SE sort out your Updater ><

[Nipa]

Dear SE,

we do understand you don't have the technical skills to build a decent patching system (scaling servers, optional P2P, win32 interface, delta patching). But it's ok. I don't have them either. Really, it's ok, Don't try to improve it anymore. Don't apologize anymore. But please, consider investing in an existing patching solution. This would be a very potent investment, as it would ease the use of all of your games at once. I'm also pretty sure it would cost less than trying to build something decent from your actual system. And it would make everyone of us happier.

We are not angry with you SE. But now, please, it's time to be reasonable and do things properly.

Cheers.

[origamikitsune]

Did an interesting little experiment.
I downloaded the patch, as soon as it was available.
It took me 45 min.
Waited almost 10 hour.
I uninstalled 14.
Reinstalled.
30min to patch.

I'll let you guys argue about what that means.

[Lorelai]

The patcher clearly needs work and SE seem to be aware of that, but I think the bigger issue is whether it's really necessary for us to download a 328mb file for a 100kb update. Come on, guys, some common sense goes a long way. +_+

[Balbanes]

Did an interesting little experiment.
I downloaded the patch, as soon as it was available.
It took me 45 min.
Waited almost 10 hour.
I uninstalled 14.
Reinstalled.
30min to patch.

I'll let you guys argue about what that means.

There's a Dilbert joke in here somewhere...

[Zenaku]

I didn't have issues at all, took me 15-20min to download patch and to redownload full take me 40mins tops. I open my ports i have 6MB download 512kb upload using AT&T. I really don't know why everyone having issue and some are not but i agree SE should just have a webpage you could download each patch.

btw there is a website that allow you to download each patch go look it up on Google.

[Balbanes]

Started downloading patch at 3:01, finished 17 minutes later at 3:18. I have no port forwarding enabled. I am starting to think the issue is with peoples ISP/routers/modems.
I can usually get the patches in decent time when they're newly released on patch day, too.

[Shai]

LOL

What does it take to ban someone on this forum, really?
Honestly, if this were my forum I'd ban hammer one of you all every day.
I'd probably not even meet my own standards (with this post alone).

Instead of arguing and bitching we should all love SE and be constructive (which is not constructive) - and Kilta, I'm talking to you, though I know I'll regret it - you should just post when you have something constructive to add. Destructive comments and derailing threads for your own personal vendettas against (wah) people who are rude to you shouldn't be tolerated. How do you not notice that 9/10 times you post in a thread, you get crapped all over? You like that kind of attention? You let your boyfriend do that to you when you were 19?

You talk a big game about how grown up you are but your posts betray you.
The amount of times I see you ganged up on betrays you.

This game and this community have enough problems. When can I hope and pray for some perma-bans and some IP bans from people who literally spew their horse(----) all over every thread.

It's so nice when they aren't here, filling up 30/40 posts per page with their crybaby insults.

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On another note, the patcher almost never works for me. I always seek alternative assistance. I prefer a 10min download to 7 hours. Today, incidentally, I was bringing in groceries so I just let it ride and it was done in 15 minutes. Probably the 2nd time it's finished in a timely manner out of all the patches since CE release.

[Zenaku]

Started downloading patch at 3:01, finished 17 minutes later at 3:18. I have no port forwarding enabled. I am starting to think the issue is with peoples ISP/routers/modems.
I can usually get the patches in decent time when they're newly released on patch day, too.

That what am saying there ISP A: Ports not working right B: there ISP: Sucks and the download just does not work right with there isp. Or C: some people are trying to download ffxiv on a wireless and blame the d/c and slow download on that when wireless sucks for ffxiv.

[Bluesky]

not much to say Kilta = prick and the patcher needs a fix

[Warlyx]

lol everything in FFXIV sucks even the updater!

p.d Download rate 0,0 ...............have been dowloading for hours..........23%

SE 1900s called wants the 56k modem back