Revamped Free Trial

[Traveler]

They better be prepared for that account to be banned if caught.

Banned for what?  Playing by the rules.

[BowHTR]

Banned for what?  Playing by the rules.

Better check the TOS.

http://www.hitechcreations.com/company-info/support-policies/terms-of-service

1.  Use of your Account is expressly limited to you.  Your Account may not be transferred to any other party, temporarily or permanently.

[Traveler]

Better check the TOS.

http://www.hitechcreations.com/company-info/support-policies/terms-of-service

one person has the account.  16 of his gaming friends help him pay for the account.  They play in his free arena.

[BowHTR]

one person has the account.  16 of his gaming friends help him pay for the account.  They play in his free arena.

Must have misunderstood you. The way I read it was that they were all going to use the same account. Either way, its just a matter of time before one of them signs up for the MA. Im sure it will be pretty stale before long.

[Traveler]

Must have misunderstood you. The way I read it was that they were all going to use the same account.

Even if more then one used the account, how would HTC know,  I played for years while on traveling for my business from different hotels in different cities, every week, what's to say it couldn't have been different people signing on using the same account. 

[BowHTR]

Even if more then one used the account, how would HTC know,  I played for years while on traveling for my business from different hotels in different cities, every week, what's to say it couldn't have been different people signing on using the same account.

Now a days, things are a lot easier to track than what people think. I have quite a bit of experience with administration side of games/servers that run through Steam. You can track a lot of information. It's only a matter of time.

[Ack-Ack]

I've already seen discussions of sharing a common account and using a serive like PAYME to split the cost of the subscriber account and 16 guys playing for $0.90 cents a month each.

Why make the billing process more complicated?  What happens if someone doesn't pay their share?  Not a good idea.

[Skuzzy]

There cannot be two instances of the same login active at the same time.

If one person is paying for a subscription, the only way his 15 friends could join him, would be if they each had an account.

[Vraciu]

I've already seen discussions of sharing a common account and using a serive like PAYME to split the cost of the subscriber account and 16 guys playing for $0.90 cents a month each.

Wouldn't seem to be worth the headache. 

[Randy1]

Either change the two week trial to a 30 day trial or keep the two week trial and add 30 day buddy passes.

Addiction takes time.

[guncrasher]

I've already seen discussions of sharing a common account and using a serive like PAYME to split the cost of the subscriber account and 16 guys playing for $0.90 cents a month each.

this is your quote.  people are "sharing" an account.  that means multiple people have access to the log in id and password.  that is against the TOS


semp

[Traveler]

There cannot be two instances of the same login active at the same time.

If one person is paying for a subscription, the only way his 15 friends could join him, would be if they each had an account.

they would each get an account and not pay, but only use the playfor free tab and join their paying friends arena.

[bustr]

Looks like HTC anticipated this since there are a free WW1 and DA arenas with a player cap at 100 players. You get to seat of your pants piu, piu, piu all night long to get a feel for the addiction. I didn't go into the DA to see if the lake is there. If it is, that would be a master stroke to help newbies support each other and make up their minds for the $14.95 plunge. If any of them try to turn the place into "their little free universe", just send some real DA monsters in to play with them every night for a week.

[Traveler]

this is your quote.  people are "sharing" an account.  that means multiple people have access to the log in id and password.  that is against the TOS


semp

OK and a goup of gamming teens are worried about the TOS, how could it be enforced?  I know a few guys that play on an account and their  son plays on it also. It's against the TOS, right?

[guncrasher]

OK and a goup of gamming teens are worried about the TOS, how could it be enforced?  I know a few guys that play on an account and their  son plays on it also. It's against the TOS, right?

it is.


semp