Just another thought unconnected with the "can you cant you" use a non US card/billing address.
It seems from other forums that the US servers are clogged to buggery with peeps from all over the place who are playing US.
Apparently one particular server is full of Koreans and the general theme seems to be that there are massive queues to log into the game.
I do not have an EU closed beta spot but did play in the US final stres and open beta phases. I am impatient to play but I'm gonna wait until the EU pre-order beta slots kick in in a few weeks (hopefully).
Seems that the whole world and his dog have jumped ship from the localised server theme and the result is mayhem. Suppose it was bound to happen with the staggered releases. But I personally would rather wait for EU and get a nice smooth stable experience than pay over the odds for a US import, and then run the risk that my account will be culled by Blizzard electing to have card transactions matched to the billing address by the card companies and refused if they dont match.
Ok it has no effect for the free month I guess, but by the time that month of frustration and queues to log in, lag, etc., is up and those that cant get card payments cleared leave the US servers the EU open beta should be well under way.
Just my 2 pence worth
It seems from other forums that the US servers are clogged to buggery with peeps from all over the place who are playing US.
Apparently one particular server is full of Koreans and the general theme seems to be that there are massive queues to log into the game.
I do not have an EU closed beta spot but did play in the US final stres and open beta phases. I am impatient to play but I'm gonna wait until the EU pre-order beta slots kick in in a few weeks (hopefully).
Seems that the whole world and his dog have jumped ship from the localised server theme and the result is mayhem. Suppose it was bound to happen with the staggered releases. But I personally would rather wait for EU and get a nice smooth stable experience than pay over the odds for a US import, and then run the risk that my account will be culled by Blizzard electing to have card transactions matched to the billing address by the card companies and refused if they dont match.
Ok it has no effect for the free month I guess, but by the time that month of frustration and queues to log in, lag, etc., is up and those that cant get card payments cleared leave the US servers the EU open beta should be well under way.
Just my 2 pence worth