Electronic Arts
Command and Conquer Generals online play fails behind router or NAT

Following the release of their highly anticipated game "Command & Conquer: Generals", there is a problem in which if you use a Router/Firewall or NAT you are unable to play the online version of the game. There are a great many people who bought this game to enjoy the online portion of the game and now cannot even play. EA has now released 4 patches for the game since it's release and none of them were even targeted at resolving the problem.

Additionally they are ignoring the communities desperate pleas to fix the problem. They has been no official statement as to when, or for that matter "if" they ever plan on fixing the problem despite the huge number of complaints in the forums which they (EA) acknowledge reading everyday.

I have now owned this game for over 2 months and still cannot play it online. The only solution is to remove my Router completely, but as a result of that my PC would no longer be protected from outside intrusions. What makes the problem even more frustrating is the previous "Command & Conquer" games worked perfectly fine behind a Router/NAT firewall solutions as to just about ever other online game out there.

Check out this thread over on the official "Generals message board".

Http://messagebrd. Westwood. Ea.com/cgi-bin/boards/gen/ultimatebb. Cgi? Ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=001293

Company: Electronic Arts
Country: USA
Site: ea.com

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