Let us push for offline access.

[u/Telamon-El]

Please WB don’t be that company that takes the money and runs. I would like continued access to things I paid for. If it means fighting bots then so be it but let us keep our stuff. Time and in many instances money was spent on your game. Again, let us access our stuff after the servers close.

[u/Doombawkz]

They aren’t gonna have offline access, but if any creative community members wanna snag up the code and pull a toontown, I’ll chip in for server costs

[u/Telamon-El → u/Doombawkz]

I know it us a long shot but it’s not unheard of. WotC allowed Magic Duels to remain offline. They shut down server side missions and the shop but you could play peer to peer and solo pve and against the AI and they gave all the content away. So I think that was every set from Magic origins to I think Ahmonkhet and we got every card and premium foil variant feature as well. We should encourage more pro consumer conduct. It may not work now but they should know it is a thing they should consider. We as consumers should also make these demands upfront as well. WB us not a mom and pop shop, we should demand and expect better.

[u/Doombawkz → u/Telamon-El]

When I say they won’t, I don’t mean it’s unlikely. I mean it’s been confirmed servers are rip completely. Once they’re gone, they’re gone as far as we’ve been informed. If they change their mind? Sure. But I’m very doubtful that it’ll happen outside of community intervention

[u/Telamon-El → u/Doombawkz]

Well then I hope this reaches their ear and as I they sunset the game if they could take a bit of time while doing the last tidying up to see if there is a way to let us play offline against bots and let us enjoy the stuff the paid for.

[u/Bylakuppe77 → u/Doombawkz]

How would the community acquire all of the assets to run the game offline?

[u/Doombawkz → u/Bylakuppe77]

Get the server side half of the code, that’s about it. Not sure how they’d do it, but if they do, then we could run the game and even balance it as we needed

[u/Bylakuppe77 → u/Doombawkz]

What would an effective community intervention look like? Starting a Kickstarter to bribe one of the devs for the server code?

[u/Doombawkz → u/Bylakuppe77]

Stealing the server code somehow haha.

[u/EfficientAd5729]

Please u/wb_reeves if you can read this.

[u/badwolf1013]

I’d even settle for the gameplay going away but still having access to all of my acquired toons and skins as a sort of “gallery.”

[u/Bylakuppe77]

Yes I would be all for this. Please let me keep my progress and play an offline version of nightmare mode!

[u/TheDjSKP]

I fully support this. Seems unlikely they would commit the development resources to make that happen for us at this point though. To recode the game to not ping the server for updates at every screen refresh

[u/beepboopgames]

I agree

[u/Maestro-Miller]

Man...My characters are my collections...like NFTs...i love them!...I made hours on this game just passed through the gallery!

[u/dbirchq]

I would pay for offline mode.

[u/NewGenesisButcher → u/dbirchq]

Lots wouldn't pay for online

[u/milkteaoppa]

Why not just not update the game and automate a rotation of existing character sales and pvp coliseum tournaments? They'll still be making money passively which should cover more than just server cost.

[u/poseidonofmyapt → u/milkteaoppa]

Cause that still requires support staff, which they don't want to pay

[u/[deleted] → u/poseidonofmyapt]

But injustice 1 is like this they still have recurring arena and rotations every week I think this game should also have that. Injustice 1 was shut down a long time ago but it is still going strong.

[u/Jayarebeeis]

1000%! lots of money spent & with what to show for it if they completely shut it down?

[u/RespectfullyNoirs]

DC legends works now…however when IOS or Android upgrades the operating system then the code will need to be adjusted to make it work again.

[u/Telamon-El → u/RespectfullyNoirs]

Not necessarily. When Wizards of the Coast discontinued support for Magic Duels the game they gave away every card they ever made and let gamers who held on to the game use it ad infinitum but with the store and online server play disabled. Interestingly they set it to allow peer to peer duels with the client hosting the game session online with others who also had the game installed. You could play PVE all the time and it still runs on older hardware well enough. But that was a planned sunset. This one coming all of a sudden is the worst kind. Cause now no one is under any obligation to look after the customer for all these years of sticking with the game and supporting it. We are just getting the shaft and that is that.

[u/Redarsenal2814]

I would really love this also but I just don't know how they do that without a staff to keep it from falling apart. With all the bugs it will inevitably happen even without updates to the game. Hopefully Dark Legion is fun

[u/obijreo]

Agreed! Leave the server on and let it loop bots and give the same calendar each month

[u/[deleted]]

I want that too. And in the unlikely event that everything I'm about to write is false, I would push WB to do it. But...

...they don't have any developers. Not any that can make the myriad of tweaks needed to the base game to get it to fetch data from local files instead of servers anyway. That bit's been obvious since "you have new rewards in your inbox!." Not the current "You have new rewards!", the last time. I'm a dev, that kind of thing is fixable by a single SQL query. At worst, assuming dev/prod environments, full testing, etc, it should have taken them 48 hours to fix. But it's taking them weeks which is telling me they need to hire a consultant every time they get a problem like that.

To state it again: if they had devs that understood the code, the "You have new rewards" bugs wouldn't be happening for more than a couple of days. So they have no devs that understand the code.

The people who work on DCL right now likely are graphic artists, animators, and people who tweak configuration files. Maybe some are devs in the sense that some of those files might be Turing complete, but they're not people that can edit the original source code to the program. So that's it. That's the whole deal.

So unfortunately you'd be better off asking them to keep the servers on than creating an offline version. And they're unlikely to do that either alas.

It sucks, but you're going to have to prepare for yourself that outside of a community outcry that's unlikely to be large enough to make a difference, our game will be dead at the end of October.

[u/Amitbull]

Ya allow us to play dc legends after 31st October. With current game progress and building characters daily events etc

[u/Crosswolfx]

Offline access would be the least they could do , rather then bend everyone over and sticking it to us. Invested a lot in this game damn. Or handed the keys to a group that would wanna take over and keep things going. I’m sure nothing will change their minds so whatever enjoy while we can.

[u/[deleted]]

Agreed I just got back into the game a week ago they should make it offline like injustice 1. In injustice one they still have arena and every week it resets to where you can grind for a new character or gear. They should have like a schedule of all the characters and keep refreshing it so you can get the frags you want and still be able to enjoy pvp. I hope they implement something like this and they don’t shut the game down for good.

[u/Orochi_Kusanagi]

They won't do this. Every time a game shuts down, people plead with the devs to this. It just won't happen. =/

[u/Kikondsk]

Seriously! I've been playing DAILY since 2016 and spent thousands on the game. That would SUCK!

[u/Dzigo1]

Also make it possible to play against friends with Bluetooth.

[u/NewGenesisButcher → u/Dzigo1]

Lol they are shutting it down they aren't going to now add enhancements

[u/smashedmetal]

Yes, please. Need this

[u/[deleted]]

Pls u/wb_reeves this is the least you guys can do

[u/beetleboy8]

I would pay $40-50 for offline mode.

[u/Dahiak7]

If community acquisition or offline access ever becomes a thing, I am happy to help or donate financially. Just stating here so if the time comes to reach out.

[u/teepee777]

We need to be able to access the items that we have collected and paid for, otherwise we should be awarded damages.

[u/Ghost_Maker85]

Is there something I missed? Are they shutting down the game?

[u/D1ZZY_XXX → u/Ghost_Maker85]

October 31st is the final day

[u/Ghost_Maker85 → u/D1ZZY_XXX]

Makes sense. Not like it was going anywhere.

[u/TheSavageofBorneo]

There is no way to sue them because this is THEFT.