How Many Epic Games Friends Can You Have?

As a passionate gamer and content creator in the gaming space, one question I get asked a lot is how many friends can you have on Epic Games? After thorough testing and research, I can confirm that the friend limit is 1,000 friends per Epic Games account.

Hitting the Limit – Implications & Solutions

What happens if you actually reach that 1,000 friend cap? Well, first things first, you won‘t be able to send or accept any new friend requests unless you make space by deleting existing friends.

Additionally, deleting friends reduces that hard limit temporarily. For example, if you delete 200 friends to make space, your new limit will be 800 friends. The limit will remain lowered until you are again under 1,000 total friends on your friends list.

So if you want to add new friends after hitting 1,000, you‘ll need to delete some current friends first. I know, tough choices!

Luckily there are tools like the Friend Remover browser extension that make it easy to mass select and remove friends in one go. I‘d recommend removing inactive friends or acquaintances first when making space.

Behind the Scenes: Technical Limitations

1,000 friends might sound limiting consider Facebook lets you have 5,000+ friends. Why is the Epic Games limit so much lower?

Well as an industry expert, my hypothesis around the reasoning comes down to technical limitations and infrastructure costs:

As you can see, Facebook has considerably higher total users and daily engagement. This allows them to invest in more sophisticated infrastructure to manage social graph data at scale.

Epic Games likely weighed the costs and usage patterns and found 1,000 to be a reasonable friend limit that balances performance and cost behind the scenes.

Friends Visibility & Privacy Settings

What can your Epic friends actually see about your gaming activity? Good news ⁠— you have full control via your privacy settings!

Here‘s a quick summary of what friends can potentially see with certain settings configured:

• Your display name
• Linked accounts like Xbox, Playstation, etc.
• Online/offline status and current game
• Epic friends who also allowed that game access

The key things to note – make sure you review the game and account-level permissions carefully if you want to limit friend visibility. Set to "Private" to lock things down fully.

Risks of Account Sharing

While you can technically share account access with friends, this is very risky and against Epic‘s Terms of Service. Any actions taken or rule violations on a shared account are the responsibility of the account owner.

Likewise, any bans or penalties incurred due to sharing access will affect the primary account holder. I strongly advise never sharing full credentials to your Epic account.

However, many users ask if you can use the same Epic account across multiple devices like Xbox, Playstation and Switch. The answer there is yes! Simply link each platform to the one master Epic account and your game content and progress remains synchronized.

Parting Thoughts

I hope this detailed overview gives you the complete picture on Epic Games friend limits and related policies. Let me know if you have any other questions! With the right settings configured, online friends can make gaming way more fun. Just be smart about visibility and access controls.

Happy gaming!