Easier Payment Options (08/23/2011)

[Finuve]

As long as this is rolled out to all regions I feel that all reasons to complain are no longer valid, SE pretty much addressed all issues the community brought up

for those of you still stuck on Crysta, at least ur only looking at a month or two of putting on stupid amounts that don't match your monthly fees before you can be exact (and regardless of whether you get to keep the extra or not Alhanelem having to put on crysta in amounts that were not exactly your monthly fee was a BS tactic made famous by MS points)

so, lets just hope that all regions get the new methods, and congrats on a community for getting a corporation to back off of a BS payment system

[Alhanelem]

It's what people asked for. Why shouldn't they be happy?

[Vivik]

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So what you're saying is I still have to pay 15.00 for my 12.95 gameplay this month?

[Runespider]

So many waste of space posts arguing with Alha and Rosina, just ignore them. They are simply idiots, ignore them and they can't troll the crap out of everyone.

If my memory is correct we tend to get announcements and such about a day later, so if there's anything for us Europe players (which I'm confident there is) it should be appearing in the next few days before the original transfer date.

I'm hoping for a similar post on the EU site tomorow then, this wasn't a US issue it was an issue for players in every region aside from Japan and I'm going to assume they know that.

[Malamasala]

Does anyone else understand this paragraph?

If you were wondering, I was questioning if you could specify exact values and if it wasn't just specific amount equal to your monthly fee.

- The ability to specify exactly how much Crysta you want to buy [Early Fall]

Just "specify" there, so my mind did play tricks on me with remembering "specific". It should be no problems entering any value at that later date.

[Karbuncle]

Maybe Overpay is not the correct term, in which case we're debating different things.

But these people intend to pay 12.95 a month, They cannot do that. They have to pay 15.00 to have enough to pay their 12.95, They at the moment of transaction are spending more money then they want, 2.05 more.

Next month they'd also need to spend 15.00 on Crysta, as 10$ + 2.05 left over wont pay the account. Either way, Each month you have money you cannot access because you needed to over-buy the crysta enough to pay the amount you wanted.

Truly at this point i cannot comprehend how someone is comfortable with this. Surely its not a giant inconvenience, But its the principle of the matter. Further i repeat, Some people legitimately could not afford to up front that extra 2.05c, Some people have tight budgets. They should not have to throw away their only relaxing activity simply because the Crysta options were sub par, and the other option was a admittedly shady third party company.

They shouldn't need to settle for the lesser of Two Evils, an SE feels their concerns were legitimate. You can stop white knighting this system now. Its changing and those who felt injustices have won. You all just seem like you're really butthurt they're changing it to make it easier, Especially considering the Current Thread tags.

Edit: Tags seem to be deleted? They were "QQ wins" and "Crying wins". Butthurt much. Glad a GM took care of them.

[Alhanelem]

Why the eff are we still talking about the inexact Crysta payments when they already said they're fixing it?
I saw this and thought I could directly pay for Crysta now, but the only options I see are still C&B and UltimatePay. What is the new credit card option that's available now?

It's under the UltimatePay option. Select it, and on the next screen you can choose to pay with a credit card only instead of going through paypal or using a game card. All major cards accepted.

(Note that UltimatePay.com is now owned by VISA. They bought out the company that runs it. If you trust your visa card, you can trust ultimatepay.)

[Sparthos]

No, I'm not wrong. They don't take away your 1500 crysta to pay for the game. You keep the remaining $2.05 in your account. It doesn't disappear. They only took $12.95 worth of crysta from you.

When the payment system is updated, just add $10.90 and everything is fine. Of course, given the balance on my account, according to you I'd be underpaying!

Again, your liquid cash has been turned into monopoly money that you lose in the event you quit playing XI or using SE online products. I don't care what SE has planned down the line because it is irrelevant. I want to pay and play for FINAL FANTASY XI in the amount me and SE through a contract agreed upon.

Do you not see the failings in a system based on rounding? Perhaps that's ok to you in a society where we're used to being hit with fees for everything from cancellation to breathing however.

SE has done the right thing in allowing individuals to pay exactly what they expect through crysta. If these same ideas are spread to all regions then the majority of the complaining will naturally subside.

[Malamasala]

Does anyone else understand this paragraph?

It is supposed to say "Did they say specify, or was it specific amount?" and re-reading the first page I confirmed that it was "specify" and my memory did indeed suck.

[Alhanelem]

Do you not see the failings in a system based on rounding?

Apparently you do not see the fact that you can now get exactly the right amount of "monopoly money" to pay for your game and as long as you don't pay until you're ready to commit to playing, you will never pay for something you're not going to use.

Seriously, this is ridiculous. for the 400th time, SE is addressing your complaint. Stop arguing with me over semantics.

Who the heck is "liking" that? Paying the exact amount is what everyone wanted! Why are we arguing? Why are we complaining?