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Age of Conan "Early Access".... AoC = 13.7 GB
Zaxx99
Member Posts: 1,761
So I paid an extra $5 for this 'Early Access" promotion after pre-ordering Age of Conan way back in January of this year. I figured why not pay an extra $5 to get to download the game 10 days before the release date and get to play it 3 days early, so I can spend some time this coming up weekend starting on Saturday to try this super hyped new mmo out for my first time.
So it's a little late, but finally the email is in my box after I get home from work tonight that I can download it. And It has started its download at a whopping 5.4 kb/sec! ...And this download is 13.7 GB! (13780 mb) According to the "estimated time left" I only need to wait like 6 weeks for this download to complete, lmfao. Ummm, maybe I'd be better off just waiting for my DVDs to arrive a couple days after release and install it. And yes, I have a VERY fast cable broadband connection before some smart ass asks me if I am on dial-up, lol.
..But what if the lag in this game is similar to the download speed I'm getting for the download of this game now! ..Scary thought indeed.
Anyhow, I've seen the few people who say that the lag in the open beta is horrid, and I've seen many more who say that the game is running fine even on older computers in massive PvP areas with tons of players fighting.
So who knows. I haven't been following this game too closely to be honest. Just read a little here and there. But this looks to be a huge game (can anyone say "Vanguard") and even more hype then Vangaurd had last year.
It DOES look like this game will be much more populated then Vanguard ever was, so maybe it'll be okay.
Anyhow, just updating the AoC progress from someone who doesn't frequent these forums nearly as much as I used to. I was just kinda wondering if there is anyone who might be playing open beta or somehting that genuinely believes that AoC will be more successful and/or a better overall mmo then the upcoming Warhammer Online. Why, Why not?
Peace out, and see you in Conan land at hopefully more then 5 fps. Heh.
- Zaxx
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Hi ,
im also downloading the early acces, here from norway,
right now i have 350-400 kb/s and sometimes its over 400, but only for a short time
hope to get faster speed when more peers connects
either the servers are very very busy, god hates you, or your internet blows....
option 1 is 10% likely...
option 2 is 80% likely...
option 3 is 10 % likely...
i dont like your odds
LOL. I somehow doubt that God gives a rats ass what kinda connection I have to download this game, but funny none the less.
- Zaxx
WTF. Okay, I've increased to about 12 kb/sec now and have 0.1% of the download complete with an est. time left of 2 weeks, but that is so not fair, haha.
What percentage of the download have you completed now, and did you start out really slow like this too, or did you start off at like 350 kb/sec?
- Zaxx
I really can't compare AoC to WAR. I have never been interested in WAR since it just looks... Well here we go again... WoWish. And all the videos I've seen just push me further from the game. I dunno, WAR might turn out alright too, just not my kind of game.
So, you've started to pre-load your AoC already? Damn.
Well, we are not likely going to bumb into each others in game so I'll just say good luck and
Cheers!
Took me 5 hours to DL the damn thing..
hmm must be your connection
downloading atm with 400 k/s (from switzerland) very stable download should be finish in ~11 hours
400kb/s in UK. Works fine for me.
HOLY CRAPOLA batman, 400kb/s in the UK? Who is your ISP? I moved from there two years ago and that is amost 2x the speed I could get on BT's most expensive home plan.
Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
You are witnessing another Vanguard, a game released before it is ready with a client that has performance issues on many machines. Just watch the complaints flow after release.
But, but, but...
You have to give it time, the game has potential!
Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
Using Verizon FIOS I will have the game down loaded in about 14 hours at 300KB/Sec I'm at the 51% point right now.
Just FYI cable companies are known for f'ing with your internet speed Comcast is being sued down here in Texas for advertising one speed yet not giving that speed to users. The Lawyers where good the monitored for a month and had thier client call asking numerous times whats going on with the connection speed I hope he gets a pocket full of money so cable compaines come clean.
Don't use cable connections they stink!
Ajax
HOLY CRAPOLA batman, 400kb/s in the UK? Who is your ISP? I moved from there two years ago and that is amost 2x the speed I could get on BT's most expensive home plan.
O2 8mb plan, I'm less than a mile from exchange so get near maximum speeds for the line, where as previous address I was over 2 miles from the exchange and received half that speed at the best of times.
Drop off is quite steep over distance for ADSL in countries with older telephone networks. ADSL2 is being rolled out this year though and I should see a boost in speeds when I get it in November of over twice what I have now.
I have the early access card as I pre-ordered but I do not see where there is an option for me to pre-pay to download the early access? How do I set that up exactly?
I have found the communication very much lacking in this area, and that bothers me. I am willing to pay for the access but at no point when I was registering my early access card did it prompt me to do anything more. All of the subscriptions i see are for Anarchy Online. Can anyone point me in the right direction here?
HOLY CRAPOLA batman, 400kb/s in the UK? Who is your ISP? I moved from there two years ago and that is amost 2x the speed I could get on BT's most expensive home plan.
O2 8mb plan, I'm less than a mile from exchange so get near maximum speeds for the line, where as previous address I was over 2 miles from the exchange and received half that speed at the best of times.
Drop off is quite steep over distance for ADSL in countries with older telephone networks. ADSL2 is being rolled out this year though and I should see a boost in speeds when I get it in November of over twice what I have now.
Very nice. BT only had 1.5meg when I was there. Glad to see you guys are finally getting some bandwidth love. Nothing worse than paying for a 1.5meg connection and be thankful when you got 250k download speed. LOL
Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
Just started the DL this morning before work and it was going at like 450 kb/s. I think its just your internet connection, I have a friend in another part of the US and he is only getting 50 kb/s.
Stop nerding out it's only the 17th it gets openend so you have time enough ....
Also downloading at about 450k/s
On these forums? Jesus the game could be perfect, bug free and Funcom could mail you an ounce of 24 karat gold every month and people would still bitch like two year olds.
Does this mean you are going to play the game for more than 5 minutes?
Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!
Stop the download and restart it. Sometimes there is a glitch in the server and it will constantly feed you a slow connection.
Only 17 CDs.
I got a Question for that though , I pre - orderd it and still gotten no option to download or any E-mail giving some key or anything , is there somthing else i should do or fill out for them to ?
after u log in on funcom site i blieve go under manage yur account to get early accsess 5 dolla option i gotmy email today to start down loading client 5 12 in us so 2 days early
But you need to have a account with fun com to do that no ? keeps asking me for an account and i have non , just pre- orderd it on the conan web page , they said on it that could download it off the net , not that we have to pay more then the game and extra pack to be able to download o.o;;