Quote Originally Posted by Rivxkobe View Post
It's annoying, but all you have to do is download the FFXIV launcher from lodestone, download ARR through that and everything will work through that launcher. It took me like 2-3 hours last night to get back into the game.

It's not that big of a deal.
As OP said and many others. That's not the issue. The problem is that you are no longer able to use community gamepad profiles, screenshots, broadcasts, track playtime and other features that are included in STEAM.