Authentication required for LAN private server? Funcom shouldn't exist.

[Regeta]

Pirates are having a stress-free, problem-free experience right now.

Paying customers who bought the game on Steam? We can't play in our LAN private servers because Funcom requires "authentication" even after Steam authenticates we own the game.

Funcom should not exist. This shouldn't even be legal. Gamers are so far removed from owning our own software, that it's become a massive joke.

Meanwhile if you illegally download the game and don't pay Funcom, you get a hassle free experience that always works, online, LAN, or offline.

[Rheyner]

Umm; sir; literally; you're completely wrong.

[englishteacher1708]

Well the author is ony lemi wrong , i cannot connect to funcom online services since yesterday , and i only play single player . You can play single player offline , that is true , but offline i dont have any of the items i purchased through the bazaar and batttle pass, so i am basically playing with vanilla only with the old dlcs .

[Regeta]

Originally posted by Legacy3D:

Umm; sir; literally; you're completely wrong.

I am correct. We host a LAN-only dedicated server and connect via LAN ip only. Yet we cannot play the game due to an "Authentication Error". Sometimes we can connect, and then get kicked due to "Authentication Error".

This is a consistent problem with piracy. Pirates get a smooth, hassle free experience that has no issues like this. Meanwhile Paying customers get the shaft and constantly have to deal with DRM ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, being locked out of their games, and "Authentication Errors".

You have no idea about the reality of gaming if you think I am wrong here.

[Regeta]

Originally posted by englishteacher1708:

Well the author is ony lemi wrong , i cannot connect to funcom online services since yesterday , and i only play single player . You can play single player offline , that is true , but offline i dont have any of the items i purchased through the bazaar and batttle pass, so i am basically playing with vanilla only with the old dlcs .

We do not own your own software. In a better world, we would own our software we purchased. But nope - Welcome to Capitalism, working as intended.

Game developers just want gamers to eat ♥♥♥♥ 24/7. The sad thing is gamers will open their wallets anyway even after decades of abuse and things getting worse every year.

The only lesson gamedevs teach smart people is that the only ethical and practical thing is to pirate so you aren't ♥♥♥♥ on constantly. The irony is many people actually purchase games directly, but then pirate them to get a superior experience. It's so sad.

[Acid5ive]

Originally posted by Legacy3D:

Umm; sir; literally; you're completely wrong.

How is he wrong? care to elaborate or are you just talking out of your ***

[Howlin' Mad Murphy]

Aren't games as a service great? And once Funcom decides they no longer want to support the game, you will lose access to even your singleplayer saves.

[Dervantar]

I agree. It's stupid that you need an authentification for a private Lan server. But that is Funcom for you.

[OLDDOGG]

Originally posted by Regeta:

Pirates are having a stress-free, problem-free experience right now.

Paying customers who bought the game on Steam? We can't play in our LAN private servers because Funcom requires "authentication" even after Steam authenticates we own the game.

Funcom should not exist. This shouldn't even be legal. Gamers are so far removed from owning our own software, that it's become a massive joke.

Meanwhile if you illegally download the game and don't pay Funcom, you get a hassle free experience that always works, online, LAN, or offline.

yeah, Tencent tracks ya.. yes indeed. This is in part tied to the battlepass integration.

It's been mentioned in the past, for instance deeper in this redit conversation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ConanExiles/comments/vfbqqp/redacted_discussion_megathread/

To QUOTE:
"The battle pass must be able to track and work on Private servers as that is where a large group of their player base is."

[AirmankensWife]

Once again TenCent China-Spyware ruins another game I like? Say it ain't so. I only play on two servers and both are hosted by a good guy who doesn't run battle eye and I'm still having issues. Considering how much I've spent between DLC, the expansion, the battle pass, and I'm on a time limit to finish my stuff before chapter 3 drops this is a huge inconvenience. Their comment about, "We have identified the affected party and they are fixing it on their end." makes me want to scream. Who's party is affected? Not us, their second end user out of the process makes the game unplayable and for what? Just let us enjoy Howard's world without this please.

[Dandy]

Agreed. I'm also playing on a LAN server with a friend and we can't access it for two days now because of authentication fail...