Easier payment system

[Tempestmoon]

has anyone else seen this on the FFXI Forum? I would imagine that these options would be coming to FFXIV as well, or are they already?



You've Spoken and We've Heard You
You, the community, have clearly expressed your dissatisfaction with our billing system transition—and we are listening. We now understand that the options we presented you did not meet the level of service you have come to expect from Square Enix, so we have been working hard to address these concerns.

Accordingly, we will be extending the transfer cut-off date until we are able to implement the following improvements:
- New credit card payment options for Crysta [Available Now]
- The ability to specify exactly how much Crysta you want to buy [Early Fall]
- New recurring payment credit card options [Mid Fall]

We hope these steps show our ongoing commitment to you, our fans. It is our goal to make the FINAL FANTASY XI experience as fun and rewarding as possible.

Also in the days to come we'll reveal details for new offers and incentives to help ease your transition to the new system.

We sincerely thank you for your continued support of FINAL FANTASY XI.

Yasu Kurosawa
FINAL FANTASY XI North American Online Producer

[DoctorMog]

I dont see paypal in there.

[Inaaca]

It sounds to me like they're bringing Crysta and Click and Buy to FFXI...

[Tempestmoon]

They already did that, now they are adding more payment options

[Zenaku]

Yes we talking about it over at "http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/14581-Terrible-Payment-System" no need to make a new topic about this issue.

[Razor]

At first I really thought this was going to be another Crysta thread asking for new payment options. Then after I read it I was extremely skeptical and thought you were trolling! But I am completely overjoyed at this news.

Thankfully XI still has some pretty rough characters and they weren't going to take click and buy laying down. I was on the verge of cancelling my XI subscription like a lot of others and there was a 1050+ reply thread giving SE the ultimatum to change billing systems or they were going to shut down their accounts come Sept 1st. Looks like SE listened and caved.

As much rivalry (I guess?) between XI and XIV, we have to thank them because I don't really know if this would have ever gotten changed had there not been such a resistance.