So I bought Civ 6 on steam because of vietnam coming out next week but I cant access internet unified pc play which I need to connect to my friends on epic. After searching the internet a bit it looks like multiplayer on mac/linux brake like every other patch (probably exaggerating). I tried the work around from here but it didn't work. What I want to know is there a work around for this that I'm missing what iv tried:
Use the epic version (grey screen on start up after launcher)
Steam version though proton (Launcher won't work)
The work around I listed but edited for the new game version (I think I got it right)

Do my all friends need the have the steam version to or just one other?
How often does multiplayer brake because this is a really annoying issue?
Am I being dumb and missing something really simple?