Or at least everyone who's covered most of their September sub. It's just that people whose subscription runs out really close to September 30th won't really benefit from the free period at all.
I know it's just $10, the price of a meal, SE needs money, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME OH WELL etc. but it's kinda frustrating when your sub runs out on September 29th and you could have benefited from the promotion by just waiting a day or two to resub.
Why not make October and November free for everyone?
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09-12-2012, 04:37 AMRorisWhy not make October and November free for everyone?
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09-12-2012, 04:41 AMShougun
A french dev has commented that your time will move into ARR. So your payment is not lost. Besides legally they wouldnt try to skimp you out of your change. So you pay september 17th or something - your time is ticked down till 29/30 where it stops ticking down and you move into the free period. The rest is saved till ARR.
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09-12-2012, 05:01 AMRorisWell that's more reassuring, got a link to the french dev's post? I kinda wish the english page was more clear about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shougun
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09-12-2012, 05:05 AMlololink
yeah Youm said that but i wasn't sure about it :
here is the link
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post806007 -
09-12-2012, 05:05 AMShougun
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...007#post806007
Unless I missunderstood I believe that answers your question.
Edit: lololink, is your name have link in it because you link so fast >.> lol -
09-12-2012, 05:07 AMlololink
nah it's only because of zelda =)
btw i did not linked that post earlier because it really isn't clear . -
09-12-2012, 06:07 AMRoris
Thanks for the links
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Oui pour la première question. Avoir un compte actif/payé au 30 septembre donnera la possibilité de jouer gratuitement par la suite.
En fonction des dates de renouvèlement d'abonnement, certains joueurs auront plus de jours "gratuits" que d'autres.
Hmm, still not very reassuring, it's basically just saying some people got more lucky and get more free time than others.Quote:
Yes to the first question. Have an active account / paid on September 30 will give the opportunity to play for free thereafter.
Depending on the subscription renewal dates, some players have more days "free" than others.
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09-12-2012, 06:09 AMlololink
the problem is that Youm didn't say what are these free days , since everyone gets the game for free until the shutdown then it would mean that it's for ARR launch but i'm still not sure .
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09-12-2012, 07:32 AMRoris
Yeah it's pretty vague, would be nice if it carried over to ARR. I mean I guess I don't mind paying, I'm sure a lot of people on the same boat will just suck it up and pay too, but it would nice to have some official clarification.
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09-12-2012, 08:13 AMKowenQuote:
Originally Posted by Shougun
I know google translate isn't totally accurate (although it's pretty good with French)... but that rep post seems to say the exact opposite of what you think it does.Quote:
Yes to the first question. Have an active account / paid on September 30 will give the opportunity to play for free thereafter.
Depending on the subscription renewal dates, some players have more days "free" than others.
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09-12-2012, 08:13 AMIngolf
It should at least be free after November the 1st so people can experience the finale event.
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09-12-2012, 08:15 AMlololink
no that's a good translate ( i'm french so i understand what it means ) but it doesn't says if the free days are for the launch of ARR or :
if i pay the 25th then i'll have from the 25 of october to the shutdown as free days but it would be different for someone paying the 10th -
09-12-2012, 11:57 AMRoris
Yeah it doesn't really say anything clear about it carrying over to ARR, sounds to me like if you didn't get it you didn't get it, and might as well pay your next month.
That would be really nice, don't understand why they had to add that limitation, I know they probably don't want people who haven't subbed in a while to suddenly come back on the very last month and play for free, or they're doing it to combat RTM or whatever. Maybe they could have limited to Legacy members if they wanted to be really picky about it, but even then it would be more unfair to people who didn't get it.Quote:
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09-12-2012, 12:13 PMLevian
How exactly would you stop billing to not screw someone over? Whether they cut renewal on the 1st, the 30th, or anywhere in between someone is getting "boned." Honestly, 6 days free may not be as good as 30 days free, but it's still better than being charged right up til the 11th when servers go down.
