146186-refer-a-friend

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Okay so this is my first post. Hi everyone name's Drocky and i play on Warbound server. So like most of you i've either came from another MMO and want something new. Wildstar so far has done that for me and im really really enjoying it and the issue is people will start to quit the game and the servers die down and its just not fun anymore. My question is will the wildstar Dev's plan on making a Refer a friend system? it might help with population i really want to see this game succeed!
~Thank you all for your input just a thought. I also got more ideas to keep population if anyone esle wants to hear them.	
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Basically you want free stuff for telling your friends to play the game.
 
You could still tell them to play, you just won't get anything for it.
 
 
I'm not sure it would work in a free to play game. Other games work because the "friend" usually has to subscribe for X amount of time before the recruiter receives anything. Here there is no sub required so people would just make free accounts to invite themselves for the free stuff. 
 
At least when people do that in other games they still have to pay for that account, here they don't. Carbine would make no money at all while people would be getting freebies galore. Unless they tried adding a subscribe restriction but then people would whine and moan about being forced to subscribe to a free to play game in order to get anything out of the system.
 
If they did add a recruit a friend system then they should not, under any circumstances, add any free stuff to it. 
 
All it should be is an e-mail link that people send to their friends, nothing more.
			
				
	Edited November 4, 2015 by Gomly	
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Basically you want free stuff for telling your friends to play the game.
 
You could still tell them to play, you just won't get anything for it.
 
 
I'm not sure it would work in a free to play game. Other games work because the "friend" usually has to subscribe for X amount of time before the recruiter receives anything. Here there is no sub required so people would just make free accounts to invite themselves for the free stuff. 
 
At least when people do that in other games they still have to pay for that account, here they don't. Carbine would make no money at all while people would be getting freebies galore. Unless they tried adding a subscribe restriction but then people would whine and moan about being forced to subscribe to a free to play game in order to get anything out of the system.
 
If they did add a recruit a friend system then they should not, under any circumstances, add any free stuff to it. 
 
All it should be is an e-mail link that people send to their friends, nothing more.
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3 letters....that had a refer a friend system when it first came out. Can you guess......lol
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I'm not sure it would work in a free to play game. Other games work because the "friend" usually has to subscribe for X amount of time before the recruiter receives anything. Here there is no sub required so people would just make free accounts to invite themselves for the free stuff. 
 
At least when people do that in other games they still have to pay for that account, here they don't. Carbine would make no money at all while people would be getting freebies galore. Unless they tried adding a subscribe restriction but then people would whine and moan about being forced to subscribe to a free to play game in order to get anything out of the system.
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Tell ya what ... refer a friend, get them to post here and say hi and I'll give you some cupcakes.
 	
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Yes, he is talking about WoW.
 
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			I've posted about this too. ( https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/145253-how-about-a-referral-program/) I think it would be a good idea and might get more players in the game. I'm all for it. 	
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I've posted about this too. ( https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/145253-how-about-a-referral-program/) I think it would be a good idea and might get more players in the game. I'm all for it. 
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Tell ya what ... refer a friend, get them to post here and say hi and I'll give you some cupcakes.
 
- pic snip
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It's a good idea that will potentially bring more players into the fold. Prepare the the majority of the forums to hate it.
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I don't hate the idea of getting more players into the game I hate the idea of giving freebies as incentive.
 
The problem there is it's a free game with no obligation to pay. If they lock rewards behind a pay wall then people will complain. If they give free stuff just for a referred person making an account and playing the game then we'll all be making free accounts just for the free stuff and no new people will be invited.
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