Reminds of that guy that developed DXVK to play Nier on linux

No worries. Just want to make sure people are fully aware. Thanks for linking the info.

IVPN is certainly a good contender. I’d also consider AirVPN purely for port forwarding. I’d swap to IVPN in a heartbeat if they had that feature.

Except the community manager did make a mistake and apologized about the message confirming linux support. I’m sure the CM didn’t know what native linux vs proton support meant and assumed they were the same.

The fact that they’ve been up front with linux/proton support clearly doesn’t seem like an after thought. I’m not sure what else you expext them to do when the AC they decide to use doesn’t fully implement linux support yet (this is an assumption based on Embark’s track record)? Maybe they announced proton support too early?

Don’t get me wrong, I refunded my pre order after the last beta announcement but the game is launching in early access. They are pretty upfront and encouraging about refunding their game if you don’t like the early access. Once things are sorted, I’ll buy back in but I’m not also not expecting them to make decisions solely on proton support. If they say they are working on it, I’ll take them at their word.

I believe mullvad owns most of their servers. Ivpn does not claim to own their servers.

Not sure if linking is allowed but if you go to IVPN’s server status page, they have a quick faq at the bottom where they mention they rent from datacenter partners.

They aren’t blocking linux out of hostility. They swapped anti cheats and are figuring things out. I believe their statement means no NATIVE linux support but seems they are committed to getting it working with proton.

If you’re curious about the new anti cheat, they are using Elytra. Elytra is developed by Embark Studios, The Finals and Arc Raiders devs. Those games run fine on linux but do not have Elytra fully implemented. Certain players are being selected to test the anti cheat but as far as I know, the games are currently using Denuvo AC (not DRM).