For those of you that use Ultimate Game Cards

[Husker]

It's not that we don't listen or penny pinching. i never had any "free card" or a cheaper sub and i'm not a legacy player . I got a prepaid mastercard but it expired and i won't renew it because i've used it only for XIV ( v1). With ARR there was ultimate play which was really useful and easy to charge with a regular bank card.

And like i said , i can't buy a game time card because i live in EU now and i got a US account. Thks to vespar and Pluvia , i now know how to pay my sub. thks to you two .

Herosamson , you're just obnoxious . what about getting a deal for a sub ? what is wrong about that ?

And without Vespar tips , i just couldn't play anymore , i got no mastercard anymore , and i can't buy game time card where i live because they're EU code which won't work with my NA account.

now i just have to wait for paypal to receive and charge my account to buy a NA game time card.

[Vhoxz]

I have exactly the same problem. I use a prepaid (cause i spend too much money) and i could pay perfectly using UP, when i try to pay to SE directly however i get all the errors in the world. I contacted support (chat) and they didnt help me at all, more like chatting to a computer (it probably was). Now i need to figure out another way to get my subscription sorted.... what a mess. What does a person have to go through just to play a game he likes, it's just sad.

[Wildsprite]

If your not a legacy account you could buy the digital gametime codes on the SE Store can also use paypal on there

not a bad option for those players that can use it, IF they aren't planning to get any of the options such as fantasia or extra retainers.
still this is giving Legacy players the "up yours" even if it isn't intentional

[Vespar]

And without Vespar tips , i just couldn't play anymore , i got no mastercard anymore , and i can't buy game time card where i live because they're EU code which won't work with my NA account.

now i just have to wait for paypal to receive and charge my account to buy a NA game time card.

Glad I could help ^_^ I know the Digital Time cards aren't the greatest solution for legacy players who have a cheaper sub cost, or those wanting to purchase fantasias.. but atleast you can still play. Which I guess is better than nothing.
Glad to see you'll be sticking around Husker

[Lucke]

This issue would be solved if SE would allow us to use our Steam or PSN wallets to pay. Just take it out of our wallets at once so we don't need to worry. IE: Pay for 6 months and that money would be taken from your wallet and you don't have to worry about the sub for those 6 months. This way, people can use cash to buy Steam/PSN cards without having to use or need a credit card. I just don't know how that would work between SE and Steam/PSN (taking money from the wallets, and if those services would want a cut).

[Raist]

not a bad option for those players that can use it, IF they aren't planning to get any of the options such as fantasia or extra retainers.
still this is giving Legacy players the "up yours" even if it isn't intentional

It also short-changes the Entry level subscribers as well. I played XI for 10 years and only ever had one toon in that game. Don't plan on having more than one in this one either... so why should I pay $15 every 30 days when I can pay $13? Oh.. and you can't use the time cards on an entry account either--you HAVE to convert it to use a time card.

The point is, for a long time now, we've been able to pay just what we needed in order to play. For many, this is leaving them with options that are only going to increase their costs--whether that is the loss for using a time card, or extra fees incurred from using pre-paid and such. SE needs to get on this NOW and not drag it out like they did with the Click&Cry debacle from XI.

[Alteiriaa]

Yea, kinda like them to hurry up with this. I couldn't even use paypal to pay for this game (it went through ok every time, but got a refund email pretty much instantly.), so I was using the cards to get the crysta to pay for my time for XI and XIV. As a Legacy player, Time Cards cost me more, never mind no stores carry them around where I live. And given my current personal situation, I need to try to save money, not hemorrage more then I really need to. (I'm bad at savings, shush.)

I'll happily buy a pre-paid credit card a few times to keep playing-- I've done it before to top up on crysta when I couldn't find the cards-- but if that card gets denied, I have no idea what I'll do.

[HeroSamson]

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Nothing wrong with getting a deal, though tell me this.

Is it Square Enix's fault that ultimate game card closed down? I mean they have zero control over another corps actions and SE did make FFXIV game cards except no deals and im positive you could pay money to get that card.

so the 2 friends post and yourself and how long you played ffxi kinda seemed pointless to mention if you ask me I am not trying to be a ass

[BobbinT]

Nothing wrong with getting a deal, though tell me this.

Is it Square Enix's fault that ultimate game card closed down? I mean they have zero control over another corps actions and SE did make FFXIV game cards except no deals and im positive you could pay money to get that card.

so the 2 friends post and yourself and how long you played ffxi kinda seemed pointless to mention if you ask me I am not trying to be a ass

Then let me ask this back to you: How do you pay for extra services like retainers and such without CC or having your CC unable to registered as valid payment?

Don't know if you give this much thought, especially if your CC has no problem so far. But what if yours getting problem later on?

And don't you think that SE, given that it's "not their fault" as you said, should've prepared contingency plan before UGC went down with playspan disabled?

I'm working on company that provide services. If things like this happened, some department especially financial & IT will get no sleep for days until subscription issues got sorted out. Now... I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but... you think SE should take easy approach on this?

[HeroSamson]

= you think SE should take easy approach on this?

Well yeah of course retainers are done with a CC but like I said before credit card company No Foreign Transaction crap is on the their side not SE's.

But you are right the retainer thing is a issue for that.

Also No I think SE should look into things to make it easier for fans.

I think SE messed up on a few things, I am even regretting on buying a house reason is basically this, just imagine a server merge if the population get low what will happen to the house you paid for but I agree with some of your statements.