epic games launcher is unequivocally the worst platform out there

[Corona Scurrae]

a basic feature like scanning game folders is absent and has been absent since launch but that's not too bad. I'm fortunate enough to have a gigabit fiber. so instead of waiting 5-10 minutes for large 100gb+ games I have to wait 30 minutes for the download to finish.

however the recent most hilarious development had me guffaw and question the sanity of the people who developed this appalling "platform".
I assume most people grab the giveaways and never bother with the launcher again.

now I frequently logged in during the last week to get the daily giveaways and I traveled to southern italy to visit my family.
today when I attempted to log in on my laptop, I received an error for "logging in too often" haha.

so I contact support and they tell me I should refrain from using vpn etc. which I didn't whenever epic was running. other than than some boilerplate garbage you probably have probably seen before.

TL;DR
I got banned for frequently logging in for the daily giveaways. I guess some automated system discovered that my weekly logins changed to daily logins and deemed it dodgy haha.

[potato]

yea i know and it's been crap for 5+ years now with no improvement in sight

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It was the shared IPs that were flagged.

[Corona Scurrae]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce lähetti viestin:

It was the shared IPs that were flagged.

:winterbunny2023:

but how. I logged in during my visit to italy. I guess they thought it's dodgy for anyone to travel to another country?

btw I didn't buy anything. I don't own any purchased games or software on epic.

[Pscht]

OP, are you trying to be "in with the cool kids" by complaining about NOT-Steam, on Steam?

[♥♥tutor♥♥tαrα♥♥]

EOS Status
@EOSStatus
We're aware of reports that people may be unable to log into the Epic Games Store, and we're currently investigating the issue.

We'll provide an update when we have one.

1:27 PM · Dec 28, 2023

https://twitter.com/EOSStatus/status/1740484584117240024

Epic Games status shows Login Major Outage

https://status.epicgames.com/

[Tito Shivan]

♥♥tutor♥♥tαrα♥♥ lähetti viestin:

https://twitter.com/EOSStatus/status/1740484584117240024

Epic Games status shows Login Major Outage

https://status.epicgames.com/

So they have achieved a Steam Milestone finally. Downtime during a large seasonal sale.

Anyway, no service is safe from getting those. Crap happens.

[Xautos]

so glad to read EGS is having problems, couldn't happen to a nicer service.

[Tito Shivan]

Xautos lähetti viestin:

so glad to read EGS is having problems, couldn't happen to a nicer service.

It happened to Steam for a looooong time.
Downtimes due to people DDoSing the service during summer and winter sale were so ubiquitous that 'don't try buying something during the first hours of a flash/daily deal' became common advice to novice users.

[Pscht]

Xautos lähetti viestin:

so glad to read EGS is having problems, couldn't happen to a nicer service.

I found a reason to re-use my earlier post, save for the "OP" at the beginning.

Pscht lähetti viestin:

are you trying to be "in with the cool kids" by complaining about NOT-Steam, on Steam?

Steam is not your buddy. It's a store. Just like all the others out there.

[Xautos]

Pscht lähetti viestin:

Xautos lähetti viestin:

so glad to read EGS is having problems, couldn't happen to a nicer service.

I found a reason to re-use my earlier post, save for the "OP" at the beginning.

Pscht lähetti viestin:

are you trying to be "in with the cool kids" by complaining about NOT-Steam, on Steam?

Steam is not your buddy. It's a store. Just like all the others out there.

don't assume my point was that steam is my ally. i've had enough experience to know steam is not and will not be my ally. I just like to read EGS is not doing as well.

[Xautos]

Tito Shivan lähetti viestin:

Xautos lähetti viestin:

so glad to read EGS is having problems, couldn't happen to a nicer service.

It happened to Steam for a looooong time.
Downtimes due to people DDoSing the service during summer and winter sale were so ubiquitous that 'don't try buying something during the first hours of a flash/daily deal' became common advice to novice users.

the service still lags in the first 30 minutes of a big deal and usually goes back to normal after about 2 hours. i know Steam might occasionally get hit by one of these things, i just like to read EGS is getting hit harder.

[Pscht]

"Not doing well" as usual mostly hits the lower rungs in a corporate structure, the ones with no ability to make changes and/or decisions. Basically you want random people to get fired.

[rawWwRrr]

Pscht lähetti viestin:

OP, are you trying to be "in with the cool kids" by complaining about NOT-Steam, on Steam?

Better than glorifying NOT-Steam on Steam with all the Sweeney alts.

[Xautos]

Pscht lähetti viestin:

"Not doing well" as usual mostly hits the lower rungs in a corporate structure, the ones with no ability to make changes and/or decisions. Basically you want random people to get fired.

now you are reading whatever you want to believe which is different from what i'm saying.

[Corona Scurrae]

♥♥tutor♥♥tαrα♥♥ lähetti viestin:

EOS Status
@EOSStatus
We're aware of reports that people may be unable to log into the Epic Games Store, and we're currently investigating the issue.

We'll provide an update when we have one.

1:27 PM · Dec 28, 2023

https://twitter.com/EOSStatus/status/1740484584117240024

Epic Games status shows Login Major Outage

https://status.epicgames.com/

ah I see. that makes sense. I raised the subject when I contacted the support but they instead told to refrain from using a vpn haha.

I honestly don't know what happened because every customer support has significantly been degraded over the years.
recently I contacted amazon support and they instead connected me to amazon games lol. I don't own a single amazon game...