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Voidnova
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I wonder do you still have too pay for a sub to get access to the free month of gametime?
Blood for the pact!
  • nerevarine1138
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    You have never had to pay for a subscription to get your free month. You need to provide your payment information, which will often authorize a temporary charge on the card to make sure it's legitimate. That's fairly standard practice with any MMO requiring a subscription.
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  • Voidnova
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    Yea but i don't use my credit card on the net. I Always use Game cards to pay for mmorpgs.
    Blood for the pact!
  • fromtesonlineb16_ESO
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    nerevarine1138 wrote: »
    You have never had to pay for a subscription to get your free month.
    In the early days some people did have to pay to get the free time, that's why some methods were unavailable for a time.

    You are correct that nowadays this isn't the case.

    As for 'fairly standard', I've had no such 'validation' taken from any of the other 6 MMOs I play: FFXI, FFXIV, GW2, LOTRO, Rift, WOW.
    Edited by fromtesonlineb16_ESO on July 9, 2014 1:39PM
  • KarlosTheGrouch
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    It’s important to note that from now on, whenever we introduce a major change to a skill line, we will be offering a free respec to players who have invested points in that line.

    Source: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2014/07/08/the-road-ahead---july-8
  • Phantax
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    Voidnova wrote: »
    I wonder do you still have too pay for a sub to get access to the free month of gametime?

    No, they will take/reserve an amount to authorise your payment. But if you decide before your month is up that ESO is not for you then just cancel. You'll get your free included month but won't pay anything else

    :)
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  • fromtesonlineb16_ESO
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    KarlosTheGrouch wrote: »
    It’s important to note that from now on, whenever we introduce a major change to a skill line, we will be offering a free respec to players who have invested points in that line.

    Source: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2014/07/08/the-road-ahead---july-8
    Wrong forum, methinks.
  • Voidnova
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    But that requires me to use my credit card info too do that right?
    Blood for the pact!
  • fromtesonlineb16_ESO
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    Phantax wrote: »
    Voidnova wrote: »
    I wonder do you still have too pay for a sub to get access to the free month of gametime?

    No, they will take/reserve an amount to authorise your payment. But if you decide before your month is up that ESO is not for you then just cancel. You'll get your free included month but won't pay anything else
    Since when have they done this? A trial nominal amount of $1 or so is the usual, payment in full up front has never been reported as far as I know.
  • ers101284b14_ESO
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    Voidnova wrote: »
    But that requires me to use my credit card info too do that right?

    Technically yes. But if you contact customer support they should help you out with that. There where a lot of people who don't use credit cards so the contacted CS and got the free month without need of validation.
  • nerevarine1138
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    Voidnova wrote: »
    But that requires me to use my credit card info too do that right?

    Yes, they will require a valid credit card in order to authorize the account.
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  • Phantax
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    fromtesonlineb16_ESO wrote: »
    Phantax wrote: »
    Voidnova wrote: »
    I wonder do you still have too pay for a sub to get access to the free month of gametime?

    No, they will take/reserve an amount to authorise your payment. But if you decide before your month is up that ESO is not for you then just cancel. You'll get your free included month but won't pay anything else
    Since when have they done this? A trial nominal amount of $1 or so is the usual, payment in full up front has never been reported as far as I know.

    Strange, can't seem to see where I said they take full amount up front???
    I said they take an amount (and in the UK that wouldn't be $1)

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    I'm a werewolf. If you vamps don't like it.... Bite me !
    We're not retreating... we're advancing in a different direction !
  • jrgray93
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    Using a game time code allows the free month WITHOUT any credit card info. Did this for my friend when I purchased him the game and a time card. We never needed a credit card.
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  • Voidnova
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    ers101284b14_ESO wrote: »
    Voidnova wrote: »
    But that requires me to use my credit card info too do that right?

    Technically yes. But if you contact customer support they should help you out with that. There where a lot of people who don't use credit cards so the contacted CS and got the free month without need of validation.

    I'll try that out if i'll buy the game later then :) Thanks everyone for the info :) Much appreciated!

    Blood for the pact!
  • c0rp
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    how do you post on this forum if you dont even own the game or have a sub?
    Force weapon swap to have priority over EVERYTHING. Close enough.
    Make stamina builds even with magicka builds.
    Disable abilities while holding block.
    Give us a REASON to do dungeons more than once.
    Remove PVP AoE CAP. It is ruining Cyrodiil.
    Fix/Remove Forward Camps. They are ruining Cyrodiil.
    Impenetrability needs to REDUCE CRIT DAMAGE. Not negate entire builds.
    Werewolf is not equal to Vamps/Bats.
  • Voidnova
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    c0rp wrote: »
    how do you post on this forum if you dont even own the game or have a sub?

    Ive been in the closed beta so i guess that gives me access
    Blood for the pact!
  • Tannakaobi
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    Paypal is another option. Which would make sense because if you don't like the game and purchase a digital copy you can claim a refund through Paypal.
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    c0rp wrote: »
    how do you post on this forum if you dont even own the game or have a sub?
    What I wanted to ask.

    About authorization: if you paid with a credit card, they used to hold the full price of your chosen sub (yes, pick 6 months and see your account get charged twice, such fun!) People thought it was completely unreasonable, talked about it in length on the forum and it was changed eventually. Now they hold $1, I think, but you can still ask Customer Support to manually activate your account instead.
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  • Fairydragon3
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    @Voidnova if you have game time cards those will work too, you pretty much have to rather apply payment information, or apply game time, to start the 30 days, the draw back with the card is you are pretty much committing to paying 2 months after the free 30 are up
  • NewBlacksmurf
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    Voidnova wrote: »
    I wonder do you still have too pay for a sub to get access to the free month of gametime?


    Yes but if you're not sure you want to buy then don't.
    -PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
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    Tannakaobi wrote: »
    Paypal is another option. Which would make sense because if you don't like the game and purchase a digital copy you can claim a refund through Paypal.

    Misleading info. PayPal doesn't refund subscriptions
    -PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
    ~<{[50]}>~ looks better than *501
  • Kulthax
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    NewBlacksmurf wrote: »
    Tannakaobi wrote: »
    Paypal is another option. Which would make sense because if you don't like the game and purchase a digital copy you can claim a refund through Paypal.

    Misleading info. PayPal doesn't refund subscriptions

    Semi misleading. If you use a CC through Paypal you can request a refund from the CC company still.
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