Quote Originally Posted by Malevolence View Post
Okay, so I was/am still in my 30 day trial period and entered one of the recruitment codes on this forum to my account and then proceeded to purchase a 90 day subscription. Everything went through, and when I check my account it says 'a recruitment code has been added to this account.' It also says 'Days Subscribed - 0'. But, I did not receive the Friendship Circlet. Did I do something wrong? How does this work? I definitely paid for the subscription, but I don't see it listed anywhere on my account. Is there a waiting period before it becomes active?
If you pay by credit card or crysta, the payment isn't actually taken until it's due, so you won't actually be charged for that next 90 days until the 30 days you already got with purchase of the game are over. Setting up the payment at the MogStation just tells them to pull from your card (or crysta balance) next time it's due. You get the reward, though, when it's actually paid (because until then, you still have the option of cancelling your sub and not paying for that 90 days).

This means that the only way to get the rewards prior to the end of your initial 30 days is to pay with a Game Time card. Since in that case, payment has already been made through a retailer, there's no waiting until it's due before taking payment. You can add time to your account whenever you want that way, and thus earn the recruitment rewards and veteran rewards when you want.