Hey, I have no clue where exactly to even post this question, honestly, as it pertains to a topic that is discussed but never elaborated upon anywhere I've looked.
So, my partner acquired FFXIV through steam and played it years ago, but since she moved from the US to Europe she can no longer use the account as Square-Enix is allergic to money and doesn't allow for cross-region payments.
If she were to unlink the current Square-Enix account from her steam account and create a new European account to link that steam to, what would happen to all the expansions and DLCs you purchased on steam? Will they still be usable for the new account? Does one have to buy them again somehow?
Because Steam does not allow repurchasing of something already in your library, refunds come to mind, but sadly these DLCs have been bought years ago already and far beyond the refund policy's time window.
The only other option I see is just straight up not using steam and sticking with the independent launcher.
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So, my partner acquired FFXIV through steam and played it years ago, but since she moved from the US to Europe she can no longer use the account as Square-Enix is allergic to money and doesn't allow for cross-region payments.
If she were to unlink the current Square-Enix account from her steam account and create a new European account to link that steam to, what would happen to all the expansions and DLCs you purchased on steam? Will they still be usable for the new account? Does one have to buy them again somehow?
Because Steam does not allow repurchasing of something already in your library, refunds come to mind, but sadly these DLCs have been bought years ago already and far beyond the refund policy's time window.
The only other option I see is just straight up not using steam and sticking with the independent launcher.
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