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[Ostekake]

Figured the fact that you now can actually buy the sub, need its own thread and not hidden on page 8 (http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=50117&page=8) in some other thread.
There is more information in this (http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=44112) and this (http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=43168) thread, but dont know how up to date and or correct those are.

Please post any success or problems you might have purchasing Premium access.

For starters:

Confirmed that the 500sc reward works and was credited to my SC balance after purchase.

Also had some problems with the CC due to the site not handling Scandiwegian letters. Fixed by replacing letters.


This is the droid you are looking for: :father:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3319/ps2membershipbutton.png (https://account.station.sony.com/authenticated/cam/subscriptionsInfo.action)
:trrocks::ncsucks::vssucks:

[BigpermCML]

Thanks, good to know that the SC doesn't wait to hit your account.

[Ostekake]

"If you have been an all access member for 6 months, already, you are automaticly getting granted the 6 months, uhm, in the loyalty program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MkhgJiieo6w#t=8485s)"

Q: "Exp and various booster or implants, will they stack ?"
A: "Yes they will stack"..."When you have membership and it stacks with squad exp boost or regular exp boost" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkhgJiieo6w&feature=player_detailpage#t=8694s)
Q: "The alpha squad implant, or the alpha squad exp bonus, is that an automatic thing, is that always on, is it an implant ?"
A: "I believe its an implant, we designed it that way, so that when you gain the other stuff, you can put it in your implant stuff and be getting 10% when you dont need/have another implant." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkhgJiieo6w&feature=player_detailpage#t=8961s)


SmedBucks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MkhgJiieo6w#t=9307s)
:dance::dance::dance::dance:
Gotta love that grin on Smed :D

[Minor]

Interesting, wish I had more to say.

Not convinced membership is required yet.

[SKYeXile]

already got all access.

[Ostekake]

Bump from page 2 since most ppl probably dont know you can sub already and europe should be up by now - well, most of them :evil:

[Deadite]

So if I'm understanding correctly, the membership (6 months) gives a +50% xp boost and alpha squad implant a further 10% on top? That's plenty enough for me I think I won't feel the need to buy any further boosters.

[Ostekake]

So if I'm understanding correctly, the membership (6 months) gives a +50% xp boost and alpha squad implant a further 10% on top? That's plenty enough for me I think I won't feel the need to buy any further boosters.

Something like that...
Until you join a squad ...
and the SL got a 7 day squad exp booster that gives you another 35% boost and you ask yourself what happens if you get one of those, cause, after all, the person with the squad exp booster gets 65% from that same booster as the wearer...
then you have two players with that squad exp booster so will the 35% go both ways and give both of you a total of 100%...
pluss what ever account boost you have from your subscription ?

What i want to know, if its possible to gain like 160% exp boost that way, are there other better boosters that can attach to your account ?

Last but not least how should we then stack this with squad resource boosters and do they work the exact same way stackwise as the exp boosters do ?
That question also includes account resource boosts...

:confused:

This is so confusing i want beta back again ! :wantbeta:
(jk :))

[Pella]

There is only 1 Boost slot available.

The Alpha Squad +10% is account wide.

So i presume that the SL XP boost or the Premium member boost would require a slot. Makes sense as people would be stacking stupid amounts of XP boosts.

[Fafnir]

There is only 1 Boost slot available.

The Alpha Squad +10% is account wide.

So i presume that the SL XP boost or the Premium member boost would require a slot. Makes sense as people would be stacking stupid amounts of XP boosts.

Smed said during last AGN Squad Beacon that Alpha Squad +10% has to be put in booster slot. Subscription bonus is account wide and doesn't require a slot.

[Pella]

Smed said during last AGN Squad Beacon that Alpha Squad +10% has to be put in booster slot. Subscription bonus is account wide and doesn't require a slot.

Fair enough

[Crunchynut]

Worked fine for me using a Visa Debit card from the UK .

Received the first months 500SC immediately as well .

http://i.imgur.com/OwV4Q.png

[Mechzz]

Worked fine for me using a Visa Debit card from the UK .

Received the first months 500SC immediately as well .

http://i.imgur.com/OwV4Q.png

Just remember to cancel the subscription NOW so you don't get an unpleasant surprise when you stop playing after 3 months, forget and then wonder why PS2 is billing you!

