Yea... okay.

[Avenger]

I also find this to be very annoying - and bafflingly enough it happens even if you've already authenticated yourself to PSN.

If PSN login is good enough for every other game on the PS3/PS4, why isn't it good enough for FFXIV?

I haven't played FFXIV on Steam, but the same idea should work there: if you're already logged into Steam, it really should not reset your password just because your location or IP address changed, and you really shouldn't have to enter an additional password for FFXIV every time you play.

[Raist]

I also find this to be very annoying - and bafflingly enough it happens even if you've already authenticated yourself to PSN.

If PSN login is good enough for every other game on the PS3/PS4, why isn't it good enough for FFXIV?

I haven't played FFXIV on Steam, but the same idea should work there: if you're already logged into Steam, it really should not reset your password just because your location or IP address changed, and you really shouldn't have to enter an additional password for FFXIV every time you play.

Guessing you never had your account stolen, your character stripped of all the gear worth millions (or even billions) of gil, only to loose access to your account for 8 weeks or longer (and still having to pay for your subscription during that time frame) while SE investigated the situation, then eventually implemented your one-time-only restore option to recover your character to a point a week prior to the theft.

They have multi-tiered authentication in place for a reason.

[T2teddy]

So you used a different email for your FF forum account than your game account? If not, maybe your browser saves your PWs, so go see what email you used here in your browser settings.

[Skeith-Adeline]

So you used a different email for your FF forum account than your game account? If not, maybe your browser saves your PWs, so go see what email you used here in your browser settings.

No it is the same. This account doesn't let me the option to seek out the email–I've tried lol. I just have never logged out since logging in the first time last year july lol.

[T2teddy]

If you use Firefox or Chrome, the browser can save your passwords if you want it to. Go check your browser's advanced security settings for the saved passwords and look through the list until you find the one for this forum. You should see the email you used when you signed up! Mine has it. I.m not talking about the forum settings , the BROWSER settings.

[T2teddy]

No it is the same. This account doesn't let me the option to seek out the email–I've tried lol. I just have never logged out since logging in the first time last year july lol.

You are not looking in the correct place for the email address. I do not mean for you to look at anything to do with this forum account. I want you to go into your BROWSER settings to see if you have password saving enabled. IF you do then you will be able to find the one you used for this forum in the list. Since you say the emails for here and the game were identical this should solve your problem.

[Skeith-Adeline]

You are not looking in the correct place for the email address. I do not mean for you to look at anything to do with this forum account. I want you to go into your BROWSER settings to see if you have password saving enabled. IF you do then you will be able to find the one you used for this forum in the list. Since you say the emails for here and the game were identical this should solve your problem.

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Okay so, new personal motto is, don't be quick to anger. Gah I wish I could delete this thread but I guess it is a clean way to humble myself :X I didn't know I could check the saved passwords/emails through this PC especially if it is shared on a single network lol

[Zenaku]

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Okay so, new personal motto is, don't be quick to anger. Gah I wish I could delete this thread but I guess it is a clean way to humble myself :X I didn't know I could check the saved passwords/emails through this PC especially if it is shared on a single network lol

So you found the email did you get your account back?

[Zenaku]

This is why i now keep all the info up to date i remember last year i had a issue where i had to reset my password. I could not because it was not sending the email. Talk to them on the phone the person told me hey Live in your email the L is caps which save my account. If not i would pretty much be where you are right now.

I Hope you can find a way to get your account back you done a lot of work on it and it would suck losing it. I remember in FFXI days all i needed was my CC info and they reset my password without issue