umm 10gb in patches from fresh install....

[Evangela]

10 GBs are nothing for average ISP nowadays. unless you're using some unstable service like Wi-Fi or cellphone internet that comes with limited bandwidth.

[HeroSamson]

You are basically telling him to move to a new area to play a videogame.


edit: not that he has a lot of options but you're still being a jerk.

Uh, so what do you expect SE to do about it? want them to remove stuff and limit everyone's game play for 1 person who doesn't wanna pay for the price for going over his limit he payed for?

I don't see how they are being a jerk for telling the truth.

[Tsuwu]

Hit up a LAN arena/your work /college campus/ with your laptop, download the things, return home, install the things.
If you don't have a laptop, then download to another/friend's computer and transfer the things via USB.
If you don't have a USB, you can get a 16gb one very very inexpensively.
If you don't have a friend IRL, you probably shouldn't play an MMO until you resolve that.
If you don't have any other options, you can always download each patch file individually over the course of several weeks.

[Kaisha]

Name three major MMO releases that update the client after every major patch. Or, really, at all within their first year of launch. Three! (One might be too easy, so I'm asking for a trend of them and not just one outlier that can afford the development time and money to support this idea.)

Problem with FFXIV is how much data it flat out replaces per update being applied (hence 10gb of update, but game folder is still 11gb). There's likely a lot of redundancy doing all the updates from a fresh install when it could have just fed you the up-to-date files in the first place.

[Nephera]

Uh, so what do you expect SE to do about it? want them to remove stuff and limit everyone's game play for 1 person who doesn't wanna pay for the price for going over his limit he payed for?

I don't see how they are being a jerk for telling the truth.

It's telling the truth in the most flippant douchiest possible way that's the issue not that its the truth.

[Pantz]

It's telling the truth in the most flippant douchiest possible way that's the issue not that its the truth.

How is telling the OP to get a new ISP being a douche? Please enlighten me. Unless you think everyone has telepathy and can tell where the OP lives and what ISPs the OP has access to.

You can't play without the updates so it's a matter of "Do you want to play this game again?"

Also get an ISP that doesn't limit bandwidth.

Definitely nothing douchey about this. It's just telling the reality as it is, followed by giving an advice, although it's unfortunate the OP can't follow that advice...

[Taaku]

If you'd like to read what they've changed since when you played here's a good link for it:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...patchnote_log/

[Wildsprite]

my opinion that would help people lots and I think SE should do is make the patches in installable packs for each patch so we can save them to install later. that way we don't have to redownload the whole darn thing upon a fresh install. c'mon SE it only makes sense for the PC version and it would free up your bandwidth for PS3 and PS4 versions(unless sony wants to make some viable way to do this on those systems too I can't see it happening)

[Nephera]

How is telling the OP to get a new ISP being a douche? Please enlighten me.


Unless you think everyone has telepathy and can tell where the OP lives and what ISPs the OP has access to.

Well I might be overreacting because i don't particularly like Samson but keep in mind the reality of the situation is that unmetered internet doesn't really exist anymore save for a few parts of Europe.

Data caps that small are usually exclusive to the united states, australia and a long list of third world countries with almost no internet infrastructure. Add on top that most of the world with access to broadband usually has at best two or less providers. The United States in particular.

Definitely nothing douchey about this. It's just telling the reality as it is, followed by giving an advice, although it's unfortunate the OP can't follow that advice...

So yes,throwing out that you should change ISPs is more often than not a non solution. And it's pretty douchey.

[Eekiki]

Well I might be overreacting because i don't particularly like Samson...

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So yes,throwing out that you should change ISPs is more often than not a non solution. And it's pretty douchey.

Well, the OP never asked for you to defend them (as if there was something the OP had to be defended from). So who is the one being douchey here?

And to answer the OP: Yes, it's worth it. I'd imagine the penalty for being over bandwidth for one month won't be all that harsh. And you can always complain about it. Nine times out of ten they'll refund it if you raise a big enough stink.