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Arc... What's the piont

l4stlifel4stlife Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 66
edited July 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
So installed Arc today and well I don't get the point

Yes it has some good features but why have a place to keep most of Perfect Worlds games. Not all of them which is the first problem and the games are not kept up to date, each game still needs to be patched in its own launcher. You still have to sign in to the games even when you are signed into Arc with the same account.

I hope they can fully integrate it so that Arc manages all the content and keeps your games up to date.
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  • etherealjetherealj Member Posts: 1,091 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    Arc would have to let me automate professions before I give a **** about it :P
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  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Arc lets me sign into my games automatically when i click play. Dont have to have different shortcuts on my desktop for the different games freeing up the clutter there.
  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I expect, at one point, Arc will become mandatory.

    This is just the introductory phase. Something for us to get used to it, before the hammer falls.
  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    It's no different (an integrated common launch platform) than a lot of F2P companies are doing these days.
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  • chaddiwickerchaddiwicker Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I'd consider downloading it if Neverwinter was part of the CORE system and I received bonuses from it. Otherwise, it's just bloatware.
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  • dardovedardove Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    rhoric wrote: »
    Arc lets me sign into my games automatically when i click play. Dont have to have different shortcuts on my desktop for the different games freeing up the clutter there.

    Well, if you just play Cryptic games you can start them all from the same launcher without Arc. Just select "show all games" in the launcher options.
  • etherealjetherealj Member Posts: 1,091 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    lewstelamon01 wrote: »
    It's no different (an integrated common launch platform) than a lot of F2P companies are doing these days.

    And for people who play only 1 PWE property, it's just bloatware.
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  • torskaldrtorskaldr Member Posts: 559 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I've been testing and it could be good but it needs a lot of polish. There are some things I like about it, like single sign on, but a lot more that I don't, but those could be ironed out.

    I'm looking for a feedback forum. I thought I saw a link to it on install, but can't find it now. If anyone could provide a forum link or direction to proper feedback I would appreciate it.
  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    It is not bloatware as it barely uses any resources. It uses 2 proccesses and 80 megs of ram
  • etherealjetherealj Member Posts: 1,091 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    rhoric wrote: »
    It is not bloatware as it barely uses any resources. It uses 2 proccesses and 80 megs of ram

    Unnecessary is unnecessary.
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  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    People who complain about every little thing. Even the smallest detail destroy the fun of those that do want to play the game. Skype uses more
  • sturmwaffel2sturmwaffel2 Banned Users, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 219 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    What the hell is arc?
  • huckasevenhuckaseven Banned Users Posts: 470 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    its steam/origin for PW games
  • etherealjetherealj Member Posts: 1,091 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    rhoric wrote: »
    People who complain about every little thing. Even the smallest detail destroy the fun of those that do want to play the game. Skype uses more

    Unhappy customers ruin things for the happy ones? Nonsense. You're comparing Skype to a program that for plenty of people does absolutely nothing to justify installing it? More nonsense.

    Arc should be optional.
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  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    It does more than you think. Stop complaining and leave then if you are unhappy with things here.
  • suxip01111suxip01111 Member Posts: 217 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I already have Steam for most of my games, I don't need a ripped-off version of it for PW games.
  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Steam sucks and is more of a bloatware as some people call it. Arc is more stream lined. I am actually using Arc right now to post this msg.
  • jihancritiasjihancritias Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    rhoric wrote: »
    It does more than you think. Stop complaining and leave then if you are unhappy with things here.

    Or, you could stop complaining about the complainers, in someone elses thread. If you're unhappy with the way another player's thread is going, you can stop complaining and leave as well.
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  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    How about NO. Arc uses less resources that other stuff out there. I'm using the arc browser right now and it uses less than chrome or IE
  • redneckroninredneckronin Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    rhoric wrote: »
    How about NO. Arc uses less resources that other stuff out there. I'm using the arc browser right now and it uses less than chrome or IE

    Does it allow the use of 3rd party enhanced security add-ons?
    Does it allow the use of 3rd party dictionary add-ons?
    Does it allow the use of 3rd part ad-blocker add-ons?

    Because any "browser" that doesn't allow all of that isn't a real browser, and is a security liability with direct access to potentially sensitive personal data.

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  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Bwahahahahaha you are funny. Why would it need any of that considering you can only use the browser for perfectworld games. So it would only have what the perfectworld site offers while on their site. Can't do any browsing outside of that.
  • huckasevenhuckaseven Banned Users Posts: 470 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    and ofc PW websites are always 100% secure, right?
  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    No website is ever secure no matter what they claim.
  • huckasevenhuckaseven Banned Users Posts: 470 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    but why you want to not use all the security stuff mentioned above and praise that as a good feature?
  • rhoricrhoric Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    How do you know what security the perfectworld site uses. Between the site using another browser and using the arc browser, I would be surprised if it wasn't using the same security
  • cyresofbsgocyresofbsgo Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    rhoric wrote: »
    How about NO. Arc uses less resources that other stuff out there. I'm using the arc browser right now and it uses less than chrome or IE

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    tell me more about how, using ARC and the game client, takes less than using only game client.
    rhoric wrote: »
    How do you know what security the perfectworld site uses. Between the site using another browser and using the arc browser, I would be surprised if it wasn't using the same security

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    tell us all about how, the PWE webpages never got bugged/hacked and how nobody ever, exploited them.
  • vrtesseractvrtesseract Member Posts: 631 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Arc is a beginning stage of something like steam, obviously its still in very early testing stages and probably should not be used by anyone who doesn't like it conceptually and or ONLY plays NWO.

    Id like to see NWO,STO and CO become an active part of CORE as I like using core mainly to store pictures I link in forums and to friends. as of now I cant add NWO chars or see my NWO guilds.

    Id like to see more NWO specific incentives for using Arc/Core.

    The web browser interface is clunky id prefer a smaller window opening up so I can still watch chat/rp if I wanted a full screen browser Alt-tab or window mode is much more efficient. and of course if I want to craft inside the game....um the ingame crafting window is better than gateway.

    also it would be nice if there was a search for everyone on my friends list/guild/ facebook lisst(if connected) function for adding friends but maybe that when come if they add NWO to core.
  • torskaldrtorskaldr Member Posts: 559 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    At the very least it needs to launch the game client directly and not launch the launcher of the game with a kludge auto-login. That may be an interim step. Does anyone know if there is a feedback forum for this rather than just general discussion?
  • nephtnepht Member Posts: 5,826 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    If they sort out the bugs it would stop some clutter on my screen I have 3 cryptic an 4 PW game launchers on my desktop :<
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