Guild Wars 2

No problem. Happy to help.

Also, anzenketh is quite correct; for the % to accurately represent the amount of time left, it would have to be based on file size, rather than number, and to determine the size of a file takes almost as long as it does to move the file (not actually, but for the sake of argument, it’s close enough with a large number of files). So, the time required to download would be drastically increased by having % indicate actual time, and the first half or so still wouldn’t be very accurate. :-P
So, really, the only scale you have with the current way % works is “short”, “long” and “REALLY KITTENING LONG”, and that’s still not very accurate. Also, this applies to almost anything in digital-land that uses a % to indicate how far it has progressed.

I just installed it on my wife’s laptop for her to try out. I don’t remember many details, as I was playing on my desktop while it was installing and patching, but I think it took 2-3 hours all told. That being said, I did the initial install from disk, so I’m sure that will make a large difference. Basically, start your download/install/patch, and go about your day as if you weren’t going to be playing today. Check on it periodically to make sure everything is still running okay, and then when it’s finally done, it’ll feel like a pleasant surprise that you’ll actually get to play. Though today’s technology is pretty great, moving large amounts of data is still a computationally instensive process. Good luck, sir… or madam, as the case may be, and I hope you enjoy it. :-P

When I first downloaded this game (way back at head start weekend) it was 25 gigs.

I figured I should throw my name in as well, as this is happening for me, too. The more the merrier, right? It is slightly bothersome, though.

-I am an exceptional forum lurker (I’ve been playing since one of the Beta weekends, and often spend time on the forums, and I believe this is my second post – and the first was deleted when the topic was deleted)
- I took a year and half hiatus
- I like the word “hiatus”
- I love designing different looks for my characters, despite the fact that I only have a tiny fraction of the wardrobe unlocked
- Though I’ve played on and off since head-start, I only have one 80
- I play characters of both genders, despite being a male
- Despite this, I still feel a bit like a creeper when playing my female human-like characters
- My one lvl 80, an Engineer, is a female – I created her for fun just to test out the engineer class, and because I didn’t expect her to last very long, I gave her the bustiest physique… now I feel even creepier when playing as her, but I just love the engineer
- I love the engineer because using an off-hand shield makes me feel like Captain America
- Despite only ever completing an Ascalonian dungeon mode, I really enjoyed dungeons when I last did them (about a year and half ago)
- I’ve played a bit of WvW, and some early PvP, and though I generally have no idea what I’m doing, it’s quite enjoyable
- I love meeting random people who are thoroughly enjoying themselves whilst playing the game
- On the flip side, I hate meeting people that are doing something that they’re hating – the complaining is just annoying (i.e, yesterday someone else who was working on map completion was all “Kill me now, ugh!!!”, and I found it greatly annoying)
- Though I don’t generally check my own grammar after writing something, I’m a huge grammar kitten when it comes to what others are saying
- I love the idea of intentionally using “kitten” in place of swear words, and will work to make this a thing in my day-to-day life
- I spend way too much time reading these forums and reddit whilst at work
- I also like the word “whilst”
- I edited this post to fix some grammar issue, because I don’t want to be judged… for poor grammar…
- I also had to look up whether it is “edited” or “editted”…
- …and I like elipses…