#10 - Aug. 1, 2011, 7:59 a.m.
Q u o t e:
Thanks - but so...right off the bat I will need to attach an account? Permanently?
I suppose I could get a friend to charge the account once off with me giving them money (I live in an Asian country where the US dollar is standard, but foreigners can almost never get credit cards).
But if it needs to be a permanent connection with a financial system I am sorry to say that I will not be able to participate in this game.
You only need to attach your Battle.net account with a third party if you want to cash out.
When you sell an item you have two choices, the money goes to your Battle.net balance where you can use it to buy more items, or buy stuff in the Blizzard store, or you can choose to send it to your third party payment provider account. Once the funds are in either they can't be transferred between each other. It's a question of keeping funds to keep playing in the auction house, or shifting out funds to get it as cash.
The third party payment provider hasn't been named yet since we're still inking that contract, but it's a reputable one, for sure.
Anyway, you don't have to unless you're planning to cash out.