Can people using guest passes interact with people with the standard game?
Specifically, if I give one to a friend, can we add each other as friends, and play a game together (up to the Skeleton King only of course)?
Diablo – Does a Diablo 3 guest pass let you play with regular players
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It's true... sort of.
The rare drop rate is substantially higher for first time kills of major bosses on normal mode, but it isn't necessarily two drops guaranteed - the specific bonus and which bosses it applies to hasn't been laid out explicitly. For what confirmation does exist, see this post by Bashlok:
The bonus to drops for first-time boss kills only exists in Normal difficulty.
Whether the 'bonus to drops' is 'guaranteed class-specific yellow', or simply 'twenty percent increase to the chance to drop' is unclear, and without a very large data set or some (very unlikely) additional candor on the matter from Blizzard, it's difficult to say. Anecdotally, people seem to be citing the '2 rares, one for your class' fairly widely, and I'm yet to personally have any experiences that contradict that - at least on major bosses. If I had to guess, I'd wager the Skeleton King doesn't qualify as one however.
These are guest passes:
I had 3 of them in the retail boxed version of the game. Each one has a one-time-use code, which allows another person to download the game, and play it with certain restrictions.
On the back, it reads:
The guest account allows you to play Diablo 3 for free up to the Skeleton King boss in Act 1. Note that certain game features are restricted on guest accounts - to remove these restrictions, please upgrade to the full version of the game.
Blizzard's FAQ on this system says that the Guest Pass grants you the "Starter Edition" of the game, and says the following about restrictions:
- Act I up to the Skeleton King is available
- Level 13 cap
- Matchmaking available only with other Starter Edition players
- No Real Money Auction House access
- Global Play is not available. Players attempting to connect to Diablo III Starter Edition in a region other than their Battle.net Account's home region will receive Error 12. See the Global Play support article for more information.
No Guest Passes are included with the downloadable version that you can purchase directly from Blizzard.
Some related Guest Pass questions:
Do guest pass characters carry through an upgrade to the full game?
Does a Diablo 3 guest pass let you play with regular players?
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Per their official website:
"Starting Edition" player, meaning players using the guest pass. So you are limited to interacting with them only.