From working in a gamestore myself: yes, completely legit, original run Nightfall and Factions CEs do still pop up from time to time. Unsold stock from... wherever. A local store just got some Factions CEs for around 25eur (normal Factions price is currently 20eur).
As for the CEs not containing pets, I wonder about this. It's all one code. A friend and I are currently sorting out a case with support regarding a Proph CE key that... isn't a CE key, when it absolutely should be. I have yet to completely rule out the possibility that Anet has mucked something up with CE keys on their end.
New production run of Collector's Editions?
hattara
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I assume the import versions won't work on accounts with US-based keys then eh?
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once new account is made you'll be in an international dis, but you can now travel freely throughout all districts, not like the old days. run 2 GW clients, make your trades (pet trades I assume) to main account. and bam. done.
Kador
I hope that's not the case as I wanted to add these to an existing US prophecies account, but it's a secondary account anyway so not that big a deal if it won't link.
I didn't go through NCSoft for my current US accounts however, just signed up via the GW client.
I didn't go through NCSoft for my current US accounts however, just signed up via the GW client.
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If I remember right, no, they won't link. and you can't use the NCsoft(US) site for that product...i.e. free storage pane, account must be registered/linked via NCsoft(EU) etc..etc..
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wait and see what they ship you. last time I bought a CE it came from ncsoft(EU). that key couldn't be linked with an alt account I had for NA. things may be different now. Just don't get excited if you try to add those keys to your existing account and they come up as invalid. they aren't.
also, that particular CE was a full size box. the swag from either won't fit in a standard dvd case.
also, that particular CE was a full size box. the swag from either won't fit in a standard dvd case.
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wait and see what they ship you. last time I bought a CE it came from ncsoft(EU). that key couldn't be linked with anything I had for NA. things may be different now. Just don't get excited if you try to add those keys to your existing account and they come up as invalid. they aren't.
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But even if all I got were a mousepad, a poster, the CDs etc, it'll be worth it.
majikmajikmajik
i think the [I] means International. good luck with your games guys, i dont like buying from the internet lol.
Brianna
I have an account bought in the US and my Proph CE key is from the UK accordingly to the CD sleeve (UK-CO) and it added just fine, I don't see why keys from other places shouldn't work.
Zahr Dalsk
Was interested until I learned they only ship to americans.
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again it's been so long since I added anything to my account(s).
looking at it now, I can only guess that I may have tried to add a Factions CE key to an account that already had the Factions CE. It's the only answer I can come up with.
I definitely do remember when I used that account (faction ce, bought from NCsoft EU) I had to register with an altogether new e-mail and the NCsoft(NA) site wouldn't recognize the key. I had to use the NCsoft europe site to link account and get free storage offered by Ncsoft/Anet.
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yeah that has to be where I am steering you wrong. I tried to enter a CE key on top of another. so the keys should add but in a sense, all you'll be doing is adding the dances and gifts to your main. you'll miss out on "free" alt storage.
by free storage I mean the ability to create mules, not the offer that was given out for the free storage pane.
-sorry for any confusion, this is what happens when you get old and feeble minded. that and i'm juggling quite a few alt accounts. ;-P
looking at it now, I can only guess that I may have tried to add a Factions CE key to an account that already had the Factions CE. It's the only answer I can come up with.
I definitely do remember when I used that account (faction ce, bought from NCsoft EU) I had to register with an altogether new e-mail and the NCsoft(NA) site wouldn't recognize the key. I had to use the NCsoft europe site to link account and get free storage offered by Ncsoft/Anet.
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yeah that has to be where I am steering you wrong. I tried to enter a CE key on top of another. so the keys should add but in a sense, all you'll be doing is adding the dances and gifts to your main. you'll miss out on "free" alt storage.
by free storage I mean the ability to create mules, not the offer that was given out for the free storage pane.
