Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s!

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 13:35:55 GMT

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Post by RedCaesar97 on May 15, 2021 13:35:55 GMT

What are your issues with Origin? I am playing MELE on Origin with no issues. Other than the occasional issues with the Friends list -- sometimes I do not appear online to other people or vice versa -- I have never experienced major problems with it.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 15:00:16 GMT via mobile

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Post by a_mouse on May 15, 2021 15:00:16 GMT

May 15, 2021 13:35:55 GMT RedCaesar97 said:

What are your issues with Origin? I am playing MELE on Origin with no issues. Other than the occasional issues with the Friends list -- sometimes I do not appear online to other people or vice versa -- I have never experienced major problems with it.

My experience has been the opposite. I can’t remember a single game I’ve had via Origin that did not have some kind of issue (downloading, installing, running), requiring some kind of workaround and hours on customer support line. My general policy became to wait several months after any release for them to work out the bugs. But I made the mistake in this case of not obeying this policy!

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 15:08:42 GMT via mobile

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Post by saandrig on May 15, 2021 15:08:42 GMT

Only times I had issues with Origin was when there were global issues with the client for everyone. Otherwise it's always plain download and play. I've had more troubles with trying to run old games on Steam than on Origin so far.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 15:24:19 GMT dmc1001 likes this

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Post by Sanunes on May 15, 2021 15:24:19 GMT

Yeah, I haven't had any real problems with Origin for years. Aside from a rocky launch which they all have had, I have about the same amount of problems with Origin as any other client out there.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 15:33:17 GMT

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Post by dmc1001 on May 15, 2021 15:33:17 GMT

May 15, 2021 6:19:39 GMT a_mouse said:

Oh, if only I could play Mass Effect Legendary Edition! So sad...

Though I have so far opted against buying MELE, I haven't had much in the way of issues with Origin. Or, say, nothing worse than I get with Steam.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 16:16:19 GMT

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Post by ALTBOULI on May 15, 2021 16:16:19 GMT

Bought and downloaded the game however when I click the play button it simply minimises origin and then goes back into, appears to be crashing for me

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 16:22:09 GMT

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Post by abaris on May 15, 2021 16:22:09 GMT

May 15, 2021 15:00:16 GMT a_mouse said:

May 15, 2021 13:35:55 GMT RedCaesar97 said:

What are your issues with Origin? I am playing MELE on Origin with no issues. Other than the occasional issues with the Friends list -- sometimes I do not appear online to other people or vice versa -- I have never experienced major problems with it.

My experience has been the opposite. I can’t remember a single game I’ve had via Origin that did not have some kind of issue (downloading, installing, running), requiring some kind of workaround and hours on customer support line. My general policy became to wait several months after any release for them to work out the bugs. But I made the mistake in this case of not obeying this policy!

Same with me. I bought Legendary on steam for that very reason. The constant updates ruined Origin for me. DLCs keep downloading without finishing. A fact that seems to be known to EA, which recommended emptying the cache. Well, bothersome as this is with Origin's cache, it worked for exactly one DLC then it was back to square one.

For that reason I'm glad that Legendary is available on steam.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 16:38:19 GMT

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Post by Sanunes on May 15, 2021 16:38:19 GMT

May 15, 2021 16:22:09 GMT abaris said:

May 15, 2021 15:00:16 GMT a_mouse said:

My experience has been the opposite. I can’t remember a single game I’ve had via Origin that did not have some kind of issue (downloading, installing, running), requiring some kind of workaround and hours on customer support line. My general policy became to wait several months after any release for them to work out the bugs. But I made the mistake in this case of not obeying this policy!

Same with me. I bought Legendary on steam for that very reason. The constant updates ruined Origin for me. DLCs keep downloading without finishing. A fact that seems to be known to EA, which recommended emptying the cache. Well, bothersome as this is with Origin's cache, it worked for exactly one DLC then it was back to square one.

For that reason I'm glad that Legendary is available on steam.

It still requires Origin even on Steam.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 16:51:36 GMT

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Post by Spectr61 on May 15, 2021 16:51:36 GMT

MELE runs fine in Origin so far on a new Win10 laptop PC here,

Mass Effect 3 however, suffers from the Retaliation DLC glitch for me - crashes to desktop after starting and checking DLCs when in online mode in Origin. Only workaround is to start ME3 in offline mode, then after the startup checks DLCs in offline mode, switch to online mode in Origin. I don’t know if this is an Origin problem, but more likely an EA server problem.

The only way I can access ME3MP right now, and a PITA!

Here’s to hoping MELE gets ME3 MP added in at some point like that cockroach Super Mac alluded to yesterday in his interview.

Good hunting all.