It's easy enough to re-sub so cancelling won't get in the way of your fun if you do keep playing.

[Rago]

Good to know time to sing up, signt up 1 Year :)

[Faidwen]

Hmmm no Paypal option like other subs.... ?

[Crunchynut]

Just remember to cancel the subscription NOW so you don't get an unpleasant surprise when you stop playing after 3 months, forget and then wonder why PS2 is billing you!

It's easy enough to re-sub so cancelling won't get in the way of your fun if you do keep playing.


Lol , no need to cancel , i'll still be playing.

Survived the PS1 launch and was still playing that years later , think i'll survive this one as well :)

[Brusilov]

i'll bumb that right up for ya..

[Realmofdarkness]

worked fine for me from sweden. bought 1 year :)

[haticK]

Does anyone know if by canceling early you no longer get 500 SC each month? The website says it requires auto-renew to get it.

[Spiv]

Does anyone know if by canceling early you no longer get 500 SC each month? The website says it requires auto-renew to get it.

Yeah was just wondering about that. Here's the quote from the website

"If you select "Yes", your Membership will be cancelled at the end of your current Membership cycle (when you would normally be charged next).
You will also immediately forfeit any remaining monthly Station Cash amounts you would normally receive between now and the end of your current Membership cycle."

seems like you'll only get 500sc

[bjorntju1]

Does anyone know how many certs you get with the passive cert gain? So how many certs for lets say a day without logging in?

[Rago]

I Think this is classic 500 a Month.You sign 1 Year you get 500 each Month like every MMO

[WilliamB]

Why would you get 500 a month instead of getting 3k right away if you paid?
I don't get it ...

[Tharrak]

Why would you get 500 a month instead of getting 3k right away if you paid?
I don't get it ...

They obviously want to encourage "running" accounts, could be it looks better statistically, or make sense at their end for mystical interior reasons.

At the very least someone *will* cancel prematurely at some point, no matter what. It is inevitable. So if they want to hold on to those Smedbucks for any kind of purpose imaginable, or indeed unimaginable, that's some of the job done right there!

A more sinister theory is that a running account might have a chance to not be cancelled at all, and continue to provide profit. Just as an afterthought... Thus they should be "encouraged* for that chance alone... :-p

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[WilliamB]

Well that seems downright dishonest ..

[Helwyr]

Does anyone know how many certs you get with the passive cert gain? So how many certs for lets say a day without logging in?

It was 8 a day I believe in beta, that's without any bonuses from boosts.

[Hamma]

Since our Wiki is back up:

http://wiki.planetside-universe.com/ps/Membership

[Lazaruz]

Does anyone know how many certs you get with the passive cert gain? So how many certs for lets say a day without logging in?

It was supposed to be raised to 16 a day (free players).
Add to that the biggest possible membership bonus, and you get 24 per day.

[Honelith]

Mmmm, bonus station cash. :)

[Sledgecrushr]

I really couldnt help it. I told myself this game is free and it didnt work. I subbed and Im glad I did it. Take my money soe, good job.

[TheStigma]

Can someone tell me what the subscription price for 6 months is in US dollars? I just want to compare and see if we here up in scandinavia get shafted as usual on the currency.

For reference, in NOK it's 510 total (88,78USD) for 6 months, as converted on xe.com today.

-Stigma

[TheStigma]

It was supposed to be raised to 16 a day (free players).
Add to that the biggest possible membership bonus, and you get 24 per day.

Fairly insignificant then considering it takes like 1000 certs to buy something big. That's 42 days of waiting (with logging in every 24hrs) with maximum bonuses =P

-Stigma

[Beerbeer]

Can someone tell me what the subscription price for 6 months is in US dollars? I just want to compare and see if we here up in scandinavia get shafted as usual on the currency.

For reference, in NOK it's 510 total (88,78USD) for 6 months, as converted on xe.com today.

-Stigma


I paid $72 bucks, or $11.99 per month for a six month block here in the U S of A.

[Lazaruz]

I think the Euro prices were pretty reasonable. We only need to pay about 5$ more for a six month sub, which is understandable.
It could have been a lot worse.

[TanknSpank]

I'm currently on an SOEAAP 1-month recurring subscription. Is there any way I can take advantage of the 6-mo bonuses?

