Quote Originally Posted by Vespar View Post
They may be the same Time Cards yes, but not everyone lived near a gamestop or Eb Games or a dept store that offered them, so this is very beneficial.
Unfortunately you are correct that they wont help with retainers/fantasia/transfers, but at least you can still play since UltimatePay is no longer an option for many of us.
Hell, not everyone's nearest Gamestop/Wal-mart/Target/whatever even carries the cards. Nearest Gamestops, Wal-mart, Target to me is 7 miles and the only pre-paid game time card that they sell are for World of Warcraft.

I also wish that I didn't have to upgrade my account to a standard account every time I want to redeem a pre-paid game time card for this game.

Buuuut, it is a start. I'd love to see Crysta cards, but I suspect that even if they were to be made, they wouldn't be available in my area.