JohnCarver wrote:We do, in fact, like the idea of players getting vanity rewards for recruiting other players who in turn invest in the store. The reward would be limited to vanity only for the very obvious points mentioned here already, which is players referring their own accounts to make their own purchases for the item anyway.
But if you were truly playing this for free, but bringing in friends who are doing things on the store, it would be nice for that person to have a vanity item to show for it.
You may also want to ask yourself if it's a bad thing when people invite themselves.
If any worthwhile reward doesn't come in until the referred player(s) start using the cashshop then it's just another incentive for players to spend a bit of money on the game. In a way that doesn't affect gameplay presumably, nor breaks anything balance related. This is in the worst case, players trying to abuse it. In the best case players would just get a few goodies for spreading the game.