Guild Wars 2

Can a DEV please tell me the estimated size of today’s patch? The launcher (from my knowledge) doesn’t show the size, but only how many files, but I need to know the actual MB amount because of a unique internet situation I have this week.

Can a DEV please tell me if we’re talking 100mb, 500mb, 1gb. 2+, 3+ ? Just a ballpark would work.

Thanks!

A size would be nice…. so I could gauge how long it will take me to download tonight. Something beyond my initial (personal) guesstimate of ‘painfully long.’

isn’t it usually around 1,3 G?

I think this one will be much bigger – also they might go down for a bit since they need to patch the servers also.

I’m quesstimating it will be about 900mb to 1gig, though it could be between 600mb and 2gig for all we know. What is still quite irksome is that we still will not know how large of a download it is until the last file finishes downloading due to the percentage of progress being based on number of files and not on the size of the files in the entire update. We could be at 500MB downloaded and sitting at 99% with 1 file to go and that last file could be 2gigs in size and continue to sit at 99% for a few more hours.

It’s gonna be big, really big… bigger than big, it’s gonna be huge! Gigantic! Enormous! Titanic even!

Berelious.3290:

Titanic even!

So you’re saying it’s gonna sink?

chuckle

I think they’ve been sneaking in pieces of the download for days now so it won’t be so big (it will still be large though). When the final download hits, it will activate the pieces we’ve already downloaded.

Nah it wont be to big remember they not adding much map changes except for the new pvp map. I expect no more than 1GB or so if even if its that big.

Osculim.2983:

Nah it wont be to big remember they not adding much map changes except for the new pvp map. I expect no more than 1GB or so if even if its that big.

They are adding a lot – having to redo how the servers get addressed, etc is big – plus they will have to patch the servers.

If you consider what constitutes the large portions of a patch, it has to be new graphics files and in terms of those, I think this patch will have very few…..unless the mechanic to unlock trait skills actually introduces new content (Bosses, map changes, etc.).

Beyond that, all the graphics content (wardrobe, PvP alteration, etc.) is already in the game files….your characters just will have different access to it. I don’t think UI interface changes and functionality on the client end require that much data to be transferred to the DB files (but I could certainly be wrong).

Long story short, it could be surprisingly small considering how much of the game it is going to alter.

Pretty sure servers will be patched on the fly (if they have not already been done or in progress). They likely have the updated servers sitting there waiting to generate new “patched” zones when clients with the new code log in. These days, servers use virtual machines that are likely both clustered and load balanced to allow for updates that are seamless to the end user client. I seriously don’t recall the last time they took down the game for “maintenance” and I have not seen an announcement that this will be the case today.

Berelious.3290:

It’s gonna be big, really big… bigger than big, it’s gonna be huge! Gigantic! Enormous! Titanic even!

I prefer the term Ginormous myself.

I’m curious about this ‘unique internet situation’ but I’m guessin I won’t get a reply due to the OP having to ration their bandwith…

Not big, a lot of it is text and change of scripts, not actual new models or textures.

Dusty Moon.4382:

They are adding a lot – having to redo how the servers get addressed, etc is big – plus they will have to patch the servers.

None of that is a lot of DATA though. No new items, textures, maps, sound, music …

tigirius.9014:

I prefer the term Ginormous myself.

Humongdiqulous!

If one of you smart folks can determine the size of the patch after it’s downloaded and post it here, I would be grateful!

I would appreciate that too. If it’s a big update then my quaintly rustic threadband will turn it into an agony of eternity >.< I read that we get 5 free transmutation charges, but they’re only available on the day of the patch – well, it could well take longer than that for it to trickle through here lol

Will be sure to update after the patch. Though I download kind of slow so I’m sure others will update before I would be able to. Will be nice to also find out how much I’ll be downloading due to others downloading quicker than I and being so kind as to update here.

Hmmm the bulk of the size of any patch is graphics and sound, code shouldn’t be very large. Unless I’m completely mistaken, the Feature Patch doesn’t contain many (if any) new graphics or sound assets so I expect loads of files but not a very big patch in GBs.

The Feature Patch should be smaller than the LS patches which usually contain new models, new textures, new music and new dialogue / sound assets which can take up some considerable space.

Unless they patch through some S2 content while we aren’t looking.

no new content – little size. 500mb max

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This big.

OneManArmy.9732:

no new content – little size. 500mb max

That ppl lake to hype the hell out from a patch that only contain fixes.

Dusty Moon.4382:

Osculim.2983:

Nah it wont be to big remember they not adding much map changes except for the new pvp map. I expect no more than 1GB or so if even if its that big.

They are adding a lot – having to redo how the servers get addressed, etc is big – plus they will have to patch the servers.

you have to remember patching works different in gw2 than other games their tech allows them to do stuff in the background thats why you never have downtime for patches in gw2 and im sure they use the same tech for servers. They might already have it ready.

A while back they had a whole explanation of how it works.

why do people think it’s going to be so big? I think maybe 60-200mb.

Let’s play a game of writing random numbers as file size. Oh! You all started before me. So unfair

If I remember right from GW1, the size of a patch varies person to person for many reasons. It depends on areas previously visited, it depends on background downloads, it depends on when you last played, what files you already have that need changing, what files you DON’T have. This is because Guild Wars only downloads the client and a few functional files and you download more files every time you load a map. When that map changes, you need to redownload it.

Now it’s not much of a difference. I could be getting 800MB, someone else could be getting 1.2GB. To give you a cut and dry number of what the patch is will be hard enough. To give you a number of what the patch WILL be? Nobody knows.

It’s going to be a Norn sized patch – fairly large but not gigantic

I’d actually be more interested in a “number of patches” guess game rather than a “size of patch” guess game

Lishtenbird.2814:

I’d actually be more interested in a “number of patches” guess game rather than a “size of patch” guess game

That DOES sound more fun.

6. One release, 5 bug fixes.

My guess is 2.4GB chomp chomp chomp

Gargantuan!
I don’t know I’m downloading the entire game right now so I hope I don’t have another “GARGANTUAN” dl on my hands.

My guess is 1.27GB

this isnt a content update, only quality of life junk

Personally I’d guess in the 500-800mb range, but it’s impossible to say.

This is a good suggestion. This should be a primary thing in updates anyway.
I always wondered how big the filed are i’m downloading.

I don’t think its hard for devs to check the file content right before the patch happens and add it as info at the patch notes or announcement.

Some people have limited download, and if they suprisingly exceed it because of an update like this it can become a frustrating matter.

This way we know how much we are downloading and we can prepare for situations like this.

This should be done with every patch btw, even if its just a few kb’s of lines that got editted

+1

Rezz.8019:

My guess is 1.27GB

Is there some kind of reward to the closest one ;D

I think I can see how big it is on the launcher, so I’ll tell you after I get the update…
It usually is between 1 and 1,3 GB but I think this will be smaller due to mostly of it is server updates.

I guess it will be x (kb/mb/gb)!

2/300 mb

Then 5 updates 1 major and the 4 others to fix something they broke

Almost no new, perma content, just features. My bet is max. 350-450 mb

I’m going to say it’s roughly 200-220MB.

Just patched

Behellagh.1468:

I’m going to say it’s roughly 200-220MB.

Just patched

I concur, just over 200MB or so.

If you think you got it bad, my new computer got delivered this afternoon and sitting here waiting for the mammmu of uploads just to get the game back. So there.

So copying the files over a network or large USB isn’t possible for you?

Its going well and would rather have a totally fresh upload on this puppy. Been tweaking some stuffs I wanted to and looking at new features (went to Windows anyway while the upload is going on so upload will be done before I know it.