DRM Server Failure Knocks Out Dragon Age DLC for Days - UPDATED

[KeyMaster45]

Guess it's a good thing I haven't played DA:Origins in a few weeks, I got bored with it after the Orzammar story.

I had no idea they were using the always online method of DRM. After Ubisoft's PR shitstorm with it you'd have thought EA would know better than to use such a terrible method. Hope I don't lose access to all my stuff, I bought the ultimate pack on steam so if I lose everything that came with it you can bet EA will be getting an earful from me, especially since they already screwed me out of the spore expansion pack and refused to refund my money despite that it was their shitty digital download service that kept corrupting the install files.

The fact that so many people don't care how badly Publishers are treating them is just horrifying.

That's because most people don't have problems with the DRM, if it doesn't inconvenience them they don't care. When it does though, oh boy, you better find shelter for the ensuing shit-storm.

 

[Ekim Takusan]

Anyone else miss when Expansion Packs came on a disc and it was yours?

You beat me to the punch good sir/madam/gender neutral pronoun. Oh well, now I don't have to post it and I can get back to playing Storm of Zehir

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

So...I buy the game...and I don't get to play it...
But if I pirate it for free...I can?

Is this how the deal works? Okay, I'll be paying a visit to my favorite "shop" then.

Seriously though, Bioware. Get your act together. Your sucking lately.

Nailed it.

If anything, these type of DRM shenanigans probably convert people into pirates just out of necessity for their sanity. It also goes to show how DRM + DLC = Disaster waiting to happen. You have NO tangible content other than what you downloaded, you rely upon company servers to maintain your ability to play it, and again, you rely upon the company to make sure they don't just discontinue older DLC.

The paranoia has to end to stop the insanity behind such asinine attempts that resolve nothing. Hell, maybe if the companies weren't pouring buckets into researching how to stop pirates (and failing within hours), they might put more effort into what counts: The Games! Hey! Perhaps less people would pirate if they knew that the game would be worth more than the time to just pirate it instead!

Or at least offer a drop in price...

 

[Something Amyss]

Isn't it funny how this isn't affecting pirates at all?

DRM--kicking the consumer in the junk for decades.

 

[Direwolf750]

I see that this kind of DRM totally works. It makes it so that people who don't hack their games can't play it...BIG EFFING SURPRISE.

 

[Sacman]

Oh that's what was wrong... I was getting frustrated since I just bought Dragon Age 2 and I wanted a save to port over... I only had the battle in Denerim left and that was it...<.<

 

[Risingblade]

Bummer good thing I already beat DA ;D

 

[SargeGO]

Dude, I got it working on my DA:O Ultimate. I just logged out of my account and all my dlc and all my saved games worked.

 

[Upbeat Zombie]

Yeah I noticed I a couple of days ago couldn't play any of the Dragon Age DLC. So I just did a quick google search, and the first link showed how to get it working fine again. Still an annoying inconvenience tho. =/

 

[Leg End]

Solution is simple to overcome actually. Locate your dragon age folder navigate into the settings subfolder and open 'addins.xml' as a notepad document replace all RequiresAuthorization="1" with RequiresAuthorization="0" and all of the DLC will be functional again.


*Edit*
Default location is: C: | User | | Documents | BioWare | Dragon Age | Settings | AddIns.xml

Can we get someone to confirm this? :/
EDIT: I assume it works fine though, just want that extra confirmation.

OT: >.>

It's times like this I am glad I put off getting certain games for certain reasons. >.>

And that I am Consolebro. <.<

 

[Irridium]

Solution is simple to overcome actually. Locate your dragon age folder navigate into the settings subfolder and open 'addins.xml' as a notepad document replace all RequiresAuthorization="1" with RequiresAuthorization="0" and all of the DLC will be functional again.


*Edit*
Default location is: C: | User | | Documents | BioWare | Dragon Age | Settings | AddIns.xml

Can we get someone to confirm this? :/

Didn't work for me, but it'll probably work for some people.

Same with signing out. Didn't work for me, but works for some.

Boy, isn't this DRM just awesome?

 

[Leg End]

Solution is simple to overcome actually. Locate your dragon age folder navigate into the settings subfolder and open 'addins.xml' as a notepad document replace all RequiresAuthorization="1" with RequiresAuthorization="0" and all of the DLC will be functional again.


*Edit*
Default location is: C: | User | | Documents | BioWare | Dragon Age | Settings | AddIns.xml

Can we get someone to confirm this? :/

Boy, isn't this DRM just awesome?

Yes. XD

Protecting the investment of publishers(not really) while screwing over consumers!

It's wonderful! XDXDXD

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Annnnnnnnd This is why I play most all games on my Xbox.

Short of Minecraft or Warcraft 3, I can find few games that make the PC worth my time.

 

[The Madman]

I have never once bought 'DLC' and never will. This is why. I refuse to support any sort of business ethic where developers and publishers not only nickle & dime their customers but then have the gall to treat those customers who're loyal enough to buy these things like criminals with draconian DRM.

Which is a pity. I really want to find out what happens with Liara and the Shadow Brokers. But likely I never will and this is why.

You make me very sadface sometimes Bioware. Why do you treat me like dirt?

 

[Kroxile]

Anyone else miss when Expansion Packs came on a disc and it was yours?

You beat me to the punch good sir/madam/gender neutral pronoun. Oh well, now I don't have to post it and I can get back to playing Storm of Zehir

Best. Game. Ever.

Not just Zehir but the entire collection of NWN2 was simply amazing... only single player game with enough customizable stuff and different ways to play to keep me playing it for more than 3 months on end.

+1 Internets to you good sir

 

[SteelWolf89]

this is precisely why i always buy the game in the store, and THEN use freely available hacks and cracks to make sure shit like this does not happen to me.

even after all this time, i'm still playing Assassins Creed, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and Dragon Age: Origins without ever having to worry about their servers shutting down, or random security-check errors that would otherwise render my game inoperable until the problem is fixed.

it is kinda sad that videogame companies are trying to rely so much on DRM to solve their pirating problems, when the DRM CAUSES people to pirate in the first place due to the pirates having none of the problems that paying customers do.

i will never pirate, but i won't keep their draconian DRM on my system, especially when i spent the money to play the game, not to have the game play me.

 

[theultimateend]

Anyone else miss when Expansion Packs came on a disc and it was yours?

You beat me to the punch good sir/madam/gender neutral pronoun. Oh well, now I don't have to post it and I can get back to playing Storm of Zehir

Best. Game. Ever.

Not just Zehir but the entire collection of NWN2 was simply amazing... only single player game with enough customizable stuff and different ways to play to keep me playing it for more than 3 months on end.

+1 Internets to you good sir

Maybe I should play NWN2 again.

I loved NWN1 and absolutely hated NWN2 when I tried it. Maybe they fixed it up enough now.

 

[Cenequus]

On a similar note this is why I never bought games on steam. If the serger is down you can't play any of the games you own.

I remember some time ago when CD/DVDs were young and easylly ruinable I was always using a No-cd crack. Learned it the hard way when I lost both Might and Magic 6 and 7 playdisks to scraches.

As strange as it seems this is very similar buy the game use cracked versions to avoid DRM.