EU+US Partying on linked-F2P accounts
- Thread starter Weko
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zazzyfraz
GöDx
people just use subbed accounts to start the group and do invites, then they drop once they have 5 people or whatever youre going for. if 5 you just make it a party after it converts to raid..
or you can group with someone after an arena, by queueing for another one then leaving instance
or you can group with someone after an arena, by queueing for another one then leaving instance
OP
OP
Weko
Veteran
If none of us are subbed, is there a way to group?
Sin'dor
Veteran
There's also the F2P-Addon (latest version here)... which has, among its various features, the ability to create groups.
The "catch", however, is that the addon is only able to if it detects a subbed-player online that's also using the addon... which is a pretty rare occurrence these days.
You could also try using its "Synchronized Queueing" feature, but there's always some luck required to actually end-up in the same instance-group.
(Nice to see ya' again... did your cool WoWhead guide ever get the "ratings" it needed?)
Joe Musashi
Veteran
Rename one of your battle pets to Inviteparty, Partyplease, Sendpm or something, find subbed players in crowded areas, use /hi while targeting them and then /point at your pet. Or just hang around places like Goldshire or Northshire (humans starter area) and you'll eventually find low-level subscribed players who can read your chat messages and are willing to help.
OP
OP
Weko
Veteran
There's also the F2P-Addon (latest version here)... which has, among its various features, the ability to create groups.
The "catch", however, is that the addon is only able to if it detects a subbed-player online that's also using the addon... which is a pretty rare occurrence these days.
You could also try using its "Synchronized Queueing" feature, but there's always some luck required to actually end-up in the same instance-group.
(Nice to see ya' again... did your cool WoWhead guide ever get the "ratings" it needed?)
Thank you!
And no... it hasn't yet. I did just update it though! Maybe one day!
That's a great idea. Thank you!
Chops
Soccer Dad
I regret to inform you that recent changes have it so high level toons cannot see our emotes. The animation still shows up but the text no longer does.
Getting a group will generally require one of you having a subbed account
Sin'dor
Veteran
Seven months later, and that wound still feels fresh...
(...and to think, I actually believed their "It's only temporary until we fix an exploit" bullshit.)
Kincaide
Legend
Just to be clear, that includes pointing at your pet? Really, Blizzard?
(...and to think, I actually believed their "It's only temporary until we fix an exploit" bullshit.)
Can you tell me more about this supposed exploit they were supposedly fixing with this change?
Brihan
Too much time spent on F2P addon dev
All the emote text made by a f2p player (there are some exceptions with emotes made by toys) are not visible by others (even to other f2p players). This includes simple texts like "Brihan falls asleep. Zzzzzzzz." ....
Moreover nearly all the emote sounds can't be heared by others ... others can just see the animations, without sound or text ...
I tried multiple times to ask GMs about it and they never answered precisely on the exploit (because, you know, GMs are not there to share exploits that they want to fix, as it may lead to other similar exploits).
But according to them, it was an exploit enabling Started Editions to "bypass some of their restrictions".
And imo, it's surely that emotes could be used to communicate with other players with /point and other emotes. But it could also be used to spam and harass players ... and the restrictions on f2p communication are mainly to forbid the possibility of annoying subbed players ... so ... who knows
Kincaide
Legend
Very interesting. I'm almost certain that I heard Rhaellia laugh when we were playing the other night. We may have been grouped at the time though.
So the big game-breaking "exploit" that they needed to update their game to fix, was just to stop F2Ps from being able to communicate with anyone a any time. Nice, real useful.
Brihan
Too much time spent on F2P addon dev
I didn't say that. What I said was just my opinion after hearing some GM answers. They never precised what was the problem except that some emotes enabled starter accounts to "bypass some restrictions".
Just to be clear
Mythic Al
Boring Troll
Here is a useful resource for F2Ps:
Doesn't help directly in the forming of groups, but connecting with others might get you friended with someone who runs an active account along with Starter Edition/Veteran accounts. Best of luck out there!
Doesn't help directly in the forming of groups, but connecting with others might get you friended with someone who runs an active account along with Starter Edition/Veteran accounts. Best of luck out there!