Let's say I want to experience the free trial, then move to the complete edition + subscribe (either recurring or timecards), can i understand the following:

1) What would be the region I should create the account for the free trial?
2) How can I purchase the expansions?

The reason I'm asking is because I just found out the game is no longer on Steam. I remember playing the free trial on my Steam Deck last year, got a PC recently so I thought of trying it out again. I simply am not able to find or download the game anymore through Steam.
So the only means to play the game is through a new Square Enix account, but now I also found out there are some major issues with paying for your purchases using debit/credit cards based in SEA. I don't know if this is only affects mogstation or the SE Store as well. Curious to know how the vets here are paying for your expansions and subs.

I have a feeling that regardless of region, I will be dependent on 3rd party key resellers moving forward. Just wanted to check with the pros here first before I commit. Any input helps, thanks!

The region of the account matters in
1. which currency you use to pay for xpac and subs
2. xpacs are region locked, so make sure to check (Timecards are also region locked iirc but correct me if I'm wrong)
3. real life collabs are also region locked - for example, the recent KFC Collab which gave the King Porxie mount was only usable by Japan accounts and the Mountain Dew only by NA accounts

Doesn't really matter in-game since you can connect to any data center once you're in

Currently I buy xpacs and subs using Crysta, bought using PayPal through Mogstation

If it ask for you to enter an address you can just google one in your select country

Since my account is NA, I use a random NA Address I picked from google



This post has been edited by dell212: Sep 19 2024, 05:08 PM

thanks for the reply. you have no issues paying for Crysta using Malaysian CC? curious if this works for EU accounts as well, i read a lot of issues about payments not going through due to account/billing address and region being different

yes, paying using Touch 'n Go visa card through PayPal.

I was forced to update an address and cannot make any purchase when they changed the payment provider, it would not accept any format of address unless you type it in full capital and/or shortened (Like RD for road)

I stopped seeing such complains recently, might have been fixed x_x

I use NA address as well and paid the subscription/crysta via CC.

EU (GB) acc.. adress i juz put oxford, Manchester + poscode lol

subscription using maybank visa recurring every 180 days, 1st time juz call maybank let thru if blocked.

for any expansion or cdkey purchase thru SE store use paypal.. they go bonkers with visa