PETITION: Regarding FINAL FANTASY XIV Steam Version (Mar. 8)

[Lozza]

Seeing as launching through Steam is how I always run the game anyway, and have never had an issue, I dont see the issue here.

Ayer right now it does nothing different from launching via launcher. You get an overlay by doing this but there is no difference in functionality. Your client connects directly to SE's servers. When this change becomes enforced your game will function differently, it will connect to Valve's auth servers which will then forward your game connection on to SE's servers. If Valves servers go down, you will DC. If the connection between Valves auth servers and SE's auth servers overload or otherwise mess up you will be booted from the game and be unable to log in again.

This has already happened with another MMO, ESO. ZOS could do nothing to help the users because the problems are always on Steam's end. It has been a mess for over 18 months and Valve shows no signs of trying to find a serious solution to the issue. To imagine that it will somehow be different for SE belies the reality that just this morning the Steam auth servers came back up after 2 days of being down for ESO. The game is still getting days and weeks of downtime for Steam users. FFXIV will have to contend with the exact same issue.

[Lilleke]

Consider it signed from me.

[NoFacenano]

Singed! I only bought the Steam Version years ago because of the easy payment with the steam cards. But since i have Paypal i dont even need this anymore and Steam itself is only making Problem with the Game. I once tried it through steam and i ended up with donloading the whole game like 3 or 4 Time because of "corrupted files". Without Steam the Game works fine. I would like to switch but i don't want to start from the beginning again and leave my Char and my MogStore Items laying around doing nothing...

[Ranaku]

Signed! This will just cause more problems, angry players and a bad reputation for SE/FFXIV. And I guess I'm not the only one who doesn't see the actual problem, i mean we still have to buy the expansions via steam. So steam doesn't lose anything when we are playing without steam. But hey..."Steam policies", even if it makes no sense.

[Lozza]

Signed! This will just cause more problems, angry players and a bad reputation for SE/FFXIV. And I guess I'm not the only one who doesn't see the actual problem, i mean we still have to buy the expansions via steam. So steam doesn't lose anything when we are playing without steam. But hey..."Steam policies", even if it makes no sense.

At a guess, I would imagine they would also like Steam users to pay their subs by the Steam wallet so Valve gets a cut. They ended up doing this for ESO as well - all crown purchases have to go via the Steam wallet. I managed to get my ESO account converted from Steam to PC though after a 4 week downtime issue. But it's also likely I only got that offer because I was paying for the optional sub at the time. Subs are not optional here. I very much wonder what SE's policy will be for all the downtime, will they compensate Steam users or will they just wring their hands and say well the issue isn't on our end.

[TheGrimace]

I'll sign this for you. I don't have the Steam version, but I know people who do and I know they've had to deal with plenty in the past already, thanks to the awkward link between the services.

I don't know if there's anything that can be done, but if there is, I'm all for it.

[Lozza]

I'll sign this for you. I don't have the Steam version, but I know people who do and I know they've had to deal with plenty in the past already, thanks to the awkward link between the services.

I don't know if there's anything that can be done, but if there is, I'm all for it.

SE simply allowing us to apply PC keys to accounts that already have Steam keys would be a start. Not ideal but a start. As it stands though you can't mix and match Steam and PC keys you also can't put a PC key on an account that has a Steam key at all. PC and Steam keys sit in this weird place of not being the same yet being the same - unlike PS3 and PS4 keys that were always treated as different in the account system. As a result at this point in time without any action on SE's part Steam users are being held hostage to this change. Assuming the service is no better or worse than ESO (which has required this for some 18+ months now) there will be at least 5 days every month where Steam users will just not be able to log into the game at all - nevermind massive and constant disconnections and disruptions to the game.

[KikiKang]

Dears! Please help me! I am so desperate now~T T
My FF14 account is steam version.
When I first heard of this game, I have no idea what the difference between those versions.
And a friend of mine, help me set up all the account details.
I was able to play the game since then.
Afterwards I noticed my account is steam version, even though I don't have a steam account
Now because of my relocation, I can't reach to that friend.. He just doesn't reply to my messages.
If I don't have access to the steam account which he originally bought the game for me, it means I am fxxked, don't I?...
Every time I think of I will never play my current account after late March, I want to jump out of the window. OTZ (ಥ_ಥ)

[SpiritMuse]

I'm on PS4 myself but absolutely signed.

Pleas SE, do something about this, free the Steam-bound players from their Steam-jail and let them have regular PC keys.

[Dischord]

Signed. I want off this train wreck before it causes problems.