If this is True, SE is TOO EVIL!

[viion]

I still dont get it.....

D2010.09.18.0000.patch 5,442 KB < thats 5.4mb not 300
D2010.09.19.0000.patch 433,984 KB < thats 433mb not 300
D2010.11.25.0002.patch 244,843 KB < thats 244mb not 300
D2010.12.13.0000.patch 257,141 KB < thats 257mb not 300
D2011.05.19.0000.patch 336,172 KB < thats 336mb not 300

So where are we download the same 300 mb update?

They also all contain adjustments/changes which you dont see (and you have to redownload the whole file. SE are not smart enough to make the patcher decrypt/edit/encrypt) So if a 17mb file needs 2-3 lines changing, you're redownloading that whole 17mb!

If you use win7 just go to SE root and hit Search:Today and it shows you files modified today, and I guarantee you they total near the patch size or above.

[Xeno]

Were not "re-downloading" anything

Yes we are. They are including all of the patches in each other. 1.17 contained 1.16, 1.16 contained 1.15, 1.17b contained all of the updates before it up until (using the proper usage of that phrase unlike SE) the December patch.

[Starlord]

I still dont get it.....

D2010.09.18.0000.patch 5,442 KB < thats 5.4mb not 300
D2010.09.19.0000.patch 433,984 KB < thats 433mb not 300
D2010.11.25.0002.patch 244,843 KB < thats 244mb not 300
D2010.12.13.0000.patch 257,141 KB < thats 257mb not 300
D2011.05.19.0000.patch 336,172 KB < thats 336mb not 300

So where are we download the same 300 mb update?

They also all contain adjustments/changes which you dont see (and you have to redownload the whole file. SE are not smart enough to make the patcher decrypt/edit/encrypt) So if a 17mb file needs 2-3 lines changing, you're redownloading that whole 17mb!

If you use win7 just go to SE root and hit Search:Today and it shows you files modified today, and I guarantee you they total near the patch size or above.

And not to Mention There is no " Gradual Increase" per patch it goes up, down, up, up If they were all up I can see your point to a degree, but they are not.

So the Adding to each patch thing is an invalid argument

[Starlord]

Yes we are. They are including all of the patches in each other. 1.17 contained 1.16, 1.16 contained 1.15, 1.17b contained all of the updates before it up until (using the proper usage of that phrase unlike SE) the December patch.

If we were then way is each patch going " Up then down then up then up"? if they were ALL increasing within each patch I would agree with you, but in this case its not

[Ilean]

This:

D2010.09.18.0000.patch 5,442 KB < thats 5.4mb not 300
D2010.09.19.0000.patch 433,984 KB < thats 433mb not 300
D2010.11.25.0002.patch 244,843 KB < thats 244mb not 300
D2010.12.13.0000.patch 257,141 KB < thats 257mb not 300
D2011.05.19.0000.patch 336,172 KB < thats 336mb not 300

Is after installing (reinstalling)

We've had several large updates between December 13th and today's. The fact that they can be condensed into a singe 336MB update means that those several hundreds of megabytes we've downloaded (at pathetic low speeds thanks to the broken patcher) have been mostly unnecessary.

[Xeno]

If we were then way is each patch going " Up then down then up then up"? if they were ALL increasing within each patch I would agree with you, but in this case its not

WE have had more than one patch since 12.13.2010. We've had like 5 or 6. Each time since the 12.13 patch, the patches have been getting progressively bigger because they include all of patches UP UNTIL the December patch. You understand? Or maybe I shouldn't use the phrase "up until" because hardly anyone KNOWS WHAT IT ****ING MEANS.

Edit: For clarification
1.15=~20mb
1.15a=~25mb
1.16=~40mb
1.16a=~90mb
1.16b=~90.1mb (see what I did there?)
1.17=~300mb
1.17a=~330mb
1.17b=~338mb
Where ~ means roughly.

[Ilean]

If we were then way is each patch going " Up then down then up then up"? if they were ALL increasing within each patch I would agree with you, but in this case its not

Might want to go back to school.

[Poipori]

WOW... this is shocking... and here I was, thinking that we already had over 1gb of updates.

So the truth is: all we had from launch till now is only about 300+mb of updates.

worst is, we had to redownload everything whenever there's a patch.

[Starlord]

Might want to go back to school.

You should take your own advice, just sayin'

[Esthar]

I'm gonna stick to: "They ninja'd stuff in." until I see something that proves theories. (^-^)