or does the mind rule the body?
Incredibly slow download speed
or does the mind rule the body?
Speedtest doesn’t tell you anything about connecting to an ArenaNet server, just so you know.
That said, it can take awhile to download the game, and/or patches. It can depend on the file, the time, the amount of players downloading, etc. Your ISP may be throttling your download speed; you can speak to them, as well.
You can just leave it, or start it, and stop it; it will pick up where it left off if you stop the download.
If you continue to have issue, you can contact the Tech CS Team via the ‘Support’ link above/below and ‘Submit a Ticket’ for assistance.
Welcome to Tyria, and good luck.
I don’t know how long you have been trying, but if it’s been hours, I would check if GW2 has access to the internet through your firewall. Maybe it’s being blocked.