Quote Originally Posted by Rosina View Post
Seriously guys, rage moar?

Sorry for using internet speack but it is just a video game. If you do not like the new billing practices. Then simply do not play.

Sorry for the wrong info on my part, but honestly THE MAIN POINT was saying if you guys do some research, there are ways to pay for the game other then click and buy.

Crysta in a nutshell will be my payment. And I know how it works. Simply do this option instead of click and buy.

So yes you guys are just fearing change instead of looking into things. Sometimes you do not get what you want in life.

I will break down how crysta works, which is by far the safest option. Or do you not remember that SE was hacked twice before?

anyway $1= 100 crysta

if your account is say 15.95 a mnth, round this up to 16.00. that means you need at least 1600 crysta. look at the list of cryta amounts and pick the best option for what you want. I would just save up and get a $100 worth. Or simply use your credit card on paypal for the ultimate pay. This put 10,000 cysta on your account. And you will not have to toucvh to for several months. if a flat fee of $100 is simply not for you. just take your account fee round it to the nearest dollor then double or triple it. and pay two to three mnths in advance. It is very easy.

Also contact SE about your region. Stating click and buy don't work for you. Also do not blame se because of the country you live in. That is your regions fault for not hosting the game in the first place.
Simple put instead of raging just use the option you can and ask questions to the dev team.

No need for all this imaturaty over a video game. I only wanted to help you guys out. since there is no need for it.
Do not fault me for trying.
so much wrong with this post.... where to begin....

For starters, some people are getting completely blocked out with the change, that have been able to pay and play just fine with the billing in POL...one in this very thread....but I guess you completely missed that post:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post156494

This isn't an issue of fearing change...it is that they are selectively denying access to a certain payment method and allowing it for others. Theere is not justification for this--all the pieces are in place within their business structure, as well with the new system--as evidenced by multiple posts about it in various threads. In some cases, it is locking out people from a payment option they may have been using for up to nearly a decade. But I guess you've missed those posts as well. Again, some are even in this very thread, just a handful of posts back:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157159
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157217
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157396
(yes, I know they are my posts...they were just quick and easy for me to find, but there are more about this issue from others)

Again with the crysta....100 payment cycles... for $1295 USD. Thats how much you have to buy to avoid wasting your money to play the game via crysta in the US. That's computes to 98.6 months....8.2 years. That my friend is a rip off. Again, that was covered in exhaustive detail in other threads. Again, this (among other issues) has been covered in various posts...here's one of mine in another thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157135

and again here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157406

you get the idea... Crysta really is a crappy option unless you are able to always buy it in amounts really close to what you need to cover your billing. Buying it in bulk for a game this old and whose priority for playing it long term for so many players just doesn't make a whole lot of sense at this point in time.

And that point about the game not being hosted in your region???!!! Did you REALLY just post that so soon after the big mess witht he server shutdowns due to the earthquake in Japan???!!! FFXI was not designed to run on regional servers. If the posts weren't buried so far back, I would dig it up.. but trust me...this game will not be split up and hosted on localized regional servers. SE had specific reasons for keeping it centralized that were discussed/debated adnausiem several months ago.

As for immaturity....ummm... no. It's more about SE's code of conduct in this matter. IE.. Good Business Ethics, as it was briefly touched on here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157343

Which I think pretty much sums it all up in a nutshell. The crux of the problem is that for nearly decade SE has preached routinely about their desire to keep this game platform and regionaly neutral...and yet they make decisions that are ovbviously biased toward one specific region with absolutely no justification, as I again pointed out here:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157396


TLDR: don't try to come off as an informed person and then call everyone immature for thier arguments based on factual circumstances when you haven't put forth any effort to compile an informed opinion...and please, in case you are feelilng the urge now.... don't go crying if you get hit with someone's pimp hand.