Installing Factions - Guild Wars Forums

Hand of Ruin · Aug 13, 2006, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Well I alread have prophecies installed and I just bought factions. Do I need to use the CD's that came with the game, or do I just use "add access key"?

The Pointless · Aug 13, 2006, 08:58 PM // 20:58

Install the CDs, then add the key.

If you just add the key, ANet will start streaming Factions to your system.
Given that the game needs 2 CDs, I'd say it'll be past the 1GB mark

Hand of Ruin · Aug 13, 2006, 09:01 PM // 21:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Pointless

Install the CDs, then add the key.

If you just add the key, ANet will start streaming Factions to your system.
Given that the game needs 2 CDs, I'd say it'll be past the 1GB mark

Yikes, ok will do thanks.

Yanman.be · Aug 13, 2006, 09:05 PM // 21:05

Um

Just add the key.

And factions will just stream in.

Best thing to do is to leave gw on the login screen and go to bed. It'll download through the night.

The Pointless · Aug 13, 2006, 09:13 PM // 21:13

Yanman, why waste bandwidth when he has the CDs there?
On top of that, if he has a strict usage allowance (What ISP doesn't?) he's screwed.

Caelus The Fallen · Aug 13, 2006, 11:40 PM // 23:40

Really depends on how long you've had Guild Wars. I didn't use the CDs when I installed Factions, and I had very very little to down load; I suppose I got an awful lot of stuff during the past preview events and so forth. OK, so I'd have had even less to download if I had used the disks, but maybe I'm just lazy :P

Loviatar · Aug 13, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46

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Originally Posted by Caelus The Fallen

Really depends on how long you've had Guild Wars. I didn't use the CDs when I installed Factions, and I had very very little to down load; I suppose I got an awful lot of stuff during the past preview events and so forth. OK, so I'd have had even less to download if I had used the disks, but maybe I'm just lazy :P

actually you got the whole game streamed to you as noted by Jeff Strain in an interview

just as we will all have Nightfall on our drives just waiting for a retail key to activate what is already there

I pwnd U · Aug 13, 2006, 11:51 PM // 23:51

The only reason you would need the FActions keys is if you didnt have prophecies. Then you would have to install the keys to get GW on your computer. Otherwise all you need is the access key.

Kern Wolf · Aug 14, 2006, 12:01 AM // 00:01

You have the CDs; use them.
Close this thread.

Aug 13, 2006, 08:55 PM // 20:55	#1
Hand of Ruin Banned Join Date: Jul 2006	Installing Factions Well I alread have prophecies installed and I just bought factions. Do I need to use the CD's that came with the game, or do I just use "add access key"?

Aug 13, 2006, 08:58 PM // 20:58	#2
The Pointless Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Stuck in the UK Guild: Rage International [RAGE] Profession: W/Me	Install the CDs, then add the key. If you just add the key, ANet will start streaming Factions to your system. Given that the game needs 2 CDs, I'd say it'll be past the 1GB mark

Aug 13, 2006, 09:05 PM // 21:05	#4
Yanman.be Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium Guild: [ROSE] Profession: A/	Um Just add the key. And factions will just stream in. Best thing to do is to leave gw on the login screen and go to bed. It'll download through the night.

Aug 13, 2006, 09:13 PM // 21:13	#5
The Pointless Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Stuck in the UK Guild: Rage International [RAGE] Profession: W/Me	Yanman, why waste bandwidth when he has the CDs there? On top of that, if he has a strict usage allowance (What ISP doesn't?) he's screwed.

Aug 13, 2006, 11:40 PM // 23:40	#6
Caelus The Fallen Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Glasgow Guild: Voice of the Darkness Profession: E/Mo	Really depends on how long you've had Guild Wars. I didn't use the CDs when I installed Factions, and I had very very little to down load; I suppose I got an awful lot of stuff during the past preview events and so forth. OK, so I'd have had even less to download if I had used the disks, but maybe I'm just lazy :P

Aug 13, 2006, 11:51 PM // 23:51	#8
I pwnd U God of Spammers Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in the middle of a burning cornfield... Guild: Scars Meadows [SMS] (Officer)	The only reason you would need the FActions keys is if you didnt have prophecies. Then you would have to install the keys to get GW on your computer. Otherwise all you need is the access key.

Aug 14, 2006, 12:01 AM // 00:01	#9
Kern Wolf Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Profession: W/E	You have the CDs; use them. Close this thread.