(edited by Pockethole.5031)
HoT expansion installation dilemma
Digital download is almost always the quickest and best way to go nowadays. Discs can get lost, destroyed, etc. and also, when you install from the net, you instantly get the latest patch, or should get. It’s not really the case from the disc. Not to mention, if you buy digitally, you can get in on sales from other websites, if you’re tight on money.
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You can load the DAT file onto a flash drive and move it to your laptop. Saves bandwidth if that is an issue also should be a lot faster.
Then just use the code to upgrade, there is no difference in the programme.
If you can connect your laptop to your desktop, or have a flash drive or something that can hold 25GB the quickest way would be to copy the .dat file from one to the other.
I don’t think there is an actual physical version of HoT – I think the boxed copies are actually just codes to add it to your account or create a new one and then you have to download it. The only copies on disc are from way back when GW2 first came out and there’s been so many updates since then I doubt installing it from a CD would make any difference because so much of it would have to be over written by downloaded updates.
So basically the only reason to buy a physical copy is if you can find it cheaper.
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Yup, HoT box is empty except for a code so either download it all or copy the .DAT file as described above.
If you are going to download it then you can start your laptop going right now using your GW2 account. The download is the same as for HoT so you’d be ready to play when you get the HoT code (and you can see how well GW2 runs on your laptop).
Most MMO games (or the like) sold now a days in a store front are really nothing more than maybe the installation files on a CD and a code to say you bought it. The first time you hook into the games portal there are always updates and the rest of the files to download. So like someone else said – unless you can find a boxed copy that is less than the online price it may just be easier to buy online anyway.
Yup, HoT box is empty except for a code so either download it all or copy the .DAT file as described above.
If you are going to download it then you can start your laptop going right now using your GW2 account. The download is the same as for HoT so you’d be ready to play when you get the HoT code (and you can see how well GW2 runs on your laptop).
Nope, got mine from amazon and it does have a disc. I didn’t need to use it since I already had GW2 installed, just had to use the code to unlock the content.
Yup, HoT box is empty except for a code so either download it all or copy the .DAT file as described above.
If you are going to download it then you can start your laptop going right now using your GW2 account. The download is the same as for HoT so you’d be ready to play when you get the HoT code (and you can see how well GW2 runs on your laptop).
Nope, got mine from amazon and it does have a disc. I didn’t need to use it since I already had GW2 installed, just had to use the code to unlock the content.
That’s weird. I bought two copies of HoT from Amazon, 1 pre-order for me and, later, one “normal” HoT for a member of the family. No disc in either. (scratches head…).
@OP, regardless of the installation method, one decision you do need to make is whether to add HoT to your existing account or whether to set up a whole new account. The former will unlock HoT for all your existing toons. The latter will give you a new blank account with 5 empty char slots and all of core and HoT to play with.