Do I get playtime on my old FFXIV account if I buy it on steam?

[Spikà]

As the title says.
Will I be able to reactivate my old FFXIV account without additional payment if I buy this game on steam? It would be rather annoying if I couldn't play on my old account with this one single purchase.

[defective pancake]

i'm pretty sure you'll have to create a new account. what do you need another copy of the game for, anyway?

[Spikà]

The only way I can pay atm is by steam wallet.

[Gurke]

you need to add the game to your steam libary. in the mogry store is also a way to purchase all your things with your steam assets. and you can use your old account.

[Spikà]

So do I have to pay for both the game and game time separate?

[Gurke]

nope just buy it on steam and you will get a code. then go in the mogry store and redeem it.

[Spikà]

I am a little confused about "Mogry Store". Do you mean the MogStation in the account settings and all that?

And while I am here should the code be used in the "Add game time card"?

[Gurke]

i mean mogry station.. sry for that

[Spikà]

Thank you. Hopefully this will work :) (Still have to wait for some items to be sold so I can actually afford it)

[Gurke]

i´m glad if i could help

[Misa]

if you previously played FFXIV on pc you CAN'T apply it to your current account

[Spikà]

That is kinda lame

[Amh Uraeng]

yeah, you have to create another account if you already own a pc version. I just move to steam yesterday (because steam price for Heavensward CE in my region is just 30$)

[kuma_aus]

Spika, I don't think you should buy the game from Steam.

The PC version and Steam version are 2 seperate things. You say you already have a FFXIV account, so if you want to play on that account, you need to add subscription time onto it from Mog Station from the FFXIV website.

If you buy the Steam version of the game, you are basically buying the whole game again. So basically it's like if you went to a shop and bought 2 copies of FFXIV from it. So if you buy the game from Steam, you will get a code to make a new account with 30 days of play time on it. You can still use your old account, but you will have spent extra money to just have a code for a new account. Also unless you renew your subscription on Mog Station, even if you try to use your old account, you won't be able to play it.

http://sqex.to/Msp

Here is the link to Mog Station. I don't know if it's because I bought the game on Steam or not, but I have an option to pay my subscription with my Steam Wallet. If you want to use Steam Wallet funds to add subscription time, go check if that's also an option with you. Just buy subscription time onto your account and don't buy the whole game all over again unless you have to.

http://i.imgur.com/F5EBbgd.png

Here's an image of how I can find pay subscription time with Steam Wallet, which you might not be able to do unless you bought the game from Steam.

[Spikà]

Yea, I do not seem to have that steam wallet option sadly.
I only have a lvl 27 character so I could have just made a new account entirely. But then there is the problem with the name of my character as I have already used the name I want.

Side question: The steam and non steam version do share the exact same servers/realms right? (just to be sure)

[Amh Uraeng]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Spikà:

Yea, I do not seem to have that steam wallet option sadly.
I only have a lvl 27 character so I could have just made a new accoutn entirely. But then there is the problem with the name of my character as I have already used that name.

Side question: The steam and non steam version do share the exact same servers/realms right? (just to be sure)

all platform share the same server. and you can delete your character or delete your old account to use your old name.