A Simple Fix To The Update Server!

Simply Instead Of Having P2P Only. Allow The Patches To Be Downloaded (Through The Updater) From The Website (Or A Website) Direct Download With The Option To Enable P2P If Prefered. Problem Solved. ;)

Best part, people complained about that with XI because of how congested it got during high traffic updates so they opted for the P2P solution, which seems to be hit/miss for folks.

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Best part, people complained about that with XI because of how congested it got during high traffic updates so they opted for the P2P solution, which seems to be hit/miss for folks.

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lol Oh how our demands have kicked us in the butt

Something needs to be done. The patching situation has been atrocious ever since launch.

ITT: PC-illiterate people who don't know how2patch.

my school blocks torrent ports so i can't download it through torrent either ; ;

Wow does it really take people awhile to download the patch? the longest it took for me was 20 mins. Even still I downloaded at the start of maintenance so I still have 1.5 hrs left before I could have played.

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Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah

ITT: PC-illiterate people who don't know how2patch.

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OK nerd - while you're holed up in your basement figuring this stuff out, I'm sure out of love for nerding, you should understand that plenty other people have other hobbies and may not care much. I'm barely computer illiterate and i don't know how to speed up the patcher (other than opening ports on my router that is) but I bet you don't know how to build foundations for a building in an engineering project....get my drift?

Psst: just because I'm an engineer doesn't mean everyone else is.

ive been trying to download for about 90min now.... i just keep getting 0.0. Id be fine downloading slow but the download keeps getting -stuck-. torrent is only downloading at 1kb/s too. And i know its not my interent or comp can i can go download a 2gig movie or game off isohunt in under an hour. So its -very- clearly the patching system and SE

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Originally Posted by Rau

my school blocks torrent ports so i can't download it through torrent either ; ;

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lol really I always thought School was for learning not playing MMO's. My how times have changed >.< Maybe if you took a Networking class you would know what ports to open on your router or firewall to make it quicker :D.

But on Square Enix part. They need to provide the technical support and instructions to do said procedure if they are going to go P2P. Cuz, it took me searching online and finding it in a fan forum to know to do this :P