Hey everyone,
Origin and Steam will not be able to play online together. When crossplay is introduced later in development, then all platforms can play together in supported crossplay modes (Social Play and Two-Player Career modes)
-rephii
An EA employee I had on the phone yesterday told me that the next patch will make crossplay possible. Guessing that's not 1.05 then? Just read the patch notes and there's nothing in there about Steam and Origin. Hope it was not another lie :/
The problem is, for EA ist playing between steam and Origin not crossplay. Crossplay is only between like xbox-PC or PS and PC but NOT Steam and Origin.
Its very save, that players will never play together at Origin and steam.
That is what you believe, not know. So it is anything but certain.
And just because an employee says EA+Origin isn't crossplay, doesn't mean the developer or publisher sees it that way. Support staff quite often tell nonsense that later turns out to be untrue.
So until an official announcement is made, it's all speculation, and that doesn't help anyone. And assertions of any alleged "certain facts" helps even more nobody. Just wait and see...
I bet 5 Pitcoins that Origin-Steam 'crossplay' will come when proper crossplay comes...
It seems very hard to see how it would work otherwise, in that if PlayStation and XBOX players can have a PC player join them in a lobby what would happen? If a Steam player joins first could only other Steam players join but not Origin? And vice versa? Also, my bet is that a reason possible splitting of the PC league community wasn't seen as a concern during game development was because they expected their crossplay solution to make it a non-issue.
All just my speculation of course.
I've had three EA employees on the phone so far.
Person 1 told me last week that it'd be possible for Steam and Origin to play together within a few days.
Person 2 told me that Steam and Origin can already play together since it's both on the same platform (PC).
Person 3 told me that the next patch will enable cross-play.
Person 1 and person 2 turned out to be liars. So I don't have very high hopes of what person 3 told me...
@Jaspervdw95 wrote:I've had three EA employees on the phone so far.
Person 1 told me last week that it'd be possible for Steam and Origin to play together within a few days.
Person 2 told me that Steam and Origin can already play together since it's both on the same platform (PC).
Person 3 told me that the next patch will enable cross-play.
Person 1 and person 2 turned out to be liars. So I don't have very high hopes of what person 3 told me...
My guess is Person 3 isn't right either but given you have zero confidence either way I'd stop asking if I were you. If there is solid news I bet we'll see it here, or possibly on the official Twitter feed. It would make no sense to just give it to some EA helpdesk staff to tell people if they ask. Also bear in mind that an EA helpdesk will cover all games. It's not like calling the relevant Codemasters team.
@mariohomoh I do get your point but I have to disagree with you. Our issue is with EA yes, but basically they "are" EA.
Maybe the term liars is a bit too harsh, I agree with you there, but basically they apparently just make things up.
If they don't know things, they should say so. And not just make up answers to be done with it.
There's no use for a help desk this way, beside giving false hope to people.
In the case of person 3, I asked her two times "is it really confirmed that it's gonna be fixed next patch?" and she said "yes for sure".
The biggest joke of all is that there hasn't been any communication from EA though.
@Jaspervdw95 wrote:@mariohomoh I do get your point but I have to disagree with you. Our issue is with EA yes, but basically they "are" EA.
Maybe the term liars is a bit too harsh, I agree with you there, but basically they apparently just make things up.
If they don't know things, they should say so. And not just make up answers to be done with it.
There's no use for a help desk this way, beside giving false hope to people.
They're employees heeding their boss' orders. They're not your friends.
If policy stipulates that they still need to put out a placating answer when they can't find the proper info on their database, they will do so.
They're not doing that to spite you. They're doing that to earn their paycheck and pay the bills. If they're working to EA or Procter & Gamble or Burger King, makes no difference to them. It's just a paycheck.
You're correct, could very well be that the main reason for such a help desk is to give people "false hope", aka "soothing their dissatisfaction until they either forget the issue or we come up with a fix". And if that's indeed the case, I don't think anyone should expect a low paying employee to go against their orders and "hey mate, this is a bad product and I was told to stall you the best I can".
maybe
person 1 was the house keeper
person 2 was the facility manager
person 3 was the security guy at the entrance
