For those of you that use Ultimate Game Cards

[Yumi_umi]

My only option is to go buy $50 worth of UG cards and wait it out after the shutdown.
I don't have a CC as i'm too young lol and even if i did i would never use it for online games.
If there's no other option in the near future then i'll have to get forcefully unsubbed.
:/ such a shame as all the good stuff like gold saucer was coming up.
Damn it ug why u gotta lay us down like dat.

[Alteiriaa]

My only option is to go buy $50 worth of UG cards and wait it out after the shutdown.
I don't have a CC as i'm too young lol and even if i did i would never use it for online games.
If there's no other option in the near future then i'll have to get forcefully unsubbed.
:/ such a shame as all the good stuff like gold saucer was coming up.
Damn it ug why u gotta lay us down like dat.

I guess there is always the option of getting a prepaid card like a $xx prepaid Mastercard or whatever and still buy Crysta that way, but it isn't gonna be quite as cheap. :/

[BobbinT]

well... this is bad news indeed :?

[Wildsprite]

I see where people are coming from and sucks for those that use UGC but UGC is a private company owned by VISA not SE, why does SE get all the flack for what other companies do?

SE wouldnt be getting any flack if their payment systems worked for everyone like they should. but they don't which is why a lot of us turned to UGC in the first place.
SE has had ample time to make sure their payment systems worked. replacing the ones that don't.
getting rid of click n buy was one smart move they made.
however they still have lots of reports that payments aren't going through and have yet to fix the issues or get new payment systems.

those time cards are a good idea in theory but in practice they don't work because there is more than FFXIV time that some of us need/want
you cant use those time cards to pay for extra retainers or to pay for FFXI and those of us that are legacy get screwed because they only add 60 days.

anyway I didn't put this post up to argue. I put it up to make sure players saw it to give them ample time(if they can find the cards)
and in hopes the community team might have an answer as to whether Ultimate Pay is going to start making SE Crysta cards for them(this I am hoping for lots)

[Lithera]

SE gets the flack because they put themselves in this position. Granted managing an payment system for an international product is NOT easy, but they haven't gotten their game time cards released worldwide and they are GAME TIME not crysta which is a big mistake because it forced them to not allow the game cards for Entry accounts and they cause Legacies to overpay. This is certainly on Ultimatepay because they've had a history of doing crap with very little notice to consumers. Hell SE probably found out about this at the same time we all did and are crapping themselves.

[Wildsprite]

SE gets the flack because they put themselves in this position. Granted managing an payment system for an international product is NOT easy, but they haven't gotten their game time cards released worldwide and they are GAME TIME not crysta which is a big mistake because it forced them to not allow the game cards for Entry accounts and they cause Legacies to overpay. This is certainly on Ultimatepay because they've had a history of doing crap with very little notice to consumers. Hell SE probably found out about this at the same time we all did and are crapping themselves.

Ultimate Pay did say they plan to use their mechant's currency directly so maybe their plan is SE Crysta cards(if SE wants them that is). but they were very vague

[necrosis]

Sincere question here, just wanna know.

Why do everyone seem to have panic to debit cards? i have been using a debit visa since i was 16, when i started playing ffxi, i only pay like 3-8$/year for it, and that account only holds money for online payments.
If you're under 18 or 21 depending on your country, you can open an account with an adult.

I see responses ranging from "tin foil hat" to "I don't want to". And I thought I went out of my way to find things to complain about.

[Diavolo]

Sincere question here, just wanna know.

Why do everyone seem to have panic to debit cards?

For me, it's two reasons:

1.) SE's CC acceptance system seems very fickle. I don't want to risk multicharges/account suspension/etc.
2.) I prefer time cards/UGC because I don't have a steady income. So, I don't want something coming out of my account monthly because I never know if something will come up. I prefer to buy in bulk and without worrying about it coming out of my bank account. I pay for my sub with cash from the odd side jobs I take.

[Vespar]

The biggest problem I have with the current system is that my family is stationed in another country. When we are in the US my credit card works fine and is accepted for use on SE's system. But overseas, my credit card receives errors when attempting to attach it to my account for payments. Therefore since being overseas I had turned to ultimate pay via paypal to pay for the game. If they remove Ultimate Pay I will no longer be able to play once my sub runs out. SE should partner with more widely accepted means of online payments such as paypal and the like.

[Huntington]

This is effing awful, UGCs were the only way I've been paying for XIV since December, and it worked for XI as well since it would just use Crysta. CCs are unreliable with what everyone else has told stories about, and way too risky as well. Good thing I'm getting a steady income now, gonna buy like 7 or 8 20$ cards by July so I have something to fall back on for awhile.
Thanks for this info OP I would never have known if I didn't get on here and see this.