Quote Originally Posted by MrKusakabe View Post
I do understand this thread about the concerns you have.
But I do not understand the attempt of bailing from it now. I walked into the store and bought my copy - with disk and plastic box - in 2013. But this step - walking into a store when you can get everything "so comfortable" without leaving the house - is too much for many. To give you that convenience of a digital and swift purchase, you assigned a service - Steam. And now you wonder why you have to login via Steam? Every "man in the middle" is bad, and it is pretty obvious. Heck, you could've even bought the DVD copy and get it via mail.


I repeat one more time that I fully understand your concerns of downed servers etc. But you want to bail from a contract now (except for a few that want to re-purchase it), and that just makes me facepalm somewhat.

Imagine you walk into a Telekom store and buy a smartphone with a Telekom Sim card. And as soon as Telekom wants you to use their simcard that is attached with the phone you bought from their store, you rather want to use O². Sounds weird, no?

 Now imagine you browse the Steam store and buy a game via Steam. And as soon as Steam wants you to use their client that is attached to the game you bought from their store, you want to use Square Enix' native solution. Sounds weird, no?


And despite all that is perfectly fine, you open a petition? To bail from a contract you signed?
As has been stated numerous times now, back in 2013 when a lot of people bought ARR from Steam, there was no indication that buying it from Steam meant you were signing a blood pact that would bind you and your entire lineage to Steam for all eternity. This was a surprise that was revealed to us when we discovered we had to buy Heavensward from Steam.