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Posted Nov 5, 2018, 9:18 AM UTC
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Steam (the application itself) sucks big time, so I use the standalone client. That way I can't see how long I have played, which probably is a good thing.
Welcome Exile. Enjoy Wreaclast.
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Whats wrong with the steam client? Havent had any problems with it, but I use a high-end laptop, so maybe thats the reason.
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GGG's patching system and steam's patching system don't play well together and so small updates take much longer to install using Steam than they need to. The actual game isn't any different.
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Doesn't start without killing stuff with taskmanager, hogs memory, downloads in the background. Same thing on both gaming laptop and gaming desktop. I only use it when I have to. PoE is fine without it, so why should I?
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downloads in the background.
No, it won't start downloads when a game is open
hogs memory
No it doesn't.
Doesn't start without killing stuff with taskmanager,
That's not true.
Sounds like you've fucked up your computer and you're blaming Steam for some reason.
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No, it won't start downloads when a game is open
It shouldn't, but sometimes it does. And then I'm wondering why I have 500 ping out of nowhere.
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Really. Because it doesn't happen to you obviously? Contacted Steam about the issues, reinstall is their only answer. Did that several times (including Windows) to no avail. So no, I did not fuck up, Steam does that. Now, go comment on something you know the details of.
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I use it for the easier login, thats it. Sometimes I run a lot of shit in the backgound too, no problems for me.
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Steam (the application itself) sucks big time, so I use the standalone client. That way I can't see how long I have played, which probably is a good thing.
If you used to use the steam client to play the game, what do you use for log in?
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https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1839008
you can link accounts or create a new account based on your steam stuff. (sign in using steam, then assign an e-mail address)
"Log into the Path of Exile website through Steam on this page. Then go to this page and click on Manage Account. You should find an option to associate an e-mail address with your Path of Exile account. Then you will be able to log into your account using the standalone client."
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I have an email tied to my path of exile account on their site, but it was more about the password i was wondering about because i log into their their site using steam
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I always used the standalone since before Steam but if they have an website option for setting email it will probably send an email about how to progress with password. Setting password, getting a random generated code to login somewhere to set your own password is usually default, if anything.
Either way, for generic account questions like this I would presume [email protected] would also be able to help within minutes. They have 24/7 in-house support staff, so unless the workload is high or the question is particularly tricky they usually handle the simple stuff pretty damn quick.
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I used to log in with steam client. As my total time passed 10k hours all I could hear was "shame shame shame". I'm not on standalone and less guilt.
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Welcome to the greatest of arenas, Duelist. God is watching.
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I tried the steam client 2 years ago and went back to the standalone client because my PC could not handle it back then.
Something to consider if your gaming machine is not high-end.
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This was my reaction as well, to be honest I wish I switched to this game a long time ago. Much better go far. Also, the skeletons that are on a wheel are quite possibly the best enemy I have ever seen hahaha.
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Yeah, I know a lot of other people with zero Steam issues. I live with it, trying to solve it takes/took more time already than I want to invest in it. Kill with task manager does the job most of the times.
BTW it's not a Mac and neither an alienware laptop. MSI leopard (yes old) laptop and a custom build desktop PC. Up-to-date antivirus and the shit, so no malware is doing this.
Who cares anyway that I don't want to run PoE without Steam. I described why I don't, your mileage may vary. No need to convince me that I have a problem some where, because I already know that.
PoE runs fine without Steam. End of transmission.
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What antivirus ? If you are running a windows 10 PC, the built in option is the best (hogs no extra recources) with an adblock and scriptblock on your browser. Third party antivirus might be the reason your steam is fucking up.
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Steam is a trap, exile. Prepare your anus for 12+ hours of 'preallocation' upon new patch release
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Don’t mislead others, me and my guild mates all run on steam and never had any problem for several years.
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It’s not even that. I don’t have an ssd and patching takes like 10m tops every time on steam this sounds like your rig is just shit
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Do you know a word 'overexaggeration'? For real, though, 3 years ago when i had steam client it was awful af, any update would take at least 30 minutes to install even if it was a 50mb patch. All on an SSD, for fucks sake
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That's been fixed in recent years.
My friends and I were in the first thousand of the log-in queue the last two leagues using steam.
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That's good to hear. Though a 'privilege' to pre-download major expansions still is quite lucrative, especially if your download speed doesn't exceed 4-5MB/sec if you plan on being among the first waves of players to log in
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Never had that problem with steam, at least with PoE.
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I have the allocation problem just on the standalone version. It takes 30min+ and on steam I don't even see any allocation stuff
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SSD fasten this I guess
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What? Thats definitely not a thing for me. Actually, for a friend of mine, the ggg client got like half the download speed that steam got.
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It's really not that bad anymore. They've improved the preallocation times a lot. The standalone launcher also used to preallocate for ages and I think they fixed that launcher as well. So imo it's really down to personal preference.
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steam is good, never had any problems. last big patch (delve) downloaded and installed in 5-10mins...
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Well, i'm no comcast terrabyte/sec user so it takes quite some time
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For many it’s perfectly fine even on hdd for many who are impatient it isn’t
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Na, steam is fine, never had an issue outside of the typical "Game is already running" issue that can happen to any steam game if it crashes or you alt f4.
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I swapped to the stand alone client this year and never looked back. So much quicker.
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steam is fine now, but 4-5 years ago it was kinda of a meme cuze the patching sometimes took forever.
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There's a standalone client on official site, it's just strictly better over steam due to steam's interaction with the game client. On a standalone you get files that are needed to update the game, on steam you almost always download client's main file (content.ggpk) and it takes forever. All you get in exchange is a played time counter with which you can brag about to friends or feel ashamed of while dealing with strangers :p
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Do You know that You can also pay with steam wallet? Maybe he has some skins in other games and he will sell them on market and buy some tabs in poe instead of spending real money.
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It must be a whole lot of skins then, for obvious reasons :D
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Welcome to Wraeclast, Exile.