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Phaleg31Phaleg31 Member Posts: 32
in Guild Wars 2

Just started downloading the game, yah yah I know, should of done it weeks ago.

 

My internet isn't the greatest, but not that bad. Approx avg 350 kb/sec....Looks like its gonna take days. Anyone have a time estimate with that speed taken into consideration?

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  • darkhalf357xdarkhalf357x Member UncommonPosts: 1,237
    Hmmm, going to be a-w-h-i-l-e.  Cant give you the exact time, but  you can do the math.  The client is 17GB+ at 350kb/s.  Keep your connection open now until launch and you should be good.... granted there are not any more updates (had a 4MB update today).

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  • jaycejayce Member Posts: 133

    you should have it done in about 6 or 7 hours if no interruptions.

    edit: meant 13 to 14 hours, sry...

  • CenthanCenthan Member Posts: 483

    I don't know if any of this logic is correct, but I'll give it a go:

    Size of my GW2 folder is 14.5GB

    14.5 * 1000 * 1000 = 14,500,000 kb

    14500000 / 350 = 41,429 seconds

    41,429 / 60 / 60 = 11.5 hours

     

    That sound right?

  • IkedaIkeda Member RarePosts: 2,751
    Yea, I remember originally downloading when it was still ~5Gb, it's only gotten bigger and bigger since so I can't give you an accurate.  Ensure you have it setup per the Arenanet FAQ so it resumes correctly if you do lose connection.
  • jaycejayce Member Posts: 133
    Originally posted by Centhan

    I don't know if any of this logic is correct, but I'll give it a go:

    Size of my GW2 folder is 14.5GB

    14.5 * 1000 * 1000 = 14,500,000 kb

    14500000 / 350 = 41,429 seconds

    41,429 / 60 / 60 = 11.5 hours

     

    That sound right?

    yea sounds like about right. my estimates factors in browsing the web like their doing right now. gw2 client server is picky. it wants your full attention when downloading or it will punish you.

  • CenthanCenthan Member Posts: 483

    Along these lines, anyone happen to know the answer to this?

    My new system is arriving tomorrow, and I really don't feel like downloading the whole client again.  It would probably take about 2.5 to 3 hours on my connection, but that's not considering the flood of people all trying to download it at the same time tomorrow.

    I'd just like to copy the client from my old to new computer.  Is this possible?  It would be the same drive letter and folder, but going from a 32 to a 64 bit system.

    Would the laucher detect all the files are there already, or would I have to download everything from scratch again?

  • Preacher26Preacher26 Member UncommonPosts: 381
    Fresh install ATM is only 14.3 fully updated.

    Took me about an hour.
  • AeliousAelious Member RarePosts: 3,521
    The launcher seems to front load large files so you may not have to wait as long. I say this because when patching last night, roughly 4700 files, it took 10 minutes to get to 2% then flew through the rest. I was fluctuating between 150k and 3M frantically.

    Either way you should be good for early launch.
  • yaoming36yaoming36 Member UncommonPosts: 189
    Originally posted by Phaleg31

    Just started downloading the game, yah yah I know, should of done it weeks ago.

     

    My internet isn't the greatest, but not that bad. Approx avg 350 kb/sec....Looks like its gonna take days. Anyone have a time estimate with that speed taken into consideration?

    I hate you. My average speed is 100kb/sec and can download about 40k files every 8-10 hours. In the beginning the files are very big so don't feel depressed if it downloads very slowly when it's at 150k+ files.

  • itsbigmikeitsbigmike Member Posts: 86
    My cellphone gets faster internet than you guys, wtf, where are you at that still has speeds that low, I seriously wouldn't bother paying for service that slow

    twitch.tv/boonmackle

  • darkhalf357xdarkhalf357x Member UncommonPosts: 1,237
    Originally posted by Ikeda
    Yea, I remember originally downloading when it was still ~5Gb, it's only gotten bigger and bigger since so I can't give you an accurate.  Ensure you have it setup per the Arenanet FAQ so it resumes correctly if you do lose connection.

    Sorry @Off Topic...

    I see you are another fellow Dragon Ball Z fan ;-)

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  • andre369andre369 Member UncommonPosts: 970
    Originally posted by Centhan

    Along these lines, anyone happen to know the answer to this?

    My new system is arriving tomorrow, and I really don't feel like downloading the whole client again.  It would probably take about 2.5 to 3 hours on my connection, but that's not considering the flood of people all trying to download it at the same time tomorrow.

    I'd just like to copy the client from my old to new computer.  Is this possible?  It would be the same drive letter and folder, but going from a 32 to a 64 bit system.

    Would the laucher detect all the files are there already, or would I have to download everything from scratch again?

    Yea you can do that no problem. I did it before BWE1.

     

  • Phaleg31Phaleg31 Member Posts: 32
    Originally posted by itsbigmike
    My cellphone gets faster internet than you guys, wtf, where are you at that still has speeds that low, I seriously wouldn't bother paying for service that slow

    Im in Riverside, Ca....Southern California...not exactly Bumfuq Egypt..

     

    Im in a Condo, so not sure if thats part of the problem. Once im done downloading, like in other games, I have excellent fps.

     

    Its just the d/loading...../shrug

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