Swapping from Steam to non-Steam client?

[Windklinge]

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.

[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.

[Colorful]

It's been confirmed that you have to buy the game off Steam in order for it to work, unfortunately I doubt they'd release a Steam physical Collector's Edition.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/39210/announcements

[Valkyrius]

It's been confirmed that you have to buy the game off Steam in order for it to work, unfortunately I doubt they'd release a Steam physical Collector's Edition.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/39210/announcements

Yup, I quoted from that earlier. However, I would like to hear from either SE or Valve, officially, as to why one whole community has been excluded.

[Colorful]

Yup, I quoted from that earlier. However, I would like to hear from either SE or Valve, officially, as to why one whole community has been excluded.

AS far as I know is that it's Valve's policy. All expansions or DLC have to be sold through Steam as Valve wants their cut. I'd like to know why they don't let us register a non-Steam copy of the game over our current one though, if they're separate licenses then it shouldn't be a problem to have both active(?), like with PC and PS4.

[Terrini]

And apparently people that call in customer service get told there is no problem with getting the physical CE for PC when you have a Steam account version. I'm getting this from the facebook group, so...

[Havenchild]

I purchased the physical CE edition of 2.0 for PC, installed and play it to this day. I bought the game off steam and launch through that everyday and it plays just fine. I haven't used the CD key that came with my Steam version. I don't see why it won't work once I slap on Heavensward content to it from SE. (Digital CE I plan on buying.)

It's likely a lil different since you essentially bought a separate steam version as well (which allows it to show up on your library as an official steam purchase).
In your case you would still be able to play Heavensward whether you purchased a version from SE or from steam because you have both versions of the game already. CE benefits are also saved onto your account so no matter what client you run on any software these benefits do not disappear because you are still using the same account.

Steam kinda just acts like a license holder for the client, while the CD Key is used on an outside service aka. mog station but since you already have an activated account, the client naturally verifies this and allows you access without needing to activate the new key.

However a player with a windows version of FFXIV: ARR would not be able to buy Heavensward off of steam and have it work, as they don't actually possess an official steam version of the game.

[Valkyrius]

And apparently people that call in customer service get told there is no problem with getting the physical CE for PC when you have a Steam account version. I'm getting this from the facebook group, so...

Could you please post a link to that Facebook status?

[Terrini]

Unfortunately, I'm not that savvy on my phone, can't even figure out how to copy and paste things reliably.

Lets see if this works..
https://m.facebook.com/groups/840178...52761408231586