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A qusetion about billing?

mustymusty Member Posts: 7
in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Hi im going to play warhammer online, but i need o know if they are ging t make something like gamecards like for wow? because i dont wan to pay with credit card or phone so if someone could please answer this it will be appreciatedimage


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  • VideoXPGVideoXPG Member Posts: 268
    Got a whole other year before we will know for sure, relax friend. If it gives off a sense of having your question answered, I am sure EA Mythic will have such a billing plan where prepaid time as well as a recurring bill will be in order to pay to play the game.


  • GodliestGodliest Member Posts: 3,486
    Would be dumb if they didn't.

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  • UlrikUlrik Member Posts: 49
    they probally will as they will be able to distribute them to all the Computer game stores aswell as all the Game Workshop stores..

    but we will have to see :P



  • sushimansushiman Member Posts: 3
    Yea, EA is HUGE. Their billing system will probably ressemble WoW's with either a steady monthly fee, a 6 month plan or a gamecard or whatever. But I would't worry about paying by credit card, there really is no risk of such and such happening to your card and some fool leaking all your money out.
  • eumenidexeumenidex Member Posts: 170

    imageEasy ways to guess an answer to this...

    Does/Did DAoC have Gamecards?

    Does/Did UO have Gamecards after EA took over?

    imageEven Without having those answers...I'm willing to bet they will have gamecards. Since Playing by gamecard is much more popular and common in many other games of the same genre these days.

  • EldaElda Member Posts: 343
    Originally posted by sushiman
    Yea, EA is HUGE. Their billing system will probably ressemble WoW's with either a steady monthly fee, a 6 month plan or a gamecard or whatever. But I would't worry about paying by credit card, there really is no risk of such and such happening to your card and some fool leaking all your money out.
    hey, but what about ppl who aren't 18 yet and don't have a credit card. For such ppl gamecards are good...


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  • SnivellusSnivellus Member CommonPosts: 13

    Q: Why doesn't Mythic use game cards for people who don't have credit cards?

     

    A:
    Those little plastic cards, preloaded with several months of
    subscription time, are pretty neat. But any question that begins with
    "Why doesn't Company X do Y" can be answered with "Money."

     

    Other
    MMO companies that use the game cards will admit that 2-3% of their
    players use them, and that it comes out to a loss for their company.
    Retailers sell them on the same terms that they sell software boxes -
    meaning half of what you pay is going to the retailer. So, a month's
    play time on one of those cards costs you twelve dollars or more, but
    the game company only gets half.

     

    2-3% of our customers use Pay By Cash (http://support.darkageofcamelot.com/kb/article.php?id=455), and less the processing fee, the subscription money comes to us.

     

    (There
    are various "pre-loaded" credit cards out there, that act as a debit
    card on a total dollar amount that you pay up front. Some of these, MC
    and Visa, work pretty well. One provider is located here: https://www.greendotonline.com/contents/login.aspx. The American Express preloaded cards almost never work, be warned.)

     

    With
    all that said, we'd like to offer the game cards, and we have business
    guys constantly trying to negotiate an arrangement on this topic. For
    now, Pay By Cash is the best option.


    This was their view on it before being acquired by EA. With EA's money it looks like they will definitely be selling game cards.


  • VegettaVegetta Member Posts: 438

    Before EA merger - no - Mark Jacobs said that retailers eat up too much of the price on gamecards so mythic did not plan on offering them for WAR or DAOC.

    But since the EA merger I would guess they probably will - I know you USED to be able to get gamecards for UO (tho noobody seeems to carry them any lnoger.....)

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  • AethiosAethios Member Posts: 1,527

    Some of these, MC and Visa, work pretty well. ... The American Express preloaded cards almost never work, be warned.

    MasterCard sells small $25 gift cards at many grocery stores. They have a very small activation fee, like $2 or so, and then you get your full $25 on the card. I use them to purchase things online all the time, from companies that might not be trustworthy. I'm sure with EA there won't be any problems, though.

    Also, just as it said in the FAQ, the American Express cards have NEVER worked for me, so beware. They really are only for use in actual stores, to buy tangible products.

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