Steam Account - Need help for users that don't actually have FFXIV on their steam

[Lozza]

Ok, so with ESO, if both you and your friend play ESO on Steam, can you not use your friend's PC and login and play with your ESO account on their ESO installation?

Only if you login to your own Steam account on their PC, you cannot log into your ESO account from someone else's Steam account. Let me try again.

The OP's friend has the OP's Steam key-
Steam Key 1 (Old) ABC
This key is not applied to the OP's friend's steam account for obvious reasons.

The OP's friend buys a new copy of FFXIV on Steam-
Steam Key 2 (New) XYZ

But what is on the Friend's SE account is the old key-
SE Key: ABC

Steam checks the Steam key XYZ, against the SE account key, ABC and finds they don't match. The OP's friend cannot access FFXIV.
There is no flag in the SE account system to determine a Steam account from a PC account. It has to check the keys themselves.

[linay]

Only if you login to your own Steam account on their PC, you cannot log into your ESO account from someone else's Steam account.

Ok, if that's the case with FFXIV, then that would be a problem.

The is no flag in the SE account system to determine a Steam account from a PC account. It has to check the keys themselves.

On Mog Station, it says I have a standard (steam) account type, maybe it will just check that and that I'm running on FFXIV from Steam.

[Lozza]

Ok, if that's the case with FFXIV, then that would be a problem. On Mog Station, it says I have a standard (steam) account type, maybe it just checks that and that I'm running on FFXIV from Steam.

If you have a PC version of the game that column on the mog station reads PC. Both Steam keys and PC keys are "Windows" keys to the database - this is the reason why we can't just rebuy the game as a PC licence. If you try to input a PC key for ARR it tells you you already have that game applied to your account - not that they keys are incompatible. The incompatible check comes up only if you are adding a game/expac you don't have that doesn't match the other keys - either because it's the wrong region or because it's PC rather than Steam.

[linay]

If you have a PC version of the game that column on the mog station reads PC. Both Steam keys and PC keys are "Windows" keys to the database - this is the reason why we can't just rebuy the game as a PC licence. If you try to input a PC key for ARR it tells you you already have that game applied to your account - not that they keys are incompatible. The incompatible check comes up only if you are adding a game/expac you don't have that doesn't match the other keys - either because it's the wrong region or because it's PC rather than Steam.

Presumably, that won't matter in this case if the friend sticks to Steam.

[Coatl]

This seems like one big can of worms..

It seems that everyone is sorta just guessing as to what the outcome will be. Have you tried perhaps contacting support and getting some insight from them?

[linay]

Greetings,

For users who possess a Square Enix account with multiple service accounts (specifically ones that have both Steam and Windows licenses), the check on if it was launched from the Steam app occurs when the service account is selected on the start screen. If you select a Steam service account when using the Windows version of the launcher, you will be given an error and have to select a Windows service account to proceed. Otherwise, you will need to launch the Steam version to use the Steam service account.

Hopefully that clears it up!

Does the FFXIV Steam service account have to match the Steam account that is logged in to the Steam client when running the Steam version of the launcher or would any valid FFXIV Steam service account work?