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09-12-2012, 12:14 PMlololinkby giving the extra time back for ARR .Quote:
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09-12-2012, 12:33 PMAlhanelem
May as well just make the game go totally free to play, because no matter how SE handles it, somebody is going to cry and complain.
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09-12-2012, 12:34 PMShougunWishful thinking - there is a whole thread aganist F2P. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem
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09-12-2012, 12:35 PMAlhanelem
I don't want F2P either. But at least it would stop all the *&^#$ing about billing.
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09-12-2012, 12:54 PMRorisGood thing asking for clarification isn't crying and complaining, it's just asking for a rep to clarify if that paid time is going to carry over to ARR or not, since it's a bit unfair that some people are going to have to pay for almost a whole month that's promoted as free, and you can't really just shrug that off with "it's just luck" or "it's just the price of a couple of burgers and fries, what a complainer".Quote:
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And now I want some burgers and fries. -
09-12-2012, 01:03 PMAlhanelem
Some people were crying and complaining, not just asking for clarification.
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09-12-2012, 02:30 PMShougunI hope they just take the time that conflicts with the free time and move it into your ARR subscription. Because anyone who paid for the game thus far is pretty much 99.95% likely to at least try ARR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem
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09-12-2012, 07:52 PMQuesseWill some Rep please clarify what happens to the extra weeks we paid for. Are they lost or are they rolled up into ARR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem
In english would be nice. >.>
PS. Why was the other (first) thread on billing deleted? Instead of going through the effort of deleting it, why not take the time to clarify and defuse the situation. Deleting the thread just makes it seem like there's something to hide. -
09-12-2012, 08:18 PMColinoI would think so, I can't see them just throwing away the extra days you paid for.Quote:
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09-12-2012, 08:37 PMAntipikaAnd where is that? I can read French and that was NEVER said...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shougun
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09-12-2012, 08:50 PMMijin
Why not send me a check for $20?
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09-13-2012, 12:59 AMShougunMy misunderstanding of it then, sorry. I'm a bad french reader I guess :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Antipika
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09-13-2012, 01:29 AMBharata_SenkaNobody is going to be able to "over-pay". 1) You can only pay for one month at a time. 2) They are not allowing people to pay for another month after the September 30 cut-off period, so the last date that will be paid for is October 30 (or 31 or whatever).Quote:
Originally Posted by Quesse
If you pay for your month on Sept 10, you are paid through Oct 10, and can play from Oct 11 through Nov 11 for free.
If you pay for your month on Sept 25, you are paid through Oct 25, and can play from Oct 25 through Nov 11 for free.
Since nobody will be able to pay for another month on or after October 1, there is no possible way that you will be able to pay for service past November 1. -
09-13-2012, 02:13 AMMalixIts pretty much if you weren't those lucky few that subbed in the first week of sept. you wont get a free month, heck if i weren't lucky enough to sub in the first 2 weeks of sept than you wont even get 2 weeks of free time lol. if your in the category of subbing at the end of aug than you wil get only a couple of days of free time. I think this is one of those things where they try to come off as nice by the free time but actually most ppl arent really getting it. So in the end it rewards luck and not so much loyaltyQuote:
Originally Posted by Quesse
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09-13-2012, 02:19 AMQuesseFTFY - since we're being technical, there is no 'playing' after nov 1 since nothing is saved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bharata_Senka
And while you're explanation is technically correct, I don't see that its remotely fair as reflected in your astute example above. -
09-13-2012, 02:30 AMMalixYea i think the point is that its not fair lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Quesse
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09-13-2012, 02:59 AMGidonoidon_Sur
WHY U NO PAY FOR MY RENT!?
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09-13-2012, 03:35 AMRorisYeah that's pretty much how it feels like, I mean I'm glad for the people who can actually benefit the most from it and can just shrug it off, but a lot of people will only get 3 days for free at worst, not much you can do about it really except wait for a rep to clarify.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malix
That would seriously be great and would be the best solution, hope they can do something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shougun