Paypal please! (or Riot :P)

[Trixxy]

Clueless japanese mmo devs don't care about the petty problems of us Americans and europeans, better continue supporting them at everything they do!!

[Captaindownsyndrome]

ive had this prob as well it wont let pay with debit mastercard this will run people off fast if dont fix it plus dont u want are money isnt that point of making the game so it would be a good idea fix this fast

[kyuven]

This is completely false. I am currently in Japan and despite having language barriers, I have been able to withdraw funds from any and all ATM's I have attempted to withdraw funds at.

I, too, lived in Japan and about half of the ATMs i used would accept neither my mastercard nor my domestic (Japanese) ATM card, despite the ATM card being issued by JP national. It made paying my bills considerably difficult.
So no, this is not completely false. Some of my classmates had to have 2 or more bank accounts just to be able to pay their bills.
Also note I didn't live in Tokyo, Kyoto, or Osaka areas, however.

[Wildsprite]

Update: I would like to add a different method of payment that could be used in lieu of paypal.
-Offer Crysta cards (similar to Game Time cards)
-Offer an option to convert game time cards to crysta
-buy crysta digitally off the Square Enix Store

any of these would be cool to me however.

-Offer an option to convert game time cards to crysta

this would be the easist option for them as the game time cards are already in place. should have been a nobrainer from the start that those time cards should have doubled as crysta cards

[Amiantos]

I, too, lived in Japan and about half of the ATMs i used would accept neither my mastercard nor my domestic (Japanese) ATM card, despite the ATM card being issued by JP national. It made paying my bills considerably difficult.
So no, this is not completely false. Some of my classmates had to have 2 or more bank accounts just to be able to pay their bills.
Also note I didn't live in Tokyo, Kyoto, or Osaka areas, however.

I've been in japan goin on 4 years now. My US issued card worked at any post office ATM when I was up in misawa for 3 years and it works in any convenience store or post office atm here in okinawa. Might be the fact it was a master card you were using as I have a visa and had absolutely no issue.

[Kiara]

Agreed.

PayPal is a very popular and widely-used payment method in many parts of the world, especially in North America.

It would make sense that Square-Enix should do everything in their power to allow this option as payment; it can only HELP Final Fantasy XIV grow, allowing players who only use PayPal to actually give SE their money.

[Miitan]

Clueless japanese mmo devs don't care about the petty problems of us Americans and europeans, better continue supporting them at everything they do!!

I don't have any issues with the current payment methods and I'm in the UK so I don't know what the issue is. :3

[MageBlack]

They have already commented that they are working on it. Look back in the dev tracking if you want an actual official post. I'm in the same boat and waiting patiently. I got a time card for xmas but once that runs out, I'm unable to play until they add paypal back in.

[MageBlack]

Here is the post:

Greetings,

We understand the frustration that the removal of the PlaySpan, and by extension PayPal, billing option is having on customers that relied on it for paying for subscription fees or for the optional services like retainers.

We are currently working on implementing a PayPal payment option and we hope to have this up and running soon. In the meantime, if you do encounter errors when attempting to register your credit card, please contact our Support Center for assistance.

This was from all the way back in mid October. I am curious though on what they mean by "soon"

[Lexia]

I am curious though on what they mean by "soon"

Means Please look forward to it.