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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Trial | Trial Accounts allow a player to take City of Heroes and/or City of Villains for a test run. They are free and last either 10 or 14 days, depending on the source of the Trial Account code. Up until Issue 12, a Trial Account was not limited in what it could do; as of Issue 12, there are several restrictions put in place. Most of these restrictions were placed due to [[Tell (Slash Command)|tells]] and in-game email spam. | ||
===Restrictions=== | ===Restrictions=== | ||
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* Trial Accounts can only have 50k [[influence]] | * Trial Accounts can only have 50k [[influence]] | ||
* Trial Accounts can only [[The Players' Guide to the Cities/User Interface/Chat Window|speak]] in | * Trial Accounts can only [[The Players' Guide to the Cities/User Interface/Chat Window|speak]] in | ||
: | :#[[Local (Slash Command)|/local]] | ||
: | :#[[Help|/help]] | ||
: | :#[[Team (Slash Command)|/team]] | ||
* Trial Accounts cannot invite players to [[team]] | * Trial Accounts cannot invite players to [[team]] | ||
: | :#Trial Accounts may join teams, but not invite other players | ||
: | :#Trial Accounts may not join [[Supergroup|SuperGroups]]. | ||
===Sources=== | ===Sources=== | ||
Trial | Trial Account codes are always available from the "Refer a Friend" option in a player's Master Account options. Each player may give out three of these at a time. They last ten days, and if the Trial Account is upgraded to a retail-code account, the person who originated the offer gets a month of free time added to the end of their subscription. | ||
Trial | Trial Accounts are also available from box sets. They come on small pieces of paper with a code on it. These last 14 days and do not give a free month to the owner of the box set if the account is upgraded to a retail-code account. | ||
An additional source is | An additional source is websites offering Trial Account codes. These typically last either 14 or 10 days, though vastly more often 14. They do not give a free month to anyone if the account is upgraded to a retail-code account. | ||
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Revision as of 20:38, 17 June 2008
Overview
Trial Accounts allow a player to take City of Heroes and/or City of Villains for a test run. They are free and last either 10 or 14 days, depending on the source of the Trial Account code. Up until Issue 12, a Trial Account was not limited in what it could do; as of Issue 12, there are several restrictions put in place. Most of these restrictions were placed due to tells and in-game email spam.
Restrictions
- Trial Accounts cannot email other players
- Trial Accounts may not level past 13
- Trial Accounts can only have 50k influence
- Trial Accounts can only speak in
- Trial Accounts cannot invite players to team
- Trial Accounts may join teams, but not invite other players
- Trial Accounts may not join SuperGroups.
Sources
Trial Account codes are always available from the "Refer a Friend" option in a player's Master Account options. Each player may give out three of these at a time. They last ten days, and if the Trial Account is upgraded to a retail-code account, the person who originated the offer gets a month of free time added to the end of their subscription.
Trial Accounts are also available from box sets. They come on small pieces of paper with a code on it. These last 14 days and do not give a free month to the owner of the box set if the account is upgraded to a retail-code account.
An additional source is websites offering Trial Account codes. These typically last either 14 or 10 days, though vastly more often 14. They do not give a free month to anyone if the account is upgraded to a retail-code account.