IS IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY ON THE TEST SERVER WITHOUT THE MONTHLY FEE!? (PLEASE EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE DON'T HURT ME.)

No.

Don't know but i doubt it . . .
I wish it were true though, because then some of my friends who didn't have credit cards readily available to them could play.

doh

Hmmm, in that case, did they ever come out with those alternate methods of paying, such as cards you bought at a store which were good for a month of play? They talked about it a while back but it never seemed to come to be

If Drysart says NO, then it's probably no. But I have been able to go to the server select screen on test when my account was not activated (keep in mind, that was an account which had characters on them but that had been cancelled for months, I couldn't log into the normal servers). But at that time my computer had a problem with EQ and so I couldn't log on the servers (sounds very convienent, I know...) so I registred my account, and then did a format so I never knew if I could actually log or not. But I swear I could go to the server selection.

If that was true you would see a lot more people on the test server.

I Never Get what the point of Ppl Makeing a big deal about paying with a credit card. Since the only ppl who are supposwed to be paying for the game would be adults ( Check Eula, All Acounts Belong to an adult, Children use with their permisson) And Basicly anybody who work, usaly needs some sort of checking account, Most Banks offer debit cards with credit Card Aceptance I.E. Acts like a Visa card.