Can you purchase Crysta with the Steam Wallet function?

[Ode to Sunshine]

Living abroad has been a real pain when trying to subscribe. I managed to play using UGC but I left the game in April. I hopped back on during the free weekend with my wife and we decided to resub.

Unfortunately, however, we can't. No matter what, my credit card will not be accepted (error 401 coupled with a 24 hour payment lockdown of the account). But we just learnt you can pay for the sub with the steam wallet, provided we own the game on steam. So, since it's on sale, we're considering doing just that.

But I have a few questions:

1.) If I buy the game on Steam now, will the account I already have get the steam wallet payment option added on the Mog Station?

2.) If it does, can I also buy crysta from the Mog Station with the steam wallet payment option? We'd like to buy a Fantasia potion amonst other things.

3.) If we can't buy crysta with the steam wallet option, can we at least buy the cash shop items straight from the steam wallet?

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If someone can clear this up we'd be super grateful. Thanks! :D

[Bacuara]

The problem is that so far you can't link the same account you alredy use to the key you get from Steam, except if you just play at PS3/PS4 so you can use the "Add Windows License" option at mogstation, other way would creat a sub-account at yours and that would get the Steam wallet option (so far what i know).

[Asphe]

No. The Steam Wallet replaces the Crysta option. [this is not an issue if you're a PC player, but if you have the PS3/PS4 version, bear that in mind] i.e. spend the Crysta first.

Your SE account can only have one game code / game service from each of the supported platforms: Windows (including Steam), PS3 and PS4. So if you are an existing PC player, you CANNOT use your existing SE account. If you still want to go Steam, that means a new SE account, saying goodbye to your old characters.

If you want to keep your old characters, get game time cards instead. The cost is identical to Steam (make sure the region of the game time card matches your SE account's region). If you want to buy the optional stuff, use a credit card to top up the Crysta (you can now buy just any amount of Crysta from 500 ~ 10000)

This is not POL. In POL, you could have multiple accounts, so your wife and your kids could all play at the same time. With the new system, each SE account can only have one player using it at any one time.

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To use a credit card, don't get one from a US-based bank. Get one from a local bank and make sure the card has a 'smart chip' in it. Not that you'll use it for online transactions but the presence of the smart chip means the card will be compliant with a variety of regulations, so allowing it to be used with more 3rd party payment processors ~ blah blah blah ~ more likely the card works when trying to buy Crysta.

Example: Don't get a Citicorp/Citibank card from the US. Use one from their 'independant' branches worldwide (i.e. the Singapore Citibank is not the same as the NY based one. AND their cards have the smart chip). They are technically independant to comply with local regulations.

If you're in Japan, Softbank comes to mind (the one whose spokeperson likes to urinate in public). Elsewhere, I prefer Citibank. Also makes it easier to send money (Citibank Hong Kong to Citibank New York? No problem). Avoid HSBC, dirty rotten scoundrels. Amex: No, just no.

[Snootles]

You can contact SE. They will fix it for you if you live in another country/state than where your creditcard was issued. They just require verification.