I got two buddy (free trail keys) since my wife and I each have an account. I gave them out to friends, who both played, enjoyed, joined.
What do I get?

All joking aside, I do feel that a successful buddy program is one where, when the person's friend joins and PAYS, that person who brought the new customer on board maybe gets a kind of reward. A couple C-Store points, a new uniform, maybe just a free week of gameplay.
Also, it seems silly that I can't invite more friends to the game. I have other friends who want to try before they buy, but I only got one free key per account.
I would suggest adding keys, and when said keys are used and then the person actually subscribes, offering some small kind of thank you.
Just a thought or two.
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Sucks to be them, hell i wish i coulda rented this game
I'd be nice to get a reward if the person you 'buddied' activates a retail key. I agree, that'd be a nice way of saying 'thank you'.
Or the subs were better than they hoped, and they thought they'd further expand their base. Don't believe the trolling... this game is doing REALLY well (if it's at all evident by the in-game population).
As for...
Well, can't wait until next month when you move on to your next flavor of the month/week. You'll be sorely missed. :rolleyes:
As for additional buddy keys... maybe start up a donation thread where people with spare keys can give them off to their friends. CE's came with three, then another key on top of the sub... so those people should have 4.
You play too much if you can make admiral in 5 days.
Yes variety sucks, playing lots of great games is horrible we should all just pick one crappy one like sto and never play anything else....genious.
Anyways i have 3 budy keys came with my ce , id never give em away cause if i do leave at the end of them month there my free ticket to come back and try the game later and see if they uncrapified it.
First off , I never made RA in 5 days other have, im captain 3, secondly I like alot of this game im just not a TRIBBLE lickin fan boy thats gonna blindly accept alot of the TRIBBLE there feeding us.
Im here and posting cause at the moment im paying for the game, and I want to see positive changes cause i would like to keep playing it.
So you just go around in each thread and, regardless of topic, mouth off like a broken record?
Oh! You were that kid in fifth grade who was always interupting the class with obnoxious comments and needed to take Ritalin! Fuh. I guess you don't grow out of it.
Yes. Yes he does.
The funny thing is he's probably right, but who could play this from 6am to midnight non-stop for 5 days in a row. I figured as fast as I gained lvls thats how long it would take me in 5 days. so like 18 hours a day. Good thing I work and have other life, though I am at RA2 now but I still have missions to do and more :P
I see it as being the voice of reason, someone has to step on the fanboys, someone has to keep bringing up issues. i just do it in a way that makes people talk.
And by "talk" you mean hurl insults, curses, and lash out with general scourn. Got it.