Razor.6392 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 What about the people with slow connections anet? Help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyel.1843 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Yeah it's a bit strange that we don't have preload. In comparison, World of Warcraft gives you weeks ahead of a content patch release to download it (because it's 4-5 GB or even more). And we don't have any preload yet - how big is PoF? I mean it's an expansion and those tend to have several GB, maybe 10-20GB? It will be a mess for the download servers if all of the players have to start downloading it at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrdreth.6829 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 No preload makes me nervous. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olterin Fire.5960 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I have this feeling that a lot of the preloading happened during the preview weekends - I mean, they needed the assets to be in place anyway... Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vayne.8563 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Most of the patch is probably already downloaded or much of it. Anyone who has the game probably has the preload already. After all, I've already been to the Crystal Desert in the beta on my client. I've already ridden a mount. Surely they didn't delete that stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesacon.8735 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 We downloaded the bulk of assets two months ago before the betas. The only thing in today is adjustments and bug fixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas.2974 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Haha, hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor.6392 Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 > @Hesacon.8735 said: > We downloaded the bulk of assets two months ago before the betas. The only thing in today is adjustments and bug fixes. We already got the specs and at least 1 map, but somehow I doubt that's all. The cinematics, story, other maps and stuff, what about that? That's the heaviest load gb wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyel.1843 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Pretty sure we need to download at least 4-5GB and that's quite much for many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrdreth.6829 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 > @"Olterin Fire.5960" said: > I have this feeling that a lot of the preloading happened during the preview weekends - I mean, they needed the assets to be in place anyway... Just a thought. Oh, ok. If that's true that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usnedward.9023 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Much of the patch has been downloaded and the last bit is usually downloaded just before or as patch is released. tick tock tick tock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazille.7381 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 is there a countdown somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Countdown is at the top of the current live stream at -- 25 minutes to launch as of this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Only 25 minutes?? PANIC!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrada.7304 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 > @Gazille.7381 said: > is there a countdown somewhere? http://thatshaman.com/tools/countdown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeyhu.1325 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I thought I researched somewhere that ANet has tech that patches in this new content over the last few weeks / month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatley.1620 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 No release notes yet either. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HnRkLnXqZ.1870 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I think we may run into another issue as well. Fidus has parked the airship in Lion's Arch. Asuming the adventure starts there, tons and tons of people might flood LA after the download. I remember from previous patches that some people were unable to log characters, which have been left on a over-crowded map. The hoelbrak issue in particular, when all people wanted to enter Eir's Homested. In order to prevent that problem, I removed all my characters from LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zania.8461 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 HoT was one of the smoothest expac launches for pretty much all MMOs I've ever played. I believe that PoF will launch with only minor hiccups today. I am sure we'll see at least 2-3 patches before the end of the day (I am sure someone will find a way to break the game in a creative way before days end), but it should be relatively playable. I think part of the lack of preload as well as the morning launch time is partly designed to minimize the peak load on the starting areas, as large part of the player base will be at work and/or spend time downloading the patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I pity people with slow connections, theres a LOT to download now. thankfully i have a 300mbs connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnang.1879 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I can't believe I believed the ppl who said we downloaded most of it... This looks like a 3gb-10gb download -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor.6392 Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Thanks anet for not allowing preload. We're screwed :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProverbsofHell.2307 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Oh come ON. Can we at least get a reason for no preload Anet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akenoyuki.8210 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Okay patch is out.. 22K Files left.. WUT DA KITTEN?! Info from another thread: 1GB downloaded and bar showing 50% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseofGilead.8907 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 > @Samnang.1879 said: > I can't believe I believed the ppl who said we downloaded most of it... > This looks like a 3gb-10gb download -_- Looks more like it's between 2gb and 3gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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