Another "leaving " post.

[Hestzhyen]

20-30 hours?? I don't know how fast your internet is but it took me less than 5 minutes to download new patch. If you are saying it will take 20-30 hours then it is 100% your fault if better internet options are available in your area and you just simply did not choose it. You can't expect any company to cater to internet speeds that slow realistically.

Most Americans consider having two service provideres to choose from a rare luxury. Most of the time if people even have two options, it's between a big name (Comcast, Charter, etc.) and a satellite provider... and if you live in a rural area, satellite may well be your only option.

OP stated they didn't want to leave, they weren't blaming SE, and that their crappy internet service was the root cause. Having the patching process pick up where it left off in the event of a disconnect is a really good idea though, it would be a great QoL improvement to ease the pain of unstable connections or "s*** keeps happening* moments.

[Darkstride]

It's been awhile since I specifically paid attention, but doesn't it sort of have "checkpoints" during the download?

Once you have reached certain intervals, if you close the launcher or are disconnected, the bar starts over at the beginning, but the portion you already downloaded is simply excluded. Check the actual remaining file size after a disconnect and see if it is lower than what you originally started with. I could be wrong but I seem to recall this being the case, which is the download progress bar being misleading rather then the patch not actually saving progress.

[Transient_Shadow]

I thought steam only launched the client for ffxiv. I use steam and I don't think there's much of a difference technical wise. I could be wrong though

[Turnipsi]

Having the patching process pick up where it left off in the event of a disconnect is a really good idea though, it would be a great QoL improvement to ease the pain of unstable connections or "s*** keeps happening* moments.

Like mentioned, the download already does that. It starts the bar, but size of download changes.


Maybe OP could phone hotspot/us tether instead, if their internet is that horrible. Sounds like 300kbits, which is fairly unusual and as such not really what SE caters to. I wish more countries aided people in getting decent internet

[Penthea]

Have you made a post in the technical support section of the forums? You may be able to get helpful advice there. You really have nothing to lose by posting there so you may as well try it.

The last patch was 450MB if I remember right, and I spent an entire day just sitting staring at my modem.
This patch is 1.7GB and the estimated time was 20 to 30 hours. No Way.

This confuses me a tad. According to the forums you joined the forums in 2015, which means you have been playing the game for at least three years. The most recent patch is certainly not the first large patch we have had. How did you deal with the ones that came before?

[Sylve]

Do you have any local friends with internet connections? Friend of mine had issues downloading the game (The patch would corrupt for some reason at 97% every time), so I just copied my install folder to a USB, took that to my friends house and just pasted my working, patched game over the top of his faulty one.

[Seddrinth]

Depends where you are. A lot of America is monopolised so they can charge astronomical rates for subpar service and Australian internet is on a level unto itself. Plenty parts of Australia where even 1mbps down is considered a luxury.

I understand not everyone has access to fast internet. But if your internet speed takes 20-30 hours to even download a patch, how do you even play the game anyway?

[Hestzhyen]

I understand not everyone has access to fast internet. But if your internet speed takes 20-30 hours to even download a patch, how do you even play the game anyway?

Data transfer requirements for MMOs are actually not very high, so as long as you have a reliable connection, it doesn't necessarily have to be the fastest/have the biggest bandwidth.

If OP is having trouble with disconnects they may have done more solo content than grouped. And there are also those brave souls who keep trying to do it all regardless of the instability.

[SpiritMuse]

Data transfer requirements for MMOs are actually not very high, so as long as you have a reliable connection, it doesn't necessarily have to be the fastest/have the biggest bandwidth.

True. I tried playing it through my mobile phone connection once when my internet service was down. It took up surprisingly little data.

[Transient_Shadow]

Data transfer requirements for MMOs are actually not very high, so as long as you have a reliable connection, it doesn't necessarily have to be the fastest/have the biggest bandwidth.

If OP is having trouble with disconnects they may have done more solo content than grouped. And there are also those brave souls who keep trying to do it all regardless of the instability.

This is also true. I had Century Link and my speed was 7mb down and .6mb up on a good day and I never had any issue with connections. downloads and patches took forever though