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Alpha Two Phase III testing has begun! During this phase, our realms will be open every day, and we'll only have downtime for updates and maintenance. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes in Discord.
If you have Alpha Two, you can download the game launcher here, and we encourage you to join us on our Official Discord Server for the most up to date testing news.
Steam launch questions
JeanPhilippeGunghar
Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
I'm not sure if those have been addressed, I didn't watch the livestream entirely, but does Steam launch mean Linux will be supported? 2: Will I be able eventually to link my Steam account to my AoC one or I have to start over, losing all I bought ? I don't mind paying the EA price over what I got.
Thanks to clarify !
Thanks to clarify !
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To be clear, you do *not* have to play on Steam, and can continue to play on your Intrepid account.
Do I have to move to Steam?
No. You are not required to move to Steam at all. Existing Intrepid Account users can continue playtesting exactly as they always have. Nothing about your current access changes. If you want to use Steam, you may add Ashes of Creation as a non-Steam title so you can launch it from your library, but to actually play through Steam, a Steam purchase is required.
In short: Steam is an option, not a requirement, and both platforms will fully support cross-play.
Exactly, as many other games. I hope they will give us the ability to link accounts to Steam. This isn't right to treat people who supported the project years ago during Kickstarter, A1 and A2 sales period and now want to play with old accounts on the Steam. Even if we need to buy the game on Steam again, it won't be a problem for me, but let me link it.
This has to be reconsidered.
What about people who have funds in their Steam Wallet and would like to use them to buy the cosmetics mentioned in the latest Development Update (more revenue)? What about people who care about Steam hours played and/or show their friends what they're playing (free marketing)? What about people who would like to try to play Ashes on their Steam Deck/Machine or similar (even if it probably won't run)? What about the higher numbers in the charts of players online you will miss on (this can be very important)?
There is no way that the amount of work needed to let people who already have Alpha/Beta access to also play through Steam will add extra complexity or take much longer to do than the work to integrate and launch Ashes on Steam in the first place will, because Steam users will be forced to create an Intrepid account.
In other words, when somebody buys the game on Steam, they will have to link their accounts and their Intrepid account will give them access to play the game; conversely, when I link my Steam account to my existing Intrepid account with Alpha 2 access, I should get a Steam game key to add Ashes to my Steam library.
Like others have said, other games in similar situations have done this in the past, you must be able to do it as well.
Unless allowing pre-Steam users to play through Steam involves a lot of extra work (which most likely isn't the case) OR Steam does not let you give keys to existing game "owners" (which I'm pretty sure it is not the case), then this is such a poor decision that it must be reconsidered sooner rather than later.
So if I buy Ashes on Steam, can I play it with my old Intrepid account, without creating a new one?
Your tags show you already own access to testing. You don't need to do anything. Once they swap over you will be able to link your account to Steam if you like, but it is not required. It doesn't gain you anything from other guidance given in other threads by Community Managers here. All it will do is add an extra button to push and having Steam running in the background. Now if you like tracking hours played from that point, it will do that. Not for anything previous to your linking. But when you need to update, it is still going to go through Intrepid's launcher. Many of the other MMOs or "games as a service" use the same model. You click play on Steam, and it loads that companies launcher, which then updates that companies client. Anyone who wants access currently, can buy the sole remaining package that gives access on the Intrepid shop for $100. After the switch to Steam when it becomes available for purchase and not wishlisting on Steam, that package will go away on the Intrepid web store, and it will only be available through Steam for $43 till Xmas, and $50 after that.
Well, it works differently in different games. Some games launched through Steam still open their own launcher, and you have to register a new account. But if here you can simply using Steam launch the launcher, enter your account login and password, and log in — then yes, it will be just like you said and what I want xD
I thought our old accounts would only be able to play with the off launcher. For example, In Albion Online, you also couldn’t link old accounts to Steam. But still, if you can please share some links where devs mentioned, that we will able link our accounts?
Yes, you will get access, but your access will be over here through the regular Intrepid launcher, not on Steam.
What the point to have 2 ways to log in ? (Both Steam and launcher at same time). Pax Dei ditched their launcher. ESo for sure use two methods to log in, but whatever you have access to your crowns, characters and so on, whatever if you log in using the launcher or Steam. I wouldn't mind if I have to pay EA access on the top of my A2 one, though.