Curious about joining JP PSU

[Immovable One]

Hello,

After the US PC/PS2 servers closed (and selling my 360 coz I got fed up with the Gold account bills), I got interested in "probably" joining the JP PSU server.

So I have a few questions:

- Do I need to purchase a game disc? If so, does it use a serial key that pretty much requires me to buy a brand new copy of the game? Also, it there a download only version that ties to my game account (ala PSP2)? A download version would be great since the serial key renders the game non-resalable and would save me from paying shipping fees.

- How much is the monthly fee?

- I can't find a guide on how to register. Anyone have a link?

- How's the English speaking crowd population? Is it as bad as the Japanese population in PSU360?

Thanks

[Demon-]

You don't need to purchase a disc. You can instead download the game and then you will need to buy a game key for roughly 10$.

Monthy is around 10-11 dollars.

These are guides I used:
http://psupedia.info/Joining_the_Japanese_Server
http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176829

Maybe around 100-300 I'm not sure cause I just joined myself and only met 30 people so far.

[Immovable One]

Thanks!

Also, for credit cards, do they accept US credit cards?

Anyway, I'm having problems with Applocale atm, but once i figure this out, I'll give it a shot.

[Demon-]

Yep they do take american cards. I used my Visa debit card and it worked fine.

[Immovable One]

Oh and another thing - account cancellation.
How do you do it?

EDIT:

I got in!
Looks like i can play for free too(but with limitations).

Anyway, where does the PSO-World pals usually hang out in?

This is great. Gonna wait till my Aion subscription expires next week then I'll check out if PSU is worth 10 bucks!

[Immovable One]

Weird....

I purchased a game key and even got the confirmation email, but i still can't access the benefits. Do I need to enter this key somewhere? Or do I have to buy the Illuminus key as well (which I doubt)?

[re]

yes, you have to login to the https://ipas.isao.net/signup_psu/psu/top.cgi
there is an option for illuminus game key
you will put it there

[Immovable One]

I thought I only need to buy the game key to go premium?

[Aka]

I thought I only need to buy the game key to go premium?

That should be the case. I remember getting errors when I tried to register my key with my account, but then realised it was already on premium (the key and current expiry date was shown on the main account page). When I next logged in, my Free course icon was gone.

[Immovable One]

That should be the case. I remember getting errors when I tried to register my key with my account, but then realised it was already on premium (the key and current expiry date was shown on the main account page). When I next logged in, my Free course icon was gone.

Right.

I thought it was strange that I have to pay for illuminus key too.

Also, from what i can ready at the confirmation, there's a 10 day free?

EDIT: Another concern, if it turns out that I do have to purchase the illuminus key, does that mean I have to pay for both guardian and illuminus key monthly? That would suck.