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[quote]Last time I checked, downloading anything requires Internet access.[/quote] Yes, but at least with that I can downlaod it at work and run it at home. With Impulse I am prevented from doing that simple task.
Impulse: We're listening - haha thats the biggest laugh I've had all day. You have still NOT provided an easy way for people without Intetnet access to patch their games. Talk about marking patching difficult.
[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="19" id="1894055"] I'm making this point because I am an offline gamer that cares about this game. Currently I'm using the net connection at work to write this. If I was a pirate I suspect that I could doenload a updated copy of the game a lot easier than it is to persuade Stardock to look after their legitiamate customers properly. (They did say they listernt to their customers in a previous thread after all!) Well, if you look at reply #14 in this
[quote]Not legitimate: Requires people to get updates through a specific source (Steam, Impulse, publisher secure website, etc.). This is one of our biggest pet peeves. If a game ships and there’s some bug found that materially affects game play, then sure, put out a patch wherever. But we’ve had users complain loudly that Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 (essentially a free expansion pack) requires Impulse to download. Publishers have every right to make sure the people downloading up
Patches only avaliable via Impusle, company a big fan of activation. Sorry but limiting avaliablity of patches to only people who have a reliable Internet connection and 'activating' products makes Stardock a company I can quite happly NOT recommend to anyone.
[quote]From what I have read in this thread Stardock also requires remote server activations. If this is the case, Stardock is dead to me, just like EA.[/quote] Have you tried GOG.COM? Unlike Stardock products the games here (although old) have absolutly NO DRM and NO 'activation' rubbish and NO stupid download/product managers. Its an entirly webbased experience. You download the game like any normal web based download and can then instll it on any computer you like, even com
[quote]Here are things that annoy me about various types of copy protection: * While I'm okay with activation in principle, I should never have to call a human being and "ask" for more activations. Even iTunes lets me de-authorize other computers. I still find that annoying but I can live with it. * Anything that requires me to hunt around for something physical like a CD or a DVD. * Anything that causes me to have to run an extra program in order to run the applicati
