As far as I have seen, there is unfortunately only one way of accquiring extra Character Slots, that is through the ingame shop, which Anet has recently implemented. (you can find it in the upgrades section)
The downside to this shop is, that currently the only way to pay is through a Creditcard (Visa, Mastercard, etc). It is NOT possible to buy stuff in the shop by other means, like PayPal, acceptgiro, or any other way. Furthermore, the upgrades are not possible to be bought in normal retail shops, at least so far.
I think Anet made a misjudgement here, since Creditcards are only a popular method of payment in the US, and not as much in the civilized world. I wonder how many people are like me, want to buy character slots, but cant do so.
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Guildmaster Cain
Lets Get to Healing
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I think Anet made a misjudgement here, since Creditcards are only a popular method of payment in the US, and not as much in the civilized world. I wonder how many people are like me, want to buy character slots, but cant do so.
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lyra_song
give them time my friend, give them time.
did you ever think you could buy itunes cards at your neighborhood supermarket?
anet should capitalize and mobilize "pay per slot" cards towards gaming retailers.
did you ever think you could buy itunes cards at your neighborhood supermarket?
anet should capitalize and mobilize "pay per slot" cards towards gaming retailers.
Tachyon
I don't have a credit card, and yet I managed to buy an extra slot! I just used a standard debit card.
Guildmaster Cain
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I agreed with your statement, until i read this. GG.
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Anyway, I dont think I have a Debit Card either, because I dont know what it is. Just a simple Maestro Worldpass, which I can use to pay in about every country in the world I have been, except the US.
izodiaki
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Doh... i hoped noone would notice my very unpurposed typo...
Anyway, I dont think I have a Debit Card either, because I dont know what it is. Just a simple Maestro Worldpass, which I can use to pay in about every country in the world I have been, except the US. |
Guildmaster Cain
But all my pass gives is a 9-digit bankaccount, expiration date and a 4 digit pas number. Next to that I also have a 4 digit pin number.
I thought creditcards have long pasnumbers, and I tried to fill in the 9-digit bankacount number, but that didnt seem to work...
I thought creditcards have long pasnumbers, and I tried to fill in the 9-digit bankacount number, but that didnt seem to work...
Gonzo
For The Netherlands (where systems like debit card and pre paid creditcards are not (yet) licened) using a system like iDeal (dutch) would be, well, ideal, but a system for every country seems a bit overdone though. I still encourage Paypal (even if it sucks, I only need to pay for my slots).
Loviatar
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But all my pass gives is a 9-digit bankaccount, expiration date and a 4 digit pas number. Next to that I also have a 4 digit pin number.
I thought creditcards have long pasnumbers, and I tried to fill in the 9-digit bankacount number, but that didnt seem to work... |
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Originally Posted by Alex Weekes We're continuing to look into additional methods of payment. We've now added two major debit cards (Maestro/Switch and Solo), and we've got more planned for as soon as we can get the systems in place. I can't comment on PayPal specifically, but I do believe that those without credit cards will have a solution soon. |
Gonzo
The thing is, I can't see them (as far as I know only people in the UK can see them) and the Meastro world card is a normal bank pass and not a Debit card
Griff Mon
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I think Anet made a misjudgement here, since Creditcards are only a popular method of payment in the US, and not as much in the civilized world. |
Cherno
One big problem with paypal, and a likely reason it will take a while to be implemented, at least without a lot of hoop jumping from ANET is that Paypal has a horrendous digital objects policy.
There is NO recourse for a seller to get reimbursed when dealing with digital objects. A very simple scam of doing a chargeback after purchasing a digital object and claiming that the object was never delivered leaves anet with lost revenue. No amount of screenshots or other documentation you can provide will be taken into consideration by the paypal investigation team.
This has been a very serious problem for Magic Online sellers through paypal.
Paypal is very nice, just not for digital objects.
There is NO recourse for a seller to get reimbursed when dealing with digital objects. A very simple scam of doing a chargeback after purchasing a digital object and claiming that the object was never delivered leaves anet with lost revenue. No amount of screenshots or other documentation you can provide will be taken into consideration by the paypal investigation team.
This has been a very serious problem for Magic Online sellers through paypal.
Paypal is very nice, just not for digital objects.
seut
Maestro is not in my selection list (germany, a country where 90% of all adults have a debit card)
Cherno
I belive Maestro is on the Visa network. I think you can select visa for that.
Guildmaster Cain
Country: Holland, a.k.a Netherlands, home of the Dutch
Region: Europe
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Carte Blancaire (French??), Carte Bleue (again french??)
Estimated number of adult bankpass users: 99%
Estimated number of adult creditcard users: 10%
Debit Card: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card
Maestro is owned by Mastercard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_%28debit_card%29
Just that your bankpass has the maestro logo on it, doesnt say you can use it as a Mastercard. Any more confirmation that the UK debit card can be used for Mastercard online shopping?
I think creditcards need 16 digits, although it may vary per type. Bankpasses in Holland only have 9 digit banknumbers.
Loviatar has found a post which gives me hope that other payment methods will be implemented in the future. Apparently Maestro (=Switch) and Solo already have been implemented, but probably only in some countries, like UK.
Paypal will probably not be the one. Also Google is developing a new online payment standard, but I havent heard much from that yet. iDeal and the Rabobank online payment methods are commonly used in Holland.
Region: Europe
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Carte Blancaire (French??), Carte Bleue (again french??)
