December 2019
EA Crew,
I recently got the Origin Access Basic one-month gift subscription (regarding my having Account Verification set up) and my question is a bit on the specific side; I couldn't find anything close enough to meet my response.
I didn't realize the 'free upgrades' to some of my games would be removed from the games I own when my free month's Origin Access Basic expires (I have no plans on obtaining a paid Origin Access Subscription; it's not something I'm interested in), as in the Mass Effect: Andromeda 'Deluxe Edition' and the Mass Effect 3 'N7' Digital Deluxe Edition. I don't have a problem with my Mass Effect: Andromeda 'upgrade' being put back to the vanilla Andromeda in my account, as that's what I already owned. But I own the Mass Effect Trilogy (box copy), which includes a considerable amount of DLC (I believe), along with the three DLCs for the first Titanfall (which were themselves free gifts, but it is now the 'Deluxe Edition' in my account because of the 'free upgrade' of the Season's Pass).
What I'm concerned about is that I'll have all of my DLC taken from my accounts for the games I 'free upgraded' (say, the Season Pass for the first Titanfall, which would've supplied those DLCs if I had not received them as gifts) when they're changed back to the vanilla box versions (per what I've read about Origin Access Basic and what happens to upgrades made while it's active, when Access Basic expires), even if I do legally own what DLC I owned before I made those 'free upgrades'. I would assume that I would still legally own the DLCs I had in my account before Access Basic was applied, and will be retained after it expires.
However, if this is not the case, and I will only have the vanilla box versions of those I 'upgraded' when my Access Basic runs out (and I do not plan on subscribing to a paid Access subscription) and no longer any of the DLCs I already owned, I will be exceptionally upset. I lost Darkspore in my account when EA shut down its servers three weeks after I bought my vanilla box copy and installed it, before even getting to play it. I am not comfortable with spending money on a game and never being able to play it before such removal occurs. I never pushed the issue about this, but if I lose any of the DLC I own in the games I've mentioned once my 'free' Origin Access Basic runs out (which I did not even have the choice to refuse it being added to my account) I will do so regarding my stolen and paid-for DLCs and Darkspore, and I will never do business with your company again, aside from what I still own in Origin (which I have no choice but to use to play them).
I would appreciate it if you would answer this question specifically: will I have _exactly_ what games _and_ their DLC I legally own and had in my Origin Account (specifically, the ones I 'upgraded' for 'free' while Origin Access Basic was active) once my 'free' Access Basic expires? Please post me back with your answer.
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December 2019
Hey @Gorgomancellor if you do not continue to be an OA member then once your membership ends you will lose access to any extra content that you received due to having OA but will not lose any content you already owned.
Darko
December 2019
Hey @Gorgomancellor if you do not continue to be an OA member then once your membership ends you will lose access to any extra content that you received due to having OA but will not lose any content you already owned.
Darko
December 2019