Option to get off steam

[Seku]

If anyone from SE gets this. Can it please be looked into for getting our accounts off and away from steam either now or sometime in the future. Thank you.

[Carvaka]

Lot of demand for this right now

[Seku]

Yeah I know. I didn't know that you're 100% locked into steam and HAVE to buy the game through them to update the pc version if you register through them. It's causing some problems now, I don't want my account attached to steam if for w/e reason in the future they don't sell future expansions and ect. Sucks due to the fact the current way to get rid of steam is by 100% losing any progression you've made.

[R-Kine]

I'm disgusted by how the game is tied to a platform. FFXI was a lot better in that regard. As long the code is valid you can register any expansion from any console and play it anywhere.

[JimboTCB]

I just got told in a support ticket that my account is supposedly on Steam, which is goddamned bullshit because I never bought the game via Steam, I deliberately bought it directly through Mogstation because I didn't want to deal with being locked in to Steam, now I'm stuck with a HW code that I can't even use and all my character progression is locked to a platform that I never bought the game through.

[Semirhage]

Completely agreed.

Valve is dropping the ball so hard on these preorders. I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of Steam players would transfer off in a heartbeat. No physical CE, plus delaying the preorder longer than an entirely different console? Not okay.

There's probably a legal reason why we're stuck on Steam, but I'd still like to know. Unless there's a contract keeping us with Steam, I don't see any reason why we should be locked there.

[m3eansean]

Unless there's a contract keeping us with Steam, I don't see any reason why we should be locked there.

We all "agreed" to this in the enormous user rights page we are shown when we first sign up to Steam. I never read them, don't know anyone who did. Ran into a lawyer friend and tried to get him on Steam - he wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole after reading their "agreement" for users.

On steam, we technically don't even own the games we "buy" Steam does, and is giving us unlimited rights to play them as long as their servers remain up, and can revoke access at any time.

[Semirhage]

This whole situation is so ugly. Can't transfer away from Steam. Can't buy another copy from Square Enix, because they won't transfer your characters off Steam. Can't get a physical copy because Square Enix refuses to sell them through Steam. Can't pre-order, because Valve has a captive audience now and has no incentive to get a move on. "Helpful" advice is to just buy the game twice if you want it that badly, instead of demanding actual customer service. SE gets to shrug and point at Valve for not getting things together. Valve gets to shrug and point at SE because they refuse to provide them physical CEs. Neither company has to admit fault, and both walk away with their cut of the cash in the end.

[OmegaStrongtan]

Good: You can buy heavensward now!
bad: Problem with early access code. I did not get mine...

[Seku]

;( Yeah. Still looking for SE to allow us to register 2 "PC" versions on the same account. I wouldn't mind buying the game again, without steam attached. As long as I can get away from them.