The inability to change your country, and the end of my time with Square-Enix

[Mrssanta]

It's mind blowing that we're not allowed to change our country when not everyone lives in the USA and I play ff14

[Pawkeshup]

Not for FFXI it isn't. I can buy the virtual cards for FFXIV, but I just don't see a reason. They never offered that for FFXI, and who knows how long it will last with FFXIV. I'd rather just be able to setup the auto-pay as I had before. It worked, and there was never any issue of an item not being available or having to go through some extra step or two in order to just play. I feel that if a company is that inflexible about payment (And SE has been legendary in that regard), that perhaps they simply no longer desire my business.

[Rjain]

I can buy the virtual cards for FFXIV, but I just don't see a reason.

"I am perfectly capable of continuing my service with FFXIV with little to no effort involved on my part but I will choose not to even though I say I am a big fan of Square Enix and previous Final Fantasy titles, out of protest."

[Aleczan]

"I am perfectly capable of continuing my service with FFXIV with little to no effort involved on my part but I will choose not to even though I say I am a big fan of Square Enix and previous Final Fantasy titles, out of protest."

Apparently, by making this mockery, you just didn't care that the REAL problem that OP was facing is that FFXI does not offer time card, so his FFXI account was dead. That and, also, if I have same issue with my 2 games, I would rather find a method that fixes both games (FFXI and FFXIV) rather than using 2 separated methods.

Most importantly, we legacy players can pay for FFXIV subscription for 1 month at $9.99, but the time card is like, what?, $29.99 for 2 months? Plus, I was paying for 180 days for more discount, so it is $47.94 for 6 months (7.99 each). Naturally, people, including me, would prefer to save money when they have the rights to. I find it unfair and unkind of you to make that mockery to the OP when this is also the fact for this issue.

To Pawkeshup: I am struggling to find a payment method for my FFXIV as well, as now PlaySpan (UltimatePay) is no longer available, I cannot spend my PayPal money to buy Crysta anymore. I have no credit card but I think I might be able to get a virtual one from my bank. The real problem for me, however, is that I've been hogging a hell lot of dollars (foreign currency for me) in my PayPal solely for FFXIV payment. PayPal exchange rate is unfair in my opinion, as it gives less than what standard banks would give, if I exchange dollars to my currency, so I think I will have to keep my dollars in PayPal until I find a good way to transfer all that money back to my wallet.

Glad you found a way around the issue to at least solve your problem temporarily, though.

Also, yeah my country doesn't exist in SE account country option either. XD Tough luck. eh?

[Amused]

This really isn't the right place for this sort of issue. I hope you're able to solve your dilemma though.

[Kiara1]

This really isn't the right place for this sort of issue. I hope you're able to solve your dilemma though.

Actually I would say it is. The only way to make them do what you want is to make it know how they handle it. They don't want to get an even worse reputation than they already have (atleast I think they don't) so by sharing it more people know how their bussiness actually work. And im sure they don't want everyone to find out

[MysticNeko]

Can you not just use your card to buy crysta and then set up the automatic transaction to come from crysta? Thats what I do, then again I didn't move between countries.

[Kimikryo]

Can you not just use your card to buy crysta and then set up the automatic transaction to come from crysta? Thats what I do, then again I didn't move between countries.

Do you even read the mails that say !! ATTENTION !! in the header from SE?

Crysta are no langer usable, obtainable, redeemable since September 30th 2014

@OP
Did they change something? I remember during the early FFXI days, only US addresses where accepted. My creditcard always got billed, although I never set a foot into the US.

I also VAGUELY remember, that addresses could be changed in FFXI ... because ... well because I changed my address. granted it was within the same country and same dristrict but street and landline changed :|

[Felis]

Do you even read the mails that say !! ATTENTION !! in the header from SE?

Crysta are no langer usable, obtainable, redeemable since September 30th 2014

I bought Crystas last week (germany)

[Amberion]

Strange, I was able to change my FFXI account.

I imported the US version, and you couldn't use EU addresses with that. So people would have to "fake" their addresses. And a few years back, I sent a ticket to their support to ask them to change my account from US to EU.

I would think you just having to change location would be easier then that.