PC/Mac what to buy

[Niwashi]

Though it doesn't relate to purchase and registration of the game, another complication you should be aware of in regards to playing on multiple platforms is that some configuration settings (your HUD layout, hotbars, and gearsets, along with a few other settings) are stored locally on your client machine. So if you change one of those on one platform, then next time log in from the other platform, those settings won't automatically carry over.

I think you can manually copy some setup files across between platforms to transfer those settings, but I've only actually heard of people doing that when they played on two different PCs (typically a desktop and laptop). Mac isn't as widespread, but I'd assume it would use the same configuration files, in which case copying them across would work between PC and Mac the same way. (Leaving just those who alternate between consoles and computers left out and needing to re-do all such settings from scratch, since consoles do store things differently.)

[Rhuaglar]

Well honestly it's complicated enough that I'll probably avoid ever going down the route of playing on my Mac. My primary gaming platform is the PC so I'll probably just make do with that for now. I'd have expected them to realize that as a non-f2p MMO, they get their money through their subscriptions, any barrier to entry seems silly. Not that any thread here will change their mind

[Rhuaglar]

Though it doesn't relate to purchase and registration of the game, another complication you should be aware of in regards to playing on multiple platforms is that some configuration settings (your HUD layout, hotbars, and gearsets, along with a few other settings) are stored locally on your client machine. So if you change one of those on one platform, then next time log in from the other platform, those settings won't automatically carry over.

Wow has similar issues actually, though copying the files there just works.