Station cash is Station cash...Right?

[Xrazor]

<p>I notice that the station cash cards have diferent graphics....like the 500 card has free realms, the 1000 card has clone wars...etc. But they are all the same correcct? and can be used for any game.</p><p>I remember Smed saying that micro transactions is where the money is and you must make it as simple as possible, so I am assuming Station cash is Station cash.</p>

[Zehl_Ice-Fire]

<p>Yes, it can be accessed from any of the games, and you can use any SC card. Often places like CVS only have free realms so I've picked those up in the past.</p>

[Nrgy]

<p><cite>Atraeus@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I notice that the station cash cards have diferent graphics....like the 500 card has free realms, the 1000 card has clone wars...etc. But they are all the same correcct? and can be used for any game.</p><p>I remember Smed saying that micro transactions is where the money is and you must make it as simple as possible, so I am assuming Station cash is Station cash.</p></blockquote><p>And not to intentially highlight Wally-World .. and I don't know where/when/how this deal came around, but the $15/1500SC cards from there give an extra 500SC bonus ... which also gets doubled (or tripled) during a bonus SC event.  However, the 500SC bonus doesn't get doubled if used for game time rather than SC during those same events.</p>

[Xrazor]

<p><cite>Zehl_Ice-Fire wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, it can be accessed from any of the games, and you can use any SC card. Often places like CVS only have free realms so I've picked those up in the past.</p></blockquote><p>Thank you...</p>

[Lempo]

<p><cite>Nrgy wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>And not to intentially highlight Wally-World .. and I don't know where/when/how this deal came around, but the $15/1500SC cards from there give an extra 500SC bonus ... which also gets doubled (or tripled) during a bonus SC event.  <strong>However, the 500SC bonus doesn't get doubled if used for game time rather than SC during those same events.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Are you sure abou this?</p><p>I don't know about the last SC promotion but on the one before that they did.</p>

[Nrgy]

<p><cite>Lempo@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Nrgy wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>And not to intentially highlight Wally-World .. and I don't know where/when/how this deal came around, but the $15/1500SC cards from there give an extra 500SC bonus ... which also gets doubled (or tripled) during a bonus SC event.  <strong>However, the 500SC bonus doesn't get doubled if used for game time rather than SC during those same events.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Are you sure abou<span style="color: #ff0000;">T</span> this?</p><p>I don't know about the last SC promotion but on the one before that they did.</p></blockquote><p>Yes... at least in this last SC promotion when I consumed two cards, one for SC and one for Time .. total was 4500 SC and 30 days.  It could be a floating bug.  I'm pretty sure I've read about others having this issue as well, but I always look at the bonus 500SC from those cards as a bonus and I'm happy when I get it.  On the other hand ... I might have had some left over cards from earlier events not from there... Will have to take notes next time as you have me second guessing myself now.</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>Nrgy wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lempo@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Nrgy wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>And not to intentially highlight Wally-World .. and I don't know where/when/how this deal came around, but the $15/1500SC cards from there give an extra 500SC bonus ... which also gets doubled (or tripled) during a bonus SC event.  <strong>However, the 500SC bonus doesn't get doubled if used for game time rather than SC during those same events.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Are you sure abou<span style="color: #ff0000;">T</span> this?</p><p>I don't know about the last SC promotion but on the one before that they did.</p></blockquote><p>Yes... at least in this last SC promotion when I consumed two cards, one for SC and one for Time .. total was 4500 SC and 30 days.  It could be a floating bug.  I'm pretty sure I've read about others having this issue as well, but I always look at the bonus 500SC from those cards as a bonus and I'm happy when I get it.  On the other hand ... I might have had some left over cards from earlier events not from there... Will have to take notes next time as you have me second guessing myself now.</p></blockquote><p>I -think- when you use one for time, the SC bonus doesn't get doubled on a bonus weekend.</p>

[Lempo]

<p>If you use a card for time you basically toss the extra 500 away that I am pretty sure of.</p><p>Are you saying that if you use a card for game time and use a card for station cash that the card used for SC behaves differently? That's not right, if that is the case, use the card to buy SC first once that hits your SC wallet there is no way in hell they come take it back, even SOE wouldn't do that <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" />.</p>

[Ryai]

Speaking of which, why don't we have an option to purchase game time for SC in game or to even gift it? Seems like a huge oversight.

[Felshades]

<p><cite>Cyan@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>Speaking of which, why don't we have an option to purchase game time for SC in game or to even <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>gift it</strong></span>? Seems like a huge oversight.</blockquote><p>Room for exploitation.</p><p>Gifting still down? Wouldn't surprise me. Is why they disabled it in the first place.</p>

[yohann koldheart]

<p><cite>Cyan@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>Speaking of which, why don't we have an option to purchase game time for SC in game or to even gift it? Seems like a huge oversight.</blockquote><p>cause they dont want people loading up on SC when they have the double sc events, and buying gametime for half price.</p>

[Isulith]

<p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I -think- when you use one for time, the SC bonus doesn't get doubled on a bonus weekend.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, this is correct. If the card is used for Station Cash then it gets doubled, but not if it is used directly for time.</p>

[Ryai]

<p><cite>Isulith wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I -think- when you use one for time, the SC bonus doesn't get doubled on a bonus weekend.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, this is correct. If the card is used for Station Cash then it gets doubled, but not if it is used directly for time.</p></blockquote><p>So price it higher. Charge 3000 SC for a month via the marketplace. Making it giftable as well makes sense to me at least. More people playing the game means more people looking at the marketplace means more people saying there are ways they can keep their friends playing.</p><p>Exploiting and plat sellers aside, its a profit center that's not being utilized.</p>

[Nrgy]

<p><cite>Isulith wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I -think- when you use one for time, the SC bonus doesn't get doubled on a bonus weekend.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, this is correct. If the card is used for Station Cash then it gets doubled, but not if it is used directly for time.</p></blockquote><p>Yeah .. thats what I though .. but Lempo got me thinking and thats never a good thing.  And this only matter on Wally cards.</p><ul><li>SC = (1500SC x2) + (500SC x2) = 4000 SC for $15</li><li>Time = 30 Days + (500SC x1) = 30 days + 500 SC for $15</li></ul>

[feldon30]

Wally cards are great. $15 for 6,000SC. I got 18,000SC last triple SC weekend. Should last me a long time since I only use it for vit and xp potions.