Edit: link to cockroach interview - www.cnet.com/news/mass-effect-director-hopes-legendary-edition-changes-your-feelings-about-the-infamous-ending/

Last Edit: May 15, 2021 17:04:06 GMT by Spectr61

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 16:53:17 GMT

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Post by abaris on May 15, 2021 16:53:17 GMT

May 15, 2021 16:38:19 GMT Sanunes said:

May 15, 2021 16:22:09 GMT abaris said:

Same with me. I bought Legendary on steam for that very reason. The constant updates ruined Origin for me. DLCs keep downloading without finishing. A fact that seems to be known to EA, which recommended emptying the cache. Well, bothersome as this is with Origin's cache, it worked for exactly one DLC then it was back to square one.

For that reason I'm glad that Legendary is available on steam.

It still requires Origin even on Steam.

But not for downloading it. Which is my major issue with Origin.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 17:55:49 GMT

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Post by ALTBOULI on May 15, 2021 17:55:49 GMT

May 15, 2021 16:51:36 GMT Spectr61 said:

MELE runs fine in Origin so far on a new Win10 laptop PC here,

Mass Effect 3 however, suffers from the Retaliation DLC glitch for me - crashes to desktop after starting and checking DLCs when in online mode in Origin. Only workaround is to start ME3 in offline mode, then after the startup checks DLCs in offline mode, switch to online mode in Origin. I don’t know if this is an Origin problem, but more likely an EA server problem.

The only way I can access ME3MP right now, and a PITA!

Here’s to hoping MELE gets ME3 MP added in at some point like that cockroach Super Mac alluded to yesterday in his interview.

Good hunting all.

Edit: link to cockroach interview - www.cnet.com/news/mass-effect-director-hopes-legendary-edition-changes-your-feelings-about-the-infamous-ending/

Im having the opposite issue ME3 runs fine but MELE doesnt even start up and I have no clue as to why

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 18:04:37 GMT via mobile ALTBOULI likes this

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Post by Heroicmass on May 15, 2021 18:04:37 GMT

May 15, 2021 17:55:49 GMT ALTBOULI said:

May 15, 2021 16:51:36 GMT Spectr61 said:

MELE runs fine in Origin so far on a new Win10 laptop PC here,

Mass Effect 3 however, suffers from the Retaliation DLC glitch for me - crashes to desktop after starting and checking DLCs when in online mode in Origin. Only workaround is to start ME3 in offline mode, then after the startup checks DLCs in offline mode, switch to online mode in Origin. I don’t know if this is an Origin problem, but more likely an EA server problem.

The only way I can access ME3MP right now, and a PITA!

Here’s to hoping MELE gets ME3 MP added in at some point like that cockroach Super Mac alluded to yesterday in his interview.

Good hunting all.

Edit: link to cockroach interview - www.cnet.com/news/mass-effect-director-hopes-legendary-edition-changes-your-feelings-about-the-infamous-ending/

Im having the opposite issue ME3 runs fine but MELE doesnt even start up and I have no clue as to why

Ive heard some people say using a headset is crashing mele during launch. Just a possibility

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 19:53:13 GMT via mobile Heroicmass likes this

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Post by ALTBOULI on May 15, 2021 19:53:13 GMT

May 15, 2021 18:04:37 GMT Heroicmass said:

May 15, 2021 17:55:49 GMT ALTBOULI said:

Im having the opposite issue ME3 runs fine but MELE doesnt even start up and I have no clue as to why

Ive heard some people say using a headset is crashing mele during launch. Just a possibility

Thanks man, yeah I read about that, im currently reinstalling the game and have my headset unplugged

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 15, 2021 23:31:09 GMT

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Post by ALTBOULI on May 15, 2021 23:31:09 GMT

May 15, 2021 19:53:13 GMT ALTBOULI said:

May 15, 2021 18:04:37 GMT Heroicmass said:

Ive heard some people say using a headset is crashing mele during launch. Just a possibility

Thanks man, yeah I read about that, im currently reinstalling the game and have my headset unplugged

Nope hasnt worked, taken several hours to reinstall the game for some reason and the same issue persists. It seems like quite a few people are having this issue, honestly about ready to request a refund at this point. ME3 downloaded and works fine but MELE simply wont launch for me.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 16, 2021 23:21:34 GMT via mobile ALTBOULI likes this

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Post by Heroicmass on May 16, 2021 23:21:34 GMT

May 15, 2021 23:31:09 GMT ALTBOULI said:

May 15, 2021 19:53:13 GMT ALTBOULI said:

Thanks man, yeah I read about that, im currently reinstalling the game and have my headset unplugged

Nope hasnt worked, taken several hours to reinstall the game for some reason and the same issue persists. It seems like quite a few people are having this issue, honestly about ready to request a refund at this point. ME3 downloaded and works fine but MELE simply wont launch for me.

