General Discussion - Will poe2 be aveilable for pre download in steam 1-2 days before EA release ? - Forum - Path of Exile
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To be clear i meant pre-download not a regular download. the topic was about pre-downloads.
Unless i am wrong, steam policy is to NOT let people pre-download Early Access games.
Posted byNightmare123#4979on Dec 3, 2024, 1:20:28 AM Quote this Post
the wording from the faq leads me to believe that just like every poe league you can download the game files before league launch.
If steam doesn't allow it then ggg probably has their own launcher, just like poe1 has and you can preload it there.
I would be surprised if the wording in their FAQ means you can only download the launcher itself and no game files at all.
My guess is Wednesday the latest we should have more info if and when you can preload game files. And if not - early access will be for a long time.
Posted byJeansJoe#2224on Dec 3, 2024, 2:30:20 AM Quote this Post
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When does Early Access start on all platforms?
Path of Exile 2 will launch in Early Access at 11am December 6th PST which is Dec 07, 2024 8:00 AM (GMT+13) in your local time on all supported platforms, including a standalone PC client, Steam and Epic Games Store clients as well as Xbox Series and PlayStation 5.
Unfortunately Path of Exile 2 will not be available on MacOS at the start of Early Access, but we’re keen to add support for this platform as soon as possible.
When will I be able to download the client?
A few days prior to the Early Access launch. We’ll announce the details in the news, so you won’t miss it!
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Posted byMFQUANT#4363on Dec 3, 2024, 2:47:20 AM Quote this Post
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Randall#0850 wrote:
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Nightmare123#4979 wrote:
What's interesting is unless I am wrong, steam does not let you download ANY game that is Early Access. So while GGG may let you download it on xbox or the individual client from the website, not sure they can control what steam does...unless they make an exception.
Isn't that the whole point of providing everyone with their own Steam client key?
The "steam key" is only to more easily get the game recognized by steam and the achievments for it. Not an actual key. It's like a step up from booting a game thats not on steam ... via steam. xD
Maybe GGG will "realese" it early on steam and have servers turned off till true realese. I dont know.
Probably will download it in steam. I got fast internet and have a DnD group playing fridays. Till we finish it should be done. So i can watch the que while chatting xD.
Posted byGreenfoxy21#6999on Dec 3, 2024, 4:24:30 AM Quote this Post
Hopefully support is checking this so we have more clarity.
Per latest interview between JR and Ziz, it was mentioned that we might not be getting pre-download after all due to potential datamining.
However in the FAQ section on POE2 topics this was added few days ago:
When will I be able to download the client?
A few days prior to the Early Access launch. We’ll announce the details in the news, so you won’t miss it!
Please give final response if we should be able to download the game at least 1 day before release or several hours before release.
Thank you GGG
Posted byAriklan#0363on Dec 3, 2024, 6:52:40 AM Quote this Post
According to Jhonattan Rogers in his recent interview with Zizaran, it seems there won’t be a pre-download available before launch, as they’re concerned about potential data mining. Brace yourselves, folks—this is going to be rough!
Posted bychernimonta666#0960on Dec 3, 2024, 6:55:49 AM Quote this Post
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Ariklan#0363 wrote:
Hopefully support is checking this so we have more clarity.
Per latest interview between JR and Ziz, it was mentioned that we might not be getting pre-download after all due to potential datamining.
However in the FAQ section on POE2 topics this was added few days ago:
When will I be able to download the client?
A few days prior to the Early Access launch. We’ll announce the details in the news, so you won’t miss it!
Please give final response if we should be able to download the game at least 1 day before release or several hours before release.
Thank you GGG
This also got me bummed out.
Dataminers usually don't have slow connections whereas most other - "normal" - people and non-streamers would be behind at least 3-6 hours if you are on any connection that is not glass fiber.
I do understand that this is to limit datamining potential but then at the same time, the whole client can already be downloaded on Xbox and I'd rather have the possibility of a Dataminer having access to the game's files and have everyone somewhat start playing at or around the same time.
Posted bypureawsm#4042on Dec 3, 2024, 6:56:51 AM Quote this Post
We need update for this asap. I have slow connection.
Posted byAngêleyes#7569on Dec 3, 2024, 7:08:53 AM Quote this Post
It's kind of weird. On this website, it says you can pre-load a few days before launch, but Johnathan said on a podcast just now that the concern about pre-loads is datamining. He said he would have a discussion about that with the team.
Posted byConsigliere242#1489on Dec 3, 2024, 7:13:05 AM Quote this Post
No Preload said on the podcast hard L!
Posted bymovte#2725on Dec 3, 2024, 7:17:46 AM Quote this Post