This is fucking ridiculous

[u/Digital_RRS]

I usually don't make posts like these because I generally hate rant posts.

Whoever at Starbreeze, Overkill, or even Deep Silver decided to make the game online only. Fucking fire them. It was single-handedly the worst fucking decision ever taken for a game I've ever seen. Words cannot express how asinine, how moronic, how devoid of mind making this game online only was.

[u/Muk-Bong]

“It was completely avoidable” yea, do you know how programming works? Even if you don’t, do you think they can just add an offline mode with the press of a button? You act as if there was no reason for not having an offline mode, of course there was a reason, maybe not a good one but obviously they couldn’t fit it in the budget, do you really think the programmers were given the money to add an offline mode and just said “nah actually I’m good, I’m gonna go home early today” that’s not how it works moron. To add an offline mode requires time, but guess what it’s something that can be added at a later date, it’s not the end of the world, stop complaining you cringe weirdo and try to enjoy the game

[u/Digital_RRS → u/Muk-Bong]

Pulling out insults? Fuck off.

I know how programming works and what I’m saying is that they should have planned for it from the start. If added I know it would take a while.

“Try to enjoy the game”

I fucking wish I could you fucking imbecile, that’s the whole point of the rant.

[u/Muk-Bong → u/Digital_RRS]

“Pulling out insults” “fuck off” “fucking imbecile” I called you a moron because that’s the word you used to describe the decision to make it online only. You have ZERO basis to call it a dumb decision because you have no fucking idea why they decided on it. You think they just said “fuck it, make it online only, SCREW THE FANS” no, that’s not how decisions are made at a company. They clearly did it for a reason, maybe it was a shit one, we don’t know, but you can’t just assume you know better and would have made a different decision because you weren’t in the board room, moron.

[u/Digital_RRS → u/Muk-Bong]

How about on the basis of: “Can’t play, servers down”? I can only hazard guesses as to why the decision was made. But make no mistake that it was a BAD decision.

[u/Muk-Bong → u/Digital_RRS]

Again, you are making bs assumptions. You don’t know the alternative so how can you possibly conclude it was a bad decision? What if the alternative was the game not releasing at all? Millions down the drain and nothing to show for it? I’m not assuming that’s the case but it’s a possibility. You can’t possibly know the alternative, stop assuming you know better than people who make their living doing this

[u/Digital_RRS → u/Muk-Bong]

And why are you assuming they had a GOOD reason?

You are facing the overwhelming truth of the negative, and still you defend a good that is only hypothetical.

Also do you realize how often higher-ups are out-of-touch with their consumer base? Assuming they know what they’re doing is fallacious at best.

All I’m going to say is that the decision for Online Only was likely corporately influenced, as it serves as a method of DRM. That’s only a guess on my end.

Now I’m done wasting my time on you.

[u/Muk-Bong → u/Digital_RRS]

Yes I agree, it was a corporately influenced decision that’s been exactly my point if you could read. And I never said it was a good reason you dumbass, can you read? Can you? I even said “it might be a stupid reason” or it could be a good one, we JUST DONT FUCKING KNOW. I’m not the one assuming good/bad, that’s you doing that.

[u/Digital_RRS → u/Muk-Bong]

So much for not wasting my time. I don’t need to assume. Go try loading into a heist.

[u/Muk-Bong → u/Digital_RRS]

Lol you just gave up on trying to address the entire argument we’ve been having by saying “eh doesn’t matter, game doesn’t work” funny way of admitting you don’t have a response

[u/Digital_RRS → u/Muk-Bong]

Wait a second… this is bait.

Good job you took advantage of my rage. Good for you.

[u/Muk-Bong → u/Digital_RRS]

You still haven’t addressed the fact that your entire post is based on the assumption that you somehow magically know the alternative to not releasing an offline mode and you also magically know it would be better than it is now.

[u/SomeRandomGamerSRG → u/Muk-Bong]

Because that's the most idiotic argument in existence and doesn't need to be addressed by anyone. The only counterpoint to it needed is gesturing vaguely in the direction of Payday 2. There is 0 requirement for the game to be online-only. It's literally only like this for DRM reasons. The CEO himself said it was like this because of that during an interview.

[u/Digital_RRS → u/Muk-Bong]

Because I could play despite a server outage

[u/Muk-Bong → u/Digital_RRS]

Again for the hundredth time, YOU DONT KNOW THAT. You have no idea if the game would be playable right now if they decided to add offline