Do NOT make this game "online only"

[Null]

I just answered the survey, as I do every year, and I was very concerned about a question regarding making the game online only.

This would be a terrible, terrible idea, by all means make a separate online only version, but do not force people that play this game (and have done for years) to play online, many people either don't want to play with others, or simply do not have the internet to play online.

I'm a little annoyed that this question was even considered, and I hope the feedback was pretty against it, judging by some answers on the Reddit I am definitely not alone.

I love this game, and I would hate to see it swapped to an online experience filled with micro-transactions and a forced internet requirement, do not make this game like theHunter Classic I implore you.

[Geronimo]

I am unaware of this poll, and completely agree with you.

Not because I enjoy the single player option more, but because the opportunity for hacking in multiplayer would render this game useless to all those customers who bought it for its single player offering.

And advertised as such, would be a breach of contract between customer and supplier.

Hate to be bashing a game that I enjoy so much, but recently some things require bashing over the anvil in order to hope for good steel.

[Null]

Originally posted by Geronimo:

I am unaware of this poll, and completely agree with you.

Not because I enjoy the single player option more, but because the opportunity for hacking in multiplayer would render this game useless to all those customers who bought it for its single player offering.

And advertised as such, would be a breach of contract between customer and supplier.

Hate to be bashing a game that I enjoy so much, but recently some things require bashing over the anvil in order to hope for good steel.

You can check the pinned discussion thread for the annual survey, it is worth participating as they tend to listen well to feedback.

I completely agree with you on those points too, and yes, it would be a breach of contract really.

I hate to bash on the game too, I've been with it since the beginning and kept at it through the various issues at launch and I do genuinely love this game, my anger is coming from a place of love for the game and a disdain for what it might potentially become.

[Kossatz]

Fully agree with the OP.

[Saylvin]

Answered the survey as very uninterested with online, and "no" to make the game only online. If they do so, I will stop to play.

[Null]

Thanks for the support everyone, I am glad this came across in the way I intended, this is a great community and I hope that the developers see this and perhaps have a better understanding on all of our feelings.

[Leeboy73]

Add one more for me........

[Vulpus_013]

No way should this game be changed to online only. I do not really agree with making a separate online only version either as this would massively reduce the resources available for CoTW. It would be left in the corner to dry up and shrivel while all effort would be pushed into the new shiny CoTW-Online. Improve the multiplayer part of CoTW sure why not.

[MetalMind85]

Definitely "no" to online mode only.

Keeping it offline will guarante that we can play it forever, even if developers will abandon the developing. If it will be online only, the game would be dead if developers abandon it and close the servers. Just like the old games you keep on your hard drive - you can play for example Red Alert because it is offline and doesn't require any servers.

I payed for it with all DLC's and want to keep it forever.

Devs don't look to steam forums at all so they probably won't hear it. The only channel they are in is Discord. However nice to read your support of keeping it offline.

[Joco]

Completely agree with you. Making the game online-only, after having not required online for years, would be a massive mistake. The survey showed the devs are at the very least considering it, if not planning on making this move already and trying to warm people up to the idea. Hopefully there is enough of a backlash to stop this from happening.

Please EW, we have enough games that require online as it is. Do not make Call of the Wild one of them.

[Challie63]

Just completed survey. Answer to FEEDBACK question: "DO NOT BECOME AN "ONLINE ONLY" GAME!!

[don-camillo]

If they wan't to make it online only i want my money back.I have bought the whole game with ALL the DLC's so i think i have the right to use this buy as long as i want to,steam already screwed me before with Iron Front 1944...so i did the survey.

[AlchemistKitsune]

+1 to this. I bought this game and all DLC as they have trickled in throughout the years because of the offline availability. The very presence of the question was a definite cause for concern, as I do believe this definitely means it might be what they are hoping to transition the game to moving forward. I'll definitely be wary of any further purchases regarding the game until this has been cleared up for certain.

[Null]

Originally posted by AlchemistKitsune:

+1 to this. I bought this game and all DLC as they have trickled in throughout the years because of the offline availability. The very presence of the question was a definite cause for concern, as I do believe this definitely means it might be what they are hoping to transition the game to moving forward. I'll definitely be wary of any further purchases regarding the game until this has been cleared up for certain.

I agree with you, I'll float this question in the Discord and see if we can get a definitive answer.

[fs7kills]

Online-only would be a terrible idea. The reason I bought the whole pack with all DLCs is because I can play it in single player offline. It makes no sense to require internet connection to play single player.

theHunter Classic is a great example of how online-only is a terrible idea: I only play single player and I've lost count of how many times I got screwed over because servers weren't working. There were times I couldn't complete missions because the game disconnected during a mission, there were times I shot a high scoring animal but couldn't claim it because the game disconnected. It wasn't a problem with my PC or my internet, everything else was working fine but because servers were down the game and its webpage didn't work.
All this crap is the reason I never spent any money buying em$ for theHunter Classic.

[RsultsMayVary]

Answered very uninterested in Online Only as well. Having multiplayer and single player the way it is now, in addition to an online version with content that is exclusively available and separate, would be fine with me. The internet in our area will not support multiplayer as I've tried with no success. I've never played the original theHunter, however if is started as a standalone entity and went the micro transaction route, the survey concerning this version may just be a way to break the news of an online only direction.