When you purchase the game, it says you have 30 days of time to play the game.

When it says 30 days, does it refer to in-game time, or just 30 days , like it just counts the days without the amount of time you've played?



Would be awesome if it's 30 days of in-game time .

30 days as in 30 physical days (~one month).

if it was 30 days ingame time then it would be around. around 2 days in RL, since I think 30 mins in RL is 1 day in ESO. :-p

Do i need to input my Credit Card Info as soon as i buy the game or do i just need to put in the activation code and it will give me 30 free days? And when they expire then i have to put my CC Info in to continue playing?

No one can say. Some games allow you to just make your account and input time card codes, others need a credit card on file and you have to cancel your subscription or it will auto renew.

It will be how every other subscription model works, 30 days of IRL time. That 30 day timer will also run down no matter if you're playing or not, so it basically encourages you to spend as much time as possible in-game.

U guys are realy missing hes point and question. Altho he got hes answer, didnt bother replying to all the nonsens u through in here. 30 days * 24 hours = 720 hours *60min = 43200 minutes.

Im a full time employe and i work aroun 8-10 hours a day, as much as i like the game i only have time to play 2-3 hours a day and some days 0 hours. and if i add up all that to 30 days i will only use 90 hours/ month.

Thats why he asked if the 30 days is a reagular GMT hour that passes in RL or the time u spent online. Because that would actualy work for me, pay for 30 days and play almost 8 months. Just think about thiscase:

- u just purchased ur ESO and u cant wait to play it, activate the account and just enter the game when ur VGA just dies....no worries u have a warranty for it and the next day u take it to the service but they wont fix it on the spot, and will just hold ur PC / Laptop there for ...any number of reassons (the warranty specifies they can solve a problem in **number of days wich can vary between 5-14 days, and that work days, meaning sunday and saturday dont count) and there u go: spent 50-70 USD for only 10 days of play

Now u see where the original question was heading?? Not the ingame time or whatever crapy answer ppl gave. I know u mean well but please dont talk unless u have a inteligible thing to say.

It was still answered in one of the posts, 30 days real life time so if you activate the account on the 1st of April you can play until the the 1st of May no matter if you play just 1 or 24 hours / day.

Yes if you play more you get "more" for your money but think about it, even if you play just 90 hours / month thats 17 cents / hour you play (well + power costs for your pc)... but really thats a pretty cheap hobby still

And yes for the initial purchase its a bit more expensive (ie 78 cents /hour assuming 90 hours playtime) but still I can name only very few other hobbies in that price range ^^

If it follows the standard model, it'll be 30 calendar days as indicated by others. It wouldn't be in the dev's interests to make it in game time as this could span potentially forever. Regarding entering CC details, time will tell. However with other mmos you don't normally need to worry about payment info until your time has or is due to expire.

Indeed. In the UK, this hobby will amount to approximately 30 pence a day which isn't entirely bad. However the initial purchase price of ￡50, or ￡90 for those who're going physical Imperial Edition will probably put a dent in your finance.

There's very few hobbies that cost ￡8.99 a month. Even if you spend a night in with a bottle of wine that'll still cost you more. I even spend far more money buying internet allowance just to watch videos on YouTube than a month's subscription.

If you don't use up all that time I know what you mean when you say it'll feel like a waste. As Eraserblade said, 90 hours per month in theory doesn't sound like a lot. But when you look at other hobbies you do in a month, how any hours can you spend doing it for under ￡8.99? I'm not trying to justify the subscription fee but merely state it's cheaper than you might think when you look at each individual month.

See now I will sound like a hypocrite as I said in a previous topic that I'm unsure about getting the game but having watched a few videos read a few topics and clarified some of my worries. But now I know that the ￡10 a month sub will indeed cover additional content and that content will be out every 4 weeks I'm basically paying ten quid just for what's supposed to be substantial DLC let alone server up keep etc so it seems like a good deal. I still feel the base game price is a lil high and it could be reduced even by ￡5-￡10 would be a better deal but overall I will still be getting the game.

Some games require you to set up a sub off the bat, and then they change you once the 30 days is over - Onus on you to cancel before the 30 days is up, but you still get to play your full 30 days. So you could cancel right away and still play.

Others let you go for 30 days with the activation code before you need to set anything up.

My experience, most sub games go for the former rather than the latter. So I would count on having to set up a sub asap.

So you have to set up like a direct debit with them? lol.

What if i would rather wait till it expires, and pay with paypal or some sort..