PETITION: Regarding FINAL FANTASY XIV Steam Version (Mar. 8)

[Arkfrost]

This thread definitely needs to stay on page 1!
This issue is too important to risk being overlooked and go down

[Mattias]

Signed.
S-E, if you read this post, I’d gladly (and I think most players with this issue agree) pay for the Windows version + expacs and even some form of account transfer fee if absolutely needed. So please allow us to buy both stream and the win version.

[Yshal]

Signed.

I went through this with ESO. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

[Dasya]

Signed.

I'm sick of a lot of things with Valve right now and have been distancing myself from them, and this is just another reason.

I shouldn't need to deal with Steam auth servers just because I want to play a game that has very little to do with their company. Any trouble the Steam auth servers have will impact my ability to play the game, as well.

I will even happily rebuy ARR and all expansions if it means I can get my character off a Steam account. Even just registering a non-Steam version (like we can currently register a PS4 game). I shouldn't be punished for a decision made years ago (when the game was gifted to me) that a new player wouldn't even consider looking into.

[KonataFB]

Where was information about the delay till April i say someone talk about get posted?

I see square conveniently removed the post from the lodestone rather then leaving the more advanced warning,
Can't hurt those SB2 pre orders .....

[Eryna]

And your point being... Given how the authentication works with ESO and how things regularly go down, why wouldn't people want a way to escape? Notice how many of us are even willing to REBUY THE GAME AND EXPANSIONS, but we can't without losing our current characters. Tell us again how that's our fault. Yeah, we can accept buying from Steam was a mistake, but how is it our fault that SE refuse to let us put this right without starting with an entire new account (thus losing all our character progress, pre-order bonuses, event items like Yo-Kai that we absolutely cannot get back, etc). All we're asking for is a way to access the game without having to start over. Even if that means rebuying the game and giving SE more money.

+1
I wish we could simply add a normal Windows key to solve this.

Where was information about the delay till April i say someone talk about get posted?

I see square conveniently removed the post from the lodestone rather then leaving the more advanced warning,
Can't hurt those SB2 pre orders .....

The post is still there. SE only updated the original post two days ago instead of creating a new post.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/eb00facc2f6dc880aca78a9aa69d4dcbcf2c5f4d

*Update Mar. 13, 2019 11:05 p.m. (PDT):
Due to a confirmed bug, implementation that was tentatively scheduled for late March will now be delayed until April or after. We will let you know as soon as a date is confirmed.

[KonataFB]

my apologies and thanks.
I just checked the website and saw it, Just seemed important enough to stay on the launcher (been pushed off which is why i missed it)

[Eryna]

my apologies and thanks.
I just checked the website and saw it, Just seemed important enough to stay on the launcher (been pushed off which is why i missed it)

I agree. It's really hidden.
Hopefully SE will give us more information about the login changes soon.

[KonataFB]

agreed,
I'm currently submitting a ticket but i'm expecting a canned response sadly.

[ElazulHP]

agreed,
I'm currently submitting a ticket but i'm expecting a canned response sadly.

I already got a canned response earlier this week and compared it with others who did and we all got the same thing. Essentially, they said they cannot do anything as there is no service available allowing us to convert keys or buy non-Steam keys and apply them to our accounts which is currently true, however, they could change this if they wanted. Then they said they forwarded my concerns to the appropriate department. Hopefully, that isn't code for launching my concerns into a black hole never to be heard from again. But realistically it probably is... lol...

I think the best thing we can do right now is just remain vocal and not let this get forgotten and buried.