Tal,Apr 25 2005, 02:06 PM Wrote:Its tied to Billing Address IIRC.
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Huh? What exact billing adress do you refer to? And are you saying the game itself actually connect depending on a billing adress? And how would it know that?
The only time I have ever played this type of game was UO, and I recall that basically I only ever entered my CC number and that was it.
It would also mean, you say, that the games sold in for example EU and USA are the same and the registration keys could be used anywere in the world?
I am a bit confused....
EDIT: I did what I probably should have done to start with and checked Blizzard site and found in their FAQ:
"Q: I purchased a US version of World of Warcraft, and I now wish to play on the European realms, what do I need to do?
A: We strongly advise that you do not purchase the US version of World of Warcraft; instead you should purchase the European version of the game. If however you chose to purchase a copy from the US, we will try and help you by transferring the CDKey to the European database. Should you wish for the transfer, you should email a valid unused US CDkey to the Technical Support team using the webform located in the support section of the website. "
This seem to indicate that the CDkeys are indeed tied to the servers in the area. That is, the CDkey from a game sold in USA, will only work on US servers and same for EU. I assume the games differ in at least having different default servers to connect to but it could be some built in feature of the key that idicate were to connect or there is a msater server that redirect to the correct area (seems more likely).
This seems also to indicate that the actual client is the same and that one can install a EU version and just get the USA key from the game bought in USA. The FAQ is not completely clear about this though.
Although they don't say so (nor the opposite) it seems possible to simply buy a US version and play on US servers even if you live in the EU. I think I will mail Blizzard.
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