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1.6: How big download?

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30GB confirmed?
  • catsgomeow
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    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6
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  • Faugaun
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    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6

    That's got to be frustrating I'm on fiber with unlimited data so no idea....even unlimited on my 4g android ...maybe zos could offer a highly compressed version (if it's not already) that people in you boat can DL unzip and drop into the folder ...much like an add-on.
  • xMovingTarget
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    OVER 9000!
















    Megabytes
  • rsiloliveiraub17_ESO
    It is like every patch we need to download the whole game again.
    Edited by rsiloliveiraub17_ESO on March 3, 2015 12:56PM
  • Lylith
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    we're about to find out.

    now we wait...

    cheers.
  • Rebeccas04nub18_ESO
    And so the wait begins..............
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  • killedbyping
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    What does the scouts says about patch size ?
    IT'S OVER 9000 !!!!!!
  • marc-zbindenpreeb18_ESO
    9 GB isn't that big, only about a third of the whole game...
  • killedbyping
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    9 GB isn't that big, only about a third of the whole game...

    Sorry for missleading, i meant over 9000gb
  • marc-zbindenpreeb18_ESO
    9 GB isn't that big, only about a third of the whole game...

    Sorry for missleading, i meant over 9000gb

    That would be 9 TB. I guess not many of us have such big HDDs and certainly not SSDs.

    Anywhere ESO/Zenimax says that?
  • Smaxx
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    No, initial download size wasn't 30 GB unless you didn't have the PTS client installed (then you ha da full install!). The actual update should be around 15 GB generic data and 5-6 GB voiceover files, but it might be less for the live client.
  • Sacadon
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    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6
    How do you propose they get all the high-res textures and audio to your computer?

  • UrQuan
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    9 GB isn't that big, only about a third of the whole game...

    Sorry for missleading, i meant over 9000gb

    That would be 9 TB. I guess not many of us have such big HDDs and certainly not SSDs.

    Anywhere ESO/Zenimax says that?
    No, he was making a joke based on the "It's over 9000!!!!" meme.
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  • rsiloliveiraub17_ESO
    Sacadon wrote: »
    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6
    How do you propose they get all the high-res textures and audio to your computer?

    Assuming we have the game already downloaded, patches shouldn't be the size of the full game.
  • UrQuan
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    Sacadon wrote: »
    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6
    How do you propose they get all the high-res textures and audio to your computer?
    I've always been partial to using carrier pigeons.
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  • Rebeccas04nub18_ESO
    Smaxx wrote: »
    No, initial download size wasn't 30 GB unless you didn't have the PTS client installed (then you ha da full install!). The actual update should be around 15 GB generic data and 5-6 GB voiceover files, but it might be less for the live client.

    so 20-ish? my game is around 36 right now.
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  • Taonnor
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    Remember: They replace some files. So, yes you must download the game again. Partially.
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  • dharbert
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    Taonnor wrote: »
    Remember: They replace some files. So, yes you must download the game again. Partially.

    ^ This. They haven't figured out how to patch a 200 MB change into a 5 GB file, so you have to re-download the entire 5 GB file.
  • MissBizz
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    Big enough I'm concerned.

    I'm pretty sure a program automatically installed itself onto my SSD last week.

    .. ... I need to go home at lunch and check that.

    And delete EVERYTHING.


    Must have patch downloaded and ready when I get home from work *twitches*
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  • Zershar_Vemod
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    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6

    It's 2015, this is normal.

    It's not ZOS's fault that you have a cap / possible outdated tech that can't handle normal games to be honest.
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  • MissBizz
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    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6

    It's 2015, this is normal.

    It's not ZOS's fault that you have a cap / possible outdated tech that can't handle normal games to be honest.

    Not sure where you are.. but before I was on fibre on was on the old "ADSL" which had a cap. I'm sure about 2 years ago when it was becoming totally outdated they stopped billing my when I went above the cap. Probably their version of "I feel sorry for you, your internet speed, and not-unlimited data" Talk to your provider, and maybe they can offer you something?
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  • catsgomeow
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    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6

    It's 2015, this is normal.

    It's not ZOS's fault that you have a cap / possible outdated tech that can't handle normal games to be honest.

    What ZOS needs to understand is some countries isp's don't offer unlimited bandwidths unless you are willing to pay through the nose for them, and my tech is just fine thankyou. Thing is this is a new pc I just installed the client last week after jumping through many hoops because it decided to download the NA client not the EU, there goes a nice chunk, and now we have this being thrown at us, another client sized patch for an update/expansion, tell me im not the only one shaking my head at this.
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  • Tomg999
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    So do I have to keep checking the client every 15 minutes to see if "PLAY" has changed to "UPDATE" or whatever & then click on it? I don't remember from last time.
  • Darlgon
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    Tomg999 wrote: »
    So do I have to keep checking the client every 15 minutes to see if "PLAY" has changed to "UPDATE" or whatever & then click on it? I don't remember from last time.

    Leave your launcher up and go away and do stuff. One of two things will happen:

    1. The patch will start downloading when its available. (I dont think this will be the case unless you played PTS.)
    2. When the patch becomes available, a message like "Manifest Unavailable" will appear on your screen. This means your launcher needs to be restarted to install the updated launcher. Once you have finished that, your download will start.
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  • Rebeccas04nub18_ESO
    Tomg999 wrote: »
    So do I have to keep checking the client every 15 minutes to see if "PLAY" has changed to "UPDATE" or whatever & then click on it? I don't remember from last time.

    Umm, yeah.

    Or just look at the forums header. We would like an alert on our mobile devices (since some of us are a bit compulsive) but we didn't get that yet.
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  • infraction2008b16_ESO
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    Faugaun wrote: »
    Initial 1.6 on pts was 30ish gig...I expect after all t:he changes it will be similar for live

    Ummm... most pts stuff in other games are usually whole clients rather than slimlined patches.

    catsgomeow wrote: »
    these download sizes are ridiculous, eso has swallowed more of my bandwidth than a number of games combined, I am on a limited monthly cap and ive had about enough of these purely insane download sizes, I think my subscription stops with 1.6

    It's 2015, this is normal.

    It's not ZOS's fault that you have a cap / possible outdated tech that can't handle normal games to be honest.

    While technology has advanced the attitudes of certain isp's in particular mainstream ones haven't. Even ones that offer unlimited data will often throttle after a few gig because it's what they expect to be the max for the average user to dl under their fair use policy.

    While none of this is zenimax's fault they do have to consider that some might run into issues with caps a throttling...

    Edited by infraction2008b16_ESO on March 3, 2015 2:41PM
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