Hi all. The good news is that I hit 50! The bad news is that my trial time is about out. Any attempt to actually subscribe to the game has resulted in odd 601 errors. Evidently there is a veritable book of issues going back 3 years regarding this.

So, it looks like HW isn't in my cards after all :-( ... I did get to 50 though and it was fun playing before SE decided they didn't want my money. (BTW my CC is perfectly fine, I live in the same country as it, and my bank info. is correct).

Amazes me that such a high quality game won't let me give them money. The only workaround I would have would be crysta/paypal, and that's not going to happen.

Anyway, I made it to 50. It was fun, I wish I could continue that fun but it sounds like game over for me and time to move on. Thanks again for your advice and good luck in this game!