"But when the original 'no differences' post was made (which was a response to questions of version compatibility, not the actual implementation) details of the DRM free multiplayer had not been finalized."
On 2013-07-02, 5 weeks before release, you still had not settled for using steamworks master browser? Which clearly means that at that point, you won't do double the work for the drm free browsing. Sorry, but I don't believe that.
"That's why Larian said pretty early on that online multiplayer would use Steamworks."
That does not necessarily mean it's using steam for the master browser in the drm free version.
You know where such an information would have been (and still would be) nice? On the ACTUAL PRODUCT SITE, like
https://www.larianvault.com/product.php?item=40 (and on gog, but there gog itself already corrected it, no thanks to you) , and not lyrically worded like you said, but like this:
- All online capabilities of this game can only be used in the steam version. DRM Free version only allows direct connect via IP.
EinTroll: Well, the only accusation I can read in this thread is from some mod who tells us things that are received by me like "It's your fault, you didn't read right". And that's the way to treat a customer for one single purchase. Because the next one will be missing.
