Account Region Change?

Probably a sore issue, but i am wondering if we will be allowed to change our SE account Region when FFXIVARR launches or before. Some of us have actually moved since we first made our accounts and honestly, since i live in the US, paying in EUR seems a bit ridiculous.

I would like to pre-order the CE digital edition, but am reluctant since i hear that with the wrong region purchase your account can be locked.

Hopefully there has been some new news on this. Anyone know of anything?

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Here is the link for the posted question in the Letter from the Producers LIVE thread @ LINK

Hopefully people will like the question which will help the community admins/devs notice it.

-fuzz

no information on this yet maybe you should ask that for the live letter.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

no information on this yet maybe you should ask that for the live letter.

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I just might post this question because i cant seem to find a lot of current/relevant news on this topic.

-fuzz

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Originally Posted by fuzz

I just might post this question because i cant seem to find a lot of current/relevant news on this topic.

-fuzz

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because no one have ask this question. But i agree a lot of people may move so i hope they have something you could change region.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

because no one have ask this question. But i agree a lot of people may move so i hope they have something you could change region.

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Yea i cant remember when they made us pick a region... 2010 maybe? So 3 years is quit a lot of time

Is there a link available to post questions, or is it like most streams where they pick questions out of the chat box while streaming?

-fuzz

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Originally Posted by fuzz

Yea i cant remember when they made us pick a region... 2010 maybe? So 3 years is quit a lot of time

Is there a link available to post questions, or is it like most streams where they pick questions out of the chat box while streaming?

-fuzz

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you can post it here :)

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...663#post993663

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

you can post it here :)

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...663#post993663

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Thank you, Zenaku

-fuzz

I asked about changing my account region last year and SE email support said it was not possible.

I emailed them again yesterday. I mentioned again that my account region is overseas, and would it be OK to buy an out-of-region product just for physical and in-game items. In their response, changing regions was not an option.

Also, fwiw, they confirmed that "as far as [they] were aware" the bonus items aren't region-locked, but the main product registration code for the game would be. They also "strongly recommended" that I purchase the version of the game that matches my SE account region in order to avoid any issues in the future.

So as I understand it, the answer to the OP's question is no, but maybe if many others ask the same question, SE can discover a way to make it possible.

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Originally Posted by fuzz

Thank you, Zenaku

-fuzz

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I had this problem a whileback with my XI account (I, too moved from the EU to the USA) and they wouldn't change it for me. I hope that they may allow this in the future... Not for myself, my XI days are long-gone; but if there are others in the same situation that I was in, it would be nice to have a resolution for that.

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Originally Posted by ArkhamNative

I asked about changing my account region last year and SE email support said it was not possible.

I emailed them again yesterday. I mentioned again that my account region is overseas, and would it be OK to buy an out-of-region product just for physical and in-game items. In their response, changing regions was not an option.

Also, fwiw, they confirmed that "as far as [they] were aware" the bonus items aren't region-locked, but the main product registration code for the game would be. They also "strongly recommended" that I purchase the version of the game that matches my SE account region in order to avoid any issues in the future.

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Yea i asked today about changing my region on Live Chat and the guy (Agent Londin G) simply just said no and Disconnected. ROFL.

As for buying the game from a different region, the warnings they previously gave about not having your game & account regions match... i am still weary of. Doesnt look like that issue has changed since theyre highly recommending having them both match for 2.0 as well.

They probably dont see the amount of people wanting a region change as big enough to warrant them spending time to address the issue. Thats just my guess

-fuzz

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Originally Posted by Nix

I had this problem a whileback with my XI account (I, too moved from the EU to the USA) and they wouldn't change it for me. I hope that they may allow this in the future... Not for myself, my XI days are long-gone; but if there are others in the same situation that I was in, it would be nice to have a resolution for that.

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I posted an edited version of the OP in the live chat thread Zen posted. Hopefully they dont gloss over the question. It is definitely a frustrating issue :T

-fuzz

Here is the link for the posted question in the Letter from the Producers LIVE thread @ Posted Question LINK

Hopefully people will like the question which will help the community admins/devs notice it.

-fuzz

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Originally Posted by fuzz

Thank you, Zenaku

-fuzz

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your very welcome :)


Also for the few that did a live chat the T1 people don't really know much. I remember i had a issue with putting a code in beta account and not my real account they told me there no way i could get a new code. I told them give me T2 and got it fix within 30m.

