Beware the "In-game Store"

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

31 Jul 2007 at 18:30 - 161

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Can I qualify for the Bonus Mission Pack through purchases in the PlayNC Store?

Yes, you can. All purchases made through either the Guild Wars In-Game Store or the PlayNC Store from noon Pacific Time on July 5, 2007 through noon Pacific Time on October 31, 2007 are added together. Once you meet the required amount, the bonus missions will be yours and you'll get access once the missions go live in November.

http://www.guildwars.com/products/ex...ionpackfaq.php

So NOW they say that is possible. I needlessly spent more money in the GW Online Store paying in stupid British Pounds, when I could have been charged in US Dollars through the PlayNC store because I'm currently in the US and that store prices you according to IP. Unlike the retarded Online Store which groups Aussies into paying in British Pounds.

lakatz

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

31 Jul 2007 at 21:56 - 162

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Originally Posted by leechazoid

A few people asked me to provide an update on my attempt to get my region changed. Since it might conceivably help others I thought I should post my thoughts.

I have given up on this task for now for the following reasons:

1) My life is complicated;
2) In my case things will probably be eaiser for me to pursue later.

What follows is merely my take on the situation so it may not be 100% right. In my dealings with PlayNC they were polite enough and escalated my query quite a few times. I think polite persistance may result in a region change provided the following all match up:

1) Your address must be in the PlayNC Support region you want
2) Your credit card must match the country of your adress or be from an IP in that country (not sure which it is. It might be both)
3) Your IP of your log ons must match the country of your address

In putting together the above hypotheis I have examined the threads where people's credit cards are rejected as being foreign (ie - does not match one of the 3 hypothetical criteria above) and I have considered PlayNCs responses to my query (they cited an IP issue in my case).

If the above three things do match then I think anyone will have a good chance of a geting their account changed. Anyone with a complicated life where any one of these 3 do not match is going to face obstacles.

In my case I share my account with my wife. I am busy setting up shop in the US while my wife tidies up back in Australia. Guess who has time to play GW? My wife. Therefore the IP for the account in question does not match my address or credit card region so therefore I have an obstacle. In my case this will fix itself in time (I will either find a system and some time to log in over here or once she gets here it will be sorted). Until then, if either of us want to use the Guild Wars Store it will have to be the wife using our old Australian address, her Australian Credit Card, paying British Pounds and get properly gouged by the exchange rate. Not the best outcome but smeh. I am tired.

Thank you for the update on the "current" "currency" policy. I very much appreciate it. And I hope your life becomes less complicated soon. Enjoy California. I was born here. I've left a few times, but only briefly. I haven't yet found another place with as much diverse beauty or a climate quite as inviting.