Hi,
This isn't a game changing or forum suggestion, but I'm not sure where else one might make such a suggestion.

Can you please look into the possibility of allowing us to pay the game subscription by credit/debit card instead of using the Crysta system. It's so broken and I would not feel comfortable using it to pay for the game as it has been bugging me since details of it were first released. It is the sole reason I never set up a payment method when starting the game at release.


The following is a rant about the Crysta system that I typed before getting to the point above. I figured I'd move it to below the actual suggestion and leave it as optional reading.

The Crysta system was a nice idea, but poorly implemented. It has holes all over it and will eventually cause more hassle than it's worth. Instead of creating a single universal currency for customer interaction with SE, it has created different kinds of Crysta but without the names. ie. you have US$ Crysta, €Euro Crysta, £GBP Crysta, and I'm sure a load of other currency Crysta's, none of which have the same value. Why does it have to be so complicated?

If you had valued all Crysta the same to start with, and allowed people to purchase that Crysta in relation to the value of their currency we could have had a universal currency. Instead, down the line, we'll have things for sale and e-mails saying X product costs 100 Crysta if you live in Europe, but 90 Crysta if you live in the UK, or 170 Crysta if you live in the US, etc. Then there's the rediculous logistics of customers changing residence between countries. Whoever thought up the Crysta purchasing methods was definitely off their game that day.

If the Crysta system is going to be fixed to make sense it's better it's done before people start paying subscription fees.


Thanks

Gun Anam