EVE General Discussion

I have had only one problem with it, which was easily rectified.

Now, compared to the ease of updating things, and not needing to load the entire game up to get patches, I think it's very much worth it.

CCP said that eventually the launcher will be forced upon us as the exe.file will be removed. I therefore will look into my crystal ball and make a prediction........

.....on the day CCP remove the backdoor entry via the exe.file, these forums will miraculously go down stopping anyone commenting.

If they thought WIS created a sh*tstorm, watch what removing the exe.file entry system does.

Actually I'm fine with this, if by then they managed to come up with a login solution that's as comfortable as the .exe file.

As it is right now, the login via launcher is a rpita.

That doesn't look like a launcher I'd like. Too much mouse handling.

A double click with the mouse, enter password, hit enter twice and I'm ingame, unless I need the mouse in the character screen. If character selection could be done via tab, I wouldn't even need the mouse at the character screen.

I enjoyed the splash screen and miss it now that it is gone.

The launcher is a clunky unwanted annoyance which created an *additional* step in the path to logging into this great game. Someone at CCP, likely near or at the top, is obsessed with it, and like some other things in the not too distant past, thinks they know what's best for the player base.

The launcher is not about updates. Updates is the pitch they are selling the subscriber base. What the launcher is really about is advertising. Marketing. Pushing specials and fluff in front of the players. With the launcher they get to parade around PLEX sales, the NEX Store, and a number of things that are not even Eve related (like other CCP Games). Much of it has to do with the trial period. Forcing the new, unsubscribed, users to be exposed to specials designed to get them to commit to the game.

Once again, CCP is trying to use F2P tactics on a paying user base. This is the main reason that eveFile.exe will be "fixed". That "fix" is probably priority number 1 right now at CCP. Eve may never go F2P as some think it should, but we're sure as hell going to feel like we're in a F2P.

Have to disagree here.
It's funny, because with removal of in-game login screen on the second plan, CCP have removed rather effective one-time splash advertisements that existed there for ages. Now devs moved them into the corner of character selection screen, so ads can be ignored just as easily as "world news" (because let's be honest - character selection screen is not the place one would stay for too long).

Of course maybe CCP internal metrics show other pictures, and minimalistic launcher ads have suddenly rised PLEX/other stuff sales through the roof..

Loosing the login screen has also been a huge loss in terms of new player experience.

When I make noob-friendly eve tutorial videos, or when a new player wants to try eve, it always begins at the login screen. A great music, plus a great animated background with the game engine... It's impossible to see such a thing one day with this poor launcher.

I really don't want to beat a dead horse.

/grabs baseball bat

But......

I must agree this new launcher is horrid. Bad design, poor performance and useless functionality.

If you must press forward with this steaming pile of bovine excrement at least continue to allow the direct execution of the game .exe so that those of us that choose to avoid it will continue to have that option.

If people don't have anythign else to complain about than the launcher I think it's a pretty good day. Really.