Epic Account Required

[some kind of bird]

Are we ever going to get to a point where its just financially disadvantageous to engage with this corporate nonsense? Why would/should a game made by or under Jagex require an Epic account?

I didnt want it when the issue was PSN. I dont want it now. If the only reason is that I want to use whatever username I want and to be able to change it at any time, then that is enough. I dont have to pay Valve to change my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ username and I can make it whatever I want at any time.

[A Spooky Wraith]

Originally posted by Tompork:

Can someone confirm this requirement? usually its purely for multiplayer

It's a half requirement. So it requires an Epic account to play multiplayer, but it actually gives you an option for the game to make a dummy account for you (if you don't have one, or just... don't wanna use yours), for the purpose of just playing the game in multiplayer, and then it doesn't ask for login info. So that is an option, if you wanna "Screw you Epic". You also don't need one to play singleplayer.

[Jake]

Originally posted by A Spooky Wraith:

Originally posted by Tompork:

Can someone confirm this requirement? usually its purely for multiplayer

It's a half requirement. So it requires an Epic account to play multiplayer, but it actually gives you an option for the game to make a dummy account for you (if you don't have one, or just... don't wanna use yours), for the purpose of just playing the game, and then it doesn't ask for login info. So that is an option, if you wanna "Screw you Epic".

This is half correct.

When people say "Epic Account", they generally think of the Epic Game Store - the storefront they made to compete with Steam that nobody likes. To be entirely clear, you do not need an Epic Game Store account at all to play the game online.

The game uses Epic Online Service (again, not the Epic Game Store) to manage joining servers and presumably cross-platform later on down the line, which has its own type of account. This account isn't something you need to manually create or log into; the game makes it itself (or if you've played a game that used EOS before then you already have an EOS account and thus it uses that) and you never have to interact with that account - you don't need to create the account, you don't need to login to it. It just exists in the background of the game to be used for authenticating you when you join servers and things like that.

[Draksidian]

Originally posted by some kind of bird:

Originally posted by Ma⁧⁧l:

Wait I need an Epic account.. ?

It's listed under the requirements. Ive been following the game, I hadnt seen it before today, when I believe it went on sale.

It's been showing on the store page for the last few days at least.

[Min/Max]

cross-platform multiplayer

[Irot Noot]

So long as linking to Epic is required, its no buy for me.
Timmy cannot have my info, even if its only authentication info.

[Jake]

Originally posted by Irot Noot:

So long as linking to Epic is required, its no buy for me.
Timmy cannot have my info, even if its only authentication info.

Have you played almost any multiplayer game with public servers ever

[Murdour]

I don't get why Jagex did this stupid Epic partnership. I don't want Epic on my PC. There was no need for this horseSh*T

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Ma⁧⁧l:

Wait I need an Epic account.. ?

If you want to access your pre order content yes you do.. playing solo you wont get them, i never did.

[Jake]

Originally posted by Murdour:

I don't get why Jagex did this stupid Epic partnership. I don't want Epic on my PC. There was no need for this horseSh*T

It's not a partnership, it's a dependancy.

I checked your library and you play plenty of games that use Epic Online Services (EOS) - the only difference with Dragonwilds is that it uses EAS, which is just a subelement of EOS, but effectively the same thing.

[Civic]

Screw EPIC... let us just play with Steam accounts only when we bought the game on Steam. Epic is like a plague, spreading everywhere even when not needed or wanted.

[Dat Wasnt Me]

Thank You Steam and other game players
Hard Pass

[Thorn]

Originally posted by Toana:

Just seen it release, was so damn happy, installed, see i need EGS account, uninstalled, refunded, thx Jagex.

If you want to release game where its mandatory to have EGS account then release it on EGS only i don't want that crap on my pc.

You do not need the epic launcher. You do not need to make an Epic Games account.
They make a "ghost" online services account that you don't have to do anything for. No signing up, nothing.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Thorn:

Originally posted by Toana:

Just seen it release, was so damn happy, installed, see i need EGS account, uninstalled, refunded, thx Jagex.

If you want to release game where its mandatory to have EGS account then release it on EGS only i don't want that crap on my pc.

You do not need the epic launcher. You do not need to make an Epic Games account.
They make a "ghost" online services account that you don't have to do anything for. No signing up, nothing.

You do if you want the preorder content.. I get nothing unless you sign into epic.

[Jake]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Originally posted by Thorn:

You do not need the epic launcher. You do not need to make an Epic Games account.
They make a "ghost" online services account that you don't have to do anything for. No signing up, nothing.

You do if you want the preorder content.. I get nothing unless you sign into epic.

You do not need an Epic Games Store account. When you say an "Epic account", everyone will automatically assume you mean an Epic Games Store account because that is the only type of "Epic account" you can manually create.
It implies that they would need to either launch the game via the Epic Games Launcher (which is literally impossible for this game as it is not even available on the Epic Games Store) or enter in the login credentials for an Epic Store account before it will let them play the game. Neither of those things are true.

The only "epic account" required is an EOS account which is a completely automatic process, no usernames or passwords or personal info required, and has practically nothing to do with the Epic Games Store/Launcher.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Shippu:

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

You do if you want the preorder content.. I get nothing unless you sign into epic.

You do not need an Epic Games Store account. When you say an "Epic account", everyone will automatically assume you mean an Epic Games Store account because that is the only type of "Epic account" you can manually create.
It implies that they would need to either launch the game via the Epic Games Launcher (which is literally impossible for this game as it is not even available on the Epic Games Store) or enter in the login credentials for an Epic Store account before it will let them play the game. Neither of those things are true.

The only "epic account" required is an EOS account which is a completely automatic process, no usernames or passwords or personal info required, and has practically nothing to do with the Epic Games Store/Launcher.

I've played 3.5 hours and i have zero Pre order content because i never logged into Epic games servers..