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@Azbiker72 The game was designed for MP, we sim the entire region on the server so this is just not possible

8:31 PM · Mar 9, 2013

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#asklucy Sounds like you'd make more fans w/ an offline option. Huge SC fan here, but this sounds too unstable.

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@Azbiker72 how can it simulate for 10 minutes “offline” then?

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#asklucy struggling to understand how u didnt anticipate launch load and instead disabled core game features rather than be prep'd

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@Azbiker72 A lie. You are simulating nothing, you are just sending % around once in 3 minutes. For offline play: Remove regions.

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@azbiker72 How? Turn off your Internet and you play flawlessly for 10 mins. Then it checks connection, you disconnect. Lies?

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#asklucy servers are simulating several thousand regions at a time are common home PC's not powerful enough to sim a single one?

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@Azbiker72 Why was it designed for multiplayer when few or none of your fans were asking for it?

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@Azbiker72 So disable regions for offline play? There, customers are happy, you have incentives for online still.

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@Azbiker72 Yeah, it is possible. It's called "simulating it" on OUR computers, not yours. You know, how all other games work. #DRM

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@Azbiker72 Forcing the workload to central servers is a recipe for disaster. You have thousands of PCs out there that could do it!