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When NW goes Live on the 20th, will it finally get onto Steam?

jaymadiv#8056 jaymadiv
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edited June 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
I've decided I'm going to use Steam to manage my games, now that I've chosen to get back into PC gaming a little more.

will NW be on Steam sometime soon?
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  • kittykaboomboomkittykaboomboom Member Posts: 141 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    well PWE is starting their own game management site. Think ITs called ARC

    since the other two cryptic games are on Steam, this one should be
  • trevien29trevien29 Member Posts: 257 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    With PWE developing their own, I would see it more likely they will take the other two off instead of adding Neverwinter.
  • griennegrienne Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 149 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    I heard about the other one, and I don't understand why. They can barely make this game functional let alone something more complex.
  • diedel443diedel443 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    All 3 games have there own launcher/patcher anyway, so does it matter that much ?
  • klixanklixan Member Posts: 447 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    I hope they don't. Cause I wouldn't touch Steam with a ten foot pole (this goes for ARC as well). So I'm quite happy with the way things are right now.
  • griennegrienne Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 149 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    klixan wrote: »
    I hope they don't. Cause I wouldn't touch Steam with a ten foot pole (this goes for ARC as well). So I'm quite happy with the way things are right now.

    may I ask why not?
  • jetahjetah Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Open steam, click on library, click on Add a Game near the bottom. Add non-steam game then search for Neverwinter.

    All the benefits of Steam without the wait.
    Open the Launcher. Click Options near the top. Check Disable on-demand patching. This will download another couple of gigs.

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  • jintortlejintortle Member Posts: 655 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    LOL

    I download Steam and my Internet Browser now hardly opens - I sometimes start up Planeside 2 and click on their topics in the start up menu because this Internet Explorer always opens - So I blame steam for this.

    THEN

    I Download the new gateway storage thingy for Perfect World Games called ARC - and presto my Internet Explorer opens now without a hitch.

    So either way these sort of programmes do affect things like IE.

    (See it was ^&$(*@#$ STEAM)

    I have also hated Steam for years because I have lost codes, passwords etc... and sometimes after emailing for resets etc.. well a couple of times I have not received and email back - what that means is - my hard earned money gone (I suspect they wont me to re-download and pay again - those rascally criminals)

    So from now on only games I use via steam are the free ones.

    Also I am pretty sure that Perfect World would have to pay Steam to manage their downloads -NO NO NO Steam can go and shove it.
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  • jintortlejintortle Member Posts: 655 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    jmadfour wrote: »
    I've decided I'm going to use Steam to manage my games, now that I've chosen to get back into PC gaming a little more.

    will NW be on Steam sometime soon?

    Do you work for steam because really - you have decided to return to pc gaming and u have chosen steam to manage all your games - jeez give me a break - Really that is just a horrible advert - So bye then since this is not going to be on steam.

    Hey have you even downloaded the game or just signed up to the forums.
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  • ganjaman1ganjaman1 Member Posts: 792 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Not very likely .
    http://youtu.be/kiEPiETiVnU?t=4m5s
  • aandrethegiantaandrethegiant Member Posts: 3,369 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Oh I hope not. The last thing this community needs are more people that will play the game for a week then leave!

    Steam would be akin to extending the launch crowd time-frame, indefinitely.

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  • clortbagsclortbags Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    aandrethegiant wrote: »
    What I mainly receive are requests to join guilds that are filled and filling with those who enjoy playing an honest game.

    These are not signs of a mass exodus, but a sign of the growth of the playerbase who will remain in the game long past the launch period... who are by and large honest players.


    aandrethegiant wrote: »
    Oh I hope not. The last thing this community needs are more people that will play the game for a week then leave!

    Make your mind up... lol

    Is the playerbase growing or leaving after a week?
  • imivoimivo Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 1,682 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    I actually like Steam and it has become my number one way to learn about new and upcoming games. It is not the most optimized piece of software, and I am not entirely sure how I feel about the quasi-monopoly, but overall it is convenient and I find it useful, though I do spend more money on games than I would without it. :)

    Having NW in Steam's F2P category would no doubt lead to increased exposure and for plenty of folks it might be the first time they hear about the game. There is also the snowball effect of Steam users seeing what their friends play and then trying it out, too. Heaven knows that is one of the reasons why I have a huge backlog.
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  • johnygwapojohnygwapo Member Posts: 442 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    imivo wrote: »
    I actually like Steam and it has become my number one way to learn about new and upcoming games. It is not the most optimized piece of software, and I am not entirely sure how I feel about the quasi-monopoly, but overall it is convenient and I find it useful, though I do spend more money on games than I would without it. :)

    Having NW in Steam's F2P category would no doubt lead to increased exposure and for plenty of folks it might be the first time they hear about the game. There is also the snowball effect of Steam users seeing what their friends play and then trying it out, too. Heaven knows that is one of the reasons why I have a huge backlog.

    +1 ................
  • joewoodcutter1joewoodcutter1 Member Posts: 100
    edited June 2013
    jintortle wrote: »
    LOL

    I download Steam and my Internet Browser now hardly opens - I sometimes start up Planeside 2 and click on their topics in the start up menu because this Internet Explorer always opens - So I blame steam for this.

