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iamnuff
Newcomer
15 hours ago

Mass Effect 3 online pass error

No online pass on my game, can't play MP, the dlcs don't seem to be active. Been in chat with support for over 4 hours, speaking to like a dozen diffrent agents. 

They all seem clueless. 

Case #242969621

First I started with the steam digital deluxe edition, but clearly when you buy it, the EA server actually gives you the standard edition. 

Okay, so i've seen four or five threads with the same issue, just contact support and they'll fix it, right? 

Well actually getting in touch with support seems nigh impossible, the ai chatbot that masquerdes as support won't let you. But eventually I got though. The first support agent lied and said it was steam's fault and I needed to talk to them to 'prove that i'd bought the dlc' (it's a one item bundle, you HAVE to buy the dlc)

Anyway, i got in touch with another support agent who passed me off to another one, who got the Online Pass required to actually play MP. GREAT!
But not the dlc. 

The agent then says "reinstall the game and it'll all be fixed k thx bye" and closed the chat on me. 
I reinstall, and wouldn't you know it, not fixed. 

I get back in chat with a new agent, then my tab closes itself and I can't reopen it no matter what I do. 
While i'm 'afk' the new support agent 'fixes' my problem by doing something, which completely removes my permissions and ownership of the game entirely. 

So I've got from 'has the game but no dlc or online' to 'has the game with online but no dlc' to 'can't even boot the game because EA app is saying that I don't own it' 

After two more agents and like another hour of this, I eventually get one who just completely removes the steam version from my account at all, presumably writing it off as irrecoverably screwed up by the previous guy, and he gives me the EA version of the game. 
Great!

But no dlc or online. So i'm right back where I started.

I eventually get another new agent, who makes me reinstall the game again (for the fourth time total so far) claiming 'you definitely have all of the permissions, you just need to reinstall and it will work' 

I reinstall. No dice, doesn't work.

They say "We've logged this issue and will get back to you, when we find a solution, we'll send you a message in-game."
in-game? You're going to send me a message through Mass Effect 3?
Somehow I seriously doubt that.

Also, why would I even boot the game up unless I know the issue is fixed? It's not like i'm going to be playing it.

Also, the solution is simple. You just give me the online pass and the dlcs that come with the version of the game that I originally purchased. One of you literally already did that before another one of you screwed it up and took it back away from me again. 

Jesus, how is this so complicated? It's been five hours. Just give me what I paid for!

3 Replies

  • F4810_ITA's avatar
    F4810_ITA
    Seasoned Scout
    11 hours ago

    It sounds like a joke. You have to be lucky enough to find a competent one...not everyone is. After 960 hours of multiplayer-only gameplay, an agent had the nerve to tell me I'd only purchased the DLC and not the game hahahahahaha. I strongly advise you not to give up and try support again until you find the only competent agent who, in my opinion, helps everyone with this problem. Good luck.

  • iamnuff's avatar
    iamnuff
    Newcomer
    8 hours ago

    I can't even get back in touch with them. It won't let me 'resume my case', it's set on 'waiting for player' while they say that they'll pass it onto their internal team. 

    Meanwhile, I can't even get back through the goddamn robot to talk to a diffrent agent. Every time it asks me what the issue is, I tell it, and it redirects me to some useless article.
    There's a 'speak to the team' button, but it's disabled.

    The people providing 'support' for EA should be fired, since they clearly don't know what they're doing, but whoever designed this awful support system in the first place that forces you to jump through hoops just to get a link to speak to a chatbot that just asks you the exact same questions over and over and over again so that it can eventually just refuse to put you through to a real person and close itself should be keel-hauled.

  • Mayamis's avatar
    Mayamis
    Rising Traveler
    5 hours ago

    I had this same problem once when my online pass for this game got revoked after my EA subscription ran out.. even tho I owned this game fully and played mp for years before that. Regular tech support agents were absolutely clueless and useless. I don't even understand what is their purpose.

    it was EA_Shepard that helped me and sorted it out.

    EA_Shepard​ can you look into this for iamnuff​ 

    this is my old thread where you helped me with same situation 2yrs agoo

    https://forums.ea.com/discussions/mass-effect-franchise-discussion-en/old-report-mass-effect-3-multiplayer-not-accessible-redeem-online-pass/9240776

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