Question for PC Players

[HeulGDarian]

I think what youre thinking about is how that , if you buy from steam you must also buy the expansion from steam ,since the steam version and non steam version isnt compatible with each other. This is the thing that usually people get mad about cause they cant refund the sale so they are basically fcked.

[lolicon09]

The only "issue" is that, if you buy the game on Steam, you're forced to buy every future expansion on Steam as well. And you must run the game from the Steam desktop app. That's it. I have the game in both Steam and PS4 and i have never had any kind of issue since 2016. Also, having Steam Wallet as a payment option is pretty nice IMO

[KRIPTICON]

Thanks to all of you for the information. I will just buy it from the SE store.

[Bobberuchi]

I just started playing last week and came here looking for help on another topic.

Why even bother with Steam? I created my account on SE and I was offered a free 30 day trial. You can buy direct from SE.

I also found out when using the SE client you can opt for secondary security and use the SE token generator and get a free extra point to bind to.

[Canadane]

I also found out when using the SE client you can opt for secondary security and use the SE token generator and get a free extra point to bind to.

This is true for the Steam and PS4 and Mac clients as well.
It's just ...account related not client related.

[Voidedge_Ragna]

If you share library on steam with family it can be an problem. My GF plays the Steam version and i have the "normal" one.

If shes on it obviously locks me out of all of her games, it also makes it impossible for her to play a game on the side unless she uses it from my library. So if you share library or are the type to play a game during downtime like dps queues consider that.

[frostmagemari]

Greetings to all of you,

After roughly 2 years of arguing with my stepson, I finally got him to take a break from WoW and try FFXIV so I am going to buy him the game and some sub time. However, something occurred to me and I wanted to ask around about it. I remember not too long ago that people who had the Steam version of the game were having some sort of an issue. I don't remember what it was, I just remember players being really upset about it. I play on console so it wasn't affecting me at the time but I need a PC copy of the game. I was wondering if the problem people were having had been sorted out or should I just buy from someone other than Steam?

Thanks in advance adventurers!

Gotta say i have a question, why would you be arguing with your stepson about which MMO he's playing? Just let the kid play the game he wants to.

[LaylaTsarra]

I have a PC version of the game but I boot it using the steam client. I can run non steam games with steam.

[Melichoir]

Greetings to all of you,

After roughly 2 years of arguing with my stepson, I finally got him to take a break from WoW and try FFXIV so I am going to buy him the game and some sub time. However, something occurred to me and I wanted to ask around about it. I remember not too long ago that people who had the Steam version of the game were having some sort of an issue. I don't remember what it was, I just remember players being really upset about it. I play on console so it wasn't affecting me at the time but I need a PC copy of the game. I was wondering if the problem people were having had been sorted out or should I just buy from someone other than Steam?

Thanks in advance adventurers!

Steam broadly had some differences in release scheduling for collectors content (but I believe that as of ShB, that no longer is the case).

The bigger issue is that players who purchased teh game through steam have to launch the game through steam. Meaning, if you have a straight PC version of it with its own launcher, you will not be able to log into your account if hte account was purchased through steam. This works in reverse too. There is no difference in the gameplay or anything, its strictly a matter of where you can launch the game from. (Simple work around, btw, for this is if you have the PC files already on your computer to copy/paste them into the appropriate steam folder, and vice versa if need be. There are youtube videos on this. Catch is you will technically hvae to copies of the game on your computer so youre just eating up HD space, but in the age of terabyte drives, probably not an issue).

[Gothicshark]

Just get the game from Square directly. No middleman.