Terrible User Experience for Returning Players

[Sunspawn]

Wow, this seems pretty horrible. Makes me happy I use Steam, despite the implications of not owning your games.

[ManuelBravo]

I just recently bought a new computer and wanted to download FFXIV to it. Turns out this is not a simple process... It's really impossible to find it through any official website and you have to really google for the download page.

You had problems from the SE Store? wow how odd everything is there and even leads you to loadstone for direct links. I've yet to have any issues. Maybe settings and user error?

[RileyThause]

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/playersdownload/na/

Since it's been a trial for some to find, I've provided the client download link above for future use, if not an example of how easy you 'can' find it if your Google search terms r straight forward and to the point (I just searched 'FFXIV download' and found it at the very top of my suggestion links).
On a side note, one can even troubleshoot and fix their own computer without taking it to a shop and dishing out cash, but again, that depends on the individuals 'capacity'..

[AmeliaVerves]

(I just searched 'FFXIV download' and found it at the very top of my suggestion links

I literally just did this and then was like "Eh?! ... Is that... uhm... was that really that hard?!". x'D