For several years i have requested a reduced deposit limit, partly so that i don’t get carried away and spend to much and partly so i am more thoughtful about how i spend my peds on any given month (usually leading to more hours/$$$).
However everytime my card expires or i change card my limit is returned to $5000 a month.
Why is the default limit so high?
Why does my limit keep resetting?
Why do i have to request support to decrease the limit (instead of being able to do it straight away in game or on the website), why does support only have category for “deposit - increase limit” and not a general “set limit”?
Why is it not possible to set in game hour limits or even in game spend limits?
Should MA do more to protect its user from over spending?
so that i don’t get carried away and spend to much
I think Mindark’s not at fault here. Try to go with a fixed amount each month, put it on a seperate account so you won’t deposit too much. If you can’t control yourself, seek help.
Some might argue that it’s too low. I guess it’s all relative.
Why does my limit keep resetting?
At first I thought you were asking why a monthly limit would reset, but now I see that you are talking about a lowered limit that you requested. They seem to tie the limits to the payment method rather than the account - when I had my limit increased it was only increased on one of my payment methods, IIRC.
Why do i have to request support to decrease the limit (instead of being able to do it straight away in game or on the website), why does support only have category for “deposit - increase limit” and not a general “set limit”?
Why is it not possible to set in game hour limits or even in game spend limits?
A user-configurable limit would likely be a pointless feature. Players who simply control their own spending don’t need it, and players who can’t control themselves would just go increase their configured limit once they hit their previously configured limit. Perhaps if they only allowed e.g. one change per quarter it might work, but if this is a feature you need, I agree with Spawn in that you should seek professional guidance.
Should MA do more to protect its user from over spending?
No. People should have personal responsibility and accountability to control their own time and money spent.
It is quite common in the UK for people to be able to enforce a limit on their own gambling. Either in betting shops, online etc. It’s a term of the gambling commission license.
The hard limit is often used to help problem gamblers to curb their own addiction. Saying " use a different account, or - go get help" doesn’t work in these scenarios.
I ofc don’t know ops circumstances, but setting yourself your own hard limit on a game like EU doesn’t seem unreasonable.
Yes in the UK these types of things are common for all types of gambling. Even later in the year depositing money into online gambling via credit card will be banned. It is interesting to hear different opinions on the topic
Perhaps it would be a form of admitting their game is gambling if they were to have that option.
As those types of options generally apply to only gambling products.
