Guest steamteck Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 wouldn't work just fine to be able to, you know , pay for something directly if you wanted it. I tryed to purchase some more slots told I didn't have enough Zen. No direct link. So I found thespot said I needed another activation code. which they claim they sent me but didn't ( I checked everywhere including spam). So customer service will get back to me thety say in 3-4 days. I guess they're doing great and don't need my money. Am I missing something that will smooth out the process? Its pretty infuriating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things It seems many online play companies have to obscure a direct dollar cost reference. I'm a lifetime member so I haven't had to deal with buying zen. Sorry, can't advise how to simplify that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things I really enjoy the game but I don't need to go gold and lifetime is a little pricey for me now. I would like a few enhancements though. A pity they don't make it easier for me to spend. Thanks for thethought though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things The deal with buying an in game currency is that it makes more money for the company. If you have to buy X currency as a minimum, then the thing you want to buy costs X-Y or X+Y amount, then you're going to have to do something with the remainder of your game currency purchase or let it sit there and rot. So you decide to buy a smaller currency package to even things out, and so on... If you could buy a single point bundle and spend that exact amount of points in the store with any combination of purchases, I'd be very surprised. Cheapest way to go gold is to go to Amazon to buy the time cards. They're currently $13.36 and if you have Prime, they come with free shipping. That's $6.68* a month, and no need to give Perfect World any credit card information. Basically, a little less than half price. Put 'em on your Christmas list like I did, they make great stocking stuffers. =) *You get 500 zen/month with a subscription, so you could look at it like buying five bucks of zen a month and getting a subscription for $1.68 a month, including all the perks, like freeform. Not a bad deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things Looks like character slots are 1400 zen for two of them. If you sub, you get extra slots. You also get a free slot for every character you get to 40. So, the time cards are the cheaper bet, since they don't remove slots with characters in them when you go back to free to play. (You have to convert the character to FTP though, which means no freeform.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things Thanks for all the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodkins Odds Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things At least they stopped using Cryptic points. They lived up to their name buy using the Xbox 80 points to a dollar ratio. ZEN is 1 point per cent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things ZEN is 1 point per cent. I think you may get a cost break if buy more than a certain amount, although that may have been a Black Friday thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things Now that I'm in the system isn't so bad. I do a few surveys every once and awhile to get some also. builds up over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things I think you can convert questionite gathered in game to zen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GestaltBennie Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things Yep. Here's how. 1. First hit the bottom right hand button ('Store") on the minimap. 2. Next, go to "Questionite Exchange". 3. Next, Refine your questionite. 4. Next look at the going rate of Questionite and Buy Zen (eg. If you have 2000 Questionite and the price of Zen is 1 Z for 200 Q, you can buy 10 Zen). Input the desired numbers into the fields and press "submit offer to buy". 5.. Finally, hit Withdraw to bring it into your account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven10077 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things The Zen is an attempt to get around certain country's tax laws and monetary laws. If you were able to sell "earnings" in the game directly to others many nations would demand their version of 1099s for the gaming. "no thanks" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things Didn'y know that thanks again. I'm really enjoying the game now BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Re: What's the deal with Zen? besides overcomplicating things Hey Peanut labs has started randomly marking me as disqualified after I finish as survey and when I point it out they give me the same canned messege about me being disqualified according to their records so I've been forced to find another way to get "free" zen. These guys get me where i want much faser. its the same stuff surveys and offers but I don't feel cheated by them. Anyway I get "paid " in ultimate game cards and its working pretty well. http://www.points2shop.com/us/147/Ultimate-Gaming-Card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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