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[quote who="Tridus" reply="26" id="3126399"] Quoting shadow9d9, reply 23 There is absolutely no reason you cannot do BOTH steam and a DRM free version, just like Arcen Games does or even indied like Legend of Grimrock. That's true if they use Steam as a distribution platform only (like Arcen does). It's NOT true if they use Steamworks for achievements/cloud saves/multiplayer. You can't make a non-Steam version without ripping out Steamworks, and if Steamworks

[quote who="ice27828" reply="18" id="3125460"]I don't see Steam as a DRM platform but rather a distribution platform. Honestly, the only reason people download games from torrent is because there are so many games that are crappy and cost like $50 just to play for a few hours. And with these days with dlc packs, it is just too hard just to keep up paying for content that should have been released free of charge or should have been part of the original release. I think price has to do a lo

Steam is huge for DRM. If the service ever is sold or changes their TOS, there is nothing you could do. They own the games, you just rent it. At any point they could refuse you access to the games. There is absolutely no reason you cannot do BOTH steam and a DRM free version, just like Arcen Games does or even indied like Legend of Grimrock. I can't think of a single benefit it would give me personally as a consumer, let alon

Using steam in addition to a DRM free client would be fine. Using it exclusively simply abandons the whole indie mentality that stardock became noticed from. Elemental was a sign that the company was no longer a quality company that cared about their consumers and this just confirms it. My comment is that only fans hang around these forums, so of course they will mostly be supportive. I only use steam for $1 games through sales or mult

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="3" id="3124875"] Quoting shadow9d9, reply 2Sad to see they abandoned what attracted so many people to them in the first place. Actually it seems it really didn't attract people, or at least those people didn't stick around. The surprising thing in that thread is that most people defended or at the least didn't care about their decision.[/quote] Forum dwellers... you mean fans.. actually defended a company? T

Ok, thanks. Steam is DRM, so there is no need to read the thread. I want the ability to play the game in 20 years if I want...and who knows if steam will be around or who will own it. Sad to see they abandoned what attracted so many people to them in the first place. I will stick to AI War I guess. AI war and Valley Without wind have an insanely fast and easy updater, easy to use multiplayer, and I could buy my multiple copies directly from the d

I see that the digital download requires Steam... did they abandon the DRM free philosophy? I want to buy 2 copies but I have no interest in the game if it has DRM, including steam. Thanks.

If you have a fleet of ships and direct them all to attack a specific enemy, will the robotic ships still use their repair abilities on friendly ships or will they just be using their regular weapons? If so, the solution would be to make the specialized ships into their own fleet and just tell them to attack the general area and they will use all of their abilities?