I need some straight answers from Galaxy users first though. (Non Galaxy users, please do not respond.)

Artificial achievements have no appeal to me. I have some questions before making my decision.

1. Can I go straight to my game without being forced to see any adverts, either for other games or for other services?

2. Will it slow down my time-to-gamestart with extra loading of stuff that is not specifically related to the game I'm playing?

3. Can I opt out from remote servers recording details of when and for how long I play any particular game?

4. Will Galaxy consume any PC resources (clock cycles/memory etc.) during gameplay?

I'm genuinely interested in multiplayer, but I need to know the facts first. Please don't make this a Galaxy bashing thread.

I aim to misbehave!

2. Galaxy itself takes a short time to load. Once Galaxy is loaded, there will be no additional delays versus using an offline installer.

3. No, you can't.

4. Yes, Galaxy must be running in the background and will consume some resources, though the footprint should be pretty minimal if you have a moderately modern system.

This is actually really good. :D