Posted October 17, 2016

Titanium
The iron-y
Registered: Nov 2008
From Slovenia

skeletonbow
Galaxy 3 when?
Registered: Dec 2009
From Canada
Posted October 18, 2016

Does anyone know the ancient secret involved involved in actually getting in contact with GOG Support ?
Thanks in advance !
Just a case of bad website user interface design. It's a good idea to bookmark a direct link to the page in a GOG bookmark folder and rename the bookmark to something like "GOG Support inquiry page - direct link" or something to not lose it. :)

Kleetus
For Internal Use Only
Registered: Sep 2010
From Australia

phaolo
Durik - Half-Orc
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy
Posted October 18, 2016
It's IMPOSSIBLE to contact GOG Support!
*clicks Support, clicks Contact Us*
Oh, done.
*clicks Support, clicks Contact Us*
Oh, done.
Post edited October 18, 2016 by phaolo

Maighstir
THIS KNIGHT MISLIKES THESE HEIGHTS
Registered: Nov 2008
From Sweden

skeletonbow
Galaxy 3 when?
Registered: Dec 2009
From Canada

phaolo
Durik - Half-Orc
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy
Posted October 18, 2016

You're sent back to the page you were on before this one and go in a circular loop forever.
[..]screen that you can actually type out a support request on [..] That's accessed by one of the other 4 options.
Of course people can "blame the victim" so to speak calling them "stupid" or whatever, but at the end of the day, GOG's website has a misleading statement that sends people on a circular wild goose chase [..]
BUT:
- circular loop forever --> only if you're an idiot that keeps selecting the same option 1..
- blame the victim --> there's no victim here, just an user that never tried the other options before giving up.
- I wouldn't still call 4\5 available solutions "impossible" :P
Anyway.. all's well that ends well.
Post edited October 18, 2016 by phaolo

skeletonbow
Galaxy 3 when?
Registered: Dec 2009
From Canada
Posted October 18, 2016

BUT:
- circular loop forever --> only if you're an idiot that keeps selecting the same option 1..
- blame the victim --> there's no victim here, just an user that never tried the other options before giving up.
- I wouldn't still call 4\5 available solutions "impossible" :P
Anyway.. all's well that ends well.
You have to choose an option that is NOT what you want in order to get what you do actually want. That's the problem. :)
GOG really needs to use flowcharts in their development process to sort this stuff out.

Geralt_of_Rivia
🐺 Gwynnbleid 🐺
Registered: Apr 2009
From Austria
Posted October 18, 2016

"Technical issues with games
Look for a solution for your technical issue in our knowledge base, or ask our Support team for help."
You're sent back to the page you were on before this one and go in a circular loop forever. The "ask our support team for help" doesn't appear anywhere. You have to pick one of the other choices in the labyrinth to get to the option you're actually looking for which is the screen that you can actually type out a support request on. That's accessed by one of the other 4 options.

skeletonbow
Galaxy 3 when?
Registered: Dec 2009
From Canada
Posted October 18, 2016

I *know* that is there, and once a year or so end up in the damn loop until the lightbulb goes off in my head remembering this crap. The problem is, normally you're not going through there in the first place until you _have_ a problem, and when you do have a problem you're not always in the best mood. You want to click once or twice to contact support, not go through some multi-step process forcing you to read 50 documents that don't have anything related to what you are trying to contact support about.
There's no need to point out pages on the website or screenshots to me, I'm aware of them all. At the present moment I'm also aware of how to navigate the maze to get to what I want too. Regardless of whether there is a way to get to what you want - it is a crappy user interface experience period if even one person gets pissed off and wants to smash their keyboard over someone's head because they can't find the damn link without reading the entire web page. It should be a banner at the top of the page 3 feet wide by 2 feet high that says "CLICK HERE TO SEND A MESSAGE DIRECT TO SUPPORT".
It's pissing me off right now and I don't even have a problem to report, and I know what to actually click on to get to it at the moment.
Anyhow, I think everyone has pretty much covered their feelings about this now, and covered how to get to the wanted link/information. Further discussion is really just looping in circles not unlike the support website. Let's call it a day.

Gydion
Aexander
Registered: Oct 2011
From United States
Posted October 19, 2016
