is doable.

Additionally a recruit can grant a full level to the veteran ever 2 levels (assuming the veteran is lower in level). So by 60 the recruit can grant 30 levels to a veterans char (any veteran's char that is lower than 60 and lower than the recruits level).

Well if anyone gets any notion to come on over to AION and level up. Hit me up. Double Experience weekends and such take a bit of the grind out.

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