Shokan

I have decided to buy this game. However, I'm confused on something. The box states that the first 30 days are free, and I know you can buy timecards for this game. My question is do I need an initial credit card number to register? I do not have one, so I need to know before I buy.

Thanks!

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erion

You will need either a subscription card or credit card to gain access to the game.

BigGov

Yes, you do, damn Ncsoft. If you bought the game it should just include a little timecard for one month, but no, that would be too easy.

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

Shokan

So even though the box says the first 30 days are free, I still need to put down a credit card number?

That is stupid.

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Legalize it.

BigGov

Yup.

Or purchase a game card.

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

Kadath

Not atypical. That was they can start billing you the minute your free time ends.

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Shokan

Doesn't a game card come with the game? Hence, the first 30 days free?

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BigGov

Nope.

A game card is $35 for two months, sold separately.

You do receive a free month when you punch in a code or a number however.

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

Shokan

I guess I'm asking if a code comes included with the game?

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Legalize it.

BigGov

Nope.

If you purchase the game only you will get home, install the program, register for PlayNC, then try to play the game and get pissed off when it won't activate your account until you enter a credit card number or a 60-day game card number (purchased separately at stores like Best Buy)

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

shaggyy98

I refuse to buy games that require you to pay monthly fees. It is BS that you plop down 50$ for a game then have to pay fees for the privlage to play a game you already paid for.

Shokan

Jimmy4 - Thanks a bunch.

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seretogis

Then don't.

Considering that you get 30 days of play-time by purchasing CoH (a $15 value) you are essentially only paying $35 for the game. The $15 monthly fee is completely justified because of the enormous costs of maintaining a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). You seem to forget that there are servers, hugely expensive bandwidth, 24/7 customer service reps, and teams of coders working on adding to the game as you play it. The first free major update is due within a month and is funded by a part of said monthly fees.

If monthly fees offend you, please keep playing Diablo 2 and Half-Life.

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perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost
no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames

BigGov

This game is worth $.50 a day, it is by far my favorite MMORPG. Real easy to get into, massive battles, and it has some great powers.

Nothing like running into a room full of 20 guys with Repel on and watching them all fly.

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

Munku

It should have been done like DAoC. Sign up, get a month free. No credit card needed.

Shokan

I installed it just fine, you don''t need a credit card. When you make your game account online, there is an option for billing info. Either credit card, or 60 day time card. I now have 90 days free for this game (first month is free).

Woo!

edit - I guess 60 days of that isn't free, seeing how I PAID FOR THE TIME. WITH A TIMECARD.

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Locobot

Jeez it's $50 just to buy the right to pay $15 a month? Sounds like they don't have much confidence in keeping people subscribed.

BigGov

Shokan, what's your name and what server are you on?

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

Shokan

Jimmy4 - I'm currently trying to find my "right" character. I play on Victory. I'll let you know when I get someone good. I'm experitmentting with Tankers right now.

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Legalize it.

BigGov

I'm kind of between 3 characters right now, a controller, a defender, and a blaster. Trying to find which one I like best. Names: Penn Jillette, Penn, Teller. Give me a tell sometime

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

raist

On Victory server as well.. still cant decide what character I like the best. My Kinetic/Energy Defender, Illusion/Kinetic Controller, or Energy/Energy Blaster. They are all so much fun hehe.

BigGov

How is the Illusion skill set? I kind of wanted to play that, but I wasn't quite sure what the hell the skills actually were.

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

Shokan

I think I'm going with this guy for now.

Name - Weapon 2735B
email - energydrain@yahoo.com
Server - Victory.
Area - Kings Row, mainly. Soon to be Perez Park, I think.

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Legalize it.

BigGov

Cool, I just made a scrapper tonight and he's gonna be hangin in Kings Row pretty soon.

Scrapper - Penn
Blaster - Penn Jillette

Give Seretogis a tell so he can give ya a guild invite

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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

Esen

Cool,
I just bought the game today,
I was planning on going n hte champion server due to I have friend there, but now you guys are on Victory , what to do lol?

Only thing that scked for me is that I had to y a new graphics card $100.00

Im gonna install it in a little bit.

Even though they say it is difficult Im gonna start with a controller.

By the way I was able to score a pre order disk. SO Ill have the prestige power pool to se as well. Is it any good?

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What is everyone doing in my room?

Maveric

I play Maveric on the Virtue Server, look me up sometime. don't forget to mention tfp. I also post at paragoncity.com .

CanadianCommie

THis game is absolutely spamtastic. It is completely worth the 15 dollar fee, and it is stupidly easy to pick up for people that have never played massive multiplayer games before

my main character is lvl 13, blaster, and I have so much fun with him I find it almost impossible to have a social life because of this game


considering the amount of work (i.e. multiple servers, almost monthly updates, among other things) that these dev's do, I am more than willing to pay 15 bucks a month

cockmonger

i know we're talking about payment options but i just wanted to comment on the game, i've never played an MMORPG because i thought they were...well..gay, i mean who the hell wants to run around in medievil times and hit other people with no purpose (i know i'll get flamed for this, but it looked and sounded annoying (from listening to my roommate play Dark Ages of Cum-a-lot. anyway my point is, that i am seriously interested in CoH, only it's too expensive of a game for me Just try 30 days free or not. however, City of Heroes still intruiges me and i can't wait to try it on a friends computer, i may even buy it if i really like it.

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