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Moving Account off of Steam

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Whimsi Kendall
Pradox One
#1 - 2014-01-22 00:05:20 UTC
I purchased EVE off steam, and love the game, I hate dealing with Steam downtime (like right now). Is there anything I can do to move my account to a non-Steam account?
Sarah Nalelmir
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2014-01-22 00:06:19 UTC
Whimsi Kendall wrote:
I purchased EVE off steam, and love the game, I hate dealing with Steam downtime (like right now). Is there anything I can do to move my account to a non-Steam account?


Steam is down ? Shocked
Sarah Nalelmir
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2014-01-22 00:07:06 UTC
Steams working fine here ?
Whimsi Kendall
Pradox One
#4 - 2014-01-22 00:09:50 UTC
Sarah Nalelmir wrote:
Steams working fine here ?


Up, now, but it seems to be down one a week at the times I play. I would prefer to just not have to deal with it.
Night Sword
State War Academy
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-01-22 00:10:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Night Sword
can you not launch the game from the game folder?

check your program files (x86) > Steam > Steamapps or something like that, perhaps your account name for steam, but in there is the game exe which I imagine you can run without connecting through steam

give it a shot



otherwise just download the standalone launcher and use the same account information... cant be that hard

google ftw
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
#6 - 2014-01-22 01:14:33 UTC
As far as i know there is no "easy" way to move it off Steam.

However, you can buy a regular account trough CCP, then pay to have your Steam character moved over to your none Steam EVE account. At least i cant see any reason to why this wouldent work but someone please correct me if im wrong here.

If there are other ways, i dont know about them sorry, but hopefully you can get some answers here and if not you can try the steam forums and possible Issues, Workarounds & Localization.

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Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#7 - 2014-01-22 01:20:35 UTC
Whimsi Kendall wrote:
I purchased EVE off steam, and love the game, I hate dealing with Steam downtime (like right now). Is there anything I can do to move my account to a non-Steam account?

If you REALLY care about your character...
Start a new account and pay the $20 to transfer the character from acct to acct...

...
Regan Rotineque
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-01-22 04:52:53 UTC
Open up a ticket with CCP and ask - probably your fastest and best way to get a clear answer.

I don't use steam so i dont really know how they tie accounts/games and such together.

But a CCP GM should be able to help you.

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KIller Wabbit
MEME Thoughts
#9 - 2014-01-22 06:19:38 UTC
Just trace down the steam install folder for applications and run the game directly from the EVE install folder. There is no need to run under Steam, but you can still let Steam maintain it for you. I've run it this way for years.
CCP Falcon
#10 - 2014-01-22 08:38:21 UTC
Unfortunately you're not able to move an account off of steam, as your account uses your steam credentials to verify your identity with us before letting you log in Smile

The only way you can do this I suppose, is to create a new account via our website, then transfer your character from the Steam account to the new one that isn't linked to your Steam credentials.

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Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
Tactical-Retreat
#11 - 2014-01-22 08:59:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Altrue
CCP Falcon wrote:
Unfortunately you're not able to move an account off of steam, as your account uses your steam credentials to verify your identity with us before letting you log in Smile

The only way you can do this I suppose, is to create a new account via our website, then transfer your character from the Steam account to the new one that isn't linked to your Steam credentials.


Why didn't you keep the old method with Steam providing CD keys? (Just like they do for every other MMO)

Of all game companies out there, I'm surprised to see CCP being one of the first to adopt a DRM-like system for this type of use. (That not to avoid piracy, just the non-use of steam)

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Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#12 - 2014-01-22 10:41:05 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
Unfortunately you're not able to move an account off of steam, as your account uses your steam credentials to verify your identity with us before letting you log in Smile

The only way you can do this I suppose, is to create a new account via our website, then transfer your character from the Steam account to the new one that isn't linked to your Steam credentials.


Totally didn't say that before you...

