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edgenw
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 124 Bounty Hunter
There are probably posts on this already, but because "Zen" is a short word the search engine wouldn't allow it.
When I look at the cash shop in-game, my character seems to have some Zen already (about ~600), although I've never made a zen purchase in my life. A friend of mine has the same situation, although she only has ~200 Zen (but has never purchased any either). Another friends of ours has no (zero) Zen.
For the life of us we can't figure out why some of us have Zen and others don't, and why the amounts differ. Is there something we're missing?
On top of this, when we actual go to the Zen wallet on the website, it claims we all have zero Zen. Thus, I am actually scared to purchase Zen because (since in-game and out of game are showing different amounts) I'm not sure if an out-of-game purchase will be recognized by the store in-game.
Any ideas?
When I look at the cash shop in-game, my character seems to have some Zen already (about ~600), although I've never made a zen purchase in my life. A friend of mine has the same situation, although she only has ~200 Zen (but has never purchased any either). Another friends of ours has no (zero) Zen.
For the life of us we can't figure out why some of us have Zen and others don't, and why the amounts differ. Is there something we're missing?
On top of this, when we actual go to the Zen wallet on the website, it claims we all have zero Zen. Thus, I am actually scared to purchase Zen because (since in-game and out of game are showing different amounts) I'm not sure if an out-of-game purchase will be recognized by the store in-game.
Any ideas?
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No. We first noticed we had these varying amounts of Zen within minutes of appearing in the game world, during the tutorial with our first characters (obviously no astral diamonds available yet at that point).
Any other ideas?
Normally you buy zen for your account, then specifically move the amount of zen you want in one of the PW games into that game, removing it from your account balance.
Now, regarding your starting value? It could be leftovers from a different PW game. I have basically a quarter in my account in NW, and I'm pretty sure that it's leftovers from a purchase I made for STO.
We are both lifetime members in STO. However, the monthly stipend STO Zen can't be transferred to other games, it's only usable in STO.
Hmm.. however, it's possible we both had some leftover self-purchased Cryptic currency in our STO wallets prior to the merger with Perfect World. Did that currency get turned into generic Zen, usable in any game?
Yes. Once it converted to zen you needed to go to your wallet and transfer the zen to the specific game you wanted it in. So it sounds like you had some left over Cryptic Currency.
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I think so. I know I was able to spend mine no problem, but any other Zen I purchased ($10 for extra characters) had to be assigned to a specific game. My previous Zen WAS from before the merger, so that might be it
That's probably where it came from, then.. old STO cryptic cash purchases. However, the ~600 Zen I have only shows up in Neverwinter's shop interface (and my character panel). But when I go to https://billing.perfectworld.com/mywallet it shows 0 in my Zen total and 0 Zen available for transfer (from any game). What gives?
In other words, if you have never bought Zen from the billing page, then the wallet saying 0 is not surprising. That's intentional.
And playing by myself since Aug 2009
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Ah, got it. Hmm, well, that begs the question.. why did Zen from STO get transferred to Neverwinter, when it was originally purchased in STO?
Very strange...in a good way.