Guild Wars

Lolcb · 30 Dec 2006 at 15:19

So I just got this game, halfway thro the game, I need to download something and I notice my download speed is only like 5-6 kbps? I have already allowed gw.exe on my windows firewall. Any ideas?

manveruppd · 30 Dec 2006 at 17:15

Router maybe?

Try disconnecting and reconnecting again.

Psypher5 · 30 Dec 2006 at 17:38

usually just guildwars being guildwars

aceface57 · 30 Dec 2006 at 17:44

Psypher5 said:
usually just guildwars being guildwars

Yup that sounds about right, sometimes i max my connection other times it takes hours, complete joke sometimes :rolleyes:

Azagoth · 30 Dec 2006 at 18:43

It's most probably to do with the entire population streaming the data at the same time. Like said above though, sometimes I get 720Kb and others as low as 10Kb.

manveruppd · 30 Dec 2006 at 18:57

Sorry but that's untrue: the only time I get low speeds is if a new build comes out during prime time and everyone disconnects and reconnects to the game simultaneously so they can get it. Most of the time it's upwards of 30kbps, and on the rare occasions it's slow it's usually due to a bad connection to the server, not due to the server itself being slow, as proved by the fact that disconnecting a reconnecting will result in a much faster download speed. If the OP is consistently getting low speeds it's far more likely a problem at his end.

eggcup · 30 Dec 2006 at 20:55

It its any concillation its going dog slow here too, i checked on guildwars forums and there is lots of pople saying about it.

Lolcb · 30 Dec 2006 at 21:42

Lol innit. I thought the download is going to be massive, ended up the size of the download being 4MB and it took me like 2-4 kbps of 5-10 minutes of waiting.

chimaera · 30 Dec 2006 at 23:15

Just a popular time to be downloading i think, when the first update for nightfall came out after 2 days it was going at 1-2kbps because so many people were downloading it.

I usually do it before 3pm, because after that time the US players start coming online, 9pm is around the time everyone in the world could possibly be playing the game.

manveruppd · 31 Dec 2006 at 00:56

Yeah 9-12pm is the busiest time, not too late for europe, not too early for americans. Early morning for the Asians as well so I bet you there's a few addicts over there either still playing or just getting started as they're having their morning's coffee!

Rebelius · 31 Dec 2006 at 01:23

adding -image to the end of the shortcut downloads everything. so just run the shortcut with that on the end sometime when you're not planning on playing and let it download everything. that way you wont have to wait mid game.

you have to remove the -image to play again.