-sorry for any confusion, this is what happens when you get old and feeble minded. that and i'm juggling quite a few alt accounts. ;-P
Sca2pula
I just looked on the gogamer.com website then and now the "international" collectors editions are listed as pre-orders for the 30th of october...maybe they are real.
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I just looked on the gogamer.com website then and now the "international" collectors editions are listed as pre-orders for the 30th of october...maybe they are real.
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Verene
Sometimes copies of that just pop up for cheap. I've never been to gogamer.com before, but I've seen CEs on ebay (Factions and Nightfall) for ~$20 a few times.
I got my own Nightfall CE for about $9 (after tax, and the area of the US I live in has the highest sales tax rate in the country). If I had waited another month, I could have gotten it for free
(I work for Gamestop, and recently the GW CEs were pennied out in the inventory systems. Every so often I search to see what stores still have a Factions CE in their inventory, and debate calling the stores and seeing if they actually still and one and if they'll transfer it to my store).
I got my own Nightfall CE for about $9 (after tax, and the area of the US I live in has the highest sales tax rate in the country). If I had waited another month, I could have gotten it for free
(I work for Gamestop, and recently the GW CEs were pennied out in the inventory systems. Every so often I search to see what stores still have a Factions CE in their inventory, and debate calling the stores and seeing if they actually still and one and if they'll transfer it to my store).
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Yeah, they've been changing the date...and price.
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not good.
Kador
I assume the date changes are due to them being sold out currently. But the price change worries me a bit. Could be that the sale copies sold out and now its back to regular price or more likely it was a price mistake.
Plus the fact that my order is still "Pending" on Paypal leads me to believe that they might not be honoring the price. Or maybe they are just busy from the high demand and didn't process my order yet.
Plus the fact that my order is still "Pending" on Paypal leads me to believe that they might not be honoring the price. Or maybe they are just busy from the high demand and didn't process my order yet.
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As for the CEs not containing pets, I wonder about this. It's all one code. A friend and I are currently sorting out a case with support regarding a Proph CE key that... isn't a CE key, when it absolutely should be. I have yet to completely rule out the possibility that Anet has mucked something up with CE keys on their end.
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Jonny10
I bought a NF CE last week right here:
http://www.dimensionplus.nl/bestelle...ightfall/74828
but that's only for Dutch/Belgium people
30 euros seems like a fair price to me.
http://www.dimensionplus.nl/bestelle...ightfall/74828
but that's only for Dutch/Belgium people
30 euros seems like a fair price to me.
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I can confirm that some of the original Proph CE keys were actually normal keys and NOT the CE ones. Back when Prophecies originally came out, I worked for their main distributor here in the UK, and I was actually asked to open and check a number of Proph CE products at random to ensure they had CE keys.. a couple of them didn't. So I'm guess NCsoft is aware of the problem (or at least they should be).
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Thank you for this information! I suspected as much, since I have heard several reports of key code issues for other editions that seem related - no keycard in one box, two in another, an entire small run with no cards... my friend and I got the situation settled with Anet, in her favor, and your post further strengthens my conclusion that things did not go completely smoothly for the Proph CE and Anet is aware of it.
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I believe during manufacture some normal version (I believe they were German) CD sleeves got mixed in with the Collectors Edition ones.
But getting this topic back on track, there is/was only one key code in the Factions and NF Collectors edition boxes. So even if you only have the keycode you still get Kunna,... and Varesh...
Kador
No shipping confirmation here yet but also no cancellation notice. The fact that they now appear to be out of stock bodes well for them filling the orders received yesterday, I hope. Though I wonder, since it says pre-order and not back-order, if they ever had any of them in stock in the first place.
Darcy
Received my confirmation last night. I xxx'd out the order number and left off the tracking number. I went for USPS Priority so should be here by Friday.
Your order has been processed. We have listed the details for your item(s) below.
YOUR ORDER INFORMATION:
Order #: xxxxxxxx
Date: 10-13-2009 04:57 AM
Product Line 1: Guild Wars Factions: Collector's Edition (I) for PC
Product ID: 85416198
Item Price: $10.49
QTY Ordered: 1
QTY Shipped: 1
Your order has been processed. We have listed the details for your item(s) below.
