Epic Games Store

My friend gives me key, i've use it, pre-downloading game and see this

the store key (not the early access key) only allow you to download the client from the store (steam and epic), your account need to have redeem an early access key (which is different from the store key).

They even said it on the page to claim / generate the store key

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Please note this key only unlocks the client in your library, it will not provide early access to your account and should not be given away.

I bought the supporter pack on epic myself too. And my linked POE account still says "Your account does not have access to Path of Exile 2 Early Access. Bribe a friend who has a spare key or purchase now."

So us who chose to not buy on their website because it was so buggy to get through are not going to be allowed to play on launch? Or what am I to expect. I cant even test log in because it says "Patch update is needed". But there seems to be no patch in epic to update to either.

Same issue here. I already installed the game from the Epic Games client and still can't get access on the GGG's page.

Of course I linked my Epic account to my GGG account.

When I bought it on Steam a couple weeks ago, it took about a day until it showed up on the website.
If you buy from the Epic/Steam store directly, they need to notify GGG of the purchase, so they can add it to your account and unlock EA.