So, with 4 hours of researching over the internet wondering why my Steam Client or my ffxiv game wouldn't launch from desktop, I finally found the answer. The problem now is while talking to FFXIV techs over the phone earlier we decided to uninstall the game to see if we couldn't troubleshoot doing that.

Now I'm looking at a 2 hour download time. Oh well least I know why I couldn't get my game to launch via Steam or the Steam Client to launch. Determination paid off I guess.