Hello Funcom…
Please make your own launcher or make the game so it can play without steam.
If its a issue concerning your fears of piracy, than please send out a game update that will check to see if there is a Conan Exiles Game CD in a CD-ROM drive and start the game without steam.
I own the game, I bought a hard copy of the game that has the game on an actual CD, you know one of those plastic round things that have a shiny side and a hole in the center that go into a slot in some computers?
I shouldn’t have to have software that is as bad as a Virus/ Spyware running on my computer just so I can play a game that I own on CD.
You don’t force players to use steam in order to play your MMO “Age of Conan” I don’t see why you feel the need to force it on players playing Conan Exiles.
I would rather pay a monthly fee to play the game than to be forced to use steam.
I would go as far as paying an additional $60.00usd to buy yet another copy of the game on CD to be able to play it without steam.