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Will you redownload or uninstall/install the game with Update 25?
necrospiritus
Soul Shriven
I am asking to myself 'When Update 25 came out, Should I follow the instructions for redownload the game or manually uninstall the game then freshly install?' My opinion is manully uninstall then install the game will be more 'clean' but I wonder your ideas. Is there any pros/cons?
Will you redownload or uninstall/install the game with Update 25? 100 votes
Redownlanding the game with update
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80 votes
Manually uninstalling then installing
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Browiseth✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭i presume the launcher will do the whole process automaticallyskingrad when zoscharacters:PC/NA but live in EU 150+ ping lyfe- EP - M - Strikes-with-Arcane - Argonian Stamina Sorc - lvl 50 - The Flawless Conqueror/Spirit Slayer
- EP - F - Melina Elinia - Dunmer Magicka Dragonknight - lvl 50
- EP - F - Sinnia Lavellan - Altmer Warden Healer - lvl 50
- EP - M - Follows-the-Arcane - Argonian Healer Sorcerer- lvl 50
- EP - F - Ashes-of-Arcane - Argonian Magicka Necromancer - lvl 50
- EP - M - Bolgrog the Sinh - Orc Stamina Dragonknight - lvl 50
- EP - F - Moonlight Maiden - Altmer Magicka Templar - lvl 50
- EP - F - Maxine Cauline - Breton Magicka Nightblade - lvl 50
- EP - M - Garrus Loridius - Imperial Stamina Templar - lvl 50
- EP - F - Jennifer Loridius - Imperial Necromancer tank - lvl 50
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Danikat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I'm going to uninstall and do a fresh reinstall, but only because I also want to move it to a new drive.
If I was leaving it in the same location I'd just use the launcher to update it and assume it would remove all the unnecessary files in the process. (Which is what ZOS said to do.) If I was just moving it to a new location I'd probably try just copying the files from C: to B: and only re-download if that didn't work.
But since I got my new drive just before the big update I think it makes sense to go ahead and uninstall completely then reinstall to the new location.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
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TheFM✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭im gonna let the launcher do it for the simple fact that the patched version of the game could somehow get borked or not uploaded on the site and then i have to download it twice anyway.
So, update it is.1 -
Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Vote early, vote oftenXBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
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Total in-game hours: 11321
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Reverb✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭If you ant the game to be installed in a different location or drive than it is now, do a full uninstall before downloading it. Otherwise just let the launcher do its thing.Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. ~Friedrich Nietzsche0 -
Cirantille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I'll let the launcher do its job
But frankly, we all know how it is going to end...
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SpiderCultist✭✭✭✭✭on my linux box I will reinstall everything for surePC | EU
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rumple9✭✭✭✭✭
✭I reinstalled last week. Took 6 hours. With everyone downloading at same time I guess it could be a much longer process0 -
phermitgb✭✭✭✭✭I'll probably uninstall then reinstall, but not for any technical reason - when I installed ESO, it was one of the first games on my new machine, and...I forgot to select a drive, so it installed on my boot drive, which I didn't want - but...it was done before I figured out where it was installing, and...whatever. So, since I HAVE to re-load the whole thing anyway, I'll probably use this as an excuse to put it on the drive it was always supposed to be on in the first place
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InaMoonlight✭✭✭✭✭Re-downloading via the launcher. It worked fine for PTS so ofc I'm hoping it'll go the same tomorrow
Edit = Typos ... as usual. <;D0 -
Karminathevamp✭✭✭The launcher worked well for the PTS so it should do as well on the Live server.Master Angler0 -
Danikat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I'm mildly surprised by how many people are reinstalling because they're moving ESO to another drive, I'd just assumed I'd be the only one doing that for some reason.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
"Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"0 -
Nanfoodle✭✭✭✭✭I'm uninstalling the game completely. Coming from an IT guy, trust me, when a footprint of a program changes this much. It's best to start fresh.0 -
Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I reinstalled last week. Took 6 hours. With everyone downloading at same time I guess it could be a much longer process
Why didn't you just wait until tomorrow to reinstall?XBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
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leeux✭✭✭✭✭I'm gonna take the opportunity to move to a new Steam installation, and so I will install the new client from there. It's the best chance I have to do this.
As for why? So I'm able to buy ESO+ and the new expansion with my local currency, through Steam... which has way better prices than I'd get charged for the overpriced currency conversion that my int. credit card does.PC/NA - Proud old member of the Antique Ordinatus Populus
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Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I'm uninstalling the game completely. Coming from an IT guy, trust me, when a footprint of a program changes this much. It's best to start fresh.
This is not that big of a footprint change. ESO is large in size, but only has around 300 files. That isn't going to change much. Actually, PTS has more files than Live, it is just that a lot of them are smaller.XBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
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Total in-game hours: 11321
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