Sorry to hear it. Get it on xbox. Works great for me there

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 17, 2021 13:17:30 GMT

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Post by ALTBOULI on May 17, 2021 13:17:30 GMT

May 16, 2021 23:21:34 GMT Heroicmass said:

May 15, 2021 23:31:09 GMT ALTBOULI said:

Nope hasnt worked, taken several hours to reinstall the game for some reason and the same issue persists. It seems like quite a few people are having this issue, honestly about ready to request a refund at this point. ME3 downloaded and works fine but MELE simply wont launch for me.

Sorry to hear it. Get it on xbox. Works great for me there

Well I have one of the old xbox ones and visually it wouldnt be able to display the Legendary Edition much better than the original trilogy. I bought on PC so I could play in 4k, unfortunately it seems I cant even get a refund because I activated my game code and according to CDKEYS that voids any chance of getting a refund. Not sure how I was supposed to test the game without initially installing but oh well, here's hoping a patch comes in soon to fix this issue because apparently it is a lot more common than I originally thought...

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! May 21, 2021 0:51:35 GMT

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Post by Spectr61 on May 21, 2021 0:51:35 GMT

May 15, 2021 17:55:49 GMT ALTBOULI said:

May 15, 2021 16:51:36 GMT Spectr61 said:

MELE runs fine in Origin so far on a new Win10 laptop PC here,

Mass Effect 3 however, suffers from the Retaliation DLC glitch for me - crashes to desktop after starting and checking DLCs when in online mode in Origin. Only workaround is to start ME3 in offline mode, then after the startup checks DLCs in offline mode, switch to online mode in Origin. I don’t know if this is an Origin problem, but more likely an EA server problem.

The only way I can access ME3MP right now, and a PITA!

Here’s to hoping MELE gets ME3 MP added in at some point like that cockroach Super Mac alluded to yesterday in his interview.

Good hunting all.

Edit: link to cockroach interview - www.cnet.com/news/mass-effect-director-hopes-legendary-edition-changes-your-feelings-about-the-infamous-ending/

Im having the opposite issue ME3 runs fine but MELE doesnt even start up and I have no clue as to why

Cripes!

We are both on PC, I can’t run ME3MP without trick-fucking the system because of the Retaliation DLC glitch, and you can’t even run MELE due to some unknown-possibly some headset-glitch.

For Fuck’s sake Biower/EA, get your shite together.

(note: been saying that last part since the endings debacle a decade ago,…..seemingly to no effect…….)

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May 21, 2021 0:51:35 GMT Spectr61 said:

May 15, 2021 17:55:49 GMT ALTBOULI said:

Im having the opposite issue ME3 runs fine but MELE doesnt even start up and I have no clue as to why

Cripes!

We are both on PC, I can’t run ME3MP without trick-fucking the system because of the Retaliation DLC glitch, and you can’t even run MELE due to some unknown-possibly some headset-glitch.

For Fuck’s sake Biower/EA, get your shite together.

(note: been saying that last part since the endings debacle a decade ago,…..seemingly to no effect…….)

Go to ME3Tweaks[dot] com.

Install Mod Manager.

Install ASI Retaliation Glitch Fix.

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May 15, 2021 15:08:42 GMT saandrig said:

Only times I had issues with Origin was when there were global issues with the client for everyone. Otherwise it's always plain download and play. I've had more troubles with trying to run old games on Steam than on Origin so far.

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May 15, 2021 13:35:55 GMT RedCaesar97 said:

What are your issues with Origin? I am playing MELE on Origin with no issues. Other than the occasional issues with the Friends list -- sometimes I do not appear online to other people or vice versa -- I have never experienced major problems with it.

Yay, finally got it working. Culprit? Origin! It was a corrupt game installation that Origin could not identify and fix. The only solution was to manually delete the game, and freshly reinstall.

Part way through ME1 so far. Nice improvements over original! But still the clunky old game it always was, bugs and all. As usual, I forgot to keep Liara off Stasis, so no zapping the Geth.

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Ten years later: Origin still s)(&s! Jun 16, 2021 10:20:26 GMT

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Jun 16, 2021 4:41:41 GMT a_mouse said:

Hmm. Did they significantly buff the Mako? I don’t remember it being this frighteningly OP.

Like the other weapons in the game, I think they reduced the accuracy cone on the main Mako gun, meaning more of your bullets hit. Either that or they buffed the damage on the Mako guns. Mako cannon seems to be about the same damage (or actually maybe less? I would need to compare with the original game)

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