Anyone else scared on download time for patch 1.18?

As the days roll on and I see more content release I get really happy but then I remember.....

FF14 patcher made 1.17c take over an hour.

I'd like to believe I'll be able to play 1.18 fairly quick after I start downloading it but it feels like with the mass of people trying to download it and people coming back to the game to check on it, that I will have to wait at least a day.

Who else is worried? :(

I'm shaking in me boots!

I would be, but I'll torrent it.

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Originally Posted by Billybongster

I would be, but I'll torrent it.

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Please help a fellow gamer and explain how you do this magical deed =)

This should be solid

http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/20414...atching-guide/

But yeah, I get disgusting speeds with the official patcher, but using uTorrent works too well.

Goodluck!

Meh. I've waited for this since April, I can wait a bit more.

FFXIV is a good exercise in patience.

EDIT: Official patcher works fine for me anyway :P Haven't had to wait more than 30 min for it to download/install for all 2 patches I've been here for.

open ports TCP/UDP 55296-55551 as well as port UDP 443 and you should get close to 700kb/s - 1mb/s download rate. If you don't well then there's always uTorrent which works very well.

I'm expecting the patch to be a good 4~5 hours on a 1mb/s download rate.

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Originally Posted by Richard

open ports TCP/UDP 55296-55551 as well as port UDP 443 and you should get close to 700kb/s - 1mb/s download rate. If you don't well then there's always uTorrent which works very well.

I'm expecting the patch to be a good 4~5 hours on a 1mb/s download rate.

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How do open port

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

How do open port

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depends on your router and IP. try this: http://portforward.com/

Do you know how to log in to your router's website? Its usually a ip address, but for my netgear its routerlogin.net. From there most routers have a way to port forward/trigger. If you look up "port forward/trigger" you'll get a better guide then we can give you, and you just use the ports which "Richard" gave you.

An average patch for me is about 30 mins with the downloader.

as stated via you're router and portforward.com for guides.

just go into your browser of choice, enter your IP address and it should bring you to your routers configuration page. Normally you have to login so just use admin/password and then find the port forwarding section and add the ports I listed.

That's how I do it on netgear anyway - like Xavier said http://www.portforward.com will give you a more specific guide.

For those with slow FFXIV updater, you can always bypass patch download by utorrent, or by other torrent client.

= quick tip
1) Let SEs patcher start downloading close it.
2) It should create torrent file under its folders :
My way for torrent is :
\Dokuments\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV\downloads\ffxiv\48eca647\metainfo
(it should be named by date of torrent file - patch)
3) now run your torrent client and open that torrent file from the dir (metainfo).
It will download with full speed now. No more waiting for laggy SE patcher.
4) paste the downloaded file under FINAL FANTASY XIV\downloads\ffxiv\48eca647\patch - replace old one
5) Run client

ofic. utorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/downloads

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

How do open port

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If you don't know how to, don't try it. You will screw something up.

I wish SE would release patch data for download earlier, so I could have it download while I'm at work.

I've never had a problem with the game's downloader. -shrugs-

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Originally Posted by Leeloo

I've never had a problem with the game's downloader. -shrugs-

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Me either oddly.

Not worried at all. Verizon Fios FTW!

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

Not worried at all. Verizon Fios FTW!

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I hate you. -.-

Not scared at all, I just reinstalled and completely patched the launcher and FFXIV itself yesterday all inside of 2 hours. 1.18 might take me 45 mins if that lol

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Originally Posted by origamikitsune

I hate you. -.-

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....Mew? ;_;

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Originally Posted by Archadius

Not scared at all, I just reinstalled and completely patched the launcher and FFXIV itself yesterday all inside of 2 hours. 1.18 might take me 45 mins if that lol

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I wouldn't be so sure. 1.18 will be vastly larger than the usual 325MB patches we've been subjected to.

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Originally Posted by Richard

I wouldn't be so sure. 1.18 will be vastly larger than the usual 325MB patches we've been subjected to.

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Let's say 1.18 is vastly larger. 3x larger even. That still puts me at MAYBE 1.5 hours for patching (less time than the maintenance even) and they always let you start the DL partway through the maintenance. Absolute worst case scenario: Up and running 30 mins after maintenance ends lol

i avg 10-30mins normally on these patches.... so.. 45 mins to an hour tops for this probably less
but they give you 3.5 hours.... well more like 3 as the patch normally isn't up right away

I am a bit worried about it. the last time i tried to toss a patch into utorrent it sat there for two hours not getting any dht connections. using the official patcher was almost a 12 hour affair after that. Mostly due to the fact that just about every one was already done with the dl at that point and the seed pool was incredibly small.

This by no means should be the way to go, the patcher itself should download and install without any type of outside configuration from the user, that being said:

After I forwarded ports on FFXIV and their downloader I have not had any problems at all downloading any patch since march. Top speed always 6.0MB/s which is my internet connection. I would advised everyone to start getting information, manuals or help from friends on how to do that. It will save you a lot of time ^^ happy downloading

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Originally Posted by Ventus

... I will have to wait at least a day.

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Wow. Seriously? No, no this has to be a joke. Right? I mean I can see you've put a ton of hours into the game so patience is obviously a virtue of yours.

Yeah, it's gotta be a joke because otherwise I'll have to show my age and start talking about the (not so)good old days of dial-up on a 26.6 modem.

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Originally Posted by Validas

Wow. Seriously? No, no this has to be a joke. Right? I mean I can see you've put a ton of hours into the game so patience is obviously a virtue of yours.

Yeah, it's gotta be a joke because otherwise I'll have to show my age and start talking about the (not so)good old days of dial-up on a 26.6 modem.

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My old modem ran on hamsters and wood chips.

Burning both of 'em.

My body is not ready.

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Originally Posted by Validas

Yeah, it's gotta be a joke because otherwise I'll have to show my age and start talking about the (not so)good old days of dial-up on a 26.6 modem.

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Bah! Lightning fast, kiddo! Back in my day we ran at 600 baud, and the common belief was anything over 1200 would cause your face to peel off.

Does anyone else even remember when modem speed was measured in baud?

I remember the horrifying dial-up sound. Some nights I wake up in a cold sweat from a nightmare that I was stuck in the early 90's with shitty internet forever.

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Originally Posted by Eekiki

Bah! Lightning fast, kiddo! Back in my day we ran at 600 baud, and the common belief was anything over 1200 would cause your face to peel off.

Does anyone else even remember when modem speed was measured in baud?

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Was this around the time of record players?

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Originally Posted by Validas

Wow. Seriously? No, no this has to be a joke. Right? I mean I can see you've put a ton of hours into the game so patience is obviously a virtue of yours.

Yeah, it's gotta be a joke because otherwise I'll have to show my age and start talking about the (not so)good old days of dial-up on a 26.6 modem.

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I promise you it's not a joke >.<

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

Was this around the time of record players?

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Yeah, when your turntable system doubled as a coffee table.

Ahh, the 80's. I miss 'em. And I'm not ashamed to admit it.

3 GB patch {You can have this!}

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Originally Posted by Leeloo

I've never had a problem with the game's downloader. -shrugs-

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Same here. Outside of Comcast's service as a whole sucking ass sometimes, SE's patcher has always worked fine for me since launch. Not scared at all. Worst case scenario I have to torrent it, oh no!

I would have to say that I am pretty darn afraid of the time for this patch too. Usually I dont mind the wait times from the patcher(even if it does take hours on end), but after all the hype around this one, Ima just gonna torrent it and get in ASAP.

ill be at a party that night so ill start it when i get home and let it download while im passed out XD