Quote Originally Posted by Korpg View Post
So, instead of having to open 2 new accounts, one of which you will probably never use after you open it, you open a third one.

Which is my point. It is still one extra account that you need to open, not three extra accounts.

This system will be in place regardless of you opening or shutting down your account, if this new system will mean the lost of 50~100 players, all well. I know that you guys think that SE hasn't researched the effects of this new system and what it will mean to everyone, but I'm sure that somebody did their research.

Besides, my solution is best for those who are afraid of everything, if they want to continue playing that is. If they quit, they were going to quit soon anyway, they needed an excuse to make themselves feel better (I don't know why, people are like that I guess).
What are you talking about? Currently I have none of those accounts, and I'd have to open all three to continue paying SE. If they'd let me do the same thing that JPs can do (give the my credit card directly), then I'd have to open 0 new accounts. This is just one more payment fuckup in a long line of payment fuckups from this company.

Also, I think you really underestimate how many players pay for FFXI but barely play it. I have more than a few friends that log in once a month and say hello in LS, then drop off the radar again. Do you really think people like that are going to create three new accounts just to drop in for their obligatory "hi?" Heck, I got three Flist messages last month from friends after SE messed up their payment information telling me that they didn't feel like fighting the company so they could pay for a game they hardly play anymore. It's not an insignificant fraction of the current players, and it's not a population that's going to magically reoccur if SE decides to provide a more reasonable payment method. If they want to keep that profit, they'd better do something about it NOW.