"you can not have more than 180 sub days at a time"

could we increase this number to 181 or 182? Because I do not want to set it to automatic renewal, I would rather make a steam wallet payment and 180 days give the best discount. However I'm afraid that if I wake till my account hits 0 it might boot me mid a dungeon or something. I think that having some freedom with 1 or 2 days here and there would make the process of resubbing a lot more user friendly.

365 would be nice for me. I'd love to just pony up front for a year :X

Pretty sure you can just top up your time. You can't have more than 180 total days, but if you renew a month before your time expires you'll only have around 30 days.

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Originally Posted by RhoddODduw

Pretty sure you can just top up your time. You can't have more than 180 total days, but if you renew a month before your time expires you'll only have around 30 days.

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That doesn't help, because he already said he wants to buy in batches of 180 days. "180 days give the best discount"


OP, I honestly don't know how it is for FF, but another game I played I'm fairly certain that you were able to continue playing after your sub lapsed as long as you were already logged into the game. Once you logged out you would lose access. Do you know if SE does it where you will be booted the second the sub lapses?

This didn't happen to someone I know personally, so take it for that. But a long time ago I was running a dungeon and someone went LD. Their buddy in the group said that his subscription ran out and he is trying to renew and get back in the game. Ended up taking a while so his friend said to go ahead and replace. If that was really true or not, no clue, and also no idea if his subscription ran out that very minute, or if there is some of delay for a few hours or so first.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't boot you out if your sub expires while logged in.

You just won't be able to get back in.

But you should be able to add more time, it's silly that you can't.

I personally can confirm its going ti kick you out when sub expires it happens to me un stonevigil around 1 year ago

The difference in price between 90 days and 180 days is just £3.60. Hardly going to break the bank.

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Originally Posted by RhoddODduw

The difference in price between 90 days and 180 days is just £3.60. Hardly going to break the bank.

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every £ is still a £ :)
And still why offer a 180 day sub, if you can only have 180 at a time. Why not a day extra to that max had?

Probably for that exact reason, to pressure people to pay that little bit extra, or go without service for 15 minutes.

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Originally Posted by Lethallin

I'm pretty sure it doesn't boot you out if your sub expires while logged in.

You just won't be able to get back in.

But you should be able to add more time, it's silly that you can't.

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It kicks you out otherwise if it didn't people would just stay logged in and never log out for as long as they could stay on to avoid having to pay their sub once it ran out.

Can confirm, got kicked out of Turn 8 during a raid just before I pulled the avatar (back when SCOB was the relevant raid)

You don't always get kicked at the same second your sub runs out, but within an hour or two you will, yes.

If you have a recurring subscription (no matter if it's the 1-month option or the 6-month one), it doesn't matter; the new one will take effect the moment the old one expires, provided the payment went through. So I agree with the OP -- if the options in Steam is to buy "x days" instead of having it be a recurring payment that's automatically debited your account/card, why force you to wait until the sub expires before you can tab/log out and replenish it? Why not be able to pay before-hand and "queue" the new days to apply when the current/old ones expire? Similar to recurring subs?

Edit: managed to miss/forget that the first post mentioned not wanting a recurring sub, not that it wasn't an option. But still... it should (IMO) be possible to "queue" a 180-day 'game-time card' ^^;

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Originally Posted by mirta000

every £ is still a £ :)

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I could stand to loose a few for the upcoming beach season...

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Originally Posted by Kelzack

365 would be nice for me. I'd love to just pony up front for a year :X

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Same here.

Decided to use my taxes and loaded up 16k Crysta (I've been paying with Crysta since it's FFXI).

To avoid automatic renewal issues when funds vary. Use Crysta. You can put a set amount in your account and leave it.
If you don't have the fund ready at renew time, then you can just let it lapse. When ready add Crysta and reactivate (instant really).

This has been the method I have been using for quite a while. It is convenient and prevents the auto renews i forget about.

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Originally Posted by cloverkitty

To avoid automatic renewal issues when funds vary. Use Crysta. You can put a set amount in your account and leave it.
If you don't have the fund ready at renew time, then you can just let it lapse. When ready add Crysta and reactivate (instant really).

This has been the method I have been using for quite a while. It is convenient and prevents the auto renews i forget about.

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I get round it by using Steam Wallet One-Time-Payments. So then when I'm ready to renew, I renew. Dunno if I'm renewing after my current sub lapses though.

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Originally Posted by Noxifer

Why not be able to pay before-hand and "queue" the new days to apply when the current/old ones expire? Similar to recurring subs?

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You can

Buy Crystas for 180 days
Put Sub on automatic and that you pay with Crystas
Win

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Originally Posted by Felis

You can

Buy Crystas for 180 days
Put Sub on automatic and that you pay with Crystas
Win

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Well, it's not an issue for me personally, since I use recurring subs anyway, but... can you even buy Crysta with your Steam Wallet? Since I don't have my FFXIV via Steam, I have no clue. If you can, then that's a good solution. If you can't, it doesn't really help OP with their problem ^^;