I bought SW Squadrons via Steam back in 2020 and every time I try to play it recently it always tries to ask me to verify who I am....why, my Steam account and EA accounts are linked, yet it does not recognise who I am automatically and EA doesn't seem to know I own the game via Steam?This is probably what is causing the other issue I am having with this game getting stuck at the verification screen.

Hi @OldFaartQ To confirm is this a windows prompt your see, or are you getting the prompt when signing into your EA account?

I have the same problem (and from what I have found so far on the web, so have many others).Here's a detailed description:My EA and Steam accounts are linked, yet every time I start the game via Steam, it doesn't remember my device as previously authenticated and thus asks for a verification code on EVERY launch... Or rather tries to, because that horribly bad implemeted ingame browser fails to render the verification form every single time in VR mode and sometimes (completely random) in regular mode as well.In VR mode it just shows a black screen with the word "close" on the top right that is impossible to get past, as in VR mode that button doesn't react to any input device, probably because it was built only with normal mode in mind where a mouse is available and no one ever thought of what would happen in VR. So, VR mode is effectively unplayable because one cannot even get to the main menu.In normal mode, it sometimes renders the verification form and sometimes not, completely at random. If not, it then either shows a plain grey area or a completely transparent one. At least in normal mode I can actually click on "close" when the form fails to render, but then I am not signed in of course.When the form actually does show up, it cannot be interacted with via the mouse at all, so I have to use the tab key to navigate through it. And after I entered the verification code (the box "remember this device" is always checked of course), I am properly logged in, but the next time I start the game again, I have to verify once more (provided that crappy ingame browser overlay works that time, which as I said before is a complete gamble).In my EA account overview under "Security", the list of trusted devices gets longer with every login, always adding a new device called "Steam" instead of recognizing that I am logging in from the same Steam account on the same machine as before. I imagine if the game would properly recognize the verified environment, it would skip that terribly implemented verification form popup on subsequent logins, but since it obviously can't, the whole login process is basically broken, making launching the game in VR completely impossible and incredibly annoying in normal mode.This means that the only way I can actually launch the game in VR is to log in to my EA account in the browser, deactivate the login verification under "Security" (which of course is a big risk for my account's safety), start the game in VR and then reactivate the verification again when it is running.That is completely unfeasible and also a big risk to my account's security.I can honestly say that I am quite baffled on how this whole process was implemented. I have never seen such a terrible in-game login mechanism in my entire life, how could something as error prone or rather outright broken as this make it into the game? Did no one ever test this, even though it literally prevents the game from actually being starting properly?

Their 2FA is rubbish, so I disabled it and am now able to play the game in any mode. Not the most secure, but no other games ask for this before starting.

This is still the case, nobody is fixing it.

Same problem, June 2024. So * annoying. Please fix.

Why does my EA game Star Wars Squadrons keep asking to verify me?

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BullitMagnit74
2 years ago
@PvtWaffle same here. July 2024.. every attempt to launch the game I get the verify with code screen, even tho every time I selected 'Remember this device'.

It doesn't help the code screen renders badly on my 34 inch ultrawide monitor and the mouse pointer position doesn't corrolate properly with the buttons or the code enter field, so I have to move the mouse all over the screen until it thinks I'm over the right area and highlights the button or field.. even tho my mouse pointer is like 300 pixels off to the right....

EA... you are terrible.
sklokazoid
12 months ago
I just started getting this, too. WTF? Would be great if I could move and select an option with the controller. Or maybe it should just remember me as I keep telling it to.
Hicks613
11 months ago
September 2024. This is still borked. YOu can't trust your device and set it to never ask.You can't play Star Wars in VR and interact with the menu. 2fa essentially breaks the game.
These monkeys failed to test their mfa implementation. If deployed MFA in this manner across the organization I work at I would be fired on the spot.
MagicalTrevor70
9 months ago
Turn off 2FA to stop this.
Pantouf21
8 months ago
Same issue here.

Btw, i have find a "solution". Launch the game in windowed mode, so you will be able to select where to send the validation code, and enter it.

Goodbye fullscreen.
AtticusFinch90
8 months ago
Same issue here. EA sucks.
fishynumbers
7 months ago
Without question. December 2024. Still a problem
They are a multibillion dollar international corporation and refuse to pay for this simple fix.
There is too much waste at the top.
Valueless paper pushers with undeserved compensation.
In a fair world competitors who actually care about their products would already have eaten EA alive.

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Why does my EA game Star Wars Squadrons keep asking to verify me?

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