All you need to do is apply it as an "Upgrade Account" to your current subscription. Make sure you're not logged into the game when you do. After that, wait about 5-10 minutes and you're good to go.
Log in and you'll have access to the costume pieces. You won't get a notification like when you get badges. Just go to the tailor and it'll all be there.
pohsyb: so of all people you must be most excited about the veats
Arachnos Commander: actually, I am
pohsyb: I mean you kinda were one already anyways ^_^
Arachnos Commander:
lol, bought a collector's edition cov off ebay, failed to see it was U.K-made, now i have a useless serial code for the arachnos cape/chest piece. =( Stupid me.......
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They've re-done the account upgrade page, too, so it's no longer desperately easy to accidentally create a new account rather than upgrading your existing one - which was the case when CoV first launched and which caused endless headaches.
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Originally Posted by Commander
All you need to do is apply it as an "Upgrade Account" to your current subscription. Make sure you're not logged into the game when you do.
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Thank you, that's what I needed to know. Now, if there was just a way to get the Arachnos helmets that didn't involve waiting for several years...
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Well, you could hunt around and see if you can find an unused CoV preorder pack. They're not supposed to still be available, but you never know. (Be aware, however, that you can only apply one of those to any given account, so if you go that route, make sure you find the one you really want.)
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Originally Posted by ShadowsBetween
Thank you, that's what I needed to know. Now, if there was just a way to get the Arachnos helmets that didn't involve waiting for several years...
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Nah, anyone that has one and hasn't used it by now is either a collector or probably doesn't remember they even have it. I got lucky with the CoV Collector's Edition, to the local store owner it was just a box that had been eating up space in his store for years. I really don't want to pay "Ebay Collector!" prices for an in-game item. I did that *once* with one of the trading card critters in WoW, and I still find myself regretting it. And I only spent about $25 the time. (How some people can justify spending hundreds or *thousands* of dollars to buy a digital ghost cat is beyond me.)
On the other hand, if they wanted to add some of the items as account-wide upgrades in the NCSoft store, I'd be really tempted. I still think this should be an option for some of the costume related items and the mini-pets. For the price, you'd get *just* the costume bits, not the badges or titles or free slots. I'd really like to have access to the mini-pets, and at this point I'm still over three years from getting them. (In other words, it's quite probable that I'll *never* get them.)
Honestly, collecting the mini-pets is about the only reason I haven't canceled my WoW account. I'm never going to join a guild there, and there's even less chance I'll ever go on a raid. Turning my Warlock into the undead version of a "Crazy Cat Lady" is about the only end-game goal I can realistically shoot for.
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Run away. Run away and don't look back.
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Originally Posted by ShadowsBetween
Nah, anyone that has one and hasn't used it by now is either a collector or probably doesn't remember they even have it. I got lucky with the CoV Collector's Edition, to the local store owner it was just a box that had been eating up space in his store for years. I really don't want to pay "Ebay Collector!" prices for an in-game item. I did that *once* with one of the trading card critters in WoW, and I still find myself regretting it. And I only spent about $25 the time. (How some people can justify spending hundreds or *thousands* of dollars to buy a digital ghost cat is beyond me.)
On the other hand, if they wanted to add some of the items as account-wide upgrades in the NCSoft store, I'd be really tempted. I still think this should be an option for some of the costume related items and the mini-pets. For the price, you'd get *just* the costume bits, not the badges or titles or free slots. I'd really like to have access to the mini-pets, and at this point I'm still over three years from getting them. (In other words, it's quite probable that I'll *never* get them.) Honestly, collecting the mini-pets is about the only reason I haven't canceled my WoW account. I'm never going to join a guild there, and there's even less chance I'll ever go on a raid. Turning my Warlock into the undead version of a "Crazy Cat Lady" is about the only end-game goal I can realistically shoot for. |
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Me? Run away from where? Here? Why? I like it here.
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Originally Posted by SunGryphon
Run away. Run away and don't look back.
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From this thread. Before the dead horse staggers in to be beaten some more.
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Originally Posted by ShadowsBetween
Me? Run away from where? Here? Why? I like it here.
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I just found an unopened copy of the CoV Collector's Edition at a local store. I'd like to apply this to my account, to unlock the special items. If it also adds another month to my subscription time, that would be nice too but not essential. My questions are:
A) Is this possible? Is it allowed?
B) Assuming both answers to A are "Yes," is there anything weird I need to do to apply the code to my account? What are the steps? Is there an FAQ?
Thanks in advance.