you know, there were about four to five downloads.  and Entrenchment will be available through there, as well as the other two miniexpansions.  plus, it support multiple games other than Sins.

First it does not take up space. Two yes there are advertisement on impulse only and it is not in your face. Third it makes easier for the developer ironclad so they dont have to put up multiple links and explain wich patch is for who, basicly impulse detect what patch you got downloads the type need because people want to test betas or wait it out. Fourth microsoft internet explorer update was not a forced update it was your choice I still have the older verison on my laptop and our home office computer.

After thinking about the Linux port, I would agree with the last statement by Zubaz.  I am a bit lost about the statement regarding mutual choices.  I may be off track, but I paid for the game simply because its awesome.  So how would a bit of research saved me money.   And please don't read my post with unfair inflection.  I am not trying to start a flame war here.  I will admit the last time I installed impulse was about a year ago.  SO maybe it's better.  It's been said that if you have the internet then you have "all the free software in the world"  I agree that you should protect your investments, but again I paid for the product, registered my serial, and expect to be able to go to your site and login and get the update.  But out of the 1 million that play the game (just throwing out numbers for arguments sake), what percentage paid for it?  You probably can't let that info out and it's really none of the players business, but again for arguments sake you have every right to protect your investment.  I just think that getting the Sinners community used to getting the update one way, then all of the sudden changing it is abit presumptuous.  How many players might not have the internet at their fingertips?  Like people who download the update to thumb drives and take it home.  How are they expected to get the update?  Can they call tech support and have it mailed out?

I appreciate the responces from Dev's thus far by the way.

Also Zubaz : Thanks for detailing your answers they way you did.

Also Orodum : The things you mentioned -- Are they free?   Me and free get along  .. lol 

Got forbid I have to install a third party piece of software like adobe acrobat to read a PDF file for my motherboard just because asus would allow a direct download.  How dare they make me use a program against my will just to look up jumper settings!

You mean that the torrent and warez sites are actually forcing me to use WinRAR and 7zip to unpack their files!?? 

As a small aside, ALL the pathces were supposed to be delivere through Impulse from the very release of Sins (Check the manual).  However, Impulse wasn't ready so SD reverted to a more "traditional" patch delivery system to get the players the best product possible as fast as possible.

*Please note that this was meant in jest and that I actually understand the many people, especially gamers), have OSs that are stripped of every unneccessary service so that they can run as fast as possible while gaming.  The downside is that Sins-like games can be a blast online.

lol good one.

I just looked at the technical support in the sins training manual and it does state that clearly. I never noticed that there before. I gues it does clear up all the confusion and actually quite helpful when searching for a new game because you will not get all the garbage from the internet while searching.

I think specifically in SOASE's case, the number is pretty high. 1) There are torrents online for SOASE up to 1.05, but beyond that, none. 2) I don't think the pirates rate Sins "high enough" on their priority list to target it (much).. Just look at the scene war over GTA IV.. Now that's a real fun read.. So, on the whole, I think the majority of Sins players paid for the game - much more so than pirates. Those few who did pirate it, well, they don't get the support - which is the trade off, what do you expect..

I must say, that I bought the box set at retail, and although I was hestitant about Impulse at first, and I asked a whole bunch of Qns, I think the responses and support from ppl here at the forums have warmed me up to the fact that Impulse could be a lot, lot worse. So thanks to SD for making it "reasonable" when they could have gone down the terrible path that Rockstar did with GTA IV (as a very recent example)..

So Mutiny1 is either complaining about a beta program if it was a year ago, or making stuff up about the proper released version???

Its different!!!!

Send me your Credit Card details and I will send you the patch!!!

Honest...

No questions asked...

No, really. I will!!!!

Impulse was "released" mid-summer, and was in public beta before that since at least early in the year. Either way, the OP's assertion that he's making judgements, six months *after* release, based on a beta from months *before* release, is pretty unfair.

At this point, the great silent majority have no issues and most people who are having issues with Impulse are either isolated cases (which we're working to fix), or philosophical objectors. In the latter case, there's nothing we can do; to put it bluntly, they've got a choice to make.