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thisuserbanned
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4 years ago

Unlink steam & "you can lose battlepass lvl and unlocked items" ?

I played apex legends via steam when I started to play, but recently i downloaded origin and started playing via origin instead of steam. So i want to un-link my steam account to origin. I have the ...
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EA_David
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4 years ago
@Tripplesz I wouldn't recommend it at all. Unlinking can be a pandora's box and I don't want to make a promise I can't guarantee.
Generally I wouldn't recommend unlinking unless there was a strong reason to do so, and in your case it sounds like you can just play the game on Origin. This will leave you free to swap back to Steam later if you should so choose, too.
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    thisuserbanned
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    4 years ago

    My issue, is that the steam account I have used, is my brothers account, and my brother "needs" it back, hes being an * about it now, so i wanted to unlink it from everything I had it linked to, just to not have an issue with that in the future, if he suddenly wants to * link his origin acc to steam etc..

    if you have siblings, u can understand my problem, and the pain i want to spare myself for in the future x) 

    But hmm, then idk. i've spent 2000$ on apex, according to steam, so would suck to lose parts or all of that ive spent. 

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    thisuserbanned
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    4 years ago

    @EA_David  idk if i ihave to tag you here, i guess i do.

    so there is no way to be sure/noone i can ask to make sure i dont lose my cosmetics, even tho i remove my steam account from the ea/origin?

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      EA_David
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      4 years ago
      Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a confirmation either way. It's a tricky situation, and a prime case for why not to account share.

      I did test delinking in this matter on one of my accounts and it worked fine, but that didn't have a spend on Steam.

      My instinct is that in your case it would be fine, but I can't guarantee that, and it certainly wouldn't be something I'd take a risk on at the amount of money you've put into the game.
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        thisuserbanned
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        4 years ago

        @EA_David  Yeah, I know. Account sharing isnt that smart, but i've used his steam for 3 years, didnt think he needed it back.

        But as you said, you tried it. 

        If I make an account, play apex on steam, I buy battlepass and lvl it up, and then try and de-link, and it doesnt remove my progress and items, does that mean it wont happen on my other account also.

        Like, is the result final, as in my new test account, if that gets to keep its *, then there is no chance for my main account, to lose its *? If I try and spend money on it etc?