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Closed Upcoming forced usage of Nexon launcher annoyance
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First off, patch speed. Why does it take this thing so long to start. I have to sit with, "Updating files" for what feels like forever before I get a filling bar. I use two games on that launcher, Maplestory and Mabinogi, and if there's one thing Mabi didn't break, it's that patching. However, using a different way in, I patch just fine. Hell, I've had to before for it to even start, because it'd open up the game unpatched in the past and make it impossible to play.
Second, opening times. It takes so much longer for me to open it up using the game launcher compared to other methods. That delays us going in, which can kill interest. I don't want to spend a lot of time waiting to get in. I want to be killing the cute sprites in my hunt for blood. This is even worse when the previous problem happens, because it just means I'm waiting even longer.
First attempt was pretty bad. Maple locked up and crashed on the character select screen. Launcher was stuck at "Currently in-game," with no game-related processes running. The only fix was to reopen the launcher.
Second attempt: Once I got to the character select screen, I waited for EVERYTHING to load, and then promptly made a new Kanna (to take advantage of the rewards) and got in-game. All of this while the mouse cursor was on the Maple window the whole time. (In previous experiences, Maple would crash for no reason if the mouse strayed away.)
So yeah... Maple and the Nexon Launcher is still finicky. It's like taking care of a baby... have to be gentle and patient apparently. <_<
More like even logging in involves RNG.
On behalf of all my farm followers, thanks Nexon :-(. To my farm followers I have to say sorry, I can't maintain them anymore after March 23 :-|
There are a lot of issues with the launcher, and it's bad for those who have multiple accounts (for whatever reason). Nexon is basically forcing us to use a system that's inferior, without trying to fix some of the key issues that others have covered here and on Southperry. Your adamant defense of Nexon's behavior in this case reminds me of a quote by the Blackbustercritic: If someone craps, someone else will eat.
Agreed. I have a decently beefy rig. I even had Maple on an SSD. The results turned out not as I expected as any reduction in loading times was negligible on an SSD as opposed to a HD.
Find something new to go after me over please. You literally do nothing but go "I bet he doesn't even play the game lmao xd". The three separate times I've posted a half-dozen screenshots of every single character I have prove you to be both wrong, unoriginal and unimaginative.
TL;DR: "Someone criticized a decision of Nexon's, so I have to put them down."
If the Nexon Launcher works for you, that's great.
It doesn't work, or works poorly, for many others.
Nexon's plan to force us to help them debug it, by taking away the launcher that does work as it should, is a bad plan and deserves to be criticized. I repeat: the Nexon Launcher should be perfected before the direct launch is taken away.
Doesn't really help when every single thing they do is criticized. No matter what it is, it's either not good enough, or not fast enough. No one's ever happy with anything they do. And please, spare me the past two months' worth of server issues, I'm well aware at this point, since you and everyone else just loves to whine about it in every medium they can get away with. But what I'm talking about goes back far beyond that. I can't think of a single thing Nexon has done in the past year that the community as a whole has gone "well hey this is pretty awesome, good job Nexon!". Can you find one thing that the community hasn't sat here and complained about?
Removing its functionality isn't a good idea on any level. There have been numerous times I've had to use it. It works plain and simple. It's not immediately available, but having it there is not hurting anything.
I honestly would like to know the rationale behind this change, because it seems there has been a lot of changes just to make changes, but few real improvements to the overall experience. We all should know by now change for the sake of change is reckless and never has a good outcome.
Steam launch as I said it's just extra hassle getting the game to launch and not as stable from what people keep saying., I always suggest them using the gamelauncher as it's always been the most secure way.
Everyone was having problems with Steam some months ago and I was logging in just fine with the gamelauncher. Sure gamelauncher patches really slow but I would rather a slow patcher over a more stable game. Although they could easily just fix that slow patching.
Just because they're constantly criticized doesn't mean they're not contantly messing up.
Yes, some criticism is unjustified, and when that happens I defend them as well.
But you've taken it to Neospector levels, where Nexon can absolutely do nothing wrong, ever, and it's always the players who are too demanding.
Try to find some balance.
@Aggraphine - My god, you are a stubborn one. Yes, some times there are ridiculous and outright nitpicky complaints floating around on here, but this is one a very critical decision that will more or less impact every player in a negative way. You are very much looking like a fool for calling every one else wrong for not wanting to see this happen.
This potential forced change is a terrible idea for obvious reasons. As a company, you don't just go shoving only one option down everyone's throat like this when that option is nowhere near perfected, very unstable, will inevitably cause many people many more problems than necessary, and most especially when we already have a more stable option that almost every one uses...BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY THE MOST STABLE OPTION. That adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind, and what they are doing is removing something that already works pretty well with something that is overall flawed and broken.
Holding off with this change until the time comes where the Nexon Launcher works as well or better than the GameLauncher is obviously the better choice here. I honestly can not believe that you do not see this simple fact, and have even resorted to attacking others in this thread just to stand your ground with your white knighting for Nexon.
So whether you like it or not, you damn skippy we're gonna speak up on this one. I encourage every one who sees this thread to spread this message and do everything we can to let Nexon know that we do NOT want this change!
Correct me if I'm wrong though, this is what I've heard from other people being puzzled over why their game won't launch properly, and then it turns out they're banned.
The fact that they're very obviously lying to us about the reasons for this change.
If they really wanted to "focus their efforts on Nexon Launcher", the first thing to go should have been the Steam launcher. The Steam launcher is problematic and glitchy at times, and requires developer attention to keep working. GameLauncher.exe is stable and reliable and has needed no attention in many years (they did update its graphics but that was neither required nor complicated).
The fact that Steam launching is staying but direct launch is being removed, proves that the reason given to us is not the real reason.
AFAIK, that is correct. I've often seen people complain, here or on reddit, that their client "crashes when selecting a channel" - and when they are advised to use GameLauncher.exe, they find out that they've been banned.
I guess Nexon thinks that their customer support agents don't have enough work, so they need more people to say "ah, that's because you're banned" to.