Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

[Bricklayer]

Dear members,

We are shifting to new internal systems and services that require all of our customers to properly identify their current residence in order to access our new products and services.

One consequence of this is that members residing outside of the supported territory (United States and Canada) will not be able to access their existing North America SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS accounts, including MEMBERS Points, after August 31, 2010, 2 a.m. PDT. New accounts may be available in your proper territory. We apologize for any inconvenience.

To find out more about this change, please visit the following web page:
https://member.square-enix.com/na/lo...gionselect.php

If you have questions after reviewing this page, please contact our Support Center at:
SQUARE ENIX Support Center

SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS Team

Just saw this in my inbox. When I was still playing FFXI, I was using my NA account, and the NA client. Now, it looks like they're going to require address registration, and lock out IPs based on which resident country you specify. I'm hoping to contact SE before Sept. 30 to decide whether or not I want to cancel my pre-order of FFXIV.


From the above link:

Square Enix Account Regions

Square Enix Accounts are divided into three different regions: (1) Japan, (2) the Americas, and (3) Europe & Other Regions. The FINAL FANTASY XIV packaged software being released on September 22 and September 30 differs according to its region. Please make sure to purchase the software specifically developed for your registered country of residence or we cannot ensure that you will be able to use it.

[Kafeen]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

Taking things in the opposite direction to what I would have liked.

I'd much rather see them drop the different regions and just have a single global account that can be used for any product.

[Bricklayer]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

Taking things in the opposite direction to what I would have liked.

I'd much rather see them drop the different regions and just have a single global account that can be used for any product.

I agree. I bought the JP version of FFXIII when it came out, and wasn't able to register it on my NA account. I assume the FFXIV redemption code that I got with FF13 is also going to be useless.

Here's hoping SE offers account services in Taiwan. Of course, I'd probably have to use a Chinese client over here, and miss out on the Garland Goggles... whatever.

[Aeni]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

I'd much rather see them drop the different regions and just have a single global account that can be used for any product.

I'm actually pleased with this ... it means server segregation (Hopefully) It actually improves service a lot better since we'll have GMs who can actually speak the language of the region, among other things. Plus it takes away the whole "let's drag this NM and kill it in OUR time zone" effect.

[Feba]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

It actually improves service a lot better since we'll have GMs who can actually speak the language of the region, among other things.

Yeah, FFXI would be a much better game if only it had English speaking GMs.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiddaminnit.

Server segregation is a terrible thing. NM pop times in FFXI are even worse.

[Freelancer]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

I'm actually pleased with this ... it means server segregation (Hopefully) It actually improves service a lot better since we'll have GMs who can actually speak the language of the region, among other things. Plus it takes away the whole "let's drag this NM and kill it in OUR time zone" effect.

Discrimination!


naw...

But they already said that the servers will be global and I don't see them changing them.

Ever.


And that would suck, I have friends from all over the world that I intend to play the game with so I'm against server segregation.

[Bricklayer]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

It actually improves service a lot better since we'll have GMs who can actually speak the language of the region, among other things.

Based on my experience with the USPTO, just because the patent Examiner (or GM in the case of FFXIV) is located in the US, it does not mean they will speak the language.

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And that would suck, I have friends from all over the world that I intend to play the game with so I'm against server segregation.

This too.

[Freelancer]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

Lost FFXIV beta site access.

logging to client gives an error that the service isn't registered.



SE threw us away! lol

[Takelli]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

And that would suck, I have friends from all over the world that I intend to play the game with so I'm against server segregation.

I agree with that. Me and a a few friends in FFXI decided to go over into FFXIV together as an entire linkshell.

Most of them are from the UK, and one is from Egypt if I remember. They had better not make it so that if you are from a certain contry, you can't go to the server.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

Server segregation is a terrible thing.

Well, in terms of SE's vision of rhe game, server segregation would be bad.

In reality we'd be totally be minus the weeaboo-slave mentality over half of FFXI's western population seemed to have. Seriously, people were playing in virtual space and acting like it was Japanese turf anyway or that being born asian gave you a serious advantage in player skill. Truth is they had a two year head start and western gamers eventually just plain took over.

Japanese players never observed the common courtesies western gamers did - you know, like acknowledging a German player might need a replacement since he's living like eight to eleven hours ahead of the American player. Funny how living in a nation with one time zone skews who you play with and yet if they're Austrailian or European they may as well go fuck themselves.

And if the server population is dense enough with Japanese, even your Bard isn't good enough to get a party. Low population server, oh, they'll take an NA or EU bard - but good luck with that DRK or THF. Most EUs I knew had to level WHM, BRD, RDM, PLD, NIN or BST to have a hope of progression at all since they had to play within JPs peak hours. I've played within those hours, too, depending upon my work hours.

Oh and lets not forget how the worship of the Japanese player slowed down job gameplay innovations - things like DRG/WHM, COR/RNG, DNC/SAM, RNG/WAR and several others. Many had extremely viable applications in events and EXP PTs but nooooooooooooo, the Japanese aren't doing it so it must suck. We should be doing what they do.

Now, don't get me wrong, western gamers aren't exactly golden themselves. There's the translator abuse. There's those hicks that flip out whenever another language besides English is used in party chat. Oh and then there's the NA endgame linkshells that stopped observing one of the few courtesies I agreed with at HNM camp - lotting for claim. Eventually ambition took over. Plenty of reasons for the Japanese to want their own servers, too. I wouldn't blame them, really.

Hell, we have the kids operating on a Rick Sanchez level - people who are totally oblivious to what could be considered a racial slur. To them, "jap" is just an abbreviation, but takes on a whole different meaning when a japanese person is present. If you're curious why I compare it to Rick Sanchez, well, he said President Obama is the "cotton-pickin president" just yesterday.

No one can beat that /facepalm moment the rest of this week, not even Sarah Palin

[Grizzlebeard]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

I'd just be happy if they picked one server and flagged it as Euro-preferred but allow anyone to play on it. I don't have issues sharing servers with NA or JP but the original implementation of FFXI was idiotic in as much as they randomly threw us all on different servers so the small EU importer playerbase was scattered to the winds. It took over four years from NA release for a sizeable population to build up on my current server.

[israel165]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

I was looking through my SE account and saw under payment management something about Crysta....

About Square Enix Crysta

It seems like a free to play MMO thing to me. Why would I purchase these to get ingame items when I'm payign for the game?

[Ziero]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

I'm actually pleased with this ... it means server segregation (Hopefully) It actually improves service a lot better since we'll have GMs who can actually speak the language of the region, among other things. Plus it takes away the whole "let's drag this NM and kill it in OUR time zone" effect.

No, it means you can't import and register SE games from other regions. This has no effect on FFXIV as a game itself outside of preventing people in the UK who imported XI from being able to buy XIV locally and still get the discount.

This is a step in the wrong direction, region locked games always seemed pointless imo.

[Etra]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

No, it means you can't import and register SE games from other regions. This has no effect on FFXIV as a game itself outside of preventing people in the UK who imported XI from being able to buy XIV locally and still get the discount.

This is a step in the wrong direction, region locked games always seemed pointless imo.

This is what confuses me. It says: "One consequence of this is that members residing outside of the supported territory (United States and Canada) will not be able to access their existing North America SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS accounts..."

So, if I move out of the US again, I will not be able to log into my account and play? What the hell?

[Grizzlebeard]

Re: Important Changes to Square Enix ID and SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS

This has no effect on FFXIV as a game itself outside of preventing people in the UK who imported XI from being able to buy XIV locally and still get the discount.

Let me understand this, are you saying as I imported the NA version I'm fucked on the FFXI discount and Hermes Sandals?