SWTOR Steam: 60 days gifted sub not working

I emailed SWTOR support regarding my issue. Hope they and people here will help!

@Just399PlsBuyMe 

Swtor prefers PC screenshots , they may not accept phone ones

EA account creation is done automatically on account creation for accounts created prior to 25th June 2019 per https://help.ea.com/en/help/star-wars/star-wars-the-old-republic/swtor-account-linked/

Steam usually fails if either swtor and steam aren't linked prior to purchase or the swtor account linked to the steam account is disabled for purchasing.

See what they say via email , but it also maybe easier to call them

 

I will wait for their response. I do know about PC screenshots, I just cannot provide them at the moment, unfortunately.

And I cant call the support either in my country.

But I will remain positive!

Thanks to you!

I wanted to ask one more thing: The reason I went with asking a person to gift me a sub was that purchases are disabled in my country at the moment. However I do have an international bank card. So the question is: Can I either access my account via VPN from another region to pay for a subscriprtion with my own card, or give my account to a friend who lives abroad so he could pay for me instead? Are those options against the TOS in any way so my account could get banned? Because I dont want to do anything illegal, and still cant really see any other option to play the game properly.

Thanks again.

@Just399PlsBuyMe 

If you are in Russia or Belarus per https://www.ea.com/news/update-on-electronic-arts-titles-in-russia-and-belarus , you can purchase on steam providing the accounts are linked and the ea account is not presently disabled for purchasing ( that is a different type of disabled to not being able to purchase per the link ) 

@Just399PlsBuyMe 

what is your swtor account / displayname ?

I am in Russia, yes, sadly. But the subscription is not available for purchase via steam. We can only download free version of the game. Thats why I wonder whether using VPN or sharing the account is allowed or not, to buy the subscription through swtor client.

My swtor name is BazibaDaSequel, linked to this EA account.

@Just399PlsBuyMe 

 i was under the impression russians could buy a subscription on steam , using paypal ? 

see the first screen attached in https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/not-subscribe-for-steam/m-p/12023957/highlight/true#M95880 was a successful purchase , but because the linked ea account was disabled needing a password reset , the gametime failed to add

As of now, all payment methods have been blocked sadly ☹️

Unless you had a sub before, then you can pay via steam wallet. But Im new to the game, so that option wont work.

Yes, they contacted me, and Im contacting the person who gifted me the sub to send proper screenshots. Yet again, just like in this case https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/SWTOR-Steam-60-days-gifted-but-not-working/m-p/12506275#M100107 it was a gift, so this might take a while.

Thx!

It worked! Customer support are amazing, as well as you are.

Thank you so much for taking this time to help me.

And may the Force be with you! <3