Please Don't Ask

Funny story: bought a new laptop with decent specs, re-downloaded, transferred my save data, game was running perfectly ... and then I was booted out for a Windows update. Now, either this update was bugged to hell or I was somehow stupid and unfortunate enough to mistype the exact same thing twice during set-up. Guess who's now locked out of her local account, and whose only option is a factory reset and yet another painfully long download? There's some divine entity out there that really, REALLY does not want me to play this game.

I'm kind of glad that I'm not the only one experiencing issues, as bitter as that might sound. I was traipsing through the forum earlier last night trying to figure out if others were having similar problems, but most of the complaints were from people waiting 20 secs for a loading screen (and idk, maybe that IS bad for a lot of hardcore PC gamers, but I'd happily take it over ten minutes). As for getting an SSD, I'm not sure that it's worth it for my current machine, and I've seen a lot of conflicting reports as to whether it helps with loading times anyway. Probably going to send the min and recommended requirements to my bro-in-law and ask him to help me find a decent in-between that isn't too expensive, as I don't do a lot of PC gaming but would like to run Deadfire properly, and he's a lot more tech savvy than I am (in terms of both specs and the market). Or maybe I'll wait a bit to see if any patches are released to help.

Yeah, not the best decision I've made. Game itself is great, but these loading screens take up to five (and occasionally even ten) mins at a time, and there's a lot of them. It's odd, because I was one of the few people who never seemed to have any issues with PoE1 loading times. Might be time to invest in a new PC anyway. I'd recommend anyone else who wants the game but has an old-ish computer to do the same before buying.

Jesus Christ. Seeing people air their dirty laundry like this really makes me appreciate my boring life. Can't he just moan about his previous employer to his mates over a couple of vodkas, like the rest of us?