It's most likely the result from large numbers of people trying to download it right now.
Before leaving CoH/CoV I never had any slowdown issues that were server side. Don't worry, this is one company that actually knows what they are doing 
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can the ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128MB handle the game ok at decent settings? or am i going to have to ghetto-out? i have 4gb of ram, so that shouldn't be a problem... just worried about the gfx card
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It should be ok. Try it out (graphics set to "Recommended" just in case) and report back your findinds.
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i usually play on a DELL Vostro 1500 laptop with an NVidia 8600GT @ 1680x1050, my iMac is the same resolution but a nice 20" screen so i would really like to play on it if i don't have to sacrifice too much in the way of eye candy goodies.
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It's not going to look as nice as an 8600GT but it shouldn't be too far off.
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finally patched up and ready to go... let's see what happens.. 
ok. looked and ran great at default login settings (1024x768 @ recommended)
starting up again after changing to 1680x1050 @ recommended
here we go! (well, soon... takes forever to get on. assuming that is because the servers are getting hammered)
35+ fps fighting in RWZ.
very respectable. only problem seems to be with the sound. set to performance it seems distorted?
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very respectable. only problem seems to be with the sound. set to performance it seems distorted?
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If 3D sound is on...turn it off. That seems to cause issues for people.
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I personally work on and support both PC and Mac at work and at home. All of this is subjective, though, for those who like what better and why. Macs have a unique set of their own problems (especially on a network in Active Directory, or even on a network but on different sub-nets), trust me it's a devil of a lot easier to trouble-shoot a Windows PC than it is a Mac in that type of environment.
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So you're saying that the problem with Macs is that they don't work in a Windows environment as well as Windows machines. Go figure.
In other breaking news, the sun is bright, and water is wet.
Too many alts to list.
Any chance someone could post a torrent of the basic 2.7gig download? This would take the pressure off the server AND give everyone a faster d/l.
PLEASE!!! say the bonus stuff like the mishn teleport and the wings can be bought as an add on for none mac users because that would be awsome!!!!!!
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you get 72 untouched cookies when you join
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PLEASE!!! say the bonus stuff like the mishn teleport and the wings can be bought as an add on for none mac users because that would be awsome!!!!!!
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That was announced a while ago. It will be just like the robot pack.
Too many alts to list.
Are the wings, capes, and Mission Teleporter currently in the Mac Beta? If so are the capes available at character creation?
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Are the wings, capes, and Mission Teleporter currently in the Mac Beta? If so are the capes available at character creation?
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Not that I have been able to find so I don't think so.
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Does anyone know if there's a way to find out if one's account has been activated on the test server without booting up the game?
It can take such a long time to start up, only to find out that I can't play yet!
Also - the game account should not be labeled "playable" when it's not, actually, playable! Change it to "activated" or something.
Usually accounts created on the Test Server are playable immediately upon account creation. My understanding is that the Mac Beta is on a different server with a lower refresh rate (currently 24-48 hours). So it's a case of using stock verbiage rather than coding all new auto-messages w/ slightly tweaked info.
Don't worry, the wait is worth it! I can't wait to get back into the fray!
Finally got it up and running, switched to 1680x1050 and the game is running very well. No complaints as to speed or reactions when doing sudden turns etc. In fact its currently running better than it does when I dualboot into XP. I am very impressed.
Only thing I have noticed is some textures in the far distance are not loading properly until I get closer to them, still well out of the range of affecting my gameplay in any regard (we are talking distances like half of steel canyon).
I can't wait to get this for use with the regular servers. Playing on the Test Centre is all fine and dandy but I have characters I want to level up on Victory that I would really like to access with this client to test it out more thoroughly.
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Only thing I have noticed is some textures in the far distance are not loading properly until I get closer to them, still well out of the range of affecting my gameplay in any regard (we are talking distances like half of steel canyon).
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That may be affected by two things: 1) Your World Detail slider; 2) A bug I noticed in issue 13 involving "layered" textures - I'm going to post more about the latter soon.
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I can't wait to get this for use with the regular servers. Playing on the Test Centre is all fine and dandy but I have characters I want to level up on Victory that I would really like to access with this client to test it out more thoroughly.
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We're close. Only a few more weeks.
Actually we might have been on the Live servers already if they hadn't had glitches with the Patch Server on the Training Room. That's really most of what's being tested now.
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Question: Are the 2 characters I created on the Closed Mac Beta server gone? I can't log in now using the old client and, while that was supposedly server Freedom, when I log in on the PC side those characters are nowhere to be found. Have I lost them? Can they be transferred?
Thanks
Gah! After 16 hours of slow downloading...I'm now greeted with "connecting attempt #32" when I was oh so close to finishing...
Why do the internet gods dislike me so?
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Question: Are the 2 characters I created on the Closed Mac Beta server gone? I can't log in now using the old client and, while that was supposedly server Freedom, when I log in on the PC side those characters are nowhere to be found. Have I lost them? Can they be transferred?
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The closed Mac server is a completely different server than the test server, and the Mac server is defunct now that we're in open beta.
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I'm also having trouble getting past the Updater. Now at Connecting..#25
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Gah! After 16 hours of slow downloading...I'm now greeted with "connecting attempt #32" when I was oh so close to finishing...
Why do the internet gods dislike me so?
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Yeah, it has finally finished, but it won't do anything now that it's done. It's not looking promising so far, but I will be patient. It is beta.
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I'm also having trouble getting past the Updater. Now at Connecting..#25
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Me too now!!! I was fine yesterday.. 
The training room is down now...which will cause problems logging in.
My arcs are constantly shifting, just search for GadgetDon for the latest.
The world beware! I've started a blog
GadgetMania Under Attack: The Digg Lockout
Connecting attempt #29...seriously? come on.
The server status page shows that The Training Room is down.
Connecting..#43 and counting
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The server status page shows that The Training Room is down.
Connecting..#43 and counting
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link to said page?
Sweet, sweet! I am excited to try this out and even to come and play city of heroes...but man, the Updater couldn't really go any slower. Okay, I guess it could...but 2.4gb is a lot of file...especially when the Updater maxes out at 19k a second. I have a very nice cable connection, not crummy dialup. I'm hoping this isn't an indication of a deeper rooted problem.
Has anyone else seen poor performance from the updater? Has anyone seen decent speeds?