But for region yes there really no way and if there was a way i don't think T1 chat support would know even if there was there very limit on information for some reason. I hope SE make a way to change region in account one day.

same problem, I want to change my region too

I want to change my region too.

i wish to change my region too :<

The best thing we can do as a community is raise awareness about this issue. Make sure to LIKE the question in the thread so HOPEFULLY the question will be asked to the producers and we can get an answer directly.

It seems that there are more people who have this issue than i expected. Even if you dont have an issue with this problem, it would still be appreciated if you can help us get an answer/fix to this.

-fuzz

bump for awareness (and i will keep bumping to try and garner more support from the community to help get this issue addressed)

-fuzz

I never even knew it was an issue. Here's hoping for some raised awareness and maybe even some plan or action to look into fixing it. I, myself, plan to move regions in the future and I'd hate to run into this issue.

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Originally Posted by Themis

I never even knew it was an issue. Here's hoping for some raised awareness and maybe even some plan or action to look into fixing it. I, myself, plan to move regions in the future and I'd hate to run into this issue.

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It's awful to have to go through D:, good luck on your move though! I hope it goes really well for you :)

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Originally Posted by Themis

I never even knew it was an issue. Here's hoping for some raised awareness and maybe even some plan or action to look into fixing it. I, myself, plan to move regions in the future and I'd hate to run into this issue.

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Yea, definitely is. It would make sense to unlock the regions every once in awhile or at least be able to do it through SE support, but to have no way of changing is a bit ridiculous.

-fuzz

id love to chang from euro to dollar too :D dollar is after all worth less than euro ^^

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Originally Posted by fuzz

Yea, definitely is. It would make sense to unlock the regions every once in awhile or at least be able to do it through SE support, but to have no way of changing is a bit ridiculous.

-fuzz

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Or perhaps go through some process involving a notarized letter stating you have indeed switched regions, with some kind of proof such as a bill in your name or something lol.

I hope you guys get an answer soon.

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Originally Posted by Vilhem

Or perhaps go through some process involving a notarized letter stating you have indeed switched regions, with some kind of proof such as a bill in your name or something lol.

I hope you guys get an answer soon.

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If this was guaranteed to work, im sure most people would be willing, but it would be a pretty archaic process. >.<

-fuzz

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Originally Posted by fuzz

If this was guaranteed to work, im sure most people would be willing, but it would be a pretty archaic process. >.<

-fuzz

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I agree, but it would be one way to prove you no longer live in one region, and so they could counter people like Medusa who just want to region change to pay a lower fee.

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Originally Posted by Vilhem

I agree, but it would be one way to prove you no longer live in one region, and so they could counter people like Medusa who just want to region change to pay a lower fee.

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This is true. Although, if he was smart, shouldnt he had just picked the US region to being with >.<

-fuzz

bump for awareness

-fuzz

bump for more awareness.

-fuzz

Bump. This needs to be addressed!

Gah! bumped into this thread, head hurts!

Couldn't resist! :p

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Originally Posted by Nix

Gah! bumped into this thread, head hurts!

Couldn't resist! :p

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;)

One last bump before LIVE tomorrow.

Please "LIKE" the comment i posted in the LIVE THREAD (link posted in OP) so we can try and catch the Dev's eye.

-fuzz

Guess they didnt answer this Q, maybe next time...

-fuzz

i dont think it will ever happen lol

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Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce

i dont think it will ever happen lol

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Too tough a question, on too sensitive a subject >.<

-fuzz

I don't really care what region I'm in but I wish they'd charge me in my own AUD currency ~_~ Euros are a bit much considering we're slightly closer to America than we are to Europe physically and when it comes to money wise we're much closer to America (the American dollar is about AU$1.04 whereas the euro is AU$1.35). If Oceanic countries can't have our own region, we should at least be put in the closest one to us.

**Update**

Called the SE # provided and asked them if there was any current process or any plans in the future to implement a process to change SE regions on account and the answer i received was basically "no"

-fuzz

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Originally Posted by fuzz

**Update**

Called the SE # provided and asked them if there was any current process or any plans in the future to implement a process to change SE regions on account and the answer i received was basically "no"

-fuzz

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SE should allow but put a time limit on when you can't switch again maybe 1-2years. Something like xbox does that allow you to switch your games to other xbox.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

SE should allow but put a time limit on when you can't switch again maybe 1-2years. Something like xbox does that allow you to switch your games to other xbox.

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Yup thats what i was saying. Every 1-2 years you should be allowed to change.

-fuzz