Issue with license - Steam/Windows

[Yshtola]

You do not need to have a steam client installed to run the steam version of the game.

1. Install the client (not steam).
2. Create a shortcut for ffxivboot.exe
3. Right click on the shortcut -> properties
4. In the target field, you should see something like this depending on the location of your square enix folder: "C:\Program Files\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivboot.exe"
5. Just add -issteam so it looks like "C:\Program Files\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivboot.exe" -issteam
6. yes

There's next to nothing you can do I'm afraid

Take the L

[ChairmanSteel]

You do not need to have a steam client installed to run the steam version of the game.

1. Install the client (not steam).
2. Create a shortcut for ffxivboot.exe
3. Right click on the shortcut -> properties
4. In the target field, you should see something like this depending on the location of your square enix folder: "C:\Program Files\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivboot.exe"
5. Just add -issteam so it looks like "C:\Program Files\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivboot.exe" -issteam
6. yes

Take the L

Wait, holy crap, will that actually work??

Edit: Holy crap, that actually worked. Thank you so much! SE, if you're reading this, please tell your support staff to suggest this in similar situations.