Claim Steam Key now or wait for December 6th?

[imadot]

If you have a steam key available to claim now for POE-2 purchased on Steam, do you claim it now, or wait until Friday the 6th of December? It does not specify WHEN to claim the key. Also, what exactly is an "Epic" Key? Is that for the Stand Alone version releasing on Thursday the 5th???

[Critical]

just use it now. Waiting to use it won't change anything

[SK]

It looks like you already have the Steam PoE2 client.

If you purchased on Steam, the client gets automatically added to your library and you get EA access on your Steam account (Your Steam account is your PoE account).

If you sign into the PoE site and see a 2nd Steam key, it's useless. The Epic client is not the standalone, that's if you want to play using Epic instead of Steam for some reason.

The standalone is downloaded from their site, and you don't need a key to get it. You just need EA access. The standalone also isn't releasing early, it just allows pre-load so you can download before it releases.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by imadot:

Claim Steam Key now or wait for December 6th?
If you have a steam key available to claim now for POE-2 purchased on Steam, do you claim it now, or wait until Friday the 6th of December? It does not specify WHEN to claim the key. Also, what exactly is an "Epic" Key? Is that for the Stand Alone version releasing on Thursday the 5th???

The keys are claimable during early access, this means you can use them up to 6-12 months from Dec. 6th. When the full version launches you'll lose your early access.

[spicyLEGO]

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but from where do you claim the key?

[SK]

Originally posted by spicyLEGO:

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but from where do you claim the key?

If you buy on the PoE site, you claim a key to activate it on Steam.

If you bought on Steam, you don't have any key to claim. But the PoE site will give you another Steam key that only activates the Steam client, and does not give access to the game.

if you have a 2nd actual EA key to give away, it will also be on the site.
There is a difference between an EA key and a Steam client key.

[imadot]

Thanks for the answers, helped. So one more please- how do you play the stand-alone version without an early-access key? Or does the key for the steam version qualify you for stand-alone as well?

[Ashyne]

Originally posted by imadot:

Thanks for the answers, helped. So one more please- how do you play the stand-alone version without an early-access key? Or does the key for the steam version qualify you for stand-alone as well?

Login on website using Steam sign-in and use the launcher.

[Siameasy]

epic key is for the "epic games store" a rival to steam (owned by the makers of the unreal engine)

[imadot]

Originally posted by Siameasy:

epic key is for the "epic games store" a rival to steam (owned by the makers of the unreal engine)

Didnt know that either- thanks!

[imadot]

FYI- Thursday early download release- https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3591631/page/1#p25503656

Thats where I got confused (again), there is no playing the game thursday, just downloading if I read it right.

[D9.sniz®]

gimme keys :O

[Fartex]

Originally posted by Siameasy:

epic key is for the "epic games store" a rival to steam (owned by the makers of the unreal engine)

i un-installed epic game for this reason:

back then i had epic games installed on a HDD, not an SSD. so everytime i launche epic games, even without playing any game from that store, my HDD used to go crzay, as in, it was opperating and spinning like they did back then when a virus scan was initiated.
when i closed epic games via taskmanager, it would stop doing that within 3-5 seconds.

so my thought back then was: why the hell are they scanning my hard drive?
that was my main reason why i uninstalled that store software.
oh and keep in mind, back then there was also a lot of talk about that store doing shady stuff to your data.... i think all of you kind of know what i mean no?

this could now have been changed, but i just dont trust that launcher anymore :/