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[bronzekey]

That when you cancel your account, your game access is suspended immediately? Can't even play out the rest of your paid-for subscription. I thought that was interesting, and I can't think of another game that functioned this way.

As a sort-of aside : Japanese games confuse me as of late. So far I have played several eastern-developed MMOs and they have all taken an extremely haughty "we know what's best" stance toward their playerbase in many aspects. Is this a cultural difference? I have always heard that Japanese service culture is extremely polished but don't get that feeling from the MMOs I've played.

Edit - I actually cancelled the auto-renewal instead, because that statement intimidated me (which I'm sure it was meant to do). I do like the game, the crafting, the aesthetics. Will wait another 6 months (if I am MMO-homeless/ESO disappoints me) to see where this game has headed and see if it's more my "thing".

[Sove92]

Yeah well, you're canceling your account, duh.

If you cancel your sub, you get to play it to the end.

[bronzekey]

I don't think I understand the significance of closing your account versus ending the subscription. Do they wipe your character and all info or something?

[Sove92]

You can always reactivate your account without char wipe, should keep the remaining sub, too. Closing and reopening was a common tactic to combat some launch 3012 problems, playtime was not lost (minus the downtime).