questions about payment

[PrairieDuck]

What method do you other FF XI players use to pay for playing? How many ways are there to pay to play? What is the best way?

[LocoColt04]

Credit card.

It's the only option offered by the PlayOnline service, which is something they're doing away with for FFXIV. (I'm assuming they might open up to credit as well as time cards.)

[PrairieDuck]

That is a bit of bad news for me,because all I have is a debit card. I better look into finding another payment option then.

[Calvan]

That is a bit of bad news for me,because all I have is a debit card. I better look into finding another payment option then.

They do offer a 14 day free trial. I'm not sure if it requires payment info or not but take that route to make sure you actually like the game.
Or wait for Final Fantasy XIV. It's gonna kick XI's ass, Much more WoW's ass anyway.

[Andromeda]

If your debt card doubles as a credit card as well, then that will work. If you see like Visa or Mastercard or something like that on your debt card then it will work just like a credit card. Because I use my bank card which is a debt/credit card type of thing.

[PrairieDuck]

Thank you for posting that,Andromeda. You have given me hope.

[Andromeda]

Glad to help. People usually forget that about bank cards so it gets overlooked. I find it nice since I'm not charging it to a credit card, its just my bank account. ^^ Well hope it works out for you, its a fun game.

[Serah]

As far as I'm aware you can get XI for xbox in the UK - was just wondering how much it is monthly/annually, I was thinking of getting it :|

[xTidus]

You shouldn't have to pay for it!

[Serah]

if you pay for xbox live anyway, you shouldnt have to pay for it :|

[xTidus]

if you pay for xbox live anyway, you shouldnt have to pay for it :|

I certainly agree with that!

[Furore]

if you pay for xbox live anyway, you shouldnt have to pay for it :|

PlayOnline is seperate from xbox live. You can play FFXI online with a silver XBL membership which is free.

[Sean]

if you pay for xbox live anyway, you shouldnt have to pay for it :|

XBOX Live is ran by Microsoft, FFXI is ran by SquareEnix and is not in any way affiliated with Microsoft's XBOX Live service, as said above you can play with a Silver (free) membership.

That's like saying I pay for WoW so I shouldn't have to pay for FFXI too.

[LocoColt04]

Or, "I pay for internet service, XBL and all MMOs should be free" - people wouldn't be able to run their services if that were the case. Or... they'd all be very very very very ad-laden.

[Zidane77]

What do ya mean free?
Pay for one card and don't have to pay monthly again and still play everything?

Can you get a silver membership for the ps2/pc version ?

[loaf]

Unless your PS2 is the big giant one with a Hard Drive you aint playing it on the PS2. But for the PC you just need internet access no need for xbox crap.

[Zidane77]

Unless your PS2 is the big giant one with a Hard Drive you aint playing it on the PS2. But for the PC you just need internet access no need for xbox crap.

I know, i just want to know about this silver membership, is that only for xbox?

I do have the phat PS2, i was wondering if there was another way than to pay every month, say buy a card.
Much easier

[Sean]

I know, i just want to know about this silver membership, is that only for xbox?

I do have the phat PS2, i was wondering if there was another way than to pay every month, say buy a card.
Much easier

Silver membership is the default free version of an XBOX Live membership. It allows you to go online with certain games (Such as FFXI) and download updates for your XBOX and games via the internet, as well as use the messenger service.

However, to use things on the 360 such as the Netflix service, or a majority of games online, you have to pay $7/mo for XBOX Live Gold.


XBOX Live Gold in no way has any affiliation with the monthly cost of playing FFXI. So if you do have an XBOX Live gold membership, you still have to pay subscription fees for FFXI, but as previously stated the free XBOX Live service, Silver level membership, still allows you to play FFXI assuming you're paying the monthly fee to POL.

Unlike WoW, to the best of my knowledge, POL (Play Online, the online service used by Square Enix for FFXI) does not sell time cards in-stores, the only way to pay for the game is via credit card. No matter which platform you play it on, you must pay a monthly fee.