I rely on a VPN. My entire home network routes through a quality VPN that I pay for. I do this for multiple reasons, all of them legal and legitimate. I don't use a virtual private network to steal British TV (sorry folks, but the BBC is rubbish these days) or Japanese games (what's the point if you can't read the menu). No, my VPN exit point isn't that fair from my IRL location. My point is, my Internet IS my VPN.
So somebody please explain to me how Elite broke VPNs. I've seen this claim pop up in different threads, but not any detailed explanations. Does it just break instancing, or does the game refuse to load? I haven't been able to try the update myself yet, but if VPNs are broken, then this is 100x more serious than EBL was since it becomes a real game-breaker for me. Considering that I just gave Frontier yet MORE money (not to mention the cost of a gaming PC) just a few weeks ago, this really is upsetting.
Frontier, if you are reading this, would you at least tell me if this is a bug or a "feature", please? I can wait a few days / weeks if this is a bug that will eventually get fixed, but if you are purposefully blocking VPNs for whatever silly reason (are British Arx cheaper?) then I beg you to reconsider. You will effectively be banning me from the game if this is the case.
ps - I hate updates.
UPDATE / EDIT
I was finally able to download the update, and ED is working fine with my VPN. In fact, mission boards are loading faster than ever! I haven't found anyone to instance with yet, but I was in Open and all was working smoothly (with networking at least).
So move along, nothing to see here (except that the forum can't be trusted, LOL).
So somebody please explain to me how Elite broke VPNs. I've seen this claim pop up in different threads, but not any detailed explanations. Does it just break instancing, or does the game refuse to load? I haven't been able to try the update myself yet, but if VPNs are broken, then this is 100x more serious than EBL was since it becomes a real game-breaker for me. Considering that I just gave Frontier yet MORE money (not to mention the cost of a gaming PC) just a few weeks ago, this really is upsetting.
Frontier, if you are reading this, would you at least tell me if this is a bug or a "feature", please? I can wait a few days / weeks if this is a bug that will eventually get fixed, but if you are purposefully blocking VPNs for whatever silly reason (are British Arx cheaper?) then I beg you to reconsider. You will effectively be banning me from the game if this is the case.
ps - I hate updates.
UPDATE / EDIT
I was finally able to download the update, and ED is working fine with my VPN. In fact, mission boards are loading faster than ever! I haven't found anyone to instance with yet, but I was in Open and all was working smoothly (with networking at least).
So move along, nothing to see here (except that the forum can't be trusted, LOL).
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