Still getting the same here, as well.
Vanguard Discord is now up, if anyone wants to get info that is where it will be at. It’s already been asked of CCP whether Linux-friendly EAC is in the cards, upvoting is an option if you want to show support for the inquiry:
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I just played Vanguard for a good 30 minutes. I’m very lost.
Just like last month, the initial connection was kicked back out due to Anti-cheat and net disconnect. Just simply hit connect again and I was in.
I’ve been bad at FPS for years…but this is sort of like eve … more complicated than most. Very lost.
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I just played Vanguard for a good 30 minutes. I’m very lost.
Just like last month, the initial connection was kicked back out due to Anti-cheat and net disconnect. Just simply hit connect again and I was in.
Glad I checked this thread again. Same. I’m lost too, but I’d rather be lost than out.
Worst part isn’t even being unable to participate – it’s the dang radio silence from CCP and literally every game developer in modern history when asked this question. It’s a really toxic norm not to say “no, we’re not working on this right now, and here’s why,” or even “yeah, we heard you, but we don’t have an answer to that.”
I’m glad something changed for the better; but I’m sad the change happened unannounced, in the dark, and in furtherance of that miserable trope. It feels a bit like being snuck a treat while being shushed.
Not to be ungrateful. I suspect my gratitude and my frustration are respectively meant for different groups of people. Oh, well. Thanks for letting us in. It’s nice.
From a developer standpoint, I can see the desire of limiting complications in a pre-alpha game. A number of bug reports would have to be discounted out of hand, even if they’re valid, because CCP isn’t currently supporting linux and investigating bug reports that turn out to be linux-specific is a waste of dev time. In a pre-alpha playtest, limit the amount of variables to make things as streamlined for the bug shooters as possible.
My OP was made from a player standpoint. It’s a new shiny, I want to enjoy it. I’ve gotten to load up onto a Windows machine a couple times throughout the process, including the current playtest, and try it out; it’s cool! Me likez shineez, gimme moarz.
So how to play Vanguard on steam deck? How to download?
Vanguard isnt playable. Just has playtests when needed.
If you already. Have eve on steamdeck then you should see an option to create a vanguard character. Or not idk it may not be available for steamdeck
At the end of the last public playtest, there was some talk on the roadmap about Vanguard starting to make some noise in November, and opening up on Steam as an Early Access game at some point a little later. No news on whether CCP will, at that point, have made the EAC wine-friendly.
CCP doesn’t need to support Linux.
It only needs to support Wine/Proton.
It wouldn’t be a big burden on them, and I imagine it would add an appealing point to their platform on Steam, so why isn’t it going through?
I never thought it would be so hard to get “just a few clicks.”
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Still no EAC checked for linux 
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EAC support on Linux would be nice later down the road.
Still no EAC for Linux. This is saddening. Well then i gotta play some Cyberpunk 2077 on my Linux Box again as i am not going to install Windows for this Game.
There are so many games out there, and I have limited number of hours in my life - I just skip at all games using kernel-level anticheats.
That’s why I’m not planning to play Vanguard, despite the fact I was riding the first wave of excitement when CCP announced it (I love FPS and MMO). And I encourage you people to do the same. Not complain, not flame, not argue - just respect your time and nerves, and just ignore Vanguard, and have fun somewhere else 
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Still waiting for CCP to support Proton, only game in my entire steam library that doesn’t work via Compatibility → force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool → Proton Hotfix. and hitting Play.
This is a common misconception. CCP doesn’t support Proton as it is software belonging to Steam and not CCP. That would be like asking Tim Horton’s to make the cream better in your coffee. They are a coffee shop and a dairy.
Asking any game company for better support is okay. These days most game companies farm the support out to low bid contractors. I know back in 2001, India took all my contracts from a rather large client. However Proton is supported by Steam and no one else is allowed to touch it.
This is one reason I run many games through either the default Wine from the Linux OS distro or the WineHQ distro. I first started this account on Steam but dropped the launcher after performance issues. I am unaware of any other process for running EAC through Wine other than Steam’s launcher. Even with omega, I won’t be able to play test Vanguard.
I understand you there. The issue at present with the anticheat software is a double edged sword. Sure it detects people cheating, but since it works like an antivirus program, it picks up false positives as well. It is still up to a human to process the EAC logs and figure out who is who. I would hate to see them automatically ban users based on the output logs. Cheaters are also getting more advanced using 2 machines now to cheat. One is dirty and the other PC is clean. The clean PC plays the game and streams it to the dirty PC. The dirty PC sends keyboard and mouse data via USB to the clean PC. There are some that use only hardware and not software cheats. For example; EAC cannot scan your PC for a robotic mouse using a webcam to read the screen.
All that will become more available to the public at large. Companies like EAC will build a better shield and the cheaters build a better sword. Meanwhile the honest players get nuked in the middle of their war.
Fly safe o7