Do you have PWE ZEN Left? You better move it soon?

vfpfyasko1

If you happen to have any ZEN currency sitting around in your Perfect World Entertainment ARC Wallet, now is apparently the time to spend it. Players with unused currency were sent an email yesterday informing them that the ARC Wallet is being discontinued and that leftover currency must be transferred to one of PWE's games.

We've noticed that you still have ZEN sitting in your Arc Wallet. The Arc Wallet system will be going away soon, but we'll have more details on that later. In the meantime, don't let your hard earned money go to waste. There are tons of amazing items available. Log in and transfer your ZEN to one of your favorite games today!

PWE's more popular western games include Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Swordsman, and Champions Online. We've asked PWE for clarification and will update this post when we have it.

Read on.....

Note: Moderators if i did this wrong, my apologies.

strykewolf67

Update: askray1 in our comments pointed us to a post on the PWI forums that helps clarify the situation: "You may have gotten a recent email from us regarding the transferring of your ZEN. This is a legitimate email, and in no ways does it mean you need to actually spend your ZEN. We are removing the wallet function and working on a more Arc integrated system, which means that you will need to transfer your ZEN from your wallet, to a game of your choice to avoid any potential delays. The wallet will go away, but your funds will still be available. We're simply sending this message out so you do not experience any delays in using the contents of your wallet when it does. By moving it over now, you should not experience any delays when this change goes live. I can't say for certain when or how long, even if there will be delays when the wallet goes away, but this will help those that do not want deal with that when it happens."]



Interesting.

vfpfyasko1

Ive received no email in this regard myself, so i was like? So, i shared this article.

chainfall

I think it is pathetic that zen is locked into specific games in the first place.

kavase

chainfall wrote: »

I think it is pathetic that zen is locked into specific games in the first place.

Am I wrong in thinking that's why they are doing this, so you no longer have to have Zen locked into one game?

vfpfyasko1

kavase wrote: »

Am I wrong in thinking that's why they are doing this, so you no longer have to have Zen locked into one game?

That could very well be it, i dont have a problem with it. Besides it is there game and there company.

kiralyn

I'd bet zen will still be locked into games.... otherwise it'd likely be a bit abusable for people to generate zen in a game where it's easy to farm/exchange (STO, for ex) and then move it to other games.

postagepaid

What I got from reading the email was that they are wanting zen to be tied to a particular game at the point of sale. It did seem to imply that the zen would vanish if I didn't move it.

If that is the case then it means that I'll be less likely to pay money for zen. I prefer the flexibility of being able to buy a chunk of zen and filtering it into the game of my choice at the time I need it.

Once transferred into a specific game it's locked in, thats fine, thats good and makes sense as it prevents anyone from using one game to obliterate the market in another. Although cryptic themselves probably caused more damage to the exchange market in neverwinter than any single player ever could.

The purchasing of zen via arc was something I didnt like as they gave the cost but never the amount of zen you were paying for. Meaning things could be changed on the fly that only fat walletted regulars would notice. The zen I bought was done so via the older setup that still existed that also linked to the wallet.


Now the new arc system might be a revamped wallet and if this is to be the case then fine but if not they are forcing players into a specific game. Here's hoping they actually make the choice that allows players some spending options which would encourage spending rather more than being tied down to just one title.

mrspidey2

kiralyn wrote: »

I'd bet zen will still be locked into games.... otherwise it'd likely be a bit abusable for people to generate zen in a game where it's easy to farm/exchange (STO, for ex) and then move it to other games.

Exaclty. For example, it is much less time consuming to farm Zen in STO than it is in Neverwinter. Without that locking mechanic, people would simply farm Zen in STO and use it for Neverwinter.

bones1970

mrspidey2 wrote: »

Exaclty. For example, it is much less time consuming to farm Zen in STO than it is in Neverwinter. Without that locking mechanic, people would simply farm Zen in STO and use it for Neverwinter.

People would play more then 1 pwe game then !!

bernatk

mrspidey2 wrote: »

Exaclty. For example, it is much less time consuming to farm Zen in STO than it is in Neverwinter. Without that locking mechanic, people would simply farm Zen in STO and use it for Neverwinter.

For me it's the other way around. I can farm better and faster in NW. If they would free up Zen I would play CO more, as I think that's where it's pretty tedious to farm Zen.