Quote Originally Posted by Ithada View Post
The launcher keeps opening to the blue "welcome to FF14" screen, instead of the one where you can just log in and start playing. Telling it I have an account just has it give me a miserable line of text saying "You already have the game, idiot" and not giving me the login option. How do I get from here to the usual launcher?

This is the accursed screen

https://imgur.com/a/BCFOup1
If I remember correctly, that's the screen that's displayed when the launcher can't detect the game being installed.

If nothing is happening when you click Next, you may need to reinstall the launcher. Otherwise, let us know what happens when you do click it.