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Originally Posted by EAUK_Phenom
lmimmfn, what do you mean (specifically) by a "revoke tool"? I take it to mean: a tool which would allow you to uninstall the game (and the activation code), so that you could reinstall it later (after re-installing Windows, for example) and use the same activation code? If I'm mistaken, please enlighten me!
I'd be interested to hear any other suggested improvements anyone may have, too. Thankyou for your continued feedback on this issue, ladies and gentlemen.
Phenom
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By revoke tool i mean the tool that 2K games also brought out for Bioshock. If you are going to reformat a PC or install new hardware requiring a full OS reinstall then you can just run the tool beforehand which deactivates your original activation basically leaving you with 3 again, then you can go ahead and reinstall OS/install hardware and but you still have your initial 3 activations free. Basically the only time you lose an activation is if your harddrive/PC dies, which is acceptable for most folk as Windows XP/Vista etc. requires reauthentication at that stage.
Theres a thread on it on the bioware forums -
Mass Effect Community - Deactivation tool? and one of the progs. said they currently cant comment on it
The system has been tried and failed with Bioshock and they ended up bringing out the revoke/deauthenticate tool and increasing the number of activations to 5.
Sorry, but the whole thing has annoyed me( and countless others no end ), i want to buy this, i want to play and enjoy it, but im not going through Bioshock hassle again. Most people have stated on guru3d/cvg forums and a few others that they would be happy with what eventually happened bioshock and its relaxations of the DRM for common folk
The game was cracked and up for download 1 day after release( which annoys me ), but what we're left with is folk like myself who are not interested in buying the game due to the current restrictions but are sitting on the sidelines due the current restrictions and waiting until/if they're relaxed.
In fact this game is worse than Bioshock to have the current restrictions because of the proposed future downloadable content will mean that in a years time or whatever your game will need to be active to actually play new content you've paid for.
How long are we expected to keep our original receipts for to get more activations? i dunno, but im still playing my 2001 copy of Metal Gear Solid 7 years on
I appreciate if you can do absolutely anything on the matter because i was really really looking forward to this,