Pre Order as download?

[reddog=11blueleader*]

Will the pre order come as a download from the company or some other form of download? I am getting ready to Pre Order. Looks like a fantastic WWll flight sim. I am also a ROF flier.

[LG1.Farber]

It shall be D2d, direct to drive...

[reddog=11blueleader*]

Thanks Farber for the info.

[eklund]

It shall be D2d, direct to drive...

 

Do you have a source? Thanks for the info!

[VeryOldMan]

It shall be D2d, direct to drive...

 

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ff that would be a HUGE let down.. Direct 2 drive never worked ok here. I buy a game on steam and it downlaods at 2 MBytes per second.   Buy a game  to download in direct to drive and NEVER get anythign over  5 KBytes per second.

 

Taht   likely will   make  me not buy the game that I wanted so much. Basically the worse distribution system I have ever used.

[LG1.Farber]

Sorry I never heard of this other steam like platform, it was my understanding that D2D meant direct to drive, as in, downloaded to your drive...  Not some third party provider.  I guess they trade marked a phrase there.

Edited August 23, 2013 by 5./JG27Farber

[VeryOldMan]

Lol ok. There is a steam likr service called D2D, yes direct to drive and its horrible  Better this way... woudl be a disapointment  to  be forced to use it.

[LG1.Farber]

I was expecting Direct from you guys, we clod host-ers and players have had bad experience with steam dependency to play the game, especially lately, with is kicking both players and hosts.  To have to navigate your online DRM / validity check and then steam also seems like an unnecessary hurdle to me.  One hurdle is ok but why make life harder?  I like steam, dont get me wrong, most of my games are on steam...  I just wanna fly the game I paid for when I want, not around the maintenance schedule of Steam and 1c777.

Edited August 23, 2013 by 5./JG27Farber

[sop]

Steam makes most sense from a marketing perspective,  wider audience plus all competition use it,(aka war thunder atm) I heard rof was/is coming to steam but not seen yet, any update on that?

Edited August 23, 2013 by sop

[DrJester]

I'm also, still saving, to buy the premium edition and I totally agree with "sop". Steam would be, indeed, the ideal platform. Because that way, I don't have to be in that awkward position of having to...ermm borrow an international credit card from a friend(I miss the UK so much *goes into a corner and cries in a fetal position* ), since it allows, now, national Credit cards and other forms of payments(I live in a hellhole, don't ask *cries some more*)

[dburne]

I don't mind it being offered on Steam, guess that could be considered ideal as it is a wide audience, just also offer it without using Steam, like ROF. Long as they do that, I am happy.

[LG1.Farber]

I don't mind it being offered on Steam, guess that could be considered ideal as it is a wide audience, just also offer it without using Steam, like ROF. Long as they do that, I am happy.

Exactly what i was trying to say...

[VeryOldMan]

The advantage of steam is that they already handled all the  problems that   selling  on several countries have.

 

REcently (like last 4 years) I simply do not even consider buying a game unless its on steam, because otherwise its ALWAYS a massive hurdle to do so.

[Jaws2002]

Steam is good because you never lose your games with them and it's easy to keep in touch with friends and squaddies.

Edited August 26, 2013 by Jaws2002

[NastyDog]

Steam is good because you never lose your games with them and it's easy to keep in touch with friends and squaddies.

 

I like steam more fore there automatic patch updating of games

Edited August 26, 2013 by NastyDog

[VeryOldMan]

I like steam more fore there automatic patch updating of games

 

 

That as well.  Also they sell games  cheaper here, because if i need to buy  from a foreign place I am forced to pay 60% taxes later . Since steam has a national representation here, I  pay only the game price to them