To me Arc and the current implementation means two things:
1. Neverwinter will not be available on Steam. That's sad.
2. STO and CO will leave Steam. That's even more sad.
The Shift+Tab keybind for the Arc overlay right now is the same that is used by Steam overlay - I dread the day Arc will be mandatory... Maybe I'm just projecting the signs, but right now I'm not really optimistic.
But like most things don't expect this platform to be optional for too long. I could see them rolling it out as a replacement for the STO launcher. And I'm sure they'll give us a pink mugato pet or something to convert over.
Thanks, but I already have STO on Steam, which has all of my other games too.
But how about integrating the forums with Core Connect? Really tired of clicking on a user's forum name and dead-ending to Core Connect, which offers no real functionality back to STO or the forums.
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I don't care how long you've been playing. I only care about how you play.
And remember to follow the rules.
I would like to see it be able to grab patchs when ARC is online, makes no sense to have ARC running login hours after a patch and then have the launcher patch.
Just what we need, another steam copycat. Nobody else has done it right like Steam. Why not just use Steam? The problem with your all your games in one place is that its only your games. So now we'll have a bloated junk app for every publisher. No thanks.
Now theres something else to take up system resources and to crash and not update right and generally be a big pain in the butt just like origin when everyone should just pull their heads out and just use Steam.
I get that you think its cool to have your own platform, but really, its only cool for you, not for everyone else.
It says "All current Arc users will soon be able to enjoy exclusive offers and giveaways"
That right there is enough for me to install!
I suppose I might try Blacklight again. I didn't like it at first because I wasn't used to aiming down sight shooting mechanics but I did recently install COD: Black Ops II. We'll see.
Personally, I hate steam. I've never played a game that worked properly without at least 20 minutes of playing around with settings. Though many times their troubleshooting was no help and I had to go through the layers of hell that is their support center! :eek: I hope arc works better, but I'll probably not use it until I hear rave reviews honestly.
Thanks for the expansion that had "as much content as the last"
9 Episodes = 30+ episodes...?
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It's pronounced "S.T.O." "Stow" sounds idiotic! lol
To add my voice to the masses to be passed on to PWE:
I really do not want this to be mandatory. Skim this thread and see the many opposed to this becoming mandatory. No. Negative. Nope. Nein. Dislike. Do not want. Forcing this upon me will force me to uninstall and leave the game for good. Others as you see will do the same. This is a poor decision. I like this game, please don't force me to leave. I am terrified that this will become mandatory. NO!
I'll give it a try, I personally dont like Steam and Raptr, its paranoia, I don't really like programs keeping track of my games. an in program browser... phishing much?
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My response:
News-I have RSS Readers and Twitter for news.
Billing-I would rather use my browser.
Browser-I have a Tablet for browsing while ingame.
Support-Never needed support in any major way.
Notifications-Twitter.
Connect-Teamspeak.
Coupons-A very cheap way to push this product onto your community.
I'll give it a try, I personally dont like Steam and Raptr, its paranoia, I don't really like programs keeping track of my games. An in program browser... phishing much?
Also, what is the point of opening Arc to launch the launcher? Seems overly complicated. The coloring is nice, but when I hit play, unless there is a new patch, it should launch the game directly or what's the point.
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why do we need to download and set up more TRIBBLE we dont need to play this game? ya got bought out by PWE, so we HAD to make that account with PWE, alot of us dont play any of their games but we HAD to have that... I still, as i'm sure many others still, dont play pwe games save this one and now were going to HAVE to download this TRIBBLE to?
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As long as this remains optional I have no problem with it, but if it's forced on me I will simply stop playing and spending money on PWE games. This to me just sounds like an unnecessary resource hog which I have no interest in.
Question for you Bran. Are you saying that you honestly don't know that this will be forced on us or you can't say anything because you were told not to confirm? From what I've read on here like myself, people don't want this, don't care to have it and will be ticked to have it forced on us. Don't let "them" do this.
Due to the way the game has been running since LOR with all the disconnections and issues my answer is NO even if the game was working fine I would probably still say no i rarely use Steam and didnt sign up for Raptr so this is the same a waste of hard drive space
NO TO ARC
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But please, let us have the option to use the regular launcher or the new one. I rather keep using the STO launcher than messing around with middle men (which is why I don't use Steam).
