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Its not up to GGG for steam preload, Steam doesnt allow preload for any early access games, its a blanket rule that steam has. " DrakenZa#3273 wrote: Lets first get a couple of things resolved. Steam Preload - This is normally an encrypted version of the files, that will decrypt at a set time/date. Soon, GGG will be releasing a torrent and POE2 to download, unencrypted, that will be ready to go when the servers go live. There is no reason, restriction,etc that GGG, can not have the the exact same files, in the same state, be downloadable on Steam, at the same time. It wouldnt be a pre-load. I could pay steam $100 right now, and release an early access game in the next 30mins, with files ready to download. There is nothing 'stopping' GGG in that regard. With that all out of the way. Whoever at GGG seems to be handling the Steam side of things, really needs to shape up. They lost GGG a decent amount of money with the wrong pricing on day 1, and now are causing support avenues of GGG to be flooded with people lacking some basic info on Steam Release etc. Could we get some clarification of what is going on with Steam ? Right now, it says Coming Soon Dec. * Will we actually be able to play POE2 via steam, on 'release'/'Servers Live' whatever you want to call it. * Will the files being released as a torrent etc, also be released on Steam around the same time. Tons of people, did the whole 'add email and password via Steam Login' over a decade ago, and tons of people have lost access to those emails, and set passwords, because they were rarely used by the general Steam POE player. I assume your support ticket system is swamped with people having this issue. But the reality is, give us proper info about Steam, and these people are not going to need to get their account emails 'changed', cause the only reason they are doing it, is its believed Steam is a no go for launch. Thanks you	Posted by RPGSauce#1724 on Dec 5, 2024, 12:16:22 PM Quote this Post
Just curious why so many people want to play on steam and not the download from the site. I had always played POE 1 from the website. Whats the advantage with using steam? Last edited by Nightmare123#4979 on Dec 5, 2024, 12:20:15 PM	Posted by Nightmare123#4979 on Dec 5, 2024, 12:19:57 PM Quote this Post
" safarr#2497 wrote: And of course you are a no challenge no supporter pack Andy. I mean, the reason for that, is because i want it on Steam, and im avoiding buying the game right now, in case i need to make a new POE account, so im able to play the game on release. Because as it stands, POE2, will not be releasing into early access on Steam tomorrow. The Steam page, nor has GGG indicated that it will be. As it stands, you will NEED to link your steam to your POE account, and download via the launcher. Which as i stated, tons of people can not do right now, because this system is over a decade old, and people used emails/passwords they no longer have access to. So i would PREFER to buy the game on Steam, but if that means i cant play tomorrow (because my steam account is already linked to a POE account i dont have the email for), then i will need to create a new POE account, and buy it direct from GGG.	Posted by DrakenZa#3273 on Dec 5, 2024, 12:21:06 PM Quote this Post
" Nightmare123#4979 wrote: Just curious why so many people want to play on steam and not the download from the site. I had always played POE 1 from the website. Whats the advantage with using steam? Quality of Life really. Easier to just have everything on Steam, that has very secure login practices, compared to having a whole new password to keep track of just for POE2 etc Last edited by DrakenZa#3273 on Dec 5, 2024, 12:23:03 PM	Posted by DrakenZa#3273 on Dec 5, 2024, 12:22:38 PM Quote this Post
" Nightmare123#4979 wrote: Just curious why so many people want to play on steam and not the download from the site. I had always played POE 1 from the website. Whats the advantage with using steam? I just hate anything else than steam,if its not on steam I aint buying it also if game is on steam that I want to play but it requires me to agree and download separate launcher to play it,even thought I bought it on steam then thats a pass for me.	Posted by Zecalo#5575 on Dec 5, 2024, 1:16:17 PM Quote this Post
" Deviant#8289 wrote: " Annastasia_Steele#3866 wrote: Let be perfectly clear here. Anyone, I mean ANYONE, who think, he will play the game in the first couple of hrs is delusional, because the servers WILL NOT handle the requests. So.... GGG got server capacity enough for 1 mil so theres hope Capacity is one thing, stability is entirely different lol	Posted by Hasmuffins#0951 on Dec 5, 2024, 1:25:40 PM Quote this Post
" RPGSauce#1724 wrote: Its not up to GGG for steam preload, Steam doesnt allow preload for any early access games, its a blanket rule that steam has. That's not true. I played plenty early access games this year alone that allowed preload. Last edited by Celestriad#0304 on Dec 5, 2024, 1:31:18 PM	Posted by Celestriad#0304 on Dec 5, 2024, 1:31:08 PM Quote this Post
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so PoE 2 its number 1 on Steam Sales currently, Volvo we need Pre-Download	Posted by Xmancode#1268 on Dec 5, 2024, 1:56:28 PM Quote this Post
Yea I am pretty positive that I pre-downloaded Last Epoch. I don't know I have several steam games now it's basically like Bnet for me and rather play on Steam. I have a steam library and PoE 2 is in there would be nice to download today. With that said people thinking who cares whether you can play or not at 2pm are crazy. Of course it matters. You want to get in there ASAP and start grinding. If you are playing latter on steam that is a HUUUGE disadvantage and means we might have to play through the PoE launcher to get in on time. It's fun to play games at launch and race. Just starting latter because of steam isn't an option.	Posted by AbombThePeoplesChamp#1184 on Dec 5, 2024, 2:15:08 PM Quote this Post