I'm almost totally lost for words tonight..

as many of you are aware, the Japan client business went ahead tonight, forcing Japan based players to pay a third party in order to play eve.
The fact of this itself had me wondering if I would continue my subs, but CCP went and made the decision for me..

As of the moment of the change, CCP has CANCELLED all of my accounts.

I am beyond disgusted.

Well.. posting in a moment of rage is little shown to be a good idea, but nevertheless.

If the isn't overturned well.. at least you've saved me the trouble of cancelling the subs myself.

Can someone clarify this

You pay 3 party dudes in lieu of a CCP sub, not an EvE sub + 3rd party fee.

If all thats happening is paying different company, whats the difference.

Because that third party is NEXON, and NEXON has a horrible track record.

The obvious workaround would be Plex, wouldn't it?

Was just about to ask if thats an option.


If you have no iskies buy PLEX directly from CCP, use it in-game to sub. winner winner chicken dinner

So does Germans, Americans and hmm... let's say... dunnooo... Arabs... so because of that we should all cancell them from our lives...

WTF is wrong with you?

Depends on what heinous deal CCP has made .. if they are cancelling existing accounts, then chances are they being moved to the new "system" and using PLEX may not even be an option. Sincerely hope not or we'll have to go shoot some hapless statue again

Eve players may be vindictive, scheming, greedy and downright evil at times but we have historically banded together when part of the community gets the shaft due to CCP.

Whoa whoa whoa, Americans? We pretty much freed the world in 1945.

The obvious workaround would be Plex, wouldn't it?

If all your accounts are cancelled, how are you posting, idgi.

The obvious workaround would be Plex, wouldn't it?

That only allows him to play at X fee, it doesn't solve the horrible customer treatment and administrative setup. It's poor showing if it works like the OP describes, subscription form doesn't matter.

You make a good point there. Any suggestions how to solve it for the Japanese playerbase?

Whoa whoa whoa, Americans? We pretty much freed the world in 1945. :8)]

EDIT: Nexon atm is 1500 yen per month, something close to 19 US dollars.

You're in pretty much the same situation UK players have been up until the announcement that our sub is dropping because we can now pay in GBP, we've had to pay in Euros/U$D or plex which due to exchange rates made Eve quite expensive.

I don't envy you paying through Nexon though, I have Japanese friends who use the name as a curse.

cancelling just means they stopped whatever recurring payment method account had - that doesn't affect any gametime account still has left.

Please allow me to clarify,

There is a message in Account Management for Japan-based players which provides more information about the Japan launch, Nexon billing and special launch offers.

Note that players in Japan still have the option of buying gametime via PLEX/ISK and ETC.

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P.s. I hope the OP sticks with us. EVE is still here, and will be forever

Just the way with local govs/taxation systems. Sucks balls, but what can you do.

op why dont you just be gtc's from shatteredcrystal and convert them to plex then resub your toons that way......... you completely bypass the japanese 3rd party company.

So.... why are CCP going through NEXON? What's the benefit for them?

Please allow me to clarify,

CCP has not cancelled any accounts. What we have done is that we have cancelled all recurring credit card billing for players in Japan, but note that your accounts and characters are of course completely intact.

There is a message in Account Management for Japan-based players which provides more information about the Japan launch, Nexon billing and special launch offers.
Note that players in Japan still have the option of buying gametime via PLEX/ISK and ETC.

P.s. I hope the OP sticks with us. EVE is still here, and will be forever

Because Nexon probably promised them X amount of new customers from the Japan market will join by showing them Y metrics, and CCP went "Who cares about the lolcustomers already playing, we got their money already"

But have you done for me lately...

So does Germans, Americans and hmm... let's say... dunnooo... Arabs... so because of that we should all cancell them from our lives...

WTF is wrong with you?

Please allow me to clarify,

CCP has not cancelled any accounts. What we have done is that we have cancelled all recurring credit card billing for players in Japan, but note that your accounts and characters are of course completely intact.

There is a message in Account Management for Japan-based players which provides more information about the Japan launch, Nexon billing and special launch offers.
Note that players in Japan still have the option of buying gametime via PLEX/ISK and ETC.

P.s. I hope the OP sticks with us. EVE is still here, and will be forever

Did anybody stop and think that perhaps this is being done because the country of Japan requires it? Could, perhaps, have something to do with the way currency is exchanged from other countries while in Japan? I seriously doubt that CCP benifits by going through a 3rd party vs taking payments directly. I am absolutely positive that CCP would prefer NOT to do things this way but are required to for one reason or another.

You hit the nail on the head.
Japan Commerce and Industry do indeed have such rules in place.

You hit the nail on the head.
Japan Commerce and Industry do indeed have such rules in place.
As far as I am aware, such rules are made and supported by M.I.T.I. but if any Japanese player in the know can tell us what's up there, it should be interesting.

http://www.meti.go.jp/english/