I've had to completely reinstall for every major patch

[TheFatHousecat]

THIS WORKS FOR THE PC VERSION! I can confirm that this option works!

Go to: my documents\my games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn

Edit the file: FFXIV_BOOT.cfg (Open it up with Notepad)

Edit the line: BootVersionCheckMode from 0 to 1

Then relaunch your FFXIV Boot/Launcher and it'll start updating!!! YAY!

This is already mentioned in the link I provided in the initial post. And as I've said, as is my entire reason for making this thread- it doesn't work for everyone, and it doesn't work for me anymore.

So when you say "this option works" you mean it works /for you and some others/, but certainly not everyone.