Attitude towards SHV - Page 3

Reece · 01-27-10, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JScones

Well...I live in the capital city of my country. My house is less than 10 years old, yet I am limited to 1500/256k ADSL, capped at 40GB d/l (shaped thereafter). I, like most Australians, am a victim of the Telstra infastructure monopoly (and they are not even my ISP).

And the cost for this luxury? AU$70 per month!

And I consider myself lucky. Some of my friends that live up the road were on dialup until 12 months ago!

And I'm willing to bet that there's many people reading this that wish they had what I have.

It's very funny reading posts from (mainly) Americans saying that if you have slow internet then you must be living in the sticks, thus don't deserve to play SH5. Get a dose of reality guys - there's a big wide world beyond your shores.

I live near Clare, about 140km north of Adelaide, all other towns around me (dozens) have dialup only, I am also one of the lucky few with 256k broadband, been like this for years!!

Let alone all the other towns through out Australia I know nothing about!!

Westbroek · 01-27-10, 03:56 AM

Remember when your parents would tell you that the anticipation is always better than the reward?

What does it mean when anticipation is slowly, over the course of months, whittled away en masse to pure apprehension. What do you do then?
I won't lie, I'm sure I'm going to get the game (use of game, not sim, intended), but I just wish I was going to do it with some serious excitement as opposed to having second thoughts all the way to the counter.
I want to be using one of these

right now.
But what I'm feeling more and more with everything we learn is this

McBeck · 01-27-10, 04:19 AM

Maybe iv been out of the loop, but do you guys have a link the source where it states you need internet connection....bad move from Ubisoft!

The Devs do all they can to satisfy this community, but Ubisoft just works against them. Must be frustrating...

Reece · 01-27-10, 04:56 AM

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/52...rything-Online
http://torrentbomb.com/ubisoft-drops...cted-is-on/471
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...8111046728/p/1

Kretschmer the IV · 01-27-10, 08:23 AM

That really sucks. But ...

Unfortunately the most user will just buy the product. So UBI does not care about their DRM. So the users think. Damn it i want this game, i'll buy it sooner or later.

cherbert · 01-27-10, 09:12 AM

I don't know what all the fuss is about. I'd gladly take internet authentication over having to put my disk in every time I want to play.

The chances of the UBI servers ceasing to exist are probably about the same as you damaging your disk.

And even if at some point in the murky distant future when everyone else is running around a holodeck generated Silent Hunter 15 and you want to dig out your old copy of SH5 I'm sure there will be sufficient hacks to get it working.

oscar19681 · 01-27-10, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by cherbert

I don't know what all the fuss is about. I'd gladly take internet authentication over having to put my disk in every time I want to play.

The chances of the UBI servers ceasing to exist are probably about the same as you damaging your disk.

And even if at some point in the murky distant future when everyone else is running around a holodeck generated Silent Hunter 15 and you want to dig out your old copy of SH5 I'm sure there will be sufficient hacks to get it working.

Its not that you just need authentication. You must be online 100% all the time when playing the game OFFLINE! If not you cannot play the game.

badkarma · 01-27-10, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cherbert

I don't know what all the fuss is about. I'd gladly take internet authentication over having to put my disk in every time I want to play.

The chances of the UBI servers ceasing to exist are probably about the same as you damaging your disk.

And even if at some point in the murky distant future when everyone else is running around a holodeck generated Silent Hunter 15 and you want to dig out your old copy of SH5 I'm sure there will be sufficient hacks to get it working.

Quote:

UK Community Coordinator

Posted Thu January 22 2009 07:56 Thu January 22 2009 07:56 There will be server downtime between 19:00 and 21:00 GMT. This will effect most of our titles online. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

_________________
kazzoo
Community Coordinator
Ubisoft UK

Enough said?

Iron Budokan · 01-27-10, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by oscar19681

Have you ever considered the fact the the other u-boats and the rest of the war will be added in the form of addons?

