Slow download/patch + possible fix
By
Bonehead,
Posted on: 2009-04-30 06:29 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
CoH is available through Steam now, so that could be faster, though it would still need to run a few updates to get it fully up to speed.
But still I fear and still I dare not laugh at the madman!
One man's "meh" is another man's "zomg". - Leatherneck
Procrastination meter coming soon.
You have to pay to get it from steam :/
At least they could release the piggs files thru BT. No risk of .exe with virus. And maybe also compatible with MAC clients.
That was my thought, not on the client, just the data.
Gah, forgot that you had to pay on Steam. That's what i get for answering questions before having caffeine. 
But still I fear and still I dare not laugh at the madman!
One man's "meh" is another man's "zomg". - Leatherneck
Procrastination meter coming soon.
yes, iv'e been DLing and updating for 18 hrs, and its not my isp I checked. Kinda [censored] to have to wait a day and a half to update the game and play.
It must depend on where you are or firewall settings, even on my (relativily slow for standard cable) connection it takes a little over an hour and basically caps at my connections download speed
I know more than one person as has this problem come up too.
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I'm downloading the client onto a new machine for testing purposes, and it's going verrrry slowly. My friends machine says it will take 30 hours to download. This prompted a discussion between him and I on improving this.
The "other game" uses bittorrent, offloading the workload to clients logged into the game. A pretty good trick, considering the sheer amount of players they have. I was thinking, if CoH adopted a similar method, it would improve download times, and get more people interested. Just my two bits.