    Ditch internet explorer, get a better browser like firefox. Never had any issues with it together with steam.
  • joewoodcutter1joewoodcutter1 Member Posts: 100
    edited June 2013
    aandrethegiant wrote: »
    Oh I hope not. The last thing this community needs are more people that will play the game for a week then leave!

    Steam would be akin to extending the launch crowd time-frame, indefinitely.

    People leave because they try out a game for a week but dont like it, not because its on steam....
  • jaymadiv#8056 jaymadiv
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    edited June 2013
    jintortle wrote: »
    Do you work for steam because really - you have decided to return to pc gaming and u have chosen steam to manage all your games - jeez give me a break - Really that is just a horrible advert - So bye then since this is not going to be on steam.

    Hey have you even downloaded the game or just signed up to the forums.

    I really shouldn't respond to this idiocy, but I will just because.

    you are an idiot fanboy.

    I've been playing the game since Open Beta started. I just wanted to know if it would be on Steam on the 20th, because I would re-download it through Steam, if possible. If it is not on Steam, then I will continue to play it the way I've been playing it. I have both Steam and ARC installed on my machine. if I have to use ARC to manage my PW games, and Steam for everything else, that's fine. But I would like the option to do it all on Steam.

    Sorry if that offends your little delicate idiot fanboy feelings.

    There is nothing "advert" about anything I posted.

    everyone else, thank you for your responses.
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  • jaymadiv#8056 jaymadiv
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    edited June 2013
    aandrethegiant wrote: »
    Oh I hope not. The last thing this community needs are more people that will play the game for a week then leave!

    Steam would be akin to extending the launch crowd time-frame, indefinitely.

    I don't see the downside of the game being on Steam, sorry. I think this is a manufactured concern.
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  • jaymadiv#8056 jaymadiv
    jaymadiv#8056
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    edited June 2013
    joewoodcutter1 wrote: »
    People leave because they try out a game for a week but dont like it, not because its on steam....

    yeah, Steam really has nothing to do with it in that regard.

    If the game is good, people will stay. If it isn't they won't, regardless of whether its on Steam, Origin, ARC, or whatever.

    It'll get a lot more exposure on Steam though.
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  • jaymadiv#8056 jaymadiv
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    edited June 2013
    j32435y45u6i wrote: »
    Didn't someone already tell you that you can add any non-Steam game to Steam anyway?

    will I get the overlay and such as well if I do that?
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  • illessenillessen Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 44
    edited June 2013
    jintortle wrote: »
    LOL

    I download Steam and my Internet Browser now hardly opens - I sometimes start up Planeside 2 and click on their topics in the start up menu because this Internet Explorer always opens - So I blame steam for this.

    THEN

    I Download the new gateway storage thingy for Perfect World Games called ARC - and presto my Internet Explorer opens now without a hitch.

    So either way these sort of programmes do affect things like IE.

    (See it was ^&$(*@#$ STEAM)

    I have also hated Steam for years because I have lost codes, passwords etc... and sometimes after emailing for resets etc.. well a couple of times I have not received and email back - what that means is - my hard earned money gone (I suspect they wont me to re-download and pay again - those rascally criminals)

    So from now on only games I use via steam are the free ones.

    Also I am pretty sure that Perfect World would have to pay Steam to manage their downloads -NO NO NO Steam can go and shove it.

    For that first part, I think I'd blame IE... Go get Firefox or even Chrome and have a better time period.

    It's your fault you can't remember passwords, if you really have a tough time and can't even remember the password to the email account you registered the game, maybe you should have a notebook locked away somewhere that has them written down. Odds are if it's locked in a safe, you're not going to loose the key to said safe, if you do, you have more things to worry about.

    Steam saves all keycodes on your steam account so that you can view them any time you want, you just have to look for them, that is of course if you have only one steam account and also remember the email you registered the other game with, then it gets complicated. Steam being under one email, login for the game is under another email that you forgot about... Steam is usually very rigid about getting refunds for items as well as handing out extra key codes that are still viewable in your account. You have your key code, they know you can see it(they don't know if you've used it) and most steam games that still use key codes are typically games that have their own launchers like MMOs(Defiance comes to mind, or Far Cry 3 for single player game) and asking for another key code is tantamount to asking them for a free copy of said game.

    Lastly, Steam typically has discounts for games... even a week after they're released. You can expect games on steam to drop in price over time, or even go on sale and get it for dirt cheap(I got Saints Row 3 for 5$ last year), not every site does that. Especially anything related to games for windows. You'll likely be paying full retail price 10 years after it's released on those things.

    Is Steam the be all and end all good thing to PC gaming? Not by a long shot, but it's still better than a lot of things out there.
  • bluedarkybluedarky Member Posts: 1,232 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    jmadfour wrote: »
    will I get the overlay and such as well if I do that?

    You do get the overlay but not the additional news or tracking how long you've been playing it.
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