Quote Originally Posted by Catapult View Post
Meanwhile, here I am in Australia where we have been labeled a European region (thanks to the whole PAL vs NTSC thing) and thus I will be forced to pay in Euro. Corollary: We will be paying more than almost any other region,
The whole geographic account separation is stupid for a game with international servers.

The only correct answer to this is to buy an US game, and pay in USD. And you can't go back in time, unfortunately.