I've been playing the demo on Steam, I wanted to buy the game and pre-order Stormblood so I bought the game on Amazon, but when I try and register the game it won't let me saying that I've got to use a Stream licence to do the transfer to regular service.

WHY MUST THIS BE SO COMPLICATED!

Do I really have to ask Amazon for a refund, and buy the game on Steam just so that I can play?

WTF!

I carefully avoided buying the game on Steam because I'd heard just how screwed up licensing on this was but I naively figured that since I didn't have a subscription they'd be happy to take my money and I'd just get a new account.

Help. I was hoping to have an afternoon enjoying my new game, not an afternoon tearing my hair out over nonsensical licensing restrictions.

I'd like to keep my character, but I guess that's becoming somewhat negotiable at this point. Is there anyway forward with this?

Can you transfer characters between accounts?