Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts work in progress.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Suck and get sunk a lot, I suspect.

[Gusington]

Like the majority of us. Carry on.

[CaptainKoloth]

I still have a ton of fun with it and barely notice the more technical complaints above. And given the show of support that GameLabs has shown, plus the lack of anything really similar on the market plus the roughly 30.00 dollar price, it is still well worth it.

That's exactly how I feel about it. There's an unbelievable amount of negativity on the GL forums but I'm having a blast. I'm sure there are lots of balance issues I haven't noticed but I'm enjoying my blissful ignorance of those issues immensely.

[GDS_Starfury]

going to a games forum is a lot like watching the news.

[Gusington]

Yeah I've seen the change in mood at the GameLabs forums too. It's a shame to see fans that were so excited for something turn on Nick for some perceived slight or because he's not working fast enough or because a feature is still missing.

[Skoop]

I'm used to it with gamelabs.  Everybody trashes them in naval action but there's no game out there like it so we live with it.

[Gusington]

^Yup. I'm sure it is similar to other situations with a quiet majority who are (mostly) satisfied. Until a studio builds a better dreadnought game or GameLabs does something outright wrong, I'll be loyal.

[steve58]

For those that have been playing the beta...  here is word from the devs on distribution of Steam Keys... for me this raised more questions than answered:



12/6/2021

Dear Admirals,

We would like to share information about the distribution of Steam Keys of Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts to all pre-order backers who purchased the game via Xsolla store on our website.

There are two new changes on Steam rules which we must follow. The first one is that the keys can only be distributed to you only after the game goes live and is playable on Steam. The second change is that we can no longer order a full batch of keys in one go and have to order the keys in smaller batches that are delivered after the game goes live, as mentioned.

Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts is planned to be released on Steam this week and so we estimate that we need about 4 weeks to distribute all the keys to you gradually. We have already received the first large batch of keys from Steam and are waiting for 3 more batches to be delivered (Steam delivers 1 batch a week).

We want to assure you that your Steam keys will be granted as promised and while we are delivering them the Xsolla launcher version will be FULLY supported with all the new content and have the same version as on Steam until all keys are distributed.

Thank you again for all the support, feedback and patience.

On behalf of Game Labs,

Nick Thomadis

...got my Steam key in an email a few minutes ago.

[Gusington]

I got a cryptic Xsolla email that says 'here is your key to the limited edition...'

...so I guess I got my Steam key too? It doesn't mention Steam anywhere in the email :/

[steve58]

Yup, that be your Steam key.  My key worked just fine on Steam  O0

[Gusington]

So you got rid of the other installation first and then got it through Steam?

[Pete Dero]

So you got rid of the other installation first and then got it through Steam?

That is what I did and it worked.

In the mail you received you should see a button 'activate'.  That takes you to the Steam game activation.

[Gusington]

Gotcha

[DetCord]

^Yup. I'm sure it is similar to other situations with a quiet majority who are (mostly) satisfied. Until a studio builds a better dreadnought game or GameLabs does something outright wrong, I'll be loyal.

GL isn't GL anymore. They're a Stillfront property, and this was discussed ad-nauseam when it was announced back in August. So by all means be loyal...

Still can't get over them spelling hobby wrong...



I was actually contacted by the site admin after making this post to stop addressing it. That alone should speak volumes.

https://forum.game-labs.net/topic/38710-game-labs-got-bought/?do=findComment&comment=753210

[Gusington]

It's a business. Do you expect them to try and not make money? You don't want to deal with them, that's your right.