So I guess I'm... back? (Edited Topic)Follow

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The below is my post when I thought I was unable to return to FFXI. I still mean all the sweet and nice things within it, and it's still an issue SE needs to deal with.. but yea, GlobalConnect is like Honey Badger. It don't give a ****.

So yea, Pawky isn't dead no more.


First, my explanation, in video form.


I haven't been in these forums in forever, primarily because I left FFXI when my credit card was cancelled during the time the info got stolen. I just never re-upped because I was no longer able to keep up with the progression grind. I was also more interested in playing FFXIV with my fiancee. She never really got into XI.

It's insane to think that I spent nearly 6 years playing pretty much solely FFXI, with rare deviations. In my final 4 years, my playtime gradually ran down, spiking back up when they introduced Abyssea. I have had so many friends, and so many fun nights on this game. And while I would never be able to capture that same feeling again by going back, it was always comforting that I could.

I will miss wandering the zones, hunting NM's. I will miss sitting in Sky, marveling at its design. I'll miss seeing the insane shouts that sometime crop up. I'll even miss my spinning little moogle.

I long to see my little house again, with all my trinkets and toys gathered from years of play. I miss even the vacant friend list I have, with names that haven't logged on in years. I wish I could go into the field once more as my Beastmaster. Or as my Dancer.

I didn't want it to end this way. I would have preferred to be there when the servers went dark. I was there near the beginning, I would have loved to be there at the end.

I know here on Zam I have friends and enemies. I have contributed, trolled, mocked and joked with many of you. And while I will bet that many of those whom I knew in my infancy here are gone, there are likely a few steadfast fixtures lurking around.

To those whom I met through here, thank you for your friendship. If this is truly the end, and I can find no other solution to resurrect my account, then this will be my final set of posts here at the XI boards. I don't often come to Zam anymore, just not much of a forum lurker/dweller as I used to be. It could likely mean my time here is done too. But then OoT exists, or at least I think it does.

To those whom I have never met, I wish you well in the game. I do not hate XI, I don't even truly hate SE. I'm just terribly sad that this is how my time ends.

And to all of you, treasure your moments in game. Some may say it's sad to enjoy a video game that much, but truly XI has been, and continues to be, a social game. Sure, you are able to do more with fewer, but having friends makes the game that much better.

With that, I withdraw for now, and hope that somehow this is not the end of me.

Edited, Oct 15th 2014 4:38pm by Pawkeshup

Edited, Oct 15th 2014 4:40pm by Pawkeshup

For those with payment problems; I understand they might be adding paypal directly to the system (Re: From XIV board but it is relevant.)

I'm calling tech support right now to confirm that.

Me, I am proly going to go to XIV in a month myself, and let my brother have the account (there will be some crysta left; I felt I owed him that). Most of my friends are now in XIV; I have a little core group that I've been doing Seekers missions with; I want to see the end of that. I mean to keep my cooking guide as up to date as possible and make sure I finish testing the kits before that happens; hopefully I can with FFXI AH and stuff since yes, I care. ^^

As for you, I do hope you can get the issues sorted out. Having that happen always sucks the big one, no matter who it happens to.

[Edit]Quoting from what I put on BG: (Elizara is my username over there)





Edited, Oct 15th 2014 1:10pm by maryadavies

yeah the call centre is useless. Bout time Camate/anyone responded we have been posting about it for 2 weeks now.

Edited, Oct 15th 2014 12:33pm by Olorinus

Well first, Playspan is at fault, not SE. Ultimate Pay decided to refocus, not them. So they bailed on SE, not the other way around, also... well, I'll let my post from the official forum just speak for... me...?


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/197446-The-inability-to-change-your-country-and-the-end-of-my-time-with-Square-Enix?p=2502467&posted=1#post2502467

Yay Pawkeshup! Glad to hear you got it fixed finally.

May that paypal come soon, I bet you are not the only one cursing about this POS business; some can't use their cards, so playspan was their only option.

I mean XIV has those time cards but we don't get nuffin >.<.

Edited, Oct 15th 2014 5:14pm by maryadavies

YAY!

Welcome back, Pawke.

We probably don't really know each other all that well, but I do remember long long time ago seeing your posts around, and I'm glad you were able to come back.

Depending on how long ago you've played, I'm thinking that maybe you will enjoy your time in Vana'diel. I know I sure did when I rejoined in March. I'm having way more fun in Vana'diel these days than I ever had in the past.

Hope you enjoy your FFXI time!

Right, they would sell it, but then they would control the rate they charged as well. You see, before they were a trust-style company. You pay them for points, then purchase points for you, similar to how PayPal works. There was a fee for that interaction because, since you don't have your own card to use, they are charging you.

When they say "assist", they mean, "We now sell the currency, not you." Crysta would, in essence, be "owned" by UPay. They would set the rates and terms via a contract. Right now, SE still sells Crysta as well, something that would have to stop.

The reason for this is so they can mark up every currency so they make so many cents off of every dollar, and the terms they likely offered SE were ridiculous. Don't think they shut them down cold, they likely negotiated, but found the terms bad. UPay was always a stop-gap to begin with, and honestly I'd like to see time cards being offered somehow, though I know it's much harder with the variable fee you pay (maybe it's time to stop that...?).