YOUR ORDER INFORMATION:
Order #: xxxxxxxx
Date: 10-13-2009 04:57 AM
Product Line 1: Guild Wars Factions: Collector's Edition (I) for PC
Product ID: 85416198
Item Price: $10.49
QTY Ordered: 1
QTY Shipped: 1
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Received my confirmation last night. I xxx'd out the order number and left off the tracking number. I went for USPS Priority so should be here by Friday.
Your order has been processed. We have listed the details for your item(s) below. YOUR ORDER INFORMATION: Order #: xxxxxxxx Date: 10-13-2009 04:57 AM Product Line 1: Guild Wars Factions: Collector's Edition (I) for PC Product ID: 85416198 Item Price: $10.49 QTY Ordered: 1 QTY Shipped: 1 |
Kador
I placed my order 90 minutes before yours and still no shipping notice here. Well it is a good sign that they seem to be filling the orders.
Chushingura
Cool...an update by other people who bought the item. Mine still says "Processing" and when you click to see the detailed order info, it's still on "Sourced."
Meh whatever. If it arrives, it arrives.
I'm still on the high from crafting sexy Monument armor for my Ritualist last night. Wish I did that two months ago instead of buying Deldrimor armor
Now....it's a debate between one of the following:
1) Get Protector of Tyria so I finally get r1 KOABD
or
2) Pay the GURU runners here 90k or whatever total price is for 40 Speedbooks to max out Asuran title to get r1 KOABD.
Which to choose?
Meh whatever. If it arrives, it arrives.
I'm still on the high from crafting sexy Monument armor for my Ritualist last night. Wish I did that two months ago instead of buying Deldrimor armor
Now....it's a debate between one of the following:
1) Get Protector of Tyria so I finally get r1 KOABD
or
2) Pay the GURU runners here 90k or whatever total price is for 40 Speedbooks to max out Asuran title to get r1 KOABD.
Which to choose?
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Mine still says "Processing" and when you click to see the detailed order info, it's still on "Sourced."
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Kador
I'm a bit pissed at myself for posting this deal here. Now they tell me they don't have it in stock, despite the site saying it was in stock when I ordered it and shipping out an order that was placed 90 minutes AFTER my order.
I should have waited until my order actually shipped before posting it here. I assumed hat having the confirmed order already in the system meant that my order had priority over those placed after it, but I guess that is not the case.
They said they "might" have it in stock by the end of the month.
Okay I just called and actually spoke with someone there and the claim is that the shipment from Europe was delayed and they never actually shipped any of them yet. The email notice above allegedly was sent because they made up the shipping label but was later canceled because they allegedly never got the product.
I asked if it was a price mistake and he said that yes it was but they only got 20 or 25 orders so they are honoring the price and WILL eventually fill all the orders when they get the shipment in 2 weeks or so. I asked why it said "in stock" when it actually was not, and he sort of talked around the question but apparently they expected the product to arrive around that day but it was delayed.
I should have waited until my order actually shipped before posting it here. I assumed hat having the confirmed order already in the system meant that my order had priority over those placed after it, but I guess that is not the case.
They said they "might" have it in stock by the end of the month.
Okay I just called and actually spoke with someone there and the claim is that the shipment from Europe was delayed and they never actually shipped any of them yet. The email notice above allegedly was sent because they made up the shipping label but was later canceled because they allegedly never got the product.
I asked if it was a price mistake and he said that yes it was but they only got 20 or 25 orders so they are honoring the price and WILL eventually fill all the orders when they get the shipment in 2 weeks or so. I asked why it said "in stock" when it actually was not, and he sort of talked around the question but apparently they expected the product to arrive around that day but it was delayed.
