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A Nervous Wait

hcd01hcd01 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
edited May 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hi all like everyone, I am looking forward to playing LoR, but as a Free Player I won't be playing it on the 21st and am considering leaving it until the 24th at the earliest to start my Romulan journey to give the queues time to cool down a tiny bit, hopefully by then there won't be any queues at all.

But aside from the server issues we've been having lately the biggest thing I'm worried about is the size of the patch tat will integrate the Romulan Faction into STO, I have a usage limit for my broadband connection and I have daily numbers that I've been good at keeping to, now just lately, I've been even better at not going anywhere near my "daily lucky number" but if the LoR patch is bigger than say 4GB it's a small worry for players such as myself on a usage limit

Anyone else out there worried about this?
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Not really.... Then again... I don't have limitations, for that matter, I can't imagine why a ISP would impose such a limit on people.

    The ISP's here mostly realized that artificially imposing limits on people is actually more expensive than upgrading their own bandwith ability.

    You CAN, however, keep a close eye on the patcher, when you prepatch. That way, you will be able to stop the download in good time, and still have download at your disposal.
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Make sure on demand patching in on, so that it downloads the smaller amount, and use the pre patcher to keep an eye on what goes in per day.

    i assume with download limits, you can still go over, but you just pay a little more??
  • gfreeman98gfreeman98 Member Posts: 1,200 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    My (non-Tribblized) system attempted to download a 5,882 MB prepatch.

    (Note the word "attempted".)
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  • andrewdurbridgeandrewdurbridge Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I have the same conundrum. Most Australian ISP's impose limits. And is rather expensive if you go over or worse they cut you off or drop to dial up speeds.

    Will canceling the patches mid download cause issues?
  • kiriseekirisee Member Posts: 446 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    andrewdurbridge wrote: »
    I have the same conundrum. Most Australian ISP's impose limits. And is rather expensive if you go over or worse they cut you off or drop to dial up speeds.

    Will canceling the patches mid download cause issues?

    it should not cause issue.. but you will still have to download the rest of the patch. the files that have already been downloaded are still there and the patcher will see that...but the rest? have to download still..so still a big patch you have to do...sorry for you
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  • rvlion79rvlion79 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    gfreeman98 wrote: »
    My (non-Tribblized) system attempted to download a 5,882 MB prepatch.

    (Note the word "attempted".)
    I feel your pain...
    Attempt no.1 : 2276MB / 5883MB
    Attempt no.2 : 1268KB / 5883MB
    Attempt no.3 : 1268KB / 5883MB
    Attempt no.4 : 929KB / 5883MB

    This whole pre-patching thing is just pathetic.
    Why the F**K create an option to pre-patch if it is not going to work.
  • decroniadecronia Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Some ISPs with limits can be quite reasonable over large game patching if you discuss it with them. This tends to be because such large patching is a rare occurance. Add to that if your record shows you are normally careful about staying with in the limits they set down can help.

    If you are under such a limit it may be an idea to get intouch with your ISP and discuss wth them the issue and see if they are willing to allow the patch not to count to your limit.
  • malakhglitchmalakhglitch Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    decronia wrote: »
    Some ISPs with limits can be quite reasonable over large game patching if you discuss it with them. This tends to be because such large patching is a rare occurance. Add to that if your record shows you are normally careful about staying with in the limits they set down can help.

    If you are under such a limit it may be an idea to get intouch with your ISP and discuss wth them the issue and see if they are willing to allow the patch not to count to your limit.

    A very sensible suggestion. You don't lose anything by asking. :D
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    rvlion79 wrote: »
    I feel your pain...
    Attempt no.1 : 2276MB / 5883MB
    Attempt no.2 : 1268KB / 5883MB
    Attempt no.3 : 1268KB / 5883MB
    Attempt no.4 : 929KB / 5883MB

    This whole pre-patching thing is just pathetic.
    Why the F**K create an option to pre-patch if it is not going to work.

    Worked like a charm here.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    anazonda wrote: »
    Worked like a charm here.

    I'm not sure about mine. I set it off the first time I heard about the pre-patch and just paid no attention to it. Now when I log out it still tries to download the pre-patch.
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  • topsettopset Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    anazonda wrote: »
    Worked like a charm here.

    Same here, I've never had an issue with prepatching before and I've been here for the last few seasons.

    Personally I don't know how you people live with a bandwidth cap I'd go absolutely stir-crazy!
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