Guild Wars 2

As we know HoT launches at the 23rd.
So my question is: Is there any information yet when we’ll be able to download the files? I’m asking because I think we all hope we don’t have to download some GB of files at release day with impressive 2kb/s cause of overloaded servers.

Hope there’s already some information, that I missed out or we can get an answer from Gaile or a dev on this.

It seems we have been downloading Heart of Thorns files for some time now. I’m sure there will be a patch on release day (which the time may, or may not, be announced in advance), but I doubt it will be the entirety of the files needed for the expansion.

Good luck.

We’ve already downloaded a lot of HoT files. The betas were played on live accounts so everything that was in the beta is already in our client. Even more than what was playable in fact since various things that weren’t in the beta were datamined.

I must admit, this is the bit I’m dreading. I wonder how long it’s going to take to squeeze all those files down my piece-of-string internet connection I hope we can dl it ahead of time, even though we won’t be able to access it until release day…. I just have nightmares of not being able to get in until like 5 days after everyone else (and sitting watching the endless, endless download, inwardly screaming lol)

Sure, we downloaded some files already, but I imagine there’s still a lot missing such as pve maps, the wvw map, the story,…

If they do what they normally do, patches are on Tuesday. So I assume the HoT expansion will get downloaded the Tuesday before launch (what is left anyway). There will of coarse be hot-fixes on launch day.

I figure they’re holding some stuff back to prevent datamining from spoiling everything (at least, everything they don’t spoil with their own blog posts anyway)
My theory anyway

Go to a restaurant / starbucks / mcdonalds / library and log into their Wi-Fi to download ……..

I asked an anet dev last month, and he/she said “all you’ll be doing is downloading a patch, and you can jump right in.”

Diovid.9506:

We’ve already downloaded a lot of HoT files. The betas were played on live accounts so everything that was in the beta is already in our client. Even more than what was playable in fact since various things that weren’t in the beta were datamined.

We’ve downloaded all the revenant, elite spec, and Verdant Brink assets and a chunk of extra stuff(first Spirit Vale boss, a few other models), but nothing beyond that. I imagine we’ll have to download several more gigs when it goes live.

steve.2945:

I asked an anet dev last month, and he/she said “all you’ll be doing is downloading a patch, and you can jump right in.”

That sounds promising, but did they say how large of a patch?

gamerinachair.4057:

steve.2945:

I asked an anet dev last month, and he/she said “all you’ll be doing is downloading a patch, and you can jump right in.”

That sounds promising, but did they say how large of a patch?

200TB?

Sorry, not being Serious…

gamerinachair.4057:

steve.2945:

I asked an anet dev last month, and he/she said “all you’ll be doing is downloading a patch, and you can jump right in.”

That sounds promising, but did they say how large of a patch?

no, but my guess would be like a 10-30min download for the patch.

steve.2945:

gamerinachair.4057:

steve.2945:

I asked an anet dev last month, and he/she said “all you’ll be doing is downloading a patch, and you can jump right in.”

That sounds promising, but did they say how large of a patch?

no, but my guess would be like a 10-30min download for the patch.

10-30 minutes + 4-5 hours of server crashes, slow downloads, and error messages.

Remember the last big balance patch? everyone tried to download at once and their download servers couldn’t take it. The 200MB patch took many people 2 hours to download.

now imagine that, but 10x worse with 10x more people…

I would plan on at least 5 hours to download the final patch.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

steve.2945:

gamerinachair.4057:

steve.2945:

I asked an anet dev last month, and he/she said “all you’ll be doing is downloading a patch, and you can jump right in.”

That sounds promising, but did they say how large of a patch?

no, but my guess would be like a 10-30min download for the patch.

10-30 minutes + 4-5 hours of server crashes, slow downloads, and error messages.

Remember the last big balance patch? everyone tried to download at once and their download servers couldn’t take it. The 200MB patch took many people 2 hours to download.

now imagine that, but 10x worse with 10x more people…

I would plan on at least 5 hours to download the final patch.

It better not take 10 mins. I’ve just upgraded to a 200MB connection. It had better take 3-5 mins tops.

But then I normally download them no problems.

BrotherBelial.3094:

It better not take 10 mins. I’ve just upgraded to a 200MB connection. It had better take 3-5 mins tops.

But then I normally download them no problems.

I don’t have 200MB connection, but it it far faster then 4KB/s. Our connections are not the bottleneck. I would be delighted with 30 min after the over 2h last time.

What I usually do is if I am in the game and it gives the new build msg in x mins then I will just finish what I am doing then I will log out of the game and then look on the Wiki for the DL notes. I will wait till the notes show up there and skim thru whats on it. I may even go do something like the dishes / make a juice / start lunch or dinner / etc. That’s usually about 45 mins to an hour after the patch/content goes live. If I get a phone call then it could be 2 hrs. Usually by then it’s ok and the bottleneck is gone.

A couple of hours is not going to make or break getting the content done.

Going by the minimum requirements, the patch on launch will likely be around 7 GB. You should be able to use the streaming option however to play the core game while it downloads in the background.

Youch. A couple of hours on normal broadband will be a looooong time on mine, that’s exactly the kind of thing I was dreading I hope when it comes to it though it won’t actually be that bad /fingers crossed