Changes to PlayOnline Member Agreement [Credit Card Billing Change]
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The ABC-123 of this is:
1) If you change your CURRENT method of payment to something else, you will need a card or payment method that is compatible with one of the two noted systems. (ONLY IF YOU ARE PLAYING ON AN NA PlayOnline Account.)
2) If you do not change your CURRENT method of payment, then you do NOT need to do anything at this time.
3) If/when you change your payment details, refer to #1. HOWEVER, if your card is NOT compatible with either of the above systems, then you need to contact PlayOnline Support to register your details manually.
4) If you are new player, with an NA account, you need to have a card that works with these systems. (Does not apply to EU, JP PlayOnline Accounts)
What all this means: No more gift or prepaid cards unless they are compatible with those systems, most likely, they are not. The basic assumption is that this prevents RMT from using prepaid/gift cards from registering new accounts and spamming us with RMT /tells in-game.
This does not impact any other account type, except NA accounts. EU players with NA accounts will have to call PlayOnline and adjust their payment details manually. Really, any player in the world using an NA account that doesn't have a card that works with either of these systems, will have to call PlayOnline to manually update their payment method.
What this means for RMT: They have to use real cards with real people attached to them, thus making it easier for SE to banstick them later on.
In my case, both my Japanese and American bank cards work with both systems.
I'm sure there will be a QQ fest somewhere in the FF world, but I prefer the RMT /tells and other bullshit... GONE from the game.
Take it as you may...
1) If you change your CURRENT method of payment to something else, you will need a card or payment method that is compatible with one of the two noted systems. (ONLY IF YOU ARE PLAYING ON AN NA PlayOnline Account.)
2) If you do not change your CURRENT method of payment, then you do NOT need to do anything at this time.
3) If/when you change your payment details, refer to #1. HOWEVER, if your card is NOT compatible with either of the above systems, then you need to contact PlayOnline Support to register your details manually.
4) If you are new player, with an NA account, you need to have a card that works with these systems. (Does not apply to EU, JP PlayOnline Accounts)
What all this means: No more gift or prepaid cards unless they are compatible with those systems, most likely, they are not. The basic assumption is that this prevents RMT from using prepaid/gift cards from registering new accounts and spamming us with RMT /tells in-game.
This does not impact any other account type, except NA accounts. EU players with NA accounts will have to call PlayOnline and adjust their payment details manually. Really, any player in the world using an NA account that doesn't have a card that works with either of these systems, will have to call PlayOnline to manually update their payment method.
What this means for RMT: They have to use real cards with real people attached to them, thus making it easier for SE to banstick them later on.
In my case, both my Japanese and American bank cards work with both systems.
I'm sure there will be a QQ fest somewhere in the FF world, but I prefer the RMT /tells and other bullshit... GONE from the game.
Take it as you may...
Yeah, this is my understanding of their information, based on how it is worded.
The only thing that I'm unsure of is the manual process *IF* you don't have a payment method that is compatible. I'm 99.9% sure they've got that covered, which is why they ask you to call PlayOnline for support in that case.
I already checked other boards and there is much QQ to be had... some people have barely enough IQ to breathe, I think.
The only thing that I'm unsure of is the manual process *IF* you don't have a payment method that is compatible. I'm 99.9% sure they've got that covered, which is why they ask you to call PlayOnline for support in that case.
I already checked other boards and there is much QQ to be had... some people have barely enough IQ to breathe, I think.
If it's working now, you don't need to do anything until the card expires. By then, Citi should be up-to-date with that stuff. Otherwise, I'm sure that you can update manually over the phone if need be.
Other Citi entities have this setup, but apparently North America Citibank is lagging behind. :/
Well I'm not too worried yet. My card expires in like 2011.
It does seem a bit odd now to implement some security measure especially now. Why couldn't VISA/MC have done it earlier? Online purchasing could be done well over 10 years ago... and credit card fraud for online purchases have been going on for years as well too.
It does seem a bit odd now to implement some security measure especially now. Why couldn't VISA/MC have done it earlier? Online purchasing could be done well over 10 years ago... and credit card fraud for online purchases have been going on for years as well too.
I can check for you Razor, just pm me the rest of the numbers on that credit card!
talfus, stop taking advantage of innocent FFXI players, you internet predator you!