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Season 11.5 Pre-Patching BEGINS!!!! - LET IT DO ITS THING!!!!

comrademococomrademoco Member Posts: 1,694 Bug Hunter
edited April 2016 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Let the season 11.5 pre patching start...

FYI for those that don't know... DONT stop it, let it pre-patch... It helps during launch day...

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  • archabacteriaarchabacteria Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    Good thing I found this. I was confused at first as I had just quit the game after stacking up some doff jobs, and thought it had decided to patch one of the other two clients (the testing ones). I'm always willing to pre-patch now and save myself a headache trying to log in tomorrow.
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    Took my computer half an hour to get through it. :P
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  • tousseautousseau Member Posts: 1,484 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    Hmmm...

    And now I'm officially nervous...
  • catsmeatcatsmeat Member Posts: 106 Arc User
    Hurrah! :)
  • tousseautousseau Member Posts: 1,484 Arc User
    0.o?

    I say I'm nervous and the very next comment is "Hurrah!!!"

    Hmmm... *glares*
  • rllaillieurllaillieu Member Posts: 351 Arc User
    Why would it be prepatching now? It doesn't release until the 12th.
  • spiritwalker1969spiritwalker1969 Member Posts: 406 Arc User
    rllaillieu wrote: »
    Why would it be prepatching now? It doesn't release until the 12th.

    Probably to make sure as many players as possible get the pre-patch and reduce the whinging about the huge patch and/or delays on launch day :smile:

    Though I'm sure there will be plenty threads incoming that will require huge supplies of snacks and sundries!

  • tousseautousseau Member Posts: 1,484 Arc User
    I'll bring the Dill Pickle seasoning for the popcorn...
  • rllaillieurllaillieu Member Posts: 351 Arc User
    spiritwalker1969 wrote: »
    rllaillieu wrote: »
    Why would it be prepatching now? It doesn't release until the 12th.

    Probably to make sure as many players as possible get the pre-patch and reduce the whinging about the huge patch and/or delays on launch day :smile:

    Though I'm sure there will be plenty threads incoming that will require huge supplies of snacks and sundries!

    Funny, mine didn't prepatch at all... only thing patching is the Tribble server, but I haven't actually patched that in at least a month and a half, so that's why.
  • xxtakunixxxxtakunixx Member Posts: 65 Arc User
    you holy bat TRIBBLE guy. I was in the middle of counterpoint and the whole game just froze and locked up when they turned on pre PATCH. AND because the bug the makes my game crash every time i log off mean i won't even beable to get the prepatch done
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    No pre-patch here either. Version ST.55.20160211c.21

    Is there a hidden fan dance emote the launcher can do to attract the goodness?
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    I just realized...
    I'm on vacation next week.
    How convenient.

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  • comrademococomrademoco Member Posts: 1,694 Bug Hunter
    I'm jelly I've not been on vacation since 2012 I believe.... :/
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  • bejaymacbejaymac Member Posts: 448 Arc User
    Up to date with Tribble so I don't bother with the pre-patch.​​
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  • iceeaglexiceeaglex Member Posts: 375 Arc User
    I thought launch day would be pretty quiet. What with 90% of players taking the week off waiting for the very few whales to spend 100's of dollars testing the new skill system. Then the rest of the players following the 1 cookie cutter build.
    Or have we all forgotten the money grab update already?
  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    comrademoco wrote: »
    Let the season 11.5 pre patching start...

    FYI for those that don't know... DONT stop it, let it pre-patch... It helps during launch day...

    it does help if you prepatch however you do not need to prepatch on the first day you can prepatch any time before the 11.5 update is released or not at all if you don't want to, it will just take you a little longer to install the update when it comes.
    psycoticvulcan wrote: »
    Took my computer half an hour to get through it. :P

    you don't have to install the prepatch all in one go either, you can do a little each day but it is best to do it in one hit if you can providing you have the time.

