SQEX Attempt to Eradicate "Foreigners" from JP Server by BLOCKING/Convolute PAYMENT.

[dwodmots]

Can't you just pay on steam? There's a yuge button on the mogstation.

[Aneshda]

Gaijinocide is currently happening in mostly SEA countries since it's not listed/recognized by Sqex. This is also affecting people that migrating from their previous country, since they won't allow you to change country.

Some countries can use Paypal to buy Crysta but for my case, it's giving 11000 error and Crysta option is permanently unavailable.

The only option is game time card, but it's overpriced for an already weak currency in my region. As it forced you to sub for 60 days, retailer costs, and Standard sub instead of Entry. On top of that, some people trying to sub with game time card also met with page asking for address (I can't verify this yet, not planning to resub atm).

I personally think isn't an honest mistake from their part and 100% intended. As their Notice from weeks ago is clear with their intention. But I hope I'm wrong and Sqex will rollback and fix their payment system.

edit: For people that don't believe my "tinfoil hat" theory, please come up with a more logical and sensible reason why Sqex suddenly block payment so close to DT.

Gaijinocide <--- does this Word even exist? Google says no ...

[TheOperator3712]

Look, you weren't there when Chinese players coming to Mana in waves of hundreds/thousands and filling "HxD" in PF everywhere on the entire server during EW.
And in single day, Sqex got rid all of them like a magic. These guys working in Sqex are smart people, the thing you said is so amateurish in comparison. So I wouldn't be surprised if this is another preemptive move from them before the next big expansion.


You're not even reading my post.

Having mods ban a bunch of people is incredibly easy. Especially if they are engaging in nuisance behavior. What I said isn't amateurish, it's literally what Monster Hunter Frontier Z did, and Phantasy Star Online 2 is still doing. I can tell you that it is extremely effective at keeping the vast majority of foreigners out and that JP game companies aren't shy about putting up IP blocks. If SE really wanted to kick gaijins out of the JP datacenters, they would just IP restrict them. Or, if they were feeling vindictive, they could track IP locations and ban accounts that connect from outside of Japan. This isn't about xenophobia, this is about payment fraud.

[Jeeqbit]

It's likely not to "prevent people from playing on a JP server".

It's also likely not to "prevent SEA players" because an OCE data center was created just for them.

It's likely because they want the appropriate currency value to be paid and for it not to be possible to pay less by using a different region.

Obviously, this may be too expensive for many and cause them not to play, but it's been an ongoing issue people have had for a long time in certain countries with significantly different currency values.

[Reinha]

It's likely because they want the appropriate currency value to be paid and for it not to be possible to pay less by using a different region.

Which is stupid because when people move irl they end up using the currency of their new region in every other context but are still stuck paying with their old currency in FFXIV.

My husband has been paying a cheaper sub in GBP because he has a UK account but he has lived in Finland with me for years. After contacting them in the past they literally refused to accept a higher price in euros from him so he's been paying less than me all this time even though this is a supported region. Now it's looking likely he will run into payment problems after his sub runs out and he is not going to waste any more time fighting with SE about this. One less Dawntrail sale for them, well done!

[Canadane]

edit: For people that don't believe my "tinfoil hat" theory, please come up with a more logical and sensible reason why Sqex suddenly block payment so close to DT.

Fraud prevention.

[Canadane]

Can't you just pay on steam? There's a yuge button on the mogstation.

Only if you own the Steam version of the game.

[DrForester]

Yeah, you're just spouting nonsense.

There's clearly a issue with payments at the moment, but if they wanted to stop people from playing on Japanese servers, they wouldn't allow everyone to make a character on Japan Data Centers. Right now anyone, regardless of which region they are in, can make a character on any of the servers for the four data center regions.

[tsuchii]

I'm genuinely curious why they don't have license in SEA/ SEA Steam tbh when you can buy 15 and 7 on steam with no issues.

[kaynide]

Paypal is not a widely accepted payment system to people who actually live in Japan. People who live here can easily goto almost any convenience store and buy crysta there (it's like buying an Apple or Nintendo point card). Alternatively, you can just use a credit card.

I'm a foreigner living in Japan and it's super easy to set this up/pay for this game (again) assuming you actually live in the country.