Why is the patch/update system -still- broken?

[Mack]

I have to disagree. is not broken, just not STABLE. that the proper word for it. if it's BROKEN, i too will get 0 for hours. but i do not.

What are you arguing for? if its not working like it should its broken, not a big deal, they should fix it either way (whether you wanna call it unstable or broken).

[Linkurrra]

I have to disagree. is not broken, just not STABLE. that the proper word for it. if it's BROKEN, i too will get 0 for hours. but i do not.

You know, so many ppl complain that the fault is Square Enix. I have no problems with P2P. If it was a problem with Square Enix servers then everybody would be experiencing it.

Here is what a lot of ppl do not consider. Bit Torrents are frowned upon by ISP's because they assume it is users downloading pirated material. This is not the only use for P2P/Bit Torrent, but it is what it is used by the majority of users on the internet.

Hence ISP's will detect said traffic and throttle you or interrupt your packet stream to cause you to start over. I suggest that the ppl that are having problems to contact their ISP (Internet provider for those not in the know) and find out what their Bit Torrent and P2P networking policy is. You may be surprised that they don't allow such traffic and will throttle your traffic if they find it.

This is tricky as well, as alot of ISP's will lie and say they don't when they do. Just to keep business. But it is another thing to look at that may be causing you your problems if you think everything else is setup correctly.

[KaedrianLiang]

6hours+ and im sitting at 93% with 0.0b/s but my upload has been flaring at 250KB/s for the last 3 hours. Can i press charges for having my computer resources be abused by a corporation like this?

[Randis]

same here, always issues with FF updates....

[Azurymber]

if you have to restart the download over and over again to get a connection for a few seconds each time, thats not a stability issue, thats broken. If you leave it at 0 for hours it will never go off 0 (at least the one time i tried it was stuck at a certain % and 0 for about 5 hours). You have to reopen it and then its like a random chance each time of getting a connection for all of 20 sec and a few % increase.

And you could tell its broken because it used to take me 5 hours to download a patch with the client, whereas it took 2 min with the torrent system.

[Elexia]

Took me only 5 minutes to update the second it went live.

[Ennvy]

Aye same, Dont have a problem with it at all. but.... My main computer it download super fast. but my old computer takes abit, sometimes just wait next day to update. Soo its random.

[gifthorse]

FFS I have tried everything... still 8 hours to download. LOL.

edit: wow, now at 20 hours.

[Vanguard319]

FFS I have tried everything... still 8 hours to download. LOL.

edit: wow, now at 20 hours.

Don't feel too bad, mine says another 2 hours to go, but its already been more than 24 hours for me. I've tried looking up my router settingsonline, but since I don't know the user name and password it's under, I can't alter it or even look it up. I doubt portforward will do anything either without knowing that info -.-

[Azurymber]

and thats the problem. it works for some people and doesn't for others. That just frusterates people. I mean honestly I just feel like quitting rather than wasting hours trying to get the game to update (closing and reopening every 5min). Its little things like this that have made so many people quit already, and will keep people from coming back in the future.