Steam Launcher not working

[Leivan]

for me this can only be resolved by completely re-installing the game and it happens a couple times every week for me now. Why cant we migrate away from steam yet?

For what it's worth, most people seem to say that re-installing doesn't seem to affect the issue. It might just be that the problem is resolved by the time you get around to logging in again after re-installing. I would advise against it, based on what others are saying. I've certainly not needed to re-install myself, and it's happened twice now.

[Guero]

So frustrating not being able to log in. Why doesn't SE post a status somewhere? It's as if they're not acknowledging it.

[yshdmt]

For what it's worth, most people seem to say that re-installing doesn't seem to affect the issue. It might just be that the problem is resolved by the time you get around to logging in again after re-installing. I would advise against it, based on what others are saying. I've certainly not needed to re-install myself, and it's happened twice now.

No need to reinstall. It's just Square Enix who give Steam users another point of failure without giving the option to transfer away from Steam. This is all on Square Enix

[Loquoro]

This has happened once before and I found that re installing was a waste of time. If only I can find my post from time first time this happened, I know how to get around this, I think it has something to do with the cog at the top right of the log in. You don't need to do anything, but go into that and back out and I THINK it should get around it, may take a few times. That's what I think I did last time....

[gooddocLP]

Steams launcher is just down, no need to do anything other than wait.

[MakimaNayuta]

Certified Steam Integration™️ moment.

[Illao]

Is there really no way at all to just buy the complete edition (not steam) and still keep your account? This thing is driving me crazy, it happened before and is not coming up again, this is really terrible if you have static times to meet and stuff - i do not care about paying another license at all if i can somehow keep the char and get rid off steam

[Subilac]

I don't play through Steam, but I have been unable to log in since last Monday. I've been working trying to fix it hours a day. I can play every other game I have downloaded fine except FF.

[worldofneil]

Is there really no way at all to just buy the complete edition (not steam) and still keep your account?

No sadly not because you can only have one Windows licence on your service account. Steam or non-Steam, not both. Any new licence would have to be on a different service account that doesn't already have a Windows licence, which means new subscription and new characters.

[MakimaNayuta]

Not possible, if you go to mogstation and click to add more service account, the Windows version have a blur on it, and you can only add MAC or PS4/5 versions.