is pw spyware now mandatory for STO ?

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• Po_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749

  August 2013

  They've launched Arc a while ago, so it's not something new (and not something good either).

  But this move is indeed harsh... and I just checked, it's on every game's download section. Must've happened in the last few days.

  I hope they will revoke this, I'm pretty sure many players are angry with this crap forcing down the throat...

   

  Meanwhile, you can download the client and install it, it's working the same way as it worked until this shady PWE move (you could choose to install through Arc or download it separately, seems they simply deleted this second option recently). Here's a step-by-step and a few download locations:

  http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=819701
• TheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910

  August 2013

  I stopped playing some other games because of stuff like this. Why would I voluntarily allow someone to root my system?
  

  I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
• Nadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798

  August 2013

  how is arc  more intrusive than steam client, or raptr, or Blizzards Warden ?

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• Po_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749

  August 2013

  Originally posted by Nadia
  how is arc  more intrusive than steam client, or raptr, or Blizzards Warden ?

  To be honest, I can't make an exact comparison because I don't use any of those you mentioned. Nor those you missed to mention, like Origin, Aeria's Ignite, Rockstar's socially handica... errr... mandatory club, etc.  Ironically, while maybe Aeria considered the worst among those companies, Ignite is the only one which is still optional.

   

  Call me old-fashioned or geek, but I like to control what's running on my gear and to allow only the ones which are important to me. Spyware (like Origin), monitoring/social tool (like raptr or the steam-ing pile of... ) or directly resource/bandwith consuming apps (like Akamai or Pando) are not welcomed, simply as that.

  While I play occasionally PWI or RaiderZ, the main reason I'm with PWE is Cryptic. The clients are already installed (and I saved a current install of all 3 games for later use), so I'm good at the moment without Arc. And if PWE will pushing things further, like putting the launcher under Arc or similar shady moves, I think I'll be forced to ditch the games...  But I hope it won't get that far. Even EA had to back off with Origin eventually
• Nadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798

  August 2013

  Blizzard's warden runs in background - you never specifically see it unless looking for it

   

  if you play any Blizzard games on Battlenet , you are running warden

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warden_%28software%29

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• Po_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749

  August 2013

  Maybe so, but, as I mentioned on here too (I think) I don't blizz

  war/starcraft were the worst thing that could happened to the strategy genre (and yep, rts is not strategy), diablo and its clones are the abomination to the rpg genre, and wow... I guess it's safer for all of us if I just skip writing about wow

  I admit the Hearthstone videos look tempting (those cursed TCG years I hoped I left behind a long time ago...), we'll see how good it turns out to be.
• WarWitch Member UncommonPosts: 351

  August 2013

  PWI is planning to make arc mandatory for all pwi games , For now if you have the original sto cds u can install it from their, but pwi plans to stop this as well. Whats totally messed up is arc runs anytime your pc is on not just when you are playing pwi games. Hate spy wear of all kinds I run razors game booster and turn all that crap off to make my game a lot faster .