That was like 2 decades away. When I started around WotG era, can already put custom amount of crysta. Plus the MMO market are still brand new back in early 2000, it's like expecting newly born babies to immediately driving cars.



Also, since this still using archaic system for processing payments, having crysta actually way better. There are alot of reports of ppl having payment issues when linking directly, at least with crysta being middle, one can have enough time to do some preps incase their existing payment encounters some kind of errors, not to mention each browsers could have different reaction with payment websites & flabbergasted when IE still being referred as a much more recommended usage, being the most unsafe thing to use.


Personally, direct linking your card is a terrible idea, unless u're stinkin' rich & don't care with your flowing funds.