Xenex Xclame
Some stores will put something like that on their site, in hopes you will buy it and when it turns out you didnt get what you wanted,they hope you decide its not worth the trouble and still keep what you got even if it isnt what you wanted in the first place.
There must be a lott of people sticking with what they got because monay places do it.
In most cases they will gladly send you refund or something similar, because by there is still a number of people they got money from,that might have never giving them money unless they saw CE.
I hope the best for you in getting what you wanted,I just thought it might be some interesting information.
There must be a lott of people sticking with what they got because monay places do it.
In most cases they will gladly send you refund or something similar, because by there is still a number of people they got money from,that might have never giving them money unless they saw CE.
I hope the best for you in getting what you wanted,I just thought it might be some interesting information.
Darcy
I checked and they haven't charged my card yet. Which normally means the order hasn't shipped.
killerbot3009
lol, my local HMV still has 4 coppies of GW factions collectors ed bought mine from them for £20.
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Some stores will put something like that on their site, in hopes you will buy it and when it turns out you didnt get what you wanted,they hope you decide its not worth the trouble and still keep what you got even if it isnt what you wanted in the first place.
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I only ordered because tof the extremely low price and won't be bothered if I don't get the CE's,
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Kador
Right, but they will either send me the CE that I wanted or refund the money. They're not going to send something ELSE. So yes they will gain money from me, but only by selling the item that they advertised for sale. If they don't have that product they will not make any money from my sale.
Since it was a price mistake and sold probably below their cost, they will not be making any profit regardless. In fact, since I have already spoken with them on the phone and had several email exchanges, they will have lost even more in labor from the price mistake on their website.
Assuming they eventually ship the product, they are actually being cool about it by honoring the wrong price. They are within their rights as described on their site to refuse the sale entirely.
Since it was a price mistake and sold probably below their cost, they will not be making any profit regardless. In fact, since I have already spoken with them on the phone and had several email exchanges, they will have lost even more in labor from the price mistake on their website.
Assuming they eventually ship the product, they are actually being cool about it by honoring the wrong price. They are within their rights as described on their site to refuse the sale entirely.
chaosincarnate87
retraction of previous statement and insertion of foot in mouth.. thank you.
Darcy
I would like to point out that standard practice when paying with credit cards is to charge the card upon shipment. This is because you can just have the charge reversed if the item is not shipped. Every card transaction costs the vendor a small fee from the merchant service.
Scarlett Romanov
Well..The CEs are no longer listed as available. Listed as pre-orders now and at $30...
BenjZee
By the way the factions collectors edition was never advertised to give Kuunavang away it was added afterwards.
Also amazon has had them factions and nightfall coleltors editions for £16 for a good year
Also amazon has had them factions and nightfall coleltors editions for £16 for a good year
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By the way the factions collectors edition was never advertised to give Kuunavang away it was added afterwards.
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Darcy
I sent an inquiry over the weekend and got a reply that stated they would be arriving next week.
Nick Of Troy
I found the CE editions of NF and Factions last night going for NZ$40 each, so I grabbed em.
http://www.mightyape.co.nz/search/?i...oButton=Search This is from a pretty decent store too, I've bought a ton of games, books and toys from em before with no complaints, but I spose I'll see if it's the real deal on Thursday...
http://www.mightyape.co.nz/search/?i...oButton=Search This is from a pretty decent store too, I've bought a ton of games, books and toys from em before with no complaints, but I spose I'll see if it's the real deal on Thursday...
Kador
I was last told about 2 weeks ago that they expected them in on 10/30. The site said pre-order, expected 10/30 on the items. on 10/30 the site looked like they had them in stock, but we know now this doesn't mean anything. I checked again today after still not receiving any shipping notice and they are back to pre-order with a date of 11/17, which is more than a month after my original order.
I am still hoping to get them eventually but I seriously doubt they will ever be shipped or that they will ever have them in stock, to be honest.
I am still hoping to get them eventually but I seriously doubt they will ever be shipped or that they will ever have them in stock, to be honest.