One account, one launcher, one date. Matchmaking opens November 27, and everything below gets you ready before it does.
Check the status page on launch day. If it is green, you are good.
Sign up on the register page with a real email. Accounts are open, there is no request queue. Save the backup codes it shows you once. They are only asked for again on a new device.
The download goes live on this site when the build hits one hundred percent, and you can watch that number on the home page. Sign in inside the launcher with the same account. After the first sign in, your device is remembered.
November 27. Matchmaking opens, parties fill up and the queue goes live. Press play, wait for a match and drop in.
Windows, an account, and the launcher. That is the whole list.
A 64 bit install with the game already updated. The launcher handles the paths for you.
Email and password. Nothing is shared with the game process, the launcher exchanges it for a short lived code.
One download from this site. Final packaging is happening now, and the build progress is always on the home page.
Your first sign in on a new device asks for one backup code. After that the device is remembered and normal sign ins only need your password.
A backup code is asked for again only when something looks different, a new device or a network we have never seen. That is the entire point of the codes.
You can regenerate codes any time from your profile. The old set dies immediately. Nobody on the team will ever ask for your password or codes.