Petition: clickandbuy the only way no,thanks.

[Alpheus]

I wonder if Yasu Kurosawa reads these threads lol

^

lol if he was hordecore or some other troll

[Arcon]

The transfer date has been extended so those of us that didn't transfer don't have to worry about it this month? I read it twice, but I'm not awake yet

Great, so I pay 50% more than everyone else for several months instead of one \o/ I wanna transfer back...

[Madjam]

Does this mean we won!?.. I might continue to play ffxi yea, and now might give ffxiv another look
and hope direct CC payment option is in by mid fall.

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...78/detail.html[...]

Yasu Kurosawa
FINAL FANTASY XI North American Online Producer

We didn't win anything since it wasn't in SE's plans to lose the NA market...

And now is a good time to start making practical suggestions on payment to SE.

Now is time to think about a solution and not to complain about an issue.

N.B.: Read the "Easier Payment Options (08/23/2011)" from PlayOnline Viewer since the very same article on Playonline's website is incomplte.

[Revanchist]

While this is good news... what happens now? Crysta is still involved, so what about those gamers in countries where Crysta still isn't legally accepted as a viable payment option? This announcement hasn't addressed that fact at all... and while SE doesn't want to lose the NA market, what about the rest of the world?

Also... does this mean that those who haven't changed payment option yet (who are still in direct payment mode), their accounts will be locked at the end of the month or what? I'm aware that SE has desires to get rid of POL... but honestly, how can they do that? POL is integral to playing FFXI and to get rid of it, would mean a complete recoding of the game... which I don't think is a viable option for a ten year old game.

[Octaviane]

Look at the positive side guys, you all have a reprieve. I am assuming that your current method of payment changed or otherwise will be fine.

It took almost a month to get an actual response directly from SE, give them a chance to implement the proposed changes and go from there.

Congratulations and a hearty thank you to everyone, regardless of opinion, who took the time to make and keep this thread visible. Good job.

[NkaiMoonwatyr]

WHA HOOOOOOO

=D

[Eroniris]

They still said nothing for EU and other countries so while i'm happy for those of you who will be seeing changes, the rest of the world is still going to have issues regarding the payment options.
It would be nice if before rejoycing we would get some help in having our voices heard too.
Thanks in advance.

[Dragoy]

They still said nothing for EU and other countries so while i'm happy for those of you who will be seeing changes, the rest of the world is still going to have issues regarding the payment options.
It would be nice if before rejoycing we would get some help in having our voices heard too.
Thanks in advance.

I would assume the person/people responsible of updating the EU-site simply has not been able to do so yet (time-zone differences et cetera).

Obviously it is entirely possible the announcement only refers to the NA-customers, but I'd still like to assume it will be aimed to everyone of us. Even if not, sooner or later it should.


From the start, whole this time I was quite certain they will do something like this, I did not really have doubts about that, it was more like why it was not done in the first place.

That said, I would like to offer my thank yous as well to the people making these decisions, and wish the best of luck in solving the remaining issues such as customers with mixed regions of account and current location, and the fact that most if not all the options for payment are not available at certain parts of the world.


I know it's far from simple, and likely wont be easy, but I'm sure you can do it!
Thank you for listening, and your continued efforts in providing a service to the best quality you can.


ほんとにありがとうございます！
がんばれよ~


Kind Regards,
Dragoy (of Fenrir)
The Noob Unlimited


Edit:

Okay, now they've had the time to update the EU-site, but still nothing about this (disregarding twitter). However, I just did check what payment methods are offered now, and there would seem to be more now indeed, as they did state (for purchasing Crysta).

[RAIST]

EU POL site finally posting (8/25) the same changes are coming:

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...92/detail.html

We wish to thank all our players for the support they have shown towards FINAL FANTASY XI.

We have taken your valuable feedback on board and, as a result, we are working hard in tandem with our US team to address any issues you may have encountered with the new billing system. To ensure that a number of significant improvements can be introduced, we have decided to extend the period to transfer accounts in order to benefit our customers in Europe as well as players in other countries.

- New credit card payment options for Crysta [Available Now]
- The option to specify exactly how much Crysta you want to buy [Early Autumn]
- New recurring payment credit card options [Mid Autumn]

We will continue to investigate other viable billing options suited to Europe and other countries and endeavour to keep you informed. We remain committed to providing our players with a FINAL FANTASY XI experience that is as rich, fun and exhilarating as possible.

Once again, we sincerely appreciate all of your ongoing support and hope you continue to have many more exciting adventures in the world of Vana'diel!

FINAL FANTASY XI Online Team – Europe

[Dragoy]

Indeed.


Well, I just transferred my other account as well a day or two ago, and now paying around 8-10€ more per month via UltimatePay via PayPal via PlaySpan, purchasing Crysta without any extra costs.
That's roughly 100€ ($144) per year. I used to be able to pay in USD for whatever reason so that's the reason it went up for me.

Not sure if I will be paying for long anymore anyways due to various reasons, nevertheless, I am glad to see they are indeed doing something about all this all around.