me and my friend cant even play the game because we got a firewall error and we dont know how to fix the issue anyone know how to fix this

Reinstalled the game to play after a few years and am getting this error in the launcher; SteamAPI_Init() failed. Make sure Steam is running. If I try to launch with or without mods it just crashes with ; Fatal initialization failure. It also appears that no mods get downloaded from the workshop[p I have verified, uninstalled and deleted the entire folder, reinstalled. Kinda at a loss here....

I am compelled to play these kinds of games on the highest difficulty, which depending on the game can either be a great idea that enhances the experience or an exercise in a very boring kind of self-torture. So I wanted to find out which category this game falls into, and how hard it is to beat on the highest difficulty as a new player, before I make a terrible mistake and waste a double digit number of hours on a questionable endeavor....

In 1,000 hours I have never seen a Giant Largemouth Bass in Torchlight 2 (all vanilla) and I want to ask a couple questions about it. 1. I have read that its weight in the drop table is 0, but you can still get it sometimes. Is this true? 2. I noticed that there is a fishing luck stat, but I don't recall ever seeing a piece of gear that raises it. Is this stat required for a chance to get a Giant Largemouth Bass? If true, what kind of equipment can do this? Thank you! **EDIT** I realized I'm too parano...

I rarely ever see any games, and if people do join they leave within a few minutes.