Swapping from Steam to non-Steam client?

[Dawnshade]

since the steam version still runs and is payed over the mogstation like all other accounts it doesnt make much sense that you can not add another version of heavensward to your mog station account in the first place. not that i bothers me since steam will be selling digital ce anyway. and i dont care about spending 100 bucks on a damn statue^^

but still. you CAN download the client normally and PLAY it with your account even if you bought it over steam. since that account is not really tied to steam at all. steam does not even have to be on onlinemode to start ff client.

I know someone from my FC does that. Her base game was bought from Steam but she's playing the game through the client you download from the FFXIV website. Some people are saying that it's technically still Steam based though, which is why people think they can't buy the physical CE. (No idea where this info comes from but it'd be nice to know)

[Fytayn]

I know someone from my FC does that. Her base game was bought from Steam but she's playing the game through the client you download from the FFXIV website. Some people are saying that it's technically still Steam based though, which is why people think they can't buy the physical CE. (No idea where this info comes from but it'd be nice to know)

The thing is that the Steam client isn't different than the one you download; it's the same launcher but the difference is that you downloaded it from the Steam servers and not the SE servers. The problem is at the account level. "Steam" PC accounts are apparently different from a PC account from anywhere else and Steam/Valave have said, in as "cutesy" a way as possible, that only Steam-store-purchased codes will work. Still waiting on official SE word/confirmation. I'd be okay if they throw Valve under the bus over this.