118709-how-do-guest-passes-work-on-existing-accounts

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Guest passes went out today. I'm assuming they were sent out to everyone with an account, active or not, and are intended to bring people back into the game (since the email says "Welcome back to Nexus!") as well as bring in new players. I'm wondering how the restrictions apply to people who have existing characters above level 20, more than 3 characters, Renown and Gold beyond the cap or belong to guilds and are coming back to check out the game.
 
 
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Each WildStar account activation receives (3) Guest Passes, that are emailed to the registered account. These are yours to hand out to your friends and family to share the awesome world of WildStar! Guest passes are valid for 7 days from redemption.
Some restrictions on Guest passes to keep in mind:
Key Restrictions:Keys can only be redeemed ONCE.
One Guest pass can be applied per account.
Account must have NO game time remaining to redeem.
Ingame Restrictions*:
Max of 3 characters slots per realm
Max character experience up to level 20 and path experience up to level 12.
Limited to Apprentice Crafting (Tier 1)
50 Gold Currency Cap.
5000 Renown Cap.
Joining or creating guilds is disabled
Creating circles is disabled, but you can join them.
Trading with other players is disabled.
Sending and Receiving mail is disabled.
Housing Restrictions:Cannot become a neighbor or a roommate.
Cannot invite another character to be a neighbor or roommate.
Commodity Exchange Restrictions:Cannot post, buyout, or bid on any item in the Commodity Exchange.
Chat restricted to Say, Yell, and Party chat.
/Ticket ingame is disabled
Limited forum access (Read-only access)
Cannot receive or purchase C.R.E.D.D.
Also be aware that disciplinary action on a guest account could also result in disciplinary action being taken on the registered account which provided the key. So choose your guests wisely.
*Some features present in the full game won’t be available during the trial program. 
 
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I'm looking into getting an answer about this for you. :) Just wanted to let you know. 
 
- Team WildStar 	
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			I'm going to find out myself in...well whenever wildstar finishes downloading...i imagine i can use my character but not earn anything with him....	
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Hey folks,
 
We're actually fact-checking a few things still, looks like I may have had the wrong end of the stick. ;)	
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			Looks like some restrictions don't apply to my capped character....i can talk just fine in zone chat.	
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			I renewed this key hoping to try out some new stuff. Sadly all my characters are over LVL 20. I can't even log in after registering my key. Sad.	
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Okay,
 
Sorry for the delay on this one folks (yay timezones!) but we had to ask, and then test ourselves to be sure. :)So, these guest pass/trial codes were sent around to any lapsed account player (so players who bought the game but sub had run out or been cancelled) to give folks a free 7 days to try the game.
EDIT: In addition, if you have used a guest pass/trial key before you will not be able to use these keys either. Which may account for some of you having issues.
 
For lapsed accounts there are no restrictions. So if you used the code on an account that had run out of game time/had no sub/no C.R.E.D.D there are no restrictions on trade/chat/currency cap etc, the email implied otherwise and I apologise for that.
 
If you give the code out to somebody who hasn't applied a retail code (aka a brand new player) then there will be the usual guest pass restrictions.
 
If you have any other questions let me know.(Talyne, are you still unable to log in now? May have been you tried during our downtime).	
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			Thanks Anlath. That explains why I got one. I created a 6-month sub, but "unsubbed" so it wouldn't automatically renew (which reminds me - I'll have to renew it soon). :D	
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I renewed this key hoping to try out some new stuff. Sadly all my characters are over LVL 20. I can't even log in after registering my key. Sad.
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			Strange that I got one. I don't remember ever unsubscribing. XD	
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			I'm playing normally on my level 28 warrior	
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So, these guest pass/trial codes were sent around to any lapsed account player (so players who bought the game but sub had run out or been cancelled) to give folks a free 7 days to try the game.
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			If it is of any help I received two of them. I have never lapsed and I have a monthly renewal set up.	
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Okay,
 
Sorry for the delay on this one folks (yay timezones!) but we had to ask, and then test ourselves to be sure. :)
 
So, these guest pass/trial codes were sent around to any lapsed account player (so players who bought the game but sub had run out or been cancelled) to give folks a free 7 days to try the game.
EDIT: In addition, if you have used a guest pass/trial key before you will not be able to use these keys either. Which may account for some of you having issues.
 
For lapsed accounts there are no restrictions. So if you used the code on an account that had run out of game time/had no sub/no C.R.E.D.D there are no restrictions on trade/chat/currency cap etc, the email implied otherwise and I apologise for that.
 
If you give the code out to somebody who hasn't applied a retail code (aka a brand new player) then there will be the usual guest pass restrictions.
 
If you have any other questions let me know.
 
(Talyne, are you still unable to log in now? May have been you tried during our downtime).
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So... why did I get one? I have never let my sub lapse.
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I think we all got one.  I think it can also be applied to non-lapsed players, just like our old codes we got with purchase.  I think that's why current players who have never lapsed have received them.
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But he specifically said it went to accounts that had lapsed.
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