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Question regarding subscription payment options on NA account from someone in the UK
nekrothing
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So a friend of mine recently tried Conan, is loving it, and wants to subscribe.
Side note: Please don't hijack the thread by saying something like, "hwo he luv conan ? shit game wtf omk !!1", or "u let ur frend shry konen ? wtf u r disrespictful not rel friend letink him pley konan shit".
Anyway...
I live in the US, and he is in the UK. I gave him my US buddy key, and he is considering subscribing to the game on the NA servers by upgrading his NA trial account to a retail NA account. From what I understand, in order to do this, he will need to upgrade his NA trial account to a retail account by buying an NTSC copy of Conan, and entering the code on the trial account (please correct me if I'm wrong on this as well, because we're not 100% on this yet). We found a few places that can ship the NTSC version of Conan to the UK, but the main problem would be the source of payment for the subscription to the game.
His main source of payment comes from the Solo debit card, and I was wondering if it would be possible for him to use the Solo debit card as a source of payment for his NA account on Conan?
I was looking through the EU forums on the Conan boards, and had seen that some people were able to use the Solo card for their EU accounts, but I wasn't sure if it would work on NA accounts as well.
So yeah, in a nutshell...
Would he have to buy an NTSC copy of Conan in order to upgrade his trial account to a full account? Or could he just directly subscribe from the trial account without having to buy the game? The first option would make more sense, but he was asked for his credit card info when he registered his buddy key. After he registered his buddy key, they even asked him what type of subscription plan he wanted.
Would it be possible for someone from the UK to pay for the subscription of a US account on Conan with a Solo debit card?
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Not from the UK, so can't answer for the Solo card, but in general if the card is VISA/MC in addition, it should work, even if it's a debit card.
They also sell prepaid game cards, so it could be an option to buy those if the debit card isn't working.
I wouldn't bother buying the game and having it sent to him, just go to the store yourself grab a copy of the game, open the box and e-mail him the key. Or buy online and have it shipped to you and do the same. No point spending money and time on worldwide shiping when you don't need to. Since he is playing the trial he obviously already has the client installed and thus won't need the DVD. I had a key e-mailed to me and I used the beta client I downloaded.
I think it's unlikely that he will be able to use a slightly obscure British debit card. There is a few options, he should probably just get a visa from his bank or open a new bank account that will give him a debit card that is visa. My debit card from Barclays bank has worked to pay for every mmo I've played and I've played about 10 of them on American servers (I'm English), this is a bit of effort but then he has a card he can use for anything in the world.
Other options if you are willing to help is him bank transfering or paypaling money to you and you pay for his account with your card or you buy him time cards (I asssume aoc has these?)
A little irrelevent but there is no such thing as NTSC copies of PC games.
Unfortunatly Solo isn't VISA/MC, I guess it saves them or makes them money to try and bring in their own new credit/debit card system but it doesn't do the customer any good to give them a shitty debit card that can only be used in certain places, admitadly it's alot of places in the UK but it's nothing compared to haveing a VISA
Prepaid cards is a good idea though especially if his friend the OP will buy them for him and have the money sent to him.
I believe some debit cards work, others don't. If he has used it before to buy things online then it should work. Otherwise I guess he'll just have to try it.
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Originally posted by Frobner
"Massive sieges" "mounted combat" and "spellweaving" are just few words that spring to mind when I hear the word AOC.... But the word FAILURE will always top the list.
Hi I'm English. (Relocated to NA 3yrs now) The Solo will not work with Conan or most mmorpg's. Best to do as Noggy says above and go with Game Time cards, at of places in the UK sell them (WH Smiths, Woolworths, Tesco etc) The version either PAL ot NTSC does not make a difference. If he has the client up and running then he is good to go with just the payment stuff needing sorting out. He can pick up the game box if he wants for pretty cheap (entering in code off manual will give 30 days free time too) and he has the back up disc's in case. Solo cards won't work either way, but you can link accounts for payment through just one form.
Alrighty, thanks everyone!
Bummed to hear that the Solo card won't work for a direct subscription to Conan, but we were able to find a site that sells the NA 60 day time cards, and would accept the Solo card for payment on them as well. If he ends up subscribing, he'll probably use those I think.
Question@AmazingAvery: "The version either PAL ot NTSC does not make a difference. If he has the client up and running then he is good to go with just the payment stuff needing sorting out. He can pick up the game box if he wants for pretty cheap (entering in code off manual will give 30 days free time too) and he has the back up disc's in case."
I was wondering if you could clarify this for me
? Do you mean that he doesn't actually have to buy the game in order to have a full account? Like if he purchased the time cards from the site I mentioned above, added the code from the time cards on to his trial account, would it convert his trial account to a full account then?
Or am I misunderstanding what you said
?
Hi, sorry for delay long day at work.
99.9% certain that Solo won't work as it is not classed as a credit card. The same with what they call " Visa Electron" which they also don't accept. OK so in the UK and other countries PAL is the TV display standard and in N.American and others its NTSC. Basically when viewing the game through your PC the resolution is all the same where ever you are - just that the power supply in the PC will be set up differently
So having the game client on his PC already is perfectly ok. Just buying the box gives the manual, any extra's, the hard copy client DVD's, and 30 days game time. Doesn't have to purchase the box set to continue playing, just needs to add in payment options from the account setting via Funcom homepage.
On the account page there is a section called "use a key" purchasing time cards you enter in the code here and this would upgrade the account automatically from the "trial Status" same with any kind of payment set up would upgrade the account to full. No box set required.
What then just needs to be done is that he has to figure out where to buy the game time cards from and if there will be a problem there.
I would suggest emailing Funcom for further clairifcation in this area. On your mates funcom account page he had to create with the buddy key right at the very bottom your see 3 links
"VAT Policy | Privacy Policy | Customer Support"
If he clicks customer support it will take him to this page:
Just needs to mail them to ask:
Just ask in the area as he is playing on N.American servers based out of the U.K. does the time cards sold in the UK work with this N.American situated account - or does he have to buy N.American time cards?
I am pretty sure the time cards are universal anywhere, but it would be a good idea to ask anyway.
Hope that helps. I can also help with list of retailers from the UK that do game cards that he can use his solo card to pay for them that way.
Awesome, thanks Avery!
Glad to hear that he won't need the actual box to upgrade his trial account to a full account, just an added subscription and that's it. Saved us a ton of headaches trying to get the NA Conan box all the way out to the UK, lol.
After a bit of searching though, I was able to find a retailer that sells both the NA and EU timecards for Conan, and it accepts the Solo debit card as a form of payment. So we should be good on the subscription.
It's interesting to hear that the timecards might be universal though. I'll go ahead and check that out, and ask him if he'll want to contact Funcom on that matter. Wouldn't have to worry about the whole USD to GBP conversion and all that rigamaroll.
Thanks again for clarifying what you meant in your earlier post, and for clearing up some of those other issues as well!
I'm afraid I think Avery is wrong and you are in for a disapointment, he doesn't need the dvd but he sure as hell will need a client key from the actual game box. So as I said you need to buy the game for him, send it to you, open it and e-mail him the key. As well as that you will need a gametime card code.
I know this is now Avery who is funcom corespondant vs a nobody on an internet forum but you should belive me and common sence will tell you that. Why would anyone buy the game if all you needed to do was add payment to a client, they wouldn't and this should tell you he is mistaken.
Also as I said before there is no such thing as PAL and NTSC PC games.