Stuff like this is fine, some people like it and find it very convenient, and that's great. However, some people don't like it, so please don't ever make a service like this mandatory for playing STO. Personally I hate it when I have to have some background process running in order to play a game. The performance hit from having Steam running is always noticeable on my computer.
Thanks, but no thanks. Whatever perks you hinted at in the blog aren't enough to compensate for the comparatively large quantity of space it'd be taking up.
Don't know where you get that it takes 1 gig of space. The ARC folder on my computer is ONLY 82 megs
Brandon please I'm begging you do NOT let them make this mandatory. Launch platforms like this take years to develop and even then the best developed ones are much easier to breach than a standard single game launcher.
Think of it as a hub for all of the PWE games. You can download, install and launch ALL of the PWE games from it. Let's say you launched "War of the Immortals, and then just got done playing that. You now want to launch STO. You don't have to close Arc and then sign in to the STO launcher. Arc will inject your login info into the Cryptic launcher, and tell the Cryptic launcher to patch the game.
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1. Neverwinter will not be available on Steam. That's sad.
2. STO and CO will leave Steam. That's even more sad.
The Shift+Tab keybind for the Arc overlay right now is the same that is used by Steam overlay - I dread the day Arc will be mandatory... Maybe I'm just projecting the signs, but right now I'm not really optimistic.
Sorry
Funny too because STO is on steam.
But like most things don't expect this platform to be optional for too long. I could see them rolling it out as a replacement for the STO launcher. And I'm sure they'll give us a pink mugato pet or something to convert over.
But how about integrating the forums with Core Connect? Really tired of clicking on a user's forum name and dead-ending to Core Connect, which offers no real functionality back to STO or the forums.
I don't care how long you've been playing. I only care about how you play.
And remember to follow the rules.
How is this posible?
Check your brain and inteligence please, work in this issue ASAP!
Now theres something else to take up system resources and to crash and not update right and generally be a big pain in the butt just like origin when everyone should just pull their heads out and just use Steam.
I get that you think its cool to have your own platform, but really, its only cool for you, not for everyone else.
My $0.02
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That right there is enough for me to install!
I suppose I might try Blacklight again. I didn't like it at first because I wasn't used to aiming down sight shooting mechanics but I did recently install COD: Black Ops II. We'll see.
9 Episodes = 30+ episodes...?
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It's pronounced "S.T.O." "Stow" sounds idiotic! lol
I really do not want this to be mandatory. Skim this thread and see the many opposed to this becoming mandatory. No. Negative. Nope. Nein. Dislike. Do not want. Forcing this upon me will force me to uninstall and leave the game for good. Others as you see will do the same. This is a poor decision. I like this game, please don't force me to leave. I am terrified that this will become mandatory. NO!
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News-I have RSS Readers and Twitter for news.
Billing-I would rather use my browser.
Browser-I have a Tablet for browsing while ingame.
Support-Never needed support in any major way.
Notifications-Twitter.
Connect-Teamspeak.
Coupons-A very cheap way to push this product onto your community.
Also, what is the point of opening Arc to launch the launcher? Seems overly complicated. The coloring is nice, but when I hit play, unless there is a new patch, it should launch the game directly or what's the point.
{UFP} Diplomatic Corps Foreign Officer, Romulan Imperial Guard Officer
Federation 12th Cavalry
Deep Space 19/USS Montana
Vice Admiral Volmack ISS Thundermole
Brigadier General Jokag IKS Gorkan
Centurion Kares RRW Tomalak
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But please, let us have the option to use the regular launcher or the new one. I rather keep using the STO launcher than messing around with middle men (which is why I don't use Steam).
A good question!
I have a feeling it will be more like....WHEN this changes we'll let you know.
Ironically, I stumbled upon Arc a few weeks ago.
Think of it as a hub for all of the PWE games. You can download, install and launch ALL of the PWE games from it. Let's say you launched "War of the Immortals, and then just got done playing that. You now want to launch STO. You don't have to close Arc and then sign in to the STO launcher. Arc will inject your login info into the Cryptic launcher, and tell the Cryptic launcher to patch the game.
Not trying to be snarky, but why do you have STO installed if your don't want PWE junk installed?