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Ive been dealing with a game data recovery ticket for weeks now maybe a month with no replies nothing and have been calling customer support with my ticket number they keep telling me "we cant give you an estimated time we have no way of messaging them or telling them to do yours unfortunately" every customer service calls ends with no help i have been calling everyday for almost a month now with no help no nothing and in the meantime my paid Subscribed days will Not be refunded even though they are causing the delay . Im missing 20 million Gil and i know exactly which time it needs to be rolled back using game data recovery and have filled out the form with all details and information and yet still no replies only reply i get is "we will email you once its done" im losing my paid subscribed days and still no progress or updates on whats going on. In the meantime i have been with a police crime report and the police was able to finish a thorough investigation in my real life and gave me a full on report in less than 3 days while square enix takes longer than a pentagon FBI investigation... what are they even doing ? ive dealt with i would say 39 different gaming platforms customer support over the span of 13 years and have never ever experienced such a bad customer service and this is probably the only game that i pay for monthly all the other ones are major AAA big title games and with even bigger company and higher net revenue they have 40 times more players and still serve customers and players in a orderly and quick manner ..
Quote Originally Posted by SilverSp View Post
newsflash : pandemic isnt only affecting square enix its affecting the entire planet as of right now so what that means :
1) every single company whether its gaming or other type of company are all affected by covid
2) every single other company in the world with more players in their games across all platforms have 150 to 380 times faster and quicker customer service with better resolution
3) other companies with 700 + Million players who play their game for free even have better service
4) square enix doesnt get a free pass cuz its covid because other companies affected by covid have better performance then them even in this situation
5) even a police investigation takes shorter time then their process
6) when you make people pay full price for a game and charge people a full premium monthly payment to play the game even after paying a FULL PRICE for the game and extra for EACH DLC you set your bar high so your customers expect better customer service . Certainly better service than any free to play game yet its opposite and free to play games customer service is apparently a few hundred times better.
7) the customer service phone line puts you on hold for 3+ hours and only keeps saying that "we cant see the status unfortunately you have to just wait" for weeks and months while im losing my paid subscription days
8) i had 39 different MAJOR gaming companies customer service and over few hundred other entertainment companies customer service experience and nothing was as bad this .

out of few Hundred companies Square Enix's customer service has to be the Worst in the world
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FFXIV is one of the most enjoyable games to "Play" i do agree with that however now the subscription for this game is one of the priciest out there for any MMO rpg . now to justify that payment monthly ? yes i agree They have one of the best production crew for music / animation / story etc. however that doesnt justify it to be 40% more expensive . When you charge customers more your customers or clients expect more . IF i am going to pay 40% more than any MMO in the world then I "SHOULD" EXPECT that type of content out of the game Yet the game has lots of lackings and some boring grinding to do for things like relics which i know are optional but it is part of the game that isnt the most enjoyable to do .
Now the 2nd comment is the customer service : Square enix's customer service i would say is ranked the worst customer service in any entertainment companies history within last 43 years . For example . issues with your account ? cool its a premium paid subscription based game / service so i am guessing their customer service "Should" be better than a free to play MMO RPG games right ? ur account is locked ? no access ? contact customer service for SQUARE ENIX and after 3 hours of hold the cutsomer service person will tell you " sorry we dont have any direct contact with the other team that helps you restore your account we cant do anything you just have to wait for email we cant even escalate your call to anyone we cant do anything" after 2 weeks of no action and you still dont have your account restored guess what still no updates on your support ticket and even then after 19 calls to square enix's customer service phone they still keep saying "we dont have any connection or any way to reach the other team you have to keep waiting it takes 1 month to 2 years for it to be done based on volume and "IF YOU DONT HAVE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION PAID" this whole time while ur ticket is up we wont resolve your support ticket or fix your issue" thats literally what they said to me after 19 phone calls and 2 months of waiting . i had to pay my subscription for a game i cant play and they wont resolve my issue and has no way to even get an update . and No you will NOT get your days reiumbursed for the days you lost of paid subscription !
lets get to the last point it is maintanence : after every update the company finds a way to not once not twice not thrice but quadriple times (4 times) mess up something every patch. so we have to always lose a whole half a day of playtime 4 times in a row after EVERY UPDATE . they never in history landed a clean patch without a BUG or a glitch . every time theres a patch i know ill lose approximately 24-36 hours of them shutting down and not getting my moneys worth of playtime because theyll mess something up and shut it down to fix it another 8 times in a row then the next patch drops and you know youre about to lose another 36 hours of 6 hours each to fix the first patch they dropped .
justify most expensive sub fee ?