There is no "fact" regarding this whatsoever. UBI has made no promises at all regarding addons. All they've given us in this regard is shadow and supposition. Not "fact."

Sailor Steve · 01-27-10, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Zugfuhrer

Also there are alternatives for people with no internet connection such as pay as you go broadband.

How does it work? And how much does it cost. If I can't connect my computer to the internet at all, how do I get this pay-as-you-go broadband?

Quote:

Yes you will have to spend some money, but it will be worth it.

Really? Worth how much? The reason I can't connect to the internet is that I can't afford it. How is it worth it to not be able to afford an alternative?

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I just think we should be glad there is another installment to the only current half decent Uboat sim.

HALF decent is right.

tomfon · 01-27-10, 03:18 PM

I suddenly miss the ''starforce protection''...

Jimbuna · 01-28-10, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McBeck

Maybe iv been out of the loop, but do you guys have a link the source where it states you need internet connection....bad move from Ubisoft!

The Devs do all they can to satisfy this community, but Ubisoft just works against them. Must be frustrating...

Precisely

Ducimus · 01-28-10, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tomfon

I suddenly miss the ''starforce protection''...

Not no, but hell no. I did not appreciate having to replace my DVD drive because of that crap. Starforce is right up there with DRM on my schitt list.

Brag · 01-28-10, 06:56 PM

Who is Ubisoft hurting with its DRM/OSP?

Peope in US midwestern states.
Submariners on patrol
US troops in Iraq & Afghanistan
People in rural areas of South America
Merchant and navy sailors

Americans who holler a lot about "Supporting our troops" should be outraged.

Thomen · 01-28-10, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

Who is Ubisoft hurting with its DRM/OSP?

Peope in US midwestern states.
Submariners on patrol
US troops in Iraq & Afghanistan
People in rural areas of South America
Merchant and navy sailors

Americans who holler a lot about "Supporting our troops" should be outraged.

May I also add, that the number of people in Europe without a perma connection or on a transfer limit is not exactly small either.

01-27-10, 04:19 AM	#33
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Maybe iv been out of the loop, but do you guys have a link the source where it states you need internet connection....bad move from Ubisoft! The Devs do all they can to satisfy this community, but Ubisoft just works against them. Must be frustrating... __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

01-27-10, 04:56 AM	#34
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01-27-10, 03:18 PM	#41
tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	I suddenly miss the ''starforce protection''... __________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." - Richard P. Feynman [1918/1988] "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan "You don't even care. That's how much an impact the three-point shot has and it's evidenced by how everybody plays... There's no basketball anymore, there's no beauty in it. It's pretty boring. But it is what it is and you need to work with it." - Greg Popovich Mods for SH3

01-28-10, 06:56 PM	#44
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01-27-10, 03:56 AM	#32
Westbroek Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: LA Posts: 256 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 0	Remember when your parents would tell you that the anticipation is always better than the reward? What does it mean when anticipation is slowly, over the course of months, whittled away en masse to pure apprehension. What do you do then? I won't lie, I'm sure I'm going to get the game (use of game, not sim, intended), but I just wish I was going to do it with some serious excitement as opposed to having second thoughts all the way to the counter. I want to be using one of these right now. But what I'm feeling more and more with everything we learn is this

01-27-10, 08:23 AM	#35
Kretschmer the IV Navy Dude Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Croatia Posts: 173 Downloads: 73 Uploads: 0	That really sucks. But ... Unfortunately the most user will just buy the product. So UBI does not care about their DRM. So the users think. Damn it i want this game, i'll buy it sooner or later.

01-27-10, 09:12 AM	#36
cherbert Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 210 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I don't know what all the fuss is about. I'd gladly take internet authentication over having to put my disk in every time I want to play. The chances of the UBI servers ceasing to exist are probably about the same as you damaging your disk. And even if at some point in the murky distant future when everyone else is running around a holodeck generated Silent Hunter 15 and you want to dig out your old copy of SH5 I'm sure there will be sufficient hacks to get it working.