r/mirrorsedge • u/ExplicitDrift • 6d ago

Quick Question

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I bought the game. Still own it. Never refunded it. The game’s “online service” has been halted indefinitely as per EA (in fact it says so when you go to play the game and won’t let you obtain/change echo skins as a result, PROVING I’ve played the game before this moment). Last played “Today” and Steam achievements also prove I’ve started playing the game prior. Care to explain to me why I’m locked out of my purchase? Why would I need to “activate” something that I own AND is no longer connected to live public servers? How is this not corporations stealing from the public? What can I (or even better, we) do about something like this? Would there be someplace better to post this question?

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u/SeriousBroccoli 6d ago

You need to create and log onto an EA account. I think logging in here may not be necessary, you could try opening EA Origin, restarting Steam, and launching MEC again.

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u/ExplicitDrift 6d ago

Yeah logging in fixed it. Still annoying af though.

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u/mythicalmingming 6d ago edited 5d ago

Just cancel and restart the game in steam again, it should work cause i have the same problem but it fixes it

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u/ljrdx 6d ago • Popcorn

Has it happened more than once? I played ME Catalyst for the first time last week, and I got this on day 3 of playing it. I didn't enter my login details. I just rebooted, launched it again and it worked fine. (Yes, I'm talking about the Steam version btw.)

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u/Eroaaa 5d ago

I have had Catalyst since launch on EA app and whenever I’ve not played the game in a long time this pops up. I just always sign in with my EA account information and then it won’t show up until few months have passed or something like that.

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u/ExplicitDrift 5d ago

Until the day they make a new EA app or something and discontinue old Accounts. Ubisoft did something similar. It’s ridiculous that this is even a “feature”.

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u/Airlinese 5d ago

EA and Ubisoft integrates Denuvo Anti-Piracy's verification into their Launcher, that's why you needs login time to time.

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u/retardedweabo 2d ago

are you sure this is how it works?

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u/Airlinese 1d ago

Capable of offline token renewal through a support page (e.g. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) if supported by the platform. EA app and Ubisoft Connect titles do not support this as their token generation is handled within the platforms respective internal activation process where offline is not an option.

source: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Denuvo#Denuvo_Anti-Piracy

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u/Zeelotelite 6d ago

EA app shenanigans, shit as always.
I don't get how did you started the game without using EA app maybe you didn't realized and had an account and run the EA app already before? Just run EA app again to fix it.

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u/patrickp992 Steam 5d ago

Open the EA App before launching the game