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Dear CCP - Kill the launcher

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Len Ross
Doomheim
#21 - 2013-06-16 01:23:33 UTC
forever to keep verifying game, writing overlapping, ad ridden buggy launcher, hard to swap characters on the same account without having to restart the whole thing.
Its making you look like amateurs. Remove it or fix it. And sack the idiot who programed it and the one who approved its deployment.
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#22 - 2013-06-16 01:33:32 UTC
Hurtado Soneka wrote:
O Rly? Am of the belief if something isn't broke it doesn't need fixing..

If something isn't broken, that doesn't mean it can't be improved on.

Again, most of what the new launcher does isn't for the player base, it's for how CCP deploys patches. Go bang your head against their offices for some stats on how many man-hours got wasted on the old patches versus the new system.

Lykouleon > CYNO ME CLOSER so I can hit them with my sword
Hurtado Soneka
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#23 - 2013-06-16 01:40:04 UTC
erm no thanks lyko, and some improvement. Should go and bang your head against a wall and see if the fog clears up enough so that you yourself can see how much a piece of **** this launcher is.
VaL Iscariot
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#24 - 2013-06-16 01:46:11 UTC
death to the launcher!

what was wrong with the old one? it was simple and streamlined.

Also, i miss Aura saying "Connecting" *chime*
Ilkahn
Ideal Mechanisms
#25 - 2013-06-16 01:49:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Ilkahn
Kill the launcher, this is stupid. The game has a built in launcher for gods sakes. You guys are launching a launcher. I'm not into programming but this smacks of wasted effort guys. Come on CCP, get back to the PROBRO we know.
Christopher AET
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2013-06-16 01:49:50 UTC
First Launcher was fine. This new one is just awful.

I drain ducks of their moisture for sustenance.
DeadAir C1
Spartan Industries
#27 - 2013-06-16 01:56:31 UTC
Death to the new launcher

-signed
Ilkahn
Ideal Mechanisms
#28 - 2013-06-16 01:59:08 UTC
Lykouleon wrote:
Hurtado Soneka wrote:
The server is up its just the launcher taking the **** Evil

The server just got taken offline. Hth.

Also, the majority of what the launcher is isn't for our sake, it's for CCP's sake when deploying patches. The same standard is becoming the norm across the industry. HTFU and get used to it (though I do hope CCP wakes up from their horrible mistake of getting rid of our login music...jerks)


I don't agree with your idea here that this is for them deploying patches. The old game prior to launcher updated, the game has a built in launcher. You can bypass the launcher and it'll force you to update as well. Having this launcher is simply extra work for no good reason as i see things. I'm not saying they may not have some security plans for it or whatever but this is quite rediculous.
Lipbite
Express Hauler
#29 - 2013-06-16 03:07:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Lipbite
CCP devs must be really brave if they've attempted to develop WiS while cannot deliver even launcher.

P.S. Launcher make re-start faster. I'm ok with it when it works. Few more years and EVE will have all basic features of 2002-07 games such as dye-able ships, corp emblems, etc.
Ruze
Next Stage Initiative
#30 - 2013-06-16 03:32:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Ruze
Lykouleon wrote:
Hurtado Soneka wrote:
The server is up its just the launcher taking the **** Evil

The server just got taken offline. Hth.

Also, the majority of what the launcher is isn't for our sake, it's for CCP's sake when deploying patches. The same standard is becoming the norm across the industry. HTFU and get used to it (though I do hope CCP wakes up from their horrible mistake of getting rid of our login music...jerks)


That's what it comes down to. Patches.

CCP, since I've been playing in 2006, has been absolutely horrid during patches. To count how many times my eve file has been corrupted and I've had to install the whole game again ... for multiple clients ...

Ugh.

So yeah, I like the EvE launcher. Because so far, I haven't had to deal with patch failure.

Now, if they replace the character selection screen with some cool login music and this ... I'll be a far happier person.

If you're driven to threaten others with harm or violence because of what they do in game, you can't separate fantasy from reality. That "griefer/thief" is probably more sane than you are. How screwed up is that?
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#31 - 2013-06-16 03:42:33 UTC
Throwing my support here. Kill the launcher or allow us to bypass it altogether if there is no patch (like before).

How did you Veterans start?
Bru Swillis
Titan Technologies Inc
#32 - 2013-06-16 03:42:36 UTC
Kill the launcher, kill it with fire!
Mr Kidd
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2013-06-16 04:20:30 UTC
Do not try and launch Eve with the launcher. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
There is no launcher.
Then you'll see, that it is not the launcher that runs Eve, but only Exefile.exe.

Don't ban me, bro!
Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
#34 - 2013-06-16 04:44:49 UTC
Launcher works fine. Next topic plz.
Warcalibre
NovaTech Holdings
#35 - 2013-06-16 04:58:13 UTC
This launcher is better because it's wider and therefore has more place to display colorful pictures relevant to the game, like laser ravens. #CCPlogic
Hurtado Soneka
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#36 - 2013-06-16 05:02:39 UTC
Warcalibre wrote:
This launcher is better because it's wider and therefore has more place to display colorful pictures relevant to the game, like laser ravens. #CCPlogic


haha right? The launcher isn't just bad, its laughably bad Cool
Tavin Aikisen
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#37 - 2013-06-16 05:04:37 UTC
I'll be happy with the launcher if it didn't mean the death of the original login screens. They were great to look at and listen to.

Bring them back, please.

"Remember this. Trust your eyes, you will kill each other. Trust your veins, you can all go home."

-Cold Wind
Samuel Woodbury
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2013-06-16 06:08:40 UTC
Heres why you need a launcher. a launcher is a like a web browser, but that CCP made, it enebles them to put in patche's small fix's when ever they want, without needing you to click download

What you want is the hold launcher... killing a launch would... well ya i said it
Josef Djugashvilis
#39 - 2013-06-16 06:52:00 UTC
The launcher looks a bit cluttered and badly composed.

Make it bigger and try to make the layout easier on the eye.

This is not a signature.
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#40 - 2013-06-16 07:19:47 UTC
Felicity Love wrote:
Well, the whole mess is down now... but that's okay... it's only prime time on Saturday night in North America. Roll


That's CCP kindly pushing you to go out and do... real Saturday night activities. Blink

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