You really should correct this issue. Bought the game through steam which has offline mode and shouldn't even need the EA app to begin with because it's already a secured purchase. Second, I'll complain to the FCC, Congress and send a not to the White House and they usually follow up. There's no reason to block legally purchased content at any time period.
If you own the game through Steam you should know that there is a way to open (most) games directly in the Steam app by bypassing the developer's launcher. So you can launch via Steam's offline mode instead of being stuck waiting for the EA launcher.
Go on your Steam Library and right click the game you want to open without the launcher.
Click on properties.
At the bottom of the 'General' tab, beneath 'Launch Options' you can see there is a text box.
In this box enter: --skip-launcher
You will only need to do this once per game and it can be removed at any time. Enjoy!
(This apparently doesn't work for every game but it has for every one that i've tried it on so far, including the Dragon Age games which are also EA)
May it be a cold day before I buy another EA game. Thunderstorm caused my PC power supply to glitch and need to be reset. Internet is down hard and no one is going to be out in the continuing storms to work on it. Meaning I'm unable to start the game I've been playing daily for months.
I can understand requiring an occasional sign in, but I was online yesterday. This EA launcher is the last straw for me.
I support. In my case, it is not the storm that is to blame, but russian shelling on the infrastructure of my country (I am from Ukraine). Sometimes there is no light for a long time and there is no Internet for even longer. I bought almost all EA games through Steam, but I still have to endure this nonsense and the lack of access to honestly purchased games.
(And the method above with disabling the launcher did not help, I tried it using the example of Dragon Age 2)
