In March Linux Proton Users Will No Longer Be Able to Play The Game

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For anyone in here without something lodged within their posterior, have been poking about the source code for one certain forbidden launcher. They are already in progress implementing various things to re-enable Linux compatibility for FF14. If are familiar with how to read code can easily find their github and have peek for yourself. Most of what I saw was placeholder code buuuuuut there is hope! Will be switching primarily to Linux myself sooooon as cannot stand Windows 10 or 11. Enjoy having low memory footprint and install size for my OS thank you very much. Also do not enjoy when my OS believes it knows better how I should use my PC then I do.

Really really fun disabling annoying garbage over and over and over like Windows Derpfender on my Windows servers, really really fun mmhmm. Do not have to do that on my Linux boxes. Pop in thumb drive > install > launch os > grab dependencies > never require a restart ever again is quite nice yup yup. It does not even gargle down several gigabytes of memory simply existing either or decide meow is the time to index my entire drive for "faster search lookup" I am looking at you Windows localhost guzzling down more cpu cycles than a muckbanger.

/shrug

At least I'm sitting over here playing FF14.

/drinks tea

The hate for a workable solution for the proton and more specifically the Steamdeck in this thread really does show how dense and bitter some people are.

Pot...kettle. Kettle...pot.

The portable gaming market is huge and something that Yoshida has doubtless wanted to tap into in the past thus the rumours around a potential Switch client some years back. The Steamdeck is a far better fit for this game, is still highly affordable, brings along a vast amount of potential marketing clout and needs little to no engineering effort on SE's behalf for the game client itself.

No matter what angle you look at it, FFXIV is a great fit for the Steamdeck and in return, the Steamdeck and it's inevitable clones have the potential to expand the game's reach into a whole new market that until know has only ever really known ancient MMO ports or gatcha cash grabs.

Somehow my adblocker didn't catch this one.

But yeah, keep hating because it's not Windows. Tone the bleating down sheep.

Linux sheep are a thing, too.