Please allow Steam License holders to buy a standalone PC License.

[Youkulm]

I knew exactly what I was getting into when I purchased FFXIV on Steam and the requirements have always been the same.

I wont comment on the other poster attacking you but I will comment on this:

I see your forum account is newer, and I know this is an assumption but I'm going to guess you're a newer player? It's nice you got to sign up for Steam knowing exactly what cards you were being dealt but that isn't the case for those of us that have played since 1.0 and 2.0. I'm sorry if this is difficult for you to understand.

Is there any reason in particular your white-knighting this policy so hard? If you check the forums there are plenty of people ( myself included ) whose accounts are broken and can't login because of this change. I'm genuinely happy if we are in the minority and most people aren't having issues but is it really that difficult to have some empathy or understand why we want to buy a PC License?

This thread has been very informative and I was thinking about buying the Steam Version to get a Steamdeck and play this game on it but it seems that would merge my accounts.

I like the fact I can play on my PS4 or PC and all my settings are the same.

I may be wrong but: you wouldn't even be able to buy it for Steam, you'd need to open a brand new SqE account and start a brand new character. So yeah, kinda silly all around for everyone, even PC users.