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What program do you use to launch STO?

thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,166 Arc User
edited December 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Just out of curiosity, what program do you use to launch STO?
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What program do you use to launch STO? 148 votes

Steam
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ARC
18%
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Application(.exe)
52%
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  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    Application(.exe)
    The exe, tho as of s11 I've had to gamebooster followed by ip connection repair in windows, then traceroute twice to cryptics patchserver before the launcher will connect.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,932 Community Moderator
    Steam
    Steam. I only use Arc for promo codes.
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  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    Application(.exe)
    Just the exe itself. I will use Arc if I need to use a code, but that is it.​​
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  • sovereign47sovereign47 Member Posts: 399 Arc User
    Application(.exe)
    Always application.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    I use the standalone launcher.
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,907 Arc User
    Steam
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Steam. I only use Arc for promo codes.

    Same here pretty much...I primarily use Steam.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    Steam
    I use Steam most of the time. Sometimes when I don't want to be online on Steam though, I just run it 'stand alone.'

    I had Arc for codes, but since those are pretty much non-existent anymore, I just uninstalled it.
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  • svindal777svindal777 Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    I use ARC. (ARC is in no way holding a gun to my head and forcing me to say this) :*
    Well excuse me for having enormous flaws that I don't work on.
  • jbmaverickjbmaverick Member Posts: 935 Arc User
    Steam
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    I use Steam most of the time. Sometimes when I don't want to be online on Steam though, I just run it 'stand alone.'

    I had Arc for codes, but since those are pretty much non-existent anymore, I just uninstalled it.

    Ditto.
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  • stonewbiestonewbie Member Posts: 1,454 Arc User
    Steam

    Because when they made us switch to ARC it never worked for me so I said to hell with them. STO launcher worked fine too once i found the installer that worked. But then i just switched to Steam since its a lot easier for me to uninstall/reinstall the game...which for the past year or so i've been doing a lot.
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  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    ARC
    ARC and only ARC.
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  • captainbmoneycaptainbmoney Member Posts: 1,323 Arc User
    Steam
    Steam. it was my first time using steam. Now my entire profile is based on STO.
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  • kavasekavase Member Posts: 771 Arc User
    Application(.exe)
    I hate launchers. I avoid steam pretty much all together now and focus on getting games from GOG.com instead.

    But yes, Arc, whatever EA had, steam etc...fan of none of them...
    Retired. I'm now in search for that perfect space anomaly.
  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    Steam
    I wanted the khan outfit but it involved ARC so I do without. I refuse to d/l ARC
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    ARC
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    kodachikuno wrote: »
    I wanted the khan outfit but it involved ARC so I do without. I refuse to d/l ARC

    Or you could have done like I did...
    D/L ARC to get the Kahn Outfit, then just delete it.

    I still use the stand-alone launcher.
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  • bejaymacbejaymac Member Posts: 448 Arc User
    Application(.exe)
    Launcher for CO, STO and NW, sadly PWI is tied to ARC so I need it for that.​​
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  • arabaturarabatur Member Posts: 410 Arc User
    Steam
    Steam only, as there's no way I'm touching Arc.
    Definitely not an Arc User.
  • helgmornhelgmorn Member Posts: 103 Arc User
    Application(.exe)
    Stand Alone Launcher, except on laptop which uses Arc for any codes, but not for play!
  • theillusivenmantheillusivenman Member Posts: 438 Arc User
    Steam
    Steam ofc, have all my games there, except the ones I have on Origin, Hah.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    Application(.exe)
    Stand alone. I have occasionally launched from Arc if I've just played another game on it and it was open already (or when they give extra reward for using it, of course), but otherwise...why waste time starting up Arc first, when the direct desktop shortcut runs the exact same file Arc would?
  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    Steam
    Steam on my main, Arc on the other PC in the house.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    Steam
    Steam because I already had an account.
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    Steam
    daveyny wrote: »
    kodachikuno wrote: »
    I wanted the khan outfit but it involved ARC so I do without. I refuse to d/l ARC

    Or you could have done like I did...
    D/L ARC to get the Kahn Outfit, then just delete it.

    I still use the stand-alone launcher.
    B)

    Debated that, but decided I didnt want to add to their 'metrics' saying ARC is the best client ever and players love it :P
    shadowfang240 wrote: »
    because unlike those tinfoil-wearing conspiracy whackjobs, i know it isn't malware, spyware, bloatware or whatever other kind of TRIBBLE people have dredged up about it over the years

    (disclaimer: i do not consider everyone who dislikes it as such, just the ones who took their dislike of ARC to major extremes)​​

    dunno bout others but I find it to be bloatware because it wants to be steam/origin but isn't needed or wanted, esp as I only play STO of the games on it, and might possibly some cold cold day in hell, go back to neverwinter which is also on steam.

    I get that steam takes an UGLY % of purchases but, really... we dont need a new steam/origin/uplay/etc etc per publisher
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  • svindal777svindal777 Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    ARC steals your banking info and uses it to order stuff off the devs amazon wishlist.
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  • nccmarknccmark Member Posts: 1,084 Arc User
    You don't need the Arc game client for redemption codes. They still have a HTML page for that. I used it for the Alienware IDIC Tribble giveaway last month.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    Steam
    svindal777 wrote: »
    ARC steals your banking info and uses it to order stuff off the devs amazon wishlist.

    It's true. I just checked my statement and apparently, I bought @pwlaughingtrendy a new jewel encrusted ban hammer last month.

    I was going to dispute it, but then I figured it was probably best for everyone is she was allowed to keep it.
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    Steam
    kodachikuno wrote: »
    dunno bout others but I find it to be bloatware because it wants to be steam/origin but isn't needed or wanted, esp as I only play STO of the games on it, and might possibly some cold cold day in hell, go back to neverwinter which is also on steam.

    I get that steam takes an UGLY % of purchases but, really... we dont need a new steam/origin/uplay/etc etc per publisher

    This. These launcher wars and, more recently, streaming service wars do the end user absolutely no good. I don't want to have to have fifteen different launchers installed on my computer just to pad some one-percenter's bottom line, any more than I want to have to pay for five different video services or miss out on the one or two actual gems in their lineup *cough* CBS All-Access *cough cough*.

    Arc is the very definition of bloatware for the simple reason that it's an extra piece of software to install and run for no actual benefit to me. I have the same opinion of Steam, but the bloat is offset by the store's prices and diversity of catalog. I'm not willing to make that tradeoff for Arc because I have no interest in their other games, all of which are just free-to-play grindfests instead of something like Pillars of Eternity, Skyrim, or X3: Terran Conflict that had actual love put into making people want to play it by making it fun to level-grind.
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  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    ARC
    I use ARC i dont have any problems with it and i dont crash as often as i did while using steam and no i wont use steam again so dont waste your breath trying to convince me otherwise.

    Cheers
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