[haticK]

I'm currently on an SOEAAP 1-month recurring subscription. Is there any way I can take advantage of the 6-mo bonuses?

If you've already been subscribed for at least 6 months that counts also. Only other thing you can do is change your all access pass to 6 months.

[TheStigma]

I paid $72 bucks, or $11.99 per month for a six month block here in the U S of A.

Of course, it figures we dirty europeans have to pay an extra +23,3% eurotrash fee. *sigh*

I guess I will have to look into ways of ordering this crap via proxy if I choose to do so.

Thanks a lot for checking the numbers for me though. I'm frustrated at the system, not you :)

-Stigma

[TheStigma]

I think the Euro prices were pretty reasonable. We only need to pay about 5$ more for a six month sub, which is understandable.
It could have been a lot worse.

Why is that understandable? Are you just content about paying more for exactly the same product?

Its 16,78USD more by my count by the way...

But that was converted from NOK. Maybe if you converted it from euros or something then you are just getting a little less shafted. Scandinavians are usually the ones who get to experience the thickest and most splitered end of the shaft in these types of currency deals...

6 month sub: 510NOK (88.78USD equivalent)
Native US price as reported by beerbeer: 72USD.
88.78-72 = 16,78USD

-Stigma

[TanknSpank]

Of course, it figures we dirty europeans have to pay an extra +23,3% eurotrash fee. *sigh*
Don't EU prices have to include VAT too? I seem to remember Blizzard having to charge something like 15% on EU subscriptions to their MMO, while no such tax was payable for US/Canada.

[TanknSpank]

If you've already been subscribed for at least 6 months that counts also. Only other thing you can do is change your all access pass to 6 months.
Not continously. Altough if interrupted past periods (way back in 2008-10 count), I've had the pass for more than 6+ mo).

I actually subscribed to that not too long ago for EQ2 as I was under the impression PS2 was not included. So I was going to get the pass for other games, and then buy 6mo of PS2.

If I cancel it, can I re-add it as a 6-mo recurring right away? Or do I have to wait until Dec when my paid time expires?

[Lazaruz]

Why is that understandable? Are you just content about paying more for exactly the same product?

Its 16,78USD more by my count by the way...

But that was converted from NOK. Maybe if you converted it from euros or something then you are just getting a little less shafted. Scandinavians are usually the ones who get to experience the thickest and most splitered end of the shaft in these types of currency deals...

6 month sub: 510NOK (88.78USD equivalent)
Native US price as reported by beerbeer: 72USD.
88.78-72 = 16,78USD

For the most part I blame taxes, not SOE. I know some companies that seem to "round off" the euro/dollar difference, so the prices become quite steap.

And yes, I converted it from euros since I live in Finland. 60 euros comes to about 77 dollars, making the difference 5 bucks... not even enough for a pint.

[haticK]

Not continously. Altough if interrupted past periods (way back in 2008-10 count), I've had the pass for more than 6+ mo).

I actually subscribed to that not too long ago for EQ2 as I was under the impression PS2 was not included. So I was going to get the pass for other games, and then buy 6mo of PS2.

If I cancel it, can I re-add it as a 6-mo recurring right away? Or do I have to wait until Dec when my paid time expires?

I'm not really sure about that, might want to contact support. It might work so if you were to cancel the auto-renew and then buy 6 months it would wait until December to charge you but then you might also not get the 6 month benefits until December.

[TanknSpank]

I'm not really sure about that, might want to contact support. It might work so if you were to cancel the auto-renew and then buy 6 months it would wait until December to charge you but then you might also not get the 6 month benefits until December.

That's how I'd expect it to work unfortunately. Thanks, I'll try support.

[TheStigma]

For the most part I blame taxes, not SOE. I know some companies that seem to "round off" the euro/dollar difference, so the prices become quite steap.

And yes, I converted it from euros since I live in Finland. 60 euros comes to about 77 dollars, making the difference 5 bucks... not even enough for a pint.

Maybe its petty, but it just bothers me. Yea, some of it is probably due to some obscure tax stuff that is equally stupid in the end (a purely digital service via the internet really has no business being taxed).

In any case it seems that I've moved to the U.S all of a sudden. Greeting fellow americans. How 'bout that election huh? Can't say that not having to pay an extra 20-25% on all subscription and station-cash purchases from now until forever will bother me all that much, petty or no...

-Stigma