Neverwinter Zen pricing

That is bizarre. On the US/Engligh site (billing.arcgames.com/en) it's US$1 per 100 Zen, with bonus Zen if you buy $50 or more at once.

With the NOK being about 8:1 for USD, I'd expect 500 Zen to be about 40 NOK - 29,50 seems a bargain. But you're right that something is wrong with the progression of prices as you buy more. The 5300 quantity is the same as the US "5000 + bonus" quantity
(the bonus is 300 Zen), which is $50 or about 450 NOK. The 549 NOK price is crazy.

You might want to look into buying Zen through the Arcgames site instead of through the Xbox. There probably is some exchange rate algorithm that has gone crazy. If you want to raise a support issue, my suggestion would be to raise it to Arc, not to Microsoft.

Luckily the game bored me to death before I ever felt the urge to spend real money on it.

yea I agree to a degree, I played World Of Tanks on the PC from beta days when it went full game I managed to get quite a few tanks and never paid a penny .. fair enough it took me ages and a lot of game hours but there is no way I'm paying £40 for high
tier tanks like my mates have.

one of them has spent silly money on getting the tanks he wants plus gold ammo

I get wound up with the random bounce but man that game is addictive to me but not to the point I put any money into it lol ..

It's fun to see people complain about a free game (where you can play without buying extra). Price aside, the choice to buy is up to you & you can still experience the game without the zen market. Neverwinter is a time-based game either way you cut it &
the zen market is for players who want to advance faster/support/buy stuff for enjoyment. It bothers me that there are comments on here dogging someone for spending $300 on a game. Maybe this game brings him equal or more enjoyment than 5 AAA titles & is equivalent
in value.

Idk... its not like you can only get so far in the game without paying. Like someone said - you can convert Astral Diamond into Zen. Yeah it takes "time" & "grinding" but that is what the game is. Maybe you'll find that item worth 1.5 mil AA & convert it
to zen to buy you a mount.

While it is without a doubt overly expensive, you don't have to spend a single dollar on the things you want. In the game you earn Astral Diamonds from various sources, these can be exchanged for Zen. Think of it like currency exchange. You will need quite
a lot of AD (astral diamonds) for each Zen but it is an option if you want to farm for it without wanting to spend a single dollar.