Thread: 2.0 options for existing players: ISO download? digital copy disc?

I'd rather get the ISO and instal a large chunk of the game then run the patcher/updater. This seems to be the most logical approach as if you need to reinstall you don't have to the 18gig+ download every single time. Though you could backup the files before the uninstall, but you might have copied the broken files. the patcher old approach seem terrible! Updating 1.0 for me was evilly slow where my DL speed is 10megs and I'm barely getting 10kB most of the time. Though the slow speeds might have just been my router not forwarding the ports properly for it. I don't want to turn on plug and play on the router as it opens too many holes. Let me set a fixed port like I can do on my other Torrent clients.

Originally Posted by Wilksha

I'd rather get the ISO and instal a large chunk of the game then run the patcher/updater. This seems to be the most logical approach as if you need to reinstall you don't have to the 18gig+ download every single time. Though you could backup the files before the uninstall, but you might have copied the broken files. the patcher old approach seem terrible! Updating 1.0 for me was evilly slow where my DL speed is 10megs and I'm barely getting 10kB most of the time. Though the slow speeds might have just been my router not forwarding the ports properly for it. I don't want to turn on plug and play on the router as it opens too many holes. Let me set a fixed port like I can do on my other Torrent clients.

Funny thing about that is SE's Official port was :55296 for the patcher, but my router always reported the patcher operating on port :55297. either they told us to forward the wrong port or they changed the port number very early after launch

Originally Posted by Valmonte

Funny thing about that is SE's Official port was :55296 for the patcher, but my router always reported the patcher operating on port :55297. either they told us to forward the wrong port or they changed the port number very early after launch

For me, it seemed to rotate ports. Even forwarding the reported port. I was getting slow speeds.

Originally Posted by Wilksha

For me, it seemed to rotate ports. Even forwarding the reported port. I was getting slow speeds.

yeah UPnP never worked for me after i manually forwarded the ports and turned off UPnP in the XIVConfig i was getting like about a Mb a second no where near topping of my connection but a hell of alot better than the 10-50kb i was getting.

Now for people like myself, I'm going to install this on 2 maybe 3 different machines. So that means if the game is 15-20 gigs (like most modern games) that means i'll have to download 45-60 gigs. Thats a huge chunch of bandwidth for people with capped data.

Why would you have to download the iso 3 times when you could just burn it to a disc and use the disc to install on the other machines?

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

Why would you have to download the iso 3 times when you could just burn it to a disc and use the disc to install on the other machines?

If you read his full post, his post mentions both instances. He was just pointing out there if it was just the patcher he downloaded all 3 time.

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

Originally Posted by Chief Currahee

Now for people like myself, I'm going to install this on 2 maybe 3 different machines. So that means if the game is 15-20 gigs (like most modern games) that means i'll have to download 45-60 gigs. Thats a huge chunch of bandwidth for people with capped data.

Why would you have to download the iso 3 times when you could just burn it to a disc and use the disc to install on the other machines?

I was refering to the download installer method. If you read a little further in my post, I stated If I were able to download an .ISO image, I'd be able to burn it to a disc and install it from that on my other machines.

Most Internet providers in the US have a 250-300gb cap if they even have a cap at all. Its pretty hard to even reach that cap unless your sitting there watching HD Netflix all day every day. So I don't even see what the issue is.

Originally Posted by Zumi

Most Internet providers in the US have a 250-300gb cap if they even have a cap at all. Its pretty hard to even reach that cap unless your sitting there watching HD Netflix all day every day. So I don't even see what the issue is.

i keep for getting its the united states of earth, my bad.

Originally Posted by Valmonte

i keep for getting its the united states of earth, my bad.

Not to mention the US is actually pretty far BEHIND when it comes to connectivity. Many ISPs chalk it up to not spending money because customer's don't NEED better connections.