[Guide] Path of Exile, Steam, and account linking

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magoopower wrote:

I wanted to go on the forum but it seems to be my old account from 5 years ago and i dont have much on it.

You're logging in on a different account. Log out of the forum and go to the log in page. There will be a green button which says Sign In Through STEAM. Use that to log in.

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magoopower wrote:

If i link my current steam account on it, will the 3 low level character from years ago will get deleted to make place to my main steam account or is it the opposite?

The opposite.

Account linking causes a Steam account to be linked to a Path of Exile account, which for you is already the case. Creating a new link will overwrite the previous one.

Steam accounts never contain any characters, purchases, or other account information. They merely link to Path of Exile accounts and form an alternative method of user authentication.

I've updated this guide with a quick note at the top pertaining to the ability to log into the forum on Microsoft and Sony accounts since multiple people asked me to.

So there is no way of linking my POE account to PC and PS4?

You cannot link a Path of Exile account to another account on a different platform. PC players can access their account through Steam and without using Steam, but you cannot transfer characters, MTX, or anything else from PC to console or vice versa (or between PS4 & XB1).

Someone messaged me over Steam to let me know this hit 100,000 reads.

That's a cool milestone! Hope it's been helping people. :)

I just installed PoE on PS4. Started playing. Wife came home, so I jumped on Steam and installed PoE.

STEAM: At the title screen it says either A. Create a new account or B. Log in linking an existing PoE account to Steam.

When I click link, it takes me to PoE website to Log In to website. I then proceed to log in with PS4 Network account. Then nothing, it just shows my PS4 account page on PoE website.

After being logged into PoE website, I click link again (on Steam game screen) and it brings me back to PoE website which reads "The resource you are looking for does not exist or has been removed."

After reading about "account linking", its just for linking PoE PC and PoE Steam accounts?

If this is correct, you should post this under the "Note to Console Users".

The Steam Client Log In (to game) with linking an account on Steams game client should specify that console users cannot link PoE game play accounts to Steam.



This leads me to believe I can indeed Log into the game with PS4 account on Steam Client. Ive read this entire post and its somewhat confusing. The only reason Im here is because of the Steam game Log In screen. After unsuccessfully trying to "link" PS4/Steam accounts, I proceeded to google how to do so and it brings me to this page and another page stating it cannot be done.

Can you inform or direct me to whomever to, at the very least, state somewhere on the "link Existing Account" at the in game Steam Log In page, "Console accounts cannot be linked." Im no game coder, but Im assuming adding five words can't be very difficult or take very long.

Thank you.

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MacTuile02 wrote:

After reading about "account linking", its just for linking PoE PC and PoE Steam accounts?

Unfortunately, this is indeed the case.

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MacTuile02 wrote:

If this is correct, you should post this under the "Note to Console Users".

I actually posted this thread prior to either console port being released, so that notice was tacked on after the fact. I'm currently very tight on time, but at some point I'll get around to reading over it again and try to clarify a few things. Thanks for the feedback.

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MacTuile02 wrote:

Can you inform or direct me to whomever to, at the very least, state somewhere on the "link Existing Account" at the in game Steam Log In page, "Console accounts cannot be linked."

I would suggest posting a new thread in Feedback and Suggestions.

Thank you

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magoopower wrote:

Hi, so i started playing on steam few months ago and bought 2 supporter pack and more stuff. I wanted to go on the forum but it seems to be my old account from 5 years ago and i dont have much on it. If i link my current steam account on it, will the 3 low level character from years ago will get deleted to make place to my main steam account or is it the opposite? ( not taking any chance before linking it because i spend a few hundreds dollar on my steam and i wouldnt want it to be erased)

I have the same problem here now.
What i can do?

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BonecoDeNeveBR wrote:

I have the same problem here now.
What i can do?

Log out of the website.

Log into the website by clicking on the green Sign In Through STEAM button.