...
seth Hendar
I love you miners
#13 - 2014-01-22 10:51:24 UTC  |  Edited by: seth Hendar
NightCrawler 85 wrote:
As far as i know there is no "easy" way to move it off Steam.

However, you can buy a regular account trough CCP, then pay to have your Steam character moved over to your none Steam EVE account. At least i cant see any reason to why this wouldent work but someone please correct me if im wrong here.

If there are other ways, i dont know about them sorry, but hopefully you can get some answers here and if not you can try the steam forums and possible Issues, Workarounds & Localization.

yes, you can, since you do create an eve online account after purchasing with steam, you can just delete the game from steam, install it from the regular installer and login "normally" (I.E. without steam).

it can be long depending on your connection, but it's not hard per say

edit: just saw CCP's answer, that's weird, it was possible earlier like a few month ago, something changed???
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2014-01-22 11:03:36 UTC
Whimsi Kendall wrote:
Sarah Nalelmir wrote:
Steams working fine here ?


Up, now, but it seems to be down one a week at the times I play. I would prefer to just not have to deal with it.


I don't think you need steam to be online do start the eve client.

Just launch it from your steam apps folder.

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ISD Alliance
#15 - 2014-01-22 22:33:33 UTC
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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2014-01-22 22:38:52 UTC  |  Edited by: James Amril-Kesh
I really don't understand why people love Steam so much.
I only have it because it was a cheap way to get Sins of a Solar Empire to play with my friends.

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Verlane Nalelmir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#17 - 2014-01-22 22:44:03 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
I really don't understand why people love Steam so much.
I only have it because it was a cheap way to get Sins of a Solar Empire to play with my friends.


Agreed. Steam is for the older games you can't find anymore. Like X-Com.
Infinity Ziona
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2014-01-23 05:57:02 UTC
Steam is pretty much malware in that it can interfere with the normal functioning of your computer, they have an annoying anti-cheat system residing in your system permanantly using its resources, and they have the right to prevent you from playing any of the games which you purchased if your account is disabled for any reason they deem.

You could potentially lose access to all your games if they decided you did something wrong. They also have an EULA which basically says "we don't sell private information we collect" but also "we may change this EULA whenever we like".

I'd just pay to get have the character transferred if I was you. Not sure if you can do a buddy invite for an extra month to make up for some of the cost of the transfer...

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Johan Civire
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#19 - 2014-01-23 05:59:18 UTC
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Steam is pretty much malware in that it can interfere with the normal functioning of your computer, they have an annoying anti-cheat system residing in your system permanantly using its resources, and they have the right to prevent you from playing any of the games which you purchased if your account is disabled for any reason they deem.

You could potentially lose access to all your games if they decided you did something wrong. They also have an EULA which basically says "we don't sell private information we collect" but also "we may change this EULA whenever we like".

I'd just pay to get have the character transferred if I was you. Not sure if you can do a buddy invite for an extra month to make up for some of the cost of the transfer...


What the ..... Little paranoia are we?
Infinity Ziona
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2014-01-23 10:50:55 UTC
Johan Civire wrote:
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Steam is pretty much malware in that it can interfere with the normal functioning of your computer, they have an annoying anti-cheat system residing in your system permanantly using its resources, and they have the right to prevent you from playing any of the games which you purchased if your account is disabled for any reason they deem.

You could potentially lose access to all your games if they decided you did something wrong. They also have an EULA which basically says "we don't sell private information we collect" but also "we may change this EULA whenever we like".

I'd just pay to get have the character transferred if I was you. Not sure if you can do a buddy invite for an extra month to make up for some of the cost of the transfer...


What the ..... Little paranoia are we?

If you think I'm paranoid thinking companies sell your personal data, I refer you to the news item OfficeMax accidentally sent a family whose daughter was killed in a car accident a letter addressed to daughter killed in car accident

CCP Fozzie “We can see how much money people are making in nullsec and it is, a gigantic amount, a shit-ton… in null sec anomalies. “*

Kaalrus pwned..... :)
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