Terrible Payment System

[KaiKatzchen]

IDK it would be nice to even see if they have "looked into this" >.>;

Exactly... I would even accept that recycled answer just to know this has been read and they know we have concerns regarding this matter. If they answer they can't say later 'oh we didn't know this was an issue' if it comes up when we go into P2P.

/sigh

[LillithaFenimore]

Exactly... I would even accept that recycled answer just to know this has been read and they know we have concerns regarding this matter. If they answer they can't say later 'oh we didn't know this was an issue' if it comes up when we go into P2P.

/sigh

{Yes, please!}

[Catapult]

No response from my email enquiry yet.

Possibly been chucked on the "Ridiculous" or "Yuk" pile.

[Dreadnought]

you know, most MMOs have cards you can buy at your local licquor store that pays for the game. you pay $15, type the code on the back of the card into the games main website under payment options, and your set for a whole nother month!!!

either that or you type in your CC info, select if you want to be billed every 1,3 or 6 months. you get discounted if you select 3 or 6 month billing cycles.

i dont get why SE doesnt have any of these features.

so Dev.s, any of you gonna step up and comment on the games future payment methods? there are pages and pages and hundreds of posts of people who either do not or cannot use the given payment methods.

[Leeloo]

you know, most MMOs have cards you can buy at your local licquor store that pays for the game. you pay $15, type the code on the back of the card into the games main website under payment options, and your set for a whole nother month!!!

either that or you type in your CC info, select if you want to be billed every 1,3 or 6 months. you get discounted if you select 3 or 6 month billing cycles.

i dont get why SE doesnt have any of these features.

Promoting drunken mmo playing is bad mojo

[AeraLucis]

Needless to say, if this issue can't be resolved before the game goes pay to play, I won't be subscribing regardless of the improvements to gameplay.

[Lerris]

This issue needs to be resolved much sooner than that. Playonline billing is getting transferred to Square-Enix accounts, which means I may cancel my FFXI subscription due to crappy payment options.

[KaiKatzchen]

you know, most MMOs have cards you can buy at your local licquor store that pays for the game. you pay $15, type the code on the back of the card into the games main website under payment options, and your set for a whole nother month!!!

either that or you type in your CC info, select if you want to be billed every 1,3 or 6 months. you get discounted if you select 3 or 6 month billing cycles.

i dont get why SE doesnt have any of these features.

so Dev.s, any of you gonna step up and comment on the games future payment methods? there are pages and pages and hundreds of posts of people who either do not or cannot use the given payment methods.

They do have this option, you can use a generic UltimatePay (Play?) card to buy Crysta and pay for the game but it's not in all of the countries, and some are stuck with no payment options or Click & Buy. As some have said... their banks tell them not to use C&B because it is shady. So some are left with no options on how to pay, or can only use a company that their banks tell them not to use.

Waiting on your reply SE and/or Devs.

[Chocobits]

I would really like to see a rep response to this thread as well. Regardless of advancements and growth in the game (sucking less), with this PITA payment system, the game WILL still flop, it's not even a "might". People like flexible payment options and this isn't the 90's where our CC use could be dictated.

People will always choose the path of least resistance, in the case of an inconvenient billing system, that means moving on to a different game. Rift and TERA are already licking their lips in anticipation of this game to go P2P so they can scoop up the dropout customers.

[Catapult]

This issue needs to be resolved much sooner than that. Playonline billing is getting transferred to Square-Enix accounts, which means I may cancel my FFXI subscription due to crappy payment options.

Given that FFXI is widely perceived as the Square Enix cash-cow these days, one would question why they are making billing any more complicated for it. Moving the billing system to one of a more poorly received game does not sound like a way to keep subscribers smiling, especially when said subscribers have made a conscious decision to not move over to playing FFXIV instead of XI for whatever reason(s) they deem most applicable to them.