The goodbye thread

[BigC208]

Very interesting. I didn't mind Steam when I played HalfLife 4 or 5 years ago. That was a game with a limited duration though. There were a couple of times I could not get into the game when the net was down. Il2 or CoD are games with a very long shelf life. If you only needed Steam for MP I don't have a problem. If you have to use steam everytime you play we have a problem. I sat out RoF for almost a year and a half because of this. I'll sit this one out on the sidelines untill there is a "no steam for offline" option. It's the principle folks. My game, my rules. I cannot always be connected when I'm on the road and even at home my connection has periods of shoddy performance. The idea of being bombarded with adds for other games everytime I want to play go is putting me off.

Just cancelled my preorder with gogamer.com. I know, it's a bit impulsive but untill I hear that I don't need an internet connection to play offline I'm out. Another thing is I can get into Il2 in 30 seconds and play a QMB match. It always took me a few minutes just to get into steam if I could get in at all. Did not happen very often, mind you, but it was a turnoff when it did. Had to wait a few times for 20 or 30 minutes before it worked. Not going to deal with that headache again. RoF and DCS A10 are going to get my full attention untill this is resolved. This is a major bummer.

Where these people sleeping when all this constant internet on crap went on with RoF? Who knows how many sales they lost when this went on? I do hope they fix this for I want to support Oleg and play this game but enough's enough.

@ Biggs, you're right about adapting online, offline I'll do my own thing

Mind you, this is not about Steam or no Steam for me. It's about having to be connected to the internet when I want to play offline.

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by BigC208

Very interesting. I didn't mind Steam when I played HalfLife 4 or 5 years ago. That was a game with a limited duration though. There were a couple of times I could not get into the game when the net was down. Il2 or CoD are games with a very long shelf life. If you only needed Steam for MP I don't have a problem. If you have to use steam everytime you play we have a problem. I sat out RoF for almost a year and a half because of this. I'll sit this one out on the sidelines untill there is a "no steam for offline" option. It's the principle folks. My game, my rules. I cannot always be connected when I'm on the road and even at home my connection has periods of shoddy performance. The idea of being bombarded with adds for other games everytime I want to play go is putting me off.

Just cancelled my preorder with gogamer.com. I know, it's a bit impulsive but untill I hear that I don't need an internet connection to play offline I'm out. Another thing is I can get into Il2 in 30 seconds and play a QMB match. It always took me a few minutes just to get into steam if I could get in at all. Did not happen very often, mind you, but it was a turnoff when it did. Had to wait a few times for 20 or 30 minutes before it worked. Not going to deal with that headache again. RoF and DCS A10 are going to get my full attention untill this is resolved. This is a major bummer.

Where these people sleeping when all this constant internet on crap went on with RoF? Who knows how many sales they lost when this went on? I do hope they fix this for I want to support Oleg and play this game but enough's enough.

@ Biggs, you're right about adapting online, offline I'll do my own thing

Mind you, this is not about Steam or no Steam for me. It's about having to be connected to the internet when I want to play offline.

You posted this twice so I will post this:

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ONLINE WITH STEAM TO PLAY SP! Read what we are saying. Quit jumping to conclusions and making stuff up.

Twice.

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by BigC208

@ Biggs, you're right about adapting online, offline I'll do my own thing

Mind you, this is not about Steam or no Steam for me. It's about having to be connected to the internet when I want to play offline.

I sympathize with your view, but as others have pointed out, you can easily play offline in Steam - in fact that's the only way I use it. While Rise of Flight, which you said you'll play instead, still needs a constant connection to use the single-player campaign mode (and that won't change for the overhauled campaign) and only allows single missions to be played offline. Which sounds way more restrictive than Steam to me...

[Ploughman]

I don't really know what Steam is, what it does, or if I should be affraid of it.

I shall Googe and become aware.

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by Ploughman

I don't really know what Steam is, what it does, or if I should be affraid of it.

I shall Googe and become aware.

You should also be afraid of Google

[BigC208]

There have been instances where I could not get on the RoF server. No multiplayer and no Single player Campaign where the result. I hardly ever go online and I finnished the Single player Campaign a long time ago. I was able to use the QMB and that's what I play most of the time anyway. I just want to be sure that if my internet goes down I can still play the game offline. The administrator on the CoD website confirmed himself that a connection to Steam is needded for Offline gaming. He could be wrong or maybe worded himself wrong.

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by BigC208

There have been instances where I could not get on the RoF server. No multiplayer and no Single player Campaign where the result. I hardly ever go online and I finnished the Single player Campaign a long time ago. I was able to use the QMB and that's what I play most of the time anyway. I just want to be sure that if my internet goes down I can still play the game offline. The administrator on the CoD website confirmed himself that a connection to Steam is needded for Offline gaming. He could be wrong or maybe worded himself wrong.

He was wrong or misspoke.

[maclean525]

For the love of all that is holy.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ONLINE TO PLAY A STEAM GAME. THIS IS NOT 2004. Steam is a distribution platform NOT A DRM PLATFORM.

Please quit whining about absolute bloody nonsense.

[Ploughman]

Well I've looked into it and that seems fine. Thinking about it I did buy Half-Life 2 so I suppose I've already met Steam, can't say I recollect it being a problem. Time for my nap.

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by maclean525

For the love of all that is holy.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ONLINE TO PLAY A STEAM GAME. THIS IS NOT 2004. Steam is a distribution platform NOT A DRM PLATFORM.

Please quit whining about absolute bloody nonsense.

ok... ill play devils advocate

A: if they (Steam) are a distribution platform and i buy a box set what do i need them for?
B: if Solidshield is the DRM and i have a box set why do i need steam to install the game?
C: if i want to play SP and once again i have the box set that was activated (once) over the Internet using Solidshield then i really have no need for Steam....

and you do NEED tobe online to update steam and you game according to this
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...3160-agcb-2555