Allow campaign without anti-cheat requirement

[Stout]

Allow us to play the campaign without needing anti-cheat compatibility on Linux; why is restrictive anti-cheat also affecting ability to play single player?

[RatBoggles]

Just EA things

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by RatBoggles:

Just EA things

Nope, There's no .exe for the single player separate to the MP, It's how it was when it launched too, Oh and one more thing.. EA didn't dev the game, DICE did ^_~

[RatBoggles]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by RatBoggles:

Just EA things

Nope, There's no .exe for the single player separate to the MP, It's how it was when it launched too, Oh and one more thing.. EA didn't dev the game, DICE did ^_~

Ok but youre a forum moderator so im just going to assume youre sticking up for them no matter what, so your opinion doesnt really matter lol. sorry

[ijsman]

Incredibly stupid they cut out Linux support 8 years after release anyways

[sard3379]

Maybe read information from the store page before buying the game?

[Stout]

Maybe read information that before it worked, and they only got rid of Linux support recently; that should not be allowed. They should maintain support for things that worked previously. Single player also should not require anti-cheat.

[GodsleftAsscheek]

guess i need to refund

[GodsleftAsscheek]

i just realized, and correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't there a law that passed i think in the US that games cant be just shut off so players cant play they have to give an alternative method such as private servers, if that's true i think we can actually sue them for this.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by RatBoggles:

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Nope, There's no .exe for the single player separate to the MP, It's how it was when it launched too, Oh and one more thing.. EA didn't dev the game, DICE did ^_~

Ok but youre a forum moderator so im just going to assume youre sticking up for them no matter what, so your opinion doesnt really matter lol. sorry

You can assume all you want, we're not here to shill EA, we're here to ensure rules are followed and that's basically it.

Oh and, everybody's opinion matters, regardless of roles.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by GodsleftAsscheek:

i just realized, and correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't there a law that passed i think in the US that games cant be just shut off so players cant play they have to give an alternative method such as private servers, if that's true i think we can actually sue them for this.

That may be true for games released now and moving forward, I don't believe that would count towards games that released before the law was passed.

[GodsleftAsscheek]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by GodsleftAsscheek:

i just realized, and correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't there a law that passed i think in the US that games cant be just shut off so players cant play they have to give an alternative method such as private servers, if that's true i think we can actually sue them for this.

That may be true for games released now and moving forward, I don't believe that would count towards games that released before the law was passed.

you're probably right about that. but straight up flicking a switch and stopping people from playing the game they bought is not right.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by GodsleftAsscheek:

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

That may be true for games released now and moving forward, I don't believe that would count towards games that released before the law was passed.

you're probably right about that. but straight up flicking a switch and stopping people from playing the game they bought is not right.

I'm still of the opinion that it's not technically EA's fault for forcing this, It's the cheaters that are unable to help themselves.

Prior to this we had Fairfight which was a server side anticheat, But cheaters found a way around it and were absolutely infecting the multiplayer, It got so bad at one point where a cheater could join and cheat without any consequence, And It even got to the point where cheaters could crash the servers through an exploit to prevent people from reporting them using the ingame reporting tools.

If there's anyone y'all should be directing your anger toward for this decision, It's the cheat providers and those that use them imo.

[Arrow2022]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by GodsleftAsscheek:

you're probably right about that. but straight up flicking a switch and stopping people from playing the game they bought is not right.

I'm still of the opinion that it's not technically EA's fault for forcing this, It's the cheaters that are unable to help themselves.

Prior to this we had Fairfight which was a server side anticheat, But cheaters found a way around it and were absolutely infecting the multiplayer, It got so bad at one point where a cheater could join and cheat without any consequence, And It even got to the point where cheaters could crash the servers through an exploit to prevent people from reporting them using the ingame reporting tools.

If there's anyone y'all should be directing your anger toward for this decision, It's the cheat providers and those that use them imo.

Cheating in gaming is a big problem, but I'm sorry, a solution to a problem can't and mustn't result in cutting off the whole Linux community from playing a game. I am on Windows, but I categorically refuse to play any game that has a kernel-level anti-cheat, aka spyware, anywhere near my system, let alone on it. I foolishly bought BF1 thinking since it's an older game, it won't have spyware baked in. I was unpleasantly surprised when I first launched the game. Not allowing singleplayer to be run separately is also extremely uncool, and making an 8-year-old game unplayable on Linux is extremely anti-consumer and, I'd guess, illegal in the EU.

[Stout]

Originally posted by Arrow2022:

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

I'm still of the opinion that it's not technically EA's fault for forcing this, It's the cheaters that are unable to help themselves.

Prior to this we had Fairfight which was a server side anticheat, But cheaters found a way around it and were absolutely infecting the multiplayer, It got so bad at one point where a cheater could join and cheat without any consequence, And It even got to the point where cheaters could crash the servers through an exploit to prevent people from reporting them using the ingame reporting tools.

If there's anyone y'all should be directing your anger toward for this decision, It's the cheat providers and those that use them imo.

Cheating in gaming is a big problem, but I'm sorry, a solution to a problem can't and mustn't result in cutting off the whole Linux community from playing a game. I am on Windows, but I categorically refuse to play any game that has a kernel-level anti-cheat, aka spyware, anywhere near my system, let alone on it. I foolishly bought BF1 thinking since it's an older game, it won't have spyware baked in. I was unpleasantly surprised when I first launched the game. Not allowing singleplayer to be run separately is also extremely uncool, and making an 8-year-old game unplayable on Linux is extremely anti-consumer and, I'd guess, illegal in the EU.

Well said Arrow

[RatBoggles]

Originally posted by Arrow2022:

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

I'm still of the opinion that it's not technically EA's fault for forcing this, It's the cheaters that are unable to help themselves.

Prior to this we had Fairfight which was a server side anticheat, But cheaters found a way around it and were absolutely infecting the multiplayer, It got so bad at one point where a cheater could join and cheat without any consequence, And It even got to the point where cheaters could crash the servers through an exploit to prevent people from reporting them using the ingame reporting tools.

If there's anyone y'all should be directing your anger toward for this decision, It's the cheat providers and those that use them imo.

Cheating in gaming is a big problem, but I'm sorry, a solution to a problem can't and mustn't result in cutting off the whole Linux community from playing a game. I am on Windows, but I categorically refuse to play any game that has a kernel-level anti-cheat, aka spyware, anywhere near my system, let alone on it. I foolishly bought BF1 thinking since it's an older game, it won't have spyware baked in. I was unpleasantly surprised when I first launched the game. Not allowing singleplayer to be run separately is also extremely uncool, and making an 8-year-old game unplayable on Linux is extremely anti-consumer and, I'd guess, illegal in the EU.

There's plenty of threads about this topic, lots of actual players who enjoy the game share the same sentiment. Its basically a bad thing to everyone except EA and their door greeters here on steam, lol. All we can do is hope they don't pull the same crap in future titles - If they even have a future after the 2042 fiasco.