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Ummm. So does this mean there will be a GWX 4.0 for SH-III?
oh-please, oh-please, oh please.:D

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Originally Posted by Oberleutnant nederlander (Post 1248434)

GWX 4.0 was for SH4 ..... NOT SH3.:up:

DOH! SHIV then.

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Originally Posted by karamazovnew (Post 1248217)

Greets from Bucharest. Nice to see Constanta represented here (main port of Romania for those who don't know). I go there every week for studies at UMC, who knows we might've rubbed shoulders without knowing.

They didn't hide the truth, don't be mad at them for this reason.
You won't get banned for saying you won't buy the game, don't worry. Coming from the same country IT-mentality you might understand me much better than people who grew up in the west. Piracy here is a fact of life as a young person just out of university can't expect more than 400 euros per month. The cost of living here is among the biggest in the world. Check some financial surveys if you don't believe me. Food, clothing, electronics, houses, everything here is more expensive than in the UK or US. We simply wouldn't buy a game unless we really like them. That means that either the game has perfect reviews (for example I've just bought Mass Effect and I'm loving it) or we first play cracked versions and decide for ourselves. 99.9% of those games are absolute rubbish and we'd never buy them even if we were swimming in money. We'd just use the money to play WoW.

But these games still make us upgrade PC's and spend a lot of money on them, fueling a decent IT market. If our gov would really crack down the crackers, the IT market would crash inevitably. Since Ubisoft Romania decided to use such a drakonic DRM, it's safe to say that they were "inspired" by the poor sales they get here in their own country. So yeah, you can blame us :shifty:. Permanent Online check ups really work, we really need to buy the game to play. We did it with L2D, we did it with WoW, Modern Combat 1 so yeah, it actually works for multiplayer games. But this type of game content and DRM is new.

I am pissed that Ubisoft spent so much time answering silly questions and have only now revealed the Big Trio (VII's only, till 43, new DRM). I had already saved money for the collector's edition and I actually WANT to PLAY the freakin game. Hard to do when I'm on the move constantly and have to travel overseas for months on end. So no, I won't buy the game, because of the DRM. I don't care about privacy, or piracy I simply won't have internet :haha:. Right now it's the same thing for me if I buy another MMO, for example Star Trek Online. Being a trekkie made things simple for me :haha:

Glad to meet you mate. Indeed, for those who are not aware, Constanta had a few U-boots based here in the mid of the WWII. And its own 3 Romanian subs.
Funny enouch, you, from Bucharest, decided for UMC (Civil Naval Academy), and myself, from Constanta chose legal domain and studied on Bucharest.:o
Indeed, I guess many sailors bought SH3, games and movies are their only entertainment on the long days (and night) on the sea. Will Ubisoft pay for their access to satellite Internet now?...

Nice try UbiSoft.
Should they implement it in SH5 I will wait for cracked copy and download that one instead of buying it.
If you think it can’t be cracked than you are blond and have blue eyes.

To sum it up: Get rid of it and I may purchase it like I did with SH3 and 4 but trying to screw me won’t get them my money that’s for sure.

Imagine: Ubisoft sells SHV in such a low number because of this stupid DRM idea, they go bankrott and have to shut down their servers...

...quite ironic for those who are amongst the buyers!

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Originally Posted by Capt. Morgan (Post 1248381)

Ummm. So does this mean there will be a GWX 4.0 for SH-III?
oh-please, oh-please, oh please.:D

GWX 4.0 was for SH4 ..... NOT SH3.:up:

I'm going to pass for sure. That does not bother me, it's their company they can do what they want and so can I (not buy it). What does bother me are the ignorant prejudiced comments by many that assume because I built my home on 23 acres of mind-blowingly beautiful land 35 miles outside of St. Louis I am a hick and out of touch because I rely on sprint 3g (only option). The "double wide", "join the 21st century" comments are very shallow minded and stupid. I would gladly compare bank accounts, homes, cars, wives, etc with anyone here. -vent over

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Originally Posted by trenken (Post 1248341)

Please list for me the games you've played that use DRM.

I think it was called Band of Brothers? Bought it several years ago and now when you load the thing up it goes through 20+ updates with reboots required, you cant even play the game anymore unless you update the damm thing, needless to say but I threw the game out. Shame to cause it was a cool game when it first came out.

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Originally Posted by bratkorv (Post 1248235)

Directly or indirectly related:

http://www.albumoftheday.com/facebook/

"It will soon be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and to maintain up-to-date, complete files, containing even most personal information about the health or personal behavior of the citizen in addition to more customary data. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities."
- Zbigniew Brzezinski

That wake me up a bit. I tried deleting my account, no dice. You can only deactivate it... interesting.... And it would explain the amount of spam I've been receiving lately although all my details were reserved to "friends" and I had none... very very interesting.

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Originally Posted by Learjetcap (Post 1248439)

The "double wide", "join the 21st century" comments are very shallow minded and stupid.

And I agree, very dumb comments. Must be an age thing :down:

This encourages piracy/hacking.

99.9999% of Il-2 owners use the hacked exe file, and have for years—even if they bought it. I bought every installment, and I still have the "no-CD" hack exe (which took someone minutes to get out to the world, lol).

If they wish to force online, then make the damn thing subscriptive, with frequent updates.

As others have said, streaming updates kills modding dead.

The plus side is that this decision effectively sinks u-boats, which is my only interest in that particular subject matter. If SH5 were fleet boats I'd be pretty POed about now.

This: http://www.ubisoftgroup.com/index.php?p=62 should list the business office contact numbers for Ubisoft across the world.

It may not do a thing, but I intend to contact Ubisoft and verbally express my displeasure. I'll also note that they won't see a dime from me for SH5 (or any of their other products... I was looking forward to Storm of War from Maddox & crew) until/if the DRM's removed.

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Originally Posted by theluckyone17 (Post 1248455)

OMFG... SoW... let's hurry and spam Oleg about this DRM thing. I'd really hate loosing that one. I plan to get an HMD next year and a good stick just to play that game. Nice part about a ship rocking in 10 meter waves is that you feel you're flying :D

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Originally Posted by Seeadler (Post 1246545)

Now it has been officially confirmed by an Ubisoft employee in the German SH5 forum, SH5 will contain exactly this new protection:

- you need an Ubisoft online account to activate SH5
- Save games be stored online on Ubisoft server
- PC must be throughout the playing session connected to the internet

If so, they can cross all sales from me off their list.

http://www.facebook.com/silent.hunter.ubi?v=wall

Write anything about the game that appears negative or questions the use of DRM and ou can actually watch your post getting deleted. Ubi must have a whole department monitoring there Facebook page.:down:

im a us resident. will i need to be connected to the internet everytime i want to play? like some of the other players , i travel and play offline alot. thanks for the answer before given.