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  • aliguanaaliguana Member Posts: 262 Arc User
    iceeaglex wrote: »
    I thought launch day would be pretty quiet. What with 90% of players taking the week off waiting for the very few whales to spend 100's of dollars testing the new skill system. Then the rest of the players following the 1 cookie cutter build.
    Or have we all forgotten the money grab update already?

    people that care about builds have been testing them to death on Tribble already. They will be good to go on launch day. Everyone else.. yeah, they'll probably just pick random stuff or wait for a build to be posted wherever. I don't think the first group are going to be spending big money on respecs, and I don't think the second group would either. If this is a "money grab update" to get us all to buy respecs it isn't going to work like that

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  • dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    aliguana wrote: »
    iceeaglex wrote: »
    I thought launch day would be pretty quiet. What with 90% of players taking the week off waiting for the very few whales to spend 100's of dollars testing the new skill system. Then the rest of the players following the 1 cookie cutter build.
    Or have we all forgotten the money grab update already?

    people that care about builds have been testing them to death on Tribble already. They will be good to go on launch day. Everyone else.. yeah, they'll probably just pick random stuff or wait for a build to be posted wherever. I don't think the first group are going to be spending big money on respecs, and I don't think the second group would either. If this is a "money grab update" to get us all to buy respecs it isn't going to work like that

    Indeed. Pity that they do not seem to realize (or care about) it.
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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    I let mine work a bit. Got it almost half of it already.
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  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,226 Arc User
    rllaillieu wrote: »
    Why would it be prepatching now? It doesn't release until the 12th.

    Pre patch usually occurs one week prior to a season or .5 season release. This has been the norm for many years now.
  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    rllaillieu wrote: »
    Why would it be prepatching now? It doesn't release until the 12th.

    Most games do this. So you won't have so many people at once trying to patch it. And possible cause many server crashes. Even in WoW they did this. Plus this will be easier on your next time to play. So you will wait a bit then start playing. Over waiting for hours for it specially during peak hours. This is handy on the large patches.
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  • keletteskelettes Member Posts: 488 Arc User
    It's a bit like prepping your breakfast and stashing it in the fridge before going to sleep :smile:

    With the pre-patch, we could say, technically, that S11.5 has been released :smile: Those who allow the launcher to do this will have the files beforehand; the game client is just not using them yet. This'll make the patch a snappy process (locally) and reduce server load on PWE/Cryptic's side. :smile:
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  • zbzznzbzzn Member Posts: 221 Arc User
    The game should really prompt before it starts patching upon exit. When I exit a program I expect it to stop running.
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    zbzzn wrote: »
    The game should really prompt before it starts patching upon exit. When I exit a program I expect it to stop running.

    I disagree. It's perfect this way: you don't have to wait for the whole patch to have downloaded when you're impatient, and just want to play right now; and then, when you obviously no longer want to play (exit), it does a part of the pre-fetching for you.
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  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,284 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    zbzzn wrote: »
    The game should really prompt before it starts patching upon exit. When I exit a program I expect it to stop running.


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  • zbzznzbzzn Member Posts: 221 Arc User
    meimeitoo wrote: »
    zbzzn wrote: »
    The game should really prompt before it starts patching upon exit. When I exit a program I expect it to stop running.

    I disagree. It's perfect this way: you don't have to wait for the whole patch to have downloaded when you're impatient, and just want to play right now; and then, when you obviously no longer want to play (exit), it does a part of the pre-fetching for you.

    Unless I have something else to do that requires the resources being used or I have to go somewhere and need my computer. Continuing to run and initiating large downloads when told to quit is not appropriate behaviour for any software.
  • wupteedowupteedo Member Posts: 33 Arc User
    Couldn't wait for the daytime to do this, when no one is on? 9 pm to 2 am (EST) is prime playing time. Warships or Mech Warrior I guess - flips coin. Laters......
  • comrademococomrademoco Member Posts: 1,694 Bug Hunter
    Lol someone dosent understand what prepatching is.......
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  • originalspockoriginalspock Member Posts: 809 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    comrademoco wrote: »
    Lol someone dosent understand what prepatching is.......

    That's when you deposit money into a bank and it's in hard currency right?


    Never-mind, that's precaching...

    Prepatching is when you sow a patch onto a new blanket, just encase it incurs a future tear or burn.

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