No longer able to log into Steam version with my non-Steam account. Why do this SE?

[Aelithice]

Where were all of you angry people the past few months they've been talking about this? If you had made a stink then, it might not have been implemented, and yet you just ignored it. Typical.

Also to the genius who... apparently bought a second account to play his windows version with the steam controller, you can simply add the game as an external program and it works fine. I literally just did it. And no, I do not nor have I ever owned XIV on Steam. I logged in with my Windows account.
How to add non-steam game: https://i.imgur.com/fTIBgZf.png
What it looks like in library: https://i.imgur.com/IIFWvba.png
Proof and overlay and controller settings work: https://i.imgur.com/U49POXW.png

Geez you guys... a second of trying instead of hours of raging.

If you can point me to where it says that windows accounts will be locked out of logging in through steam months ago, I'll accept it.

Also, MANY people bought the game twice to get all of the QoL features from Steam, some of which don't apply when it's a non-steam game. You know, things like access directly to the steam community, guides, chats, and news all from the overlay. Plus chatting with some people over steam is easier to do with the overlay. But go off I guess.

[Grodian]

Yup, I had the steam version of ARR to log into my non-steam account for account wide playtime tracking and screenshot handling. This change came out of nowhere, no warning that I saw anywhere.

[Lozza]

Yup, I had the steam version of ARR to log into my non-steam account for account wide playtime tracking and screenshot handling. This change came out of nowhere, no warning that I saw anywhere.

The first notification went up in the launcher in March this year. Although as others have pointed out it said nothing about affecting non Steam accounts using a Steam version of the game. I've commented several times in the massive thread on the issue since that I didn't like that SE was keeping exceptionally quiet about the whole thing and that, at the very least, such a drastic change deserved and email to Steam users as a bare minimum.

[Rikersbeard]

As someone who is also affected by this change, I really hope that SE takes the time to reverse it when they inevitably hotfix the workaround. Very upset about this.

[_chance]

Like others, I use the steam launcher to track play, screenshot handling, etc. I can't speak for others but the only reason I didn't "get the game on steam to begin with" is because I started play in beta. I'm fairly certain there was only a windows launcher and no way to have a steam version for those perks until later. So there's that. As for the whole this change has been known for whatever time, I just play the game and don't meta. I didn't even have a forum name until right now to add a me too on this thread and express my irritation about the matter.

[andyhunt]

A solution for some people would be: Let us register the steam version on the mogstation, besides the PC version.
If you treat it like a completely different plattform, at least let us register that. Basically the money I paid for the base
game on Steam was a complete waste, as things stand now.

[Lozza]

A solution for some people would be: Let us register the steam version on the mogstation, besides the PC version.
If you treat it like a completely different plattform, at least let us register that. Basically the money I paid for the base
game on Steam was a complete waste, as things stand now.

Steam users have been asking to register a normal Windows version of the game along side our steam copy in the Mogstation since March 8 of this year.

[worldofneil]

Steam users have been asking to register a normal Windows version of the game along side our steam copy in the Mogstation since March 8 of this year.

We've been asking a lot longer than that

I'd say it's as far back as 2015 when Heavensward was released and we first found out that Steam and non-Steam accounts were going to be be treated differently, even though there was no warning of this when we purchased.

[Lozza]

We've been asking a lot longer than that

I'd say it's as far back as 2015 when Heavensward was released and we first found out that Steam and non-Steam accounts were going to be be treated differently, even though there was no warning of this when we purchased.

Yes we have, along with requests to remove the region locking. However we do have a massive thread that has been up since March 8 that should have got someone's attention where the earlier small threads were dead and buried after a few days.

[File2ish]

If you're not using the Steam version anyway, why not just add the game as a Non-Steam game in Steam?

Bottom left of the Steam window says "+ Add a Game", select add non steam game, select the non steam FFXIV on the list (or browse files for it if it doesn't show up). Doesn't do everything, but you can still use the Steam features like screenshots and whatnot.