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yaminigmayaminigma Member Posts: 28 Arc User
I've got a question and can't find an answer, I can't figure how to word it right. if I got a friend a prepaid card but they don't have the game just yet would they be able to create an account and add Zen to it before they started playing? Like, would they be able to put in the card, get the Zen transferred and play at a later time or do you need to make a character and do the tutorial before you can add Zen?
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,602 Arc User
    yaminigma wrote: »
    I've got a question and can't find an answer, I can't figure how to word it right. if I got a friend a prepaid card but they don't have the game just yet would they be able to create an account and add Zen to it before they started playing? Like, would they be able to put in the card, get the Zen transferred and play at a later time or do you need to make a character and do the tutorial before you can add Zen?

    He'll need an account regardless, and will need to create a character so the system can register the Zen.
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  • yaminigmayaminigma Member Posts: 28 Arc User
    leemwatson wrote: »
    yaminigma wrote: »
    I've got a question and can't find an answer, I can't figure how to word it right. if I got a friend a prepaid card but they don't have the game just yet would they be able to create an account and add Zen to it before they started playing? Like, would they be able to put in the card, get the Zen transferred and play at a later time or do you need to make a character and do the tutorial before you can add Zen?

    He'll need an account regardless, and will need to create a character so the system can register the Zen.

    yeah, was kinda thinking it'd be something like that. thanks for the info
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    There is a link at the top of this page that says 'Sign in or Register.' All your friend needs to do is click on the Registration and make an account (it's just an email address and password, standard stuff.) That would be the account they would use to login to the game server, they could then add zen to that account right there on the site and use the prepaid card as the payment.
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  • edrickvellorinedrickvellorin Member Posts: 346 Arc User
    You may or may not know some of this, but if you got them a Steam card, they could try out the game for free and if they don't like it, use the money for something else.

    I use Steam cards almost exclusively to buy Zen because I prefer paying for stuff via cash. They would have to make a Steam account to use the card, if they don't already have one. Just keep sales tax in mind since that reduces the amount of Zen you can buy through Steam's wallet. (You can't for example buy 5000 zen with a $50 USD Steam card. To get 5000 zen I'd buy 3 $20 USD cards for $60 and could get about 5500 zen. The money left over after sales tax stays in the wallet until used.)
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