Why is the patch/update system -still- broken?

[Bayohne]

We spoke with Yoshi-P about this very issue. He let us know that the development team is aware that the patch system is not performing as well as it should be. He also wanted us to assure you that they're planning to continue to investigate and address its deficits in the future.

[wind]

Also, if you open up ports you wont have any hangup on the down loader.. or shouldn't. I know 'you shouldn't need to do anything on client end' for a game blah blah. But some games just need it to work more efficiently. FPS's are bad with it too haha.

Anyways google 'port forwarding' or 'ffxiv downloader ports' to help ya out.

[Krausus]

I dont even use the patcher for anything other then to get the torrent file, and then I torrent it.

[Crowley]

I have my ports forwarded, just like in my own p2p client and honestly it is near broken. I find the .torrent use a client, copy the file after completion and seed after.

Since their tracker is locked down ... we can't really do any p2p except the DHT etc connections.

[pwnguin]

Add support for UPnP to the downloader (so people who do not know how to forward ports, don't have to), and problem solved.

[Betelgeuzah]

It's not the most pressing matter that needs be solved, as there are currently workarounds for it that everyone playing this game should already know, but when the PS3 version is released and more people join the game, the process of starting the game should be made as easy as possible. For that time, this issue should be addressed if possible.

[Spiriel]

Add support for UPnP to the downloader (so people who do not know how to forward ports, don't have to), and problem solved.

You mean the UPnP support that the downloader already has enabled by default? Yeah, guess they should do that...

In regards to up-and-down downloads though, it's BitTorrent, not a centralized download. You are at the whims of your fellow peers. Have a little patience. It would be worse if it was a central download server getting hammered by thousands of users.

[Zenaku]

Also, if you open up ports you wont have any hangup on the down loader.. or shouldn't. I know 'you shouldn't need to do anything on client end' for a game blah blah. But some games just need it to work more efficiently. FPS's are bad with it too haha.

Anyways google 'port forwarding' or 'ffxiv downloader ports' to help ya out.

ya i said this on every topic about how slow the download is. But some ppl don't want too or don't understand or they can't because there in college. But really if you in your house and don't want to open your ports then don't bi?? about the 5+hour download you could easy fix it with opening port too they fix it on there end.

[Nipa]

Also when fixing the patching, please don't forget to write a real patcher with a decent look and feel as well as some usability.

We don't want music during our patching, we don't want DirectX graphic during our patching, we don't want to have a software pointer during our patching. We want low cpu and memory footprint. A patching system is something we don't want to look at. It's something we have running in background until it's done. It's of no interest.

Please rewrite the interface and have a standard Win32 one. And adding a total progression bar would be nice, if that's not the case already.

[Alhanelem]

We don't want music during our patching, we don't want DirectX graphic during our patching, we don't want to have a software pointer during our patching. We want low cpu and memory footprint.

Remember that when the PS3 comes out, they won't have anything else to look at while they're patching.