SE Members to merge with SE Accounts
Starting December 14th, people with Japanese Square Enix Members accounts will be required to either convert their information into a Square Enix Account or roll it into an existing SE Account.
As most FFXI players are aware, if you want to secure your PlayOnline account with a security token, you must first register for a Square Enix Account. These account are “region-locked” in that your SE Account region must match the region of the software you used to first create your FFXI/PlayOnline account. These same security tokens and SE Accounts will be used in the future by people wanting to play FFXIV as well.
Currently, the site does not say that Japanese SE Members accounts will need to match up with a Japanese SE Account but it is highly probable that is the case. For those people that use the SE Member site, take heart. All existing SE Member services, like the custom avatars and blog areas, will be available for people to use after they convert their accounts.
Along with the change to using SE Accounts, the Member Coins used to purchase various things like clothing for avatars or items from the SE e-STORE will turn into Square Enix Crysta. People will be able to purchase the Crysta using a credit card online. The Crysta then can be applied to any number of services linked to the SE Account system.
The NA SE Members site doesn’t currently seem to have any information about required change overs on that end. Perhaps after they see how things go with the Japanese accounts, they will do a similar conversion on NA accounts as well.
Sage Sundi spoke recently at the CESA Developer’s Conference on the subject of RMT. Going into Final Fantasy XIV, Sundi explained the history of Final Fantasy XI and how they have been combating the varied methods RMT employ to disrupt the game. There were harsher than usual words spoken as well, with Sundi calling RMT “criminals” and saying they were not even considered legitimate users of the game.
At the recent CESA Developers Conference, Final Fantasy XI Global Online Producer Sage Sundi decided to stick up for us little guys and attack RMT with deadly semantics. At one point, Sundi was quoted as saying RMT “are not customers, but criminals,” a harsh assessment shared by many in the Final Fantasy XI community.
