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[Knight_47K]

OK, first I am not sure whether this is the right forum.

 

So, the biggest gripe with Mass Effect 3 was that it would sync with the servers as soon as you start with the game. First your saved games will sync with the cloud, but that is great. Then when ME3 opens it will sync your multiplayer data, that is also pretty much great.

 

And then, for god knows why, it will start to validate the DLCs , not just the first time, but every freaking time. And then sometimes, it will give an error message, as its unable to contact the bioware / EA servers: Unable to authenticate DLC, please try again!

 

After that we have a ****storm. You cant play the game, as the saves are locked. You exit out, make origin offline, and disable your internet and it still would give the same error. And it will keep repeating the error, till you are finally able to sync it up with the EA server.

 

That is a nightmare I would really like to avoid. No other EA game does that, Dead Space series, Battlefield, crysis etc.

 

Its an honest request, please do not use this feature. Only people who pay for your games and DLCs end up getting hasseled. Isn't origin enough of a failsafe that my game is legit, sure when I start the game for the first time we can do this. Or when I buy a new DLC. But not every other day.

 

If you guys are already planning for this feature, just please reconsider.

[LadyKarrakaz]

Since it's the "suggestion forum", let's consider it's a suggestion. I agree with your request.

 

Origin being already a DRM, makes no sense for people using it to get to check their DLCs again and again. For the other platforms, I don't know the requirements so... I agree that the constant DLC checking is annoying (at least on PC).

 

Also, the DLC registration system has been quite a problem for me too. My Dragon Age Origins (Origin) cannot recognize all my DLCs (but they appear on the Bioware site as registered) and I have to manually download (on the BSN site) and install them.This problem happens only for DAO though, both DA2 and Mass Effect series don't have this problem.

 

So, you get the problem of contacting the Bioware servers + the problem of DLCs not being recognized at all, sometimes.

 

The system is very complicated and quite punitive for legal owners. Something simpler would be appreciated indeed.

[aTigerslunch]

I have to test this....I have not had issues myself with loosing DLC's, but I am on a console with those games, not PC. Not sure if that will make a difference or not.

[9TailsFox]

Did you try again?

 

And for real. DRM doesn't work it's fact so why punish paying customers. To a point you have to crack game you pay for, so you could play it.

[Knight_47K]

I am not saying it never works. It does work. But when it doesn't I feel like crap.

 

Also, I do not want this thread to be locked due to piracy comments, as I think this is far more important.

 

I was an engineering student, when I started playing Bioware games. Now however, I am working and it is already too hard to find the time to play games. And if god forbiding I do find some time to myself, I do not want it getting wasted on trying to fix a mess, that shouldn't be there in the first place.

 

Bioware games are special to me, as I am sure they are to a lot of people. But ths idiotic DRM practice, really leaves a bad taste.

[Kantr]

It works fine for Dragon Age 2 via origin. The checking online though does make no sense.

[Icefalcon]

I agree. We are way past the need for anything to be verified anymore. DA2 is getting old now and DA:O is looking for a pipe and slippers in game age terms. By now we should have a patch that just writes off all the DLC we paid for as permanently verified ready for the day when Bioware/EA stop supporting the game through sheer age and their belief (not necessarily correctly) that no one is still playing.