it's all a moot point anyway...JP regions are able to continue business as usual, as well as getting access to the additional payment methods while everyone else is being forced to completely restructure. All of this COULD and SHOULD have been idone consistently across the board. I could easily rage on for probly 3 pages on this, but instead, just gonna link the wall of text I posted on it in another thread:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post157135