[Guide] How to pay for your Chinese Retail account.

[genesiskiith]

Originally Posted by PsychoPigeon

The question is:

Do we just continue using our beta accounts(for those lucky enough to be able to use adult ID's), if not then how do we obtain an adult ID for retail? There's not much point playing an account that has time restrictions.

Also, WILL the english patch work with retail? Find out after these short commercial messages.

To get an ID you must be a Chinese citizen, which means I dont have one either, but if i can find 3 hours a day to play, i would be more than happy.

Also I do not know if the english patch will work or not since the retail hasnt come out yet, but I dont see it wouldn't

[PsychoPigeon]

Originally Posted by genesiskiith

To get an ID you must be a Chinese citizen, which means I dont have one either, but if i can find 3 hours a day to play, i would be more than happy.

Also I do not know if the english patch will work or not since the retail hasnt come out yet, but I dont see it wouldn't

Will it be possible to do the same thing as we have with beta? i.e just use someone else 0.0

[genesiskiith]

someone else's Citizen ID number? that sounds rather dodgy... I mean going as far as using a fake/someone else's ID just to get a unlock on the 3 hour thing is probably overdoing it?

[AeonX]

Am I not automatically considered as adult if I use my Visa card, cause obviously you must be 18+ when you got a credit card?

[genesiskiith]

Originally Posted by AeonX

Am I not automatically considered as adult if I use my Visa card, cause obviously you must be 18+ when you got a credit card?

Not so, first of all I dont know if the VISA option works for anyone, i only get JCB

Also, if you have parent co-signature, you are allowed a credit card/charge card at 16

[ei8th]

Excellent guide, thank you very much.

[Miurra]

has anyone tried using the google checkout before?
the page where u key in ur card info isn't encrypted? O.o well i'm abit paranoid...

[genesiskiith]

Originally Posted by Miurra

has anyone tried using the google checkout before?
the page where u key in ur card info isn't encrypted? O.o well i'm abit paranoid...

My first recharge was done using google checkout, also what key in my card? you mean the game card? if so yeah they just send that to you in an email. HTTPS encryption isnt really that big of a deal here, no one is going to go through all the trouble to setup a sniffer between you and that webserver lol

[Deacon]

*hopes to be able to buy it with mmosite xD*

[bobfish]

Something of note, it doesn't matter if you are using a child account or not as you are paying per minute. If you only play for three hours a day, you only pay for three hours a day.

[Tyrant Revolver]

By the way, if there are people here thinking that you can only play up to 3 hours a day without penalty... that is certainly not the case. It's called taking a breather. You wait a few hours and equalize your rest period with your play period and the timer should be reset. IF you time it right you should be able to get in a good 9 hours or more of penalty free play. It's not as bad as it sounds.

Why people feel like they have to play for 8 straight hours without moving around for a bit is beyond me.

[3py0n]

i'm very tempted to do this lol but then i figured...well im playing in an/eu n e way later, so why p2p and then start a new char in sept...lol...well 1. you get more used to the game so you knwo what to do when an/eu comes out...2. yea main reason is to learn more bout the game, get good with know what builds, how to fight, what "job" to take (weapsmithing, alchemy, cooking, etc)

since we're on that topic...what IS the better jobs to take? i had cooking on my main and it was okay...dont think it's too good cause like atm from what i see you can make the stat boosts are minor...alchemy seems good...making pots and stuff could be very good and lead to good profits...wep/armor smithing seems dece too...sell them to npc and stuff and if you get a scroll you can always make uber weps for people who dont have wepsmithing :P

[Yamato]

Originally Posted by genesiskiith

I don't think so, the game updates to v1.0 on the 16th, and then you just start paying for the time.. Updating is going to be a pain though, I'm hoping they release manual patches

Sure thing. Manual patches are much better than updating. But the fastest way to play is just to buy game cd.
I wonder, will game disk have pin (that code to play) or we'll just have every time to pay trough the bank or internet?

[Ioriya]

Originally Posted by 3py0n

i'm very tempted to do this lol but then i figured...well im playing in an/eu n e way later, so why p2p and then start a new char in sept...lol...well 1. you get more used to the game so you knwo what to do when an/eu comes out...2. yea main reason is to learn more bout the game, get good with know what builds, how to fight, what "job" to take (weapsmithing, alchemy, cooking, etc)

since we're on that topic...what IS the better jobs to take? i had cooking on my main and it was okay...dont think it's too good cause like atm from what i see you can make the stat boosts are minor...alchemy seems good...making pots and stuff could be very good and lead to good profits...wep/armor smithing seems dece too...sell them to npc and stuff and if you get a scroll you can always make uber weps for people who dont have wepsmithing :P

If you have the $5-$30 bucks to spare before US/EU release, then its no problem to pay for the chinese version.

Originally Posted by Yamato

Sure thing. Manual patches are much better than updating. But the fastest way to play is just to buy game cd.
I wonder, will game disk have pin (that code to play) or we'll just have every time to pay trough the bank or internet?

The DVD that you buy might come with a pin for the first 30 days, then you gotta get a game time card or go online and have a credit card for them to charge u monthly.

That's my guess for the US version, don't take me seriously on this matter

[Oden]

Hi genesiskiith

Thanks for your guide. However I have some questions regarding the diffrent Shanda Entertainment cards. In the guide theres several of them 10,30,45,50 and 100 I know that the 10 card gives you 75000 seconds of gameplay time but what about the other cards ?

I also wonder if the game keeps track of the seconds you play or if its 75000 seconds or 30 days of gameplay wichever comes first. For example if I buy the biggest card and it gives me 700 hours can I play those 700 hours or will the timecard be invalid after 30 days ?
I have plans to play more after 16th however I want to get the timecard with most gameplay time on until the Us/eu version of aion is released.