Can some pc wizard in here explain how pausing and resuming the download actually helps to download more mbps?

KingOfSpades22 wrote: »

I bought this game on monday afternoon, adter a 15Gb update i finally got to play!.. on tuesday. now i couldn't play for almost 4 hours because of the maintenance just to find out that there is another 15Gb patch.

Don't get me wrong, i like the fact that they are trying to improve the game, the problem is that the final patch was actually every patch combined. (i read that on gamefaq).

i just hope that this patch will fix most of the problems so we will not have to go through this crap anytime soon.
still loving this game so far. (from what i could actually see)

I feel your pain. I had a 15gb patch to download when I bought the game too. Then downtime, another 15gb patch, then more downtime tomorrow.

Could at least release the patch at 2am or something when everyone is asleep so it's mostly downloaded by the time we get up.

I for one love downloading

mikwin wrote: »

Can some pc wizard in here explain how pausing and resuming the download actually helps to download more mbps?

@mikwin It also increases your gbs and ghz of your ps4.

greymittens wrote: »

I for one love downloading

mikwin wrote: »

Can some pc wizard in here explain how pausing and resuming the download actually helps to download more mbps?

@mikwin It also increases your gbs and ghz of your ps4.

Eh my bet its faulty launcher - its faulty on pc (to the point i always start game directly from directory not from launcher to avoid many bugs) swo it "might" be faulty on consoles.

Done. Only 90 minutes so not too bad. Of course I looked at the patch notes and not one thing made me smile.

Got a solution, smash your head against your ps4 three times screaming "CURSE YOU ZENIMAX" and it increases download speed. Mine jumped from 36 hours to a more respectable 7 hours.

If I am not mistaken, everytime a game updates on console it pays some fee to sony/microsoft. So for this reason, all updates come in "bundle". You wont see some MB update on console...all updates will be a lot of GBs

MissBizz wrote: »

Devve wrote: »

no this rediculus. this is almost the entire games file size on pc

No.. no it's not.

Anyways, I would expect some larger patches at first due to the amount of fixes they are implementing. Once there is less stuff to fix, I imagine there will be smaller patches.

Yes. Yes it is. I had to deal with it on PC and now Im dealing with it on Console. I dont know how many MMOs youve played. But the average MMO doesnt patch 15gbs every week or every other week. This is major Update size downloads. But for this game its 'normal'. The truth is its obnoxious and completely inconsiderate of their playerbase. Especially when you go in and look at the meat and potatoes of the patch and realize that its not that big of a fix. To top that off people have a limit on how much they can download over the course of the month. 15gbs tends to stack up. Especially when you have a family that are also using the internet.

All this rage and condescension tho.

Like, in rural NZ I'm paying $20/15gb so essentially I'm paying $20 for something I have, I've been humming and hawing about whether to download it or leave it until there is an alternate source or the next patch. I mean, I wouldn't buy a newspaper if it was the same paper as the day before with a new crossword.

lol, good to see the console players come round already. Welcome to Zenimax world people, enjoy your stay.

It's not the patch that's annoying, it's the pitifully slow speed its downloading at. 15gb usually takes me 2 to 3 hours, still got 7 hours left and been downloading for 4 hours already.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey guys. Just to follow up, we do understand that having to download such a large patch is frustrating and not ideal, and we want to let you know that we are actively working to ensure future ESOTU PS4 patches are not cumulative.

A big patch isn't all that big of a deal in my opinion as long as we're given a heads up so we can leave our PS4 in rest mode and DL the patch through the night.

The servers are taking a battering because

A> digital copies of batman
B> free ps plus version of driveclub
C> ESO aswell

For sony servers

Just to throw in my tuppance worth. I got the game last Friday. Spent Friday night installing and downloading an enormous patch (something that really wound me up because it was reported that it was a purely money-saving exercise so the publishers didn't have to manufacture a second disc in the package) only to find out today, on my day off that I can't play the game as I need to re-download something that should have been included in the box in the first place right after the servers had been down for hours?

For those of you who think this is acceptable, please don't have any (more) children. The world is full of enough mindless automatons as it is thank-you. For Zenimax, get a grip. This is a quality service you are supposed to be providing us with, spend the extra money now and quit making your customers pay for your apathy and blatant cheapness.

In other news. My download originally clocked in at 32 hours. After switching DNS to Googles and doing the pause/restart trick I'm down to 85mins and the mb's are flying up, I've had to repeat that a couple of times when it slowed down too. I've no idea why that works, I can only assume it is something to do with switching through download mirrors until you find a faster one until it gets jammed up too?

Bottom line, this has to be a new low in gaming history. Next they'll be making us do their beta testing for them. Oh wait...

Pauze te download en push again saves huge time i,m under a hour now,just try few times