Sorrow's Furnace - no download??? - Guild Wars Forums

Aitrus · Sep 08, 2005, 04:45 PM // 16:45

Hi,

I just reloaded my GW last night after several months away from it. I was expecting to download a 40mb+ patch to bring the sorrow's furnace upgrade to my game.

I downloaded like 200kb and then it logged me in.

Is there no large download for the patch? How the heck does my game have all the content if it never did any major downloading?

Savio · Sep 08, 2005, 04:51 PM // 16:51

It downloads when you go to the new areas; i.e. when you're doing any of the new Titans quests or when you head towards Grenth's Footprint. Otherwise, how would 56k people play if they had 40mb downloads?

Aitrus · Sep 08, 2005, 05:19 PM // 17:19

They leave their comp on all day while at work to dl it. I have friends who play WoW on 56k o0

Olfin Bedwere · Sep 08, 2005, 09:18 PM // 21:18

This isn`t WoW.

Arvydas · Sep 08, 2005, 10:22 PM // 22:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olfin Bedwere

This isn`t WoW.

Exactly. This is GW!!

Those 200k are the last few updates and some universal changes. You only download an area when I is the first time you arrive or when there're updates specific to that area.

Any BTW, you're right. Your game doesn't have all the contents unless you've explored every area.

Wolfie_ · Sep 09, 2005, 12:11 AM // 00:11

Refer to this topic for download sizes. Like everything else in this game, only downloads what you need when you need it, so gone are the days of downloading large patch files containing large amounts of content you may never actually use (because you don't go to location, or location gets further superceding updates later on before you get there).

Sep 08, 2005, 04:45 PM // 16:45	#1
Aitrus Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	Sorrow's Furnace - no download??? Hi, I just reloaded my GW last night after several months away from it. I was expecting to download a 40mb+ patch to bring the sorrow's furnace upgrade to my game. I downloaded like 200kb and then it logged me in. Is there no large download for the patch? How the heck does my game have all the content if it never did any major downloading?

Sep 08, 2005, 04:51 PM // 16:51	#2
Savio Teenager with attitude Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	It downloads when you go to the new areas; i.e. when you're doing any of the new Titans quests or when you head towards Grenth's Footprint. Otherwise, how would 56k people play if they had 40mb downloads?

Sep 08, 2005, 05:19 PM // 17:19	#3
Aitrus Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	They leave their comp on all day while at work to dl it. I have friends who play WoW on 56k o0

Sep 08, 2005, 09:18 PM // 21:18	#4
Olfin Bedwere Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Profession: W/Mo	This isn`t WoW.

Sep 09, 2005, 12:11 AM // 00:11	#6
Wolfie_ Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Guild: Wizardry Players Guild	Refer to this topic for download sizes. Like everything else in this game, only downloads what you need when you need it, so gone are the days of downloading large patch files containing large amounts of content you may never actually use (because you don't go to location, or location gets further superceding updates later on before you get there).