Faithful: I did not know it was based on your status at GG. How can you tell that is so?
Also, what do you mean about the "on-time activation thing"?
I always download my games and then when the install menu pops up, I do not install. Instead simply copy or rename your download. Then cancel the install and then you can install and reinstall anytime you wish without having to be connected to GG.
At least this is what I believe is taking place when I do this. I believe I have unplugged my internet service and reinstalled software from GG to check (hard to recall as it has been a while).
I got an email about The Witcher EE being this week's loyalty sale, that's how I can tell .
The "one-time activation thing" is what you're avoiding by copying the installer. If you don't copy it, you would have to be connected tot he Internet every time you want to install the game.
It's easy enough to work around but most people don't know about it, and even their supposedly DRM-free games have that limitation, not that matters much to me.