F2P Problem


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So my buddy is trying out city of heroes on a F2p and he cant get into atlas because its saying Stage 3 hasnt downloaded yet, Does he need to download something?


 

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It should be currently downloading.

The download is now done in stages so a person can start playing right away while the rest of the game downloads in the background.

edit: Previous thread with better explanation.


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The downloader works in stages. Stage 1 is the character creator, stage 2 is the tutorial, stage 3 is Atlas/Mercy. This allows you to jump into creating a character before the game has finished downloading.


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And this isn't unique to free players, it just how the game was rebuilt to accelerate getting in game and will affect all new installs.


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It's best that he exits the game and waits for the NCsoft Launcher to download the rest. Download is throttled while the game is running.


 

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Originally Posted by Prometheus30 View Post
So my buddy is trying out city of heroes on a F2p and he cant get into atlas because its saying Stage 3 hasnt downloaded yet, Does he need to download something?
I think it was based on the 4.5 hours that most players spend in the costume creator before entering the Tutorial with a new character.


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