Estimated number of adult bankpass users: 99%
Estimated number of adult creditcard users: 10%
Debit Card: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card
Maestro is owned by Mastercard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_%28debit_card%29
Just that your bankpass has the maestro logo on it, doesnt say you can use it as a Mastercard. Any more confirmation that the UK debit card can be used for Mastercard online shopping?
I think creditcards need 16 digits, although it may vary per type. Bankpasses in Holland only have 9 digit banknumbers.
Loviatar has found a post which gives me hope that other payment methods will be implemented in the future. Apparently Maestro (=Switch) and Solo already have been implemented, but probably only in some countries, like UK.
Paypal will probably not be the one. Also Google is developing a new online payment standard, but I havent heard much from that yet. iDeal and the Rabobank online payment methods are commonly used in Holland.
Cjlr
I don't suppose they'll be supporting any sort of Interac, though. Guess it's time to bum credit off someone.
Terra Xin
ooo, I have Maestro
Touch luck for EFTPOS and debit cards... you HAVE to have your pin for those instances... well.. for NZ anyway.
Touch luck for EFTPOS and debit cards... you HAVE to have your pin for those instances... well.. for NZ anyway.
SylverDragon
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Just that your bankpass has the maestro logo on it, doesnt say you can use it as a Mastercard. Any more confirmation that the UK debit card can be used for Mastercard online shopping?
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I would also suggest that the inclusion of a slot in the upcoming Nightfall pre-release pack is proof that they can produce slots on a key, and may be a move towards selling slots offline.
Sekkira
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This board is about Guild Wars and not any personal political agenda.
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Originally Posted by Cherno
One big problem with paypal, and a likely reason it will take a while to be implemented, at least without a lot of hoop jumping from ANET is that Paypal has a horrendous digital objects policy.
There is NO recourse for a seller to get reimbursed when dealing with digital objects. A very simple scam of doing a chargeback after purchasing a digital object and claiming that the object was never delivered leaves anet with lost revenue. No amount of screenshots or other documentation you can provide will be taken into consideration by the paypal investigation team. This has been a very serious problem for Magic Online sellers through paypal. Paypal is very nice, just not for digital objects. |
Cherno
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True that. Everyone stop talking about credit cards and paypal, it has nothing to do with GW.
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Paypal has severe problems with their policies regarding digital objects. No amount of proof that you could provide to prove that the trade was done, that the person was the one who asked for it etc will be enough. They will just say tough and close your request and the seller then has to pay the money out of their own pockets. Many people have lost a lot of money because of this.
And the credit card and paypal discussion has everything to do with this conversation. The OP is asking for alternate methods for purchasing their provided product and availability/methods to those paying customers in other countries. How is this not relevant to GW?
Guildmaster Cain
Since creditcards and debitcards are used to buy stuff in GW, I dedided to give some info on those for the clueless people out there (like me). The speculations about Paypal and other online payment methods are not directly connected to GW, but it never hurts to talk about it.
Anyway, using creditcards, banknotes, online payment or any other method, would always give you the option to charge your money back. (In Holland that would be within a period of 10 work days I think) If you would do so, the only thing Anet will have to do is get their extra acount/upgrade/chapter back from your. I am sure they have the power to take it away again as well, and it would be within their right, because you dont have any evidence as well that you bought it.
Anyway, using creditcards, banknotes, online payment or any other method, would always give you the option to charge your money back. (In Holland that would be within a period of 10 work days I think) If you would do so, the only thing Anet will have to do is get their extra acount/upgrade/chapter back from your. I am sure they have the power to take it away again as well, and it would be within their right, because you dont have any evidence as well that you bought it.
Queenie
~just got a quick question...
whats the max number of slots you can buy?
or can you buy like 100? :P not that i would...lawl! xD
whats the max number of slots you can buy?
or can you buy like 100? :P not that i would...lawl! xD
Curse You
I bought what was supposed to be 1 slot, but ended up being 2. They should really make a "Are you sure you want to buy this" window pop up like they have in game.
Markaedw
The max that can be purchased is 26, above the slots that A-net issues with the game releases, it was in a Gaile post somewhere
Guildmaster Cain
Still waiting for slots...
Sir Skullcrasher
I'm still debating whether i should buy 1 or 2 slots online or go to the store and buy another copy of Guild Wars.
TiNkLeR
Go buy online, ITS SO CHEAPER...
kirby2096
Sir Skullcrasher, if you already have both prophecies and factions linked to your account, adding another key from either chapter won't allow you to gain extra character slots.
Sir Skullcrasher
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Sir Skullcrasher, if you already have both prophecies and factions linked to your account, adding another key from either chapter won't allow you to gain extra character slots.
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Markaedw
I have 2 copies, the second one is a mule. The downside is any unlocks on one do not transfer, and do you really want to but 2 of every campain.
The upside is it is easy to get a character started, if you can run both accounts at once.
Unless you have this burning desire to play more characters, I would wait untill they come up with other ways to purchase slots. I think that the online store was just a "testing the waters." Now that they know we will buy as many slots as they can provide us ways to get them, we will see other ways soon (I hope).
The upside is it is easy to get a character started, if you can run both accounts at once.
Unless you have this burning desire to play more characters, I would wait untill they come up with other ways to purchase slots. I think that the online store was just a "testing the waters." Now that they know we will buy as many slots as they can provide us ways to get them, we will see other ways soon (I hope).