Downloads?

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 19, 2007, 11:09 pm

I installed EQ 2 again - but so far the updates have 78 hours left - they have been downloading for 4 hours already - I have a high speed cable connection - is this normal? Anywhere online one can go to download these files?

Regards,

Moon

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » October 19, 2007, 11:42 pm

That fucking patcher ETA is notoriously retarded. You've probably got a full evening's worth of downloading to do, as the damn game is huge. At worst, the recent patching will make it an all-nighter from traffic. But the ETA should settle down about 30 mins in and give you a less ridiculous estimate.

So yes, it's huge and takes forever, but not 78-hours-forever.

You're 4 hours in? Hm. That's longer than it usually takes to settle into sanity.

But I've never heard of it taking more than a day except on dial-up. =/

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 20, 2007, 12:25 am

I rebooted - and restarted my cable modem as well - now it settled in to an 8 hours "estimated" time.

Oh well, I have the next 4 days off - so I guess I can wait until tomorrow to play.

Thanks for the info, Niffoni.

Regards,

Moon

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » October 20, 2007, 9:01 am

Depends on how far back you're patching. If you're patching from the original EQ2 files, you're in for a lot of content download. My EQ2 directory (with all expansions) is over 9 gig...that's not counting my log files either. I expect you won't end up with that much content as the data for DoF, KoS, and EoF is rather large, but there have been significant changes since the original game was released.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 20, 2007, 11:40 am

Well, it is not even a quarter patched and it has been running for 12 hours now. I have the original EQ2 CD's along with the DoF expansion. At this rate I am going to be downloading for at least three full days before I can play - and I have the next three days off so that sucks...

Midnyte_Ragebringer · October 20, 2007, 12:32 pm

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/eq2/

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 20, 2007, 2:51 pm

Yeah, I went there Mid - It let me download the 83MB Play the Fae trial - but that's all that was out there...

I guess I just have to be patient and wait three days to patch this beast - I will just play Two Worlds on my laptop whilst I wait impatiently...

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 20, 2007, 2:58 pm

I don't remember it taking me anywhere near that long when I reinstalled early in the summer, but I might have not installed any of the expansions off of downloads.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 20, 2007, 3:14 pm

I am not installing any expansions off of the download. I own the media for the original EQ2 that I bought on release day - and I own the DoF media that I also bought on release day. I did not purchase any additional expansions yet - so the only thing I did was install the original EQ2 and the DoF and then logged in to watch it patch - and boy does it patch...and patch...and patch - and after 16 hours of patching it is 1/4 done patching.

I tested my download speed and downloaded some other files - I am getting around 290 KB / second - which is great for me. I can even login to CoD2 while patching EQ 2 and I get no lag at all. But I don't want to do anything on this PC other than patch at this point - I turned my firewall off - turned my AV off - turned my anti-spyware app off - nothing helps.

Not really bitching - just wondered if there was any way to get these files other than off the patcher - but no luck thus far

Midnyte_Ragebringer · October 20, 2007, 3:17 pm

That sucks dude. I don't get it.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 20, 2007, 3:43 pm

Me either

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 21, 2007, 12:01 am

I gave up after 21 hours of patching and still only slightly more than 1/4 patched. I went and bought the All In One pack which includes the original, DoF, KoS and EoF with the hopes that it will not only get me up to speed on the two expansions I did not have - but reduce patching time.

Unfortunately this is not the case. Been patching for three hours and just about 1/8 patched....

Uggggh

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 21, 2007, 1:23 am

have you actually been bored enough to call Sony to see wtf is going on? Seriously, I can't think of any reason for it to be that slow, lol

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 21, 2007, 1:30 am

Yeah - I will be calling Sony tomorrow. I actually left and went to the movies - two movies in two days. If tomorrow is a bust I am going to make it a three movie weekend

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 21, 2007, 11:45 am

I am fully patched! That didn't take long at all....pffffft.

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » October 21, 2007, 2:01 pm

SoE's having CAS issues today. So good luck getting in! Tech support thread is up to 24+ pages. People are getting booted at random, assuming they can get in at all.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 21, 2007, 2:15 pm

I logged in without issue - but I saw the system message about the issue.

I bought DoF and played for about 1 week after that then quit. When I logged in today I wanted to see the character creation screen - WOW...SOE really updated the races and classes since I last played!

Since my character on Permafrost was only level 8 - I decided to make another (I went with Fae..and Mage). I think this will be my main for now - his name is Elyrion.

Look forward to seeing you in game later today - off to the corn maze/pumpkin patch with my wee one.

Regards,

Moon

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » October 21, 2007, 3:39 pm

If you need anything, feel free to shoot me a tell. I'll be off and on the next few days as Vaemas/Shorticus/Task/Pelias/Nachturas.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 22, 2007, 8:39 pm

Just thought I'd bring to light why you were downloading so much, or at least possibly. You just recently restarted after playing before, yes? They've been running a promotion to bring back old players with the free month, and it also includes all expansion packs for free. So even if you only had the original + DoF, you got KoS and EoF as well.

As for how slow it was going. Yeesh. It took me 4-5 hours to download the whole game. All 4 expansions + adventure packs + extra sound packages and such.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » October 23, 2007, 12:20 am

Vae you on Guk too?

Marb

miir · Post by **miir** » October 23, 2007, 12:48 am

Marbus wrote:Vae you on Guk too?

Marb

We're all on Permafrost

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 23, 2007, 3:15 am

So if they were giving old timers like me who bought the game when it first came out all of the expansions...then I went out and purchased EoF (which included all of the others) for 30 bucks for nothing?

Oh well - that was 30 bucks well spent - after 21 hours of downloading I was nary more than 1/4 patched - at that rate I still would not be playing today...

By the way - a big thanks to all who have been helpful and encouraging - thanks to Niff for offering to invite me to his guild - I do appreciate the offer.

And a big thanks to Miir who made me packs, made me spells and gave me gold. Sorry Miir - I already blew it on hookers - sometimes we just have to make our own mistakes despite the good advice!

Regards,

Moon (Elyrion on Permafrost)

miir · Post by **miir** » October 23, 2007, 9:34 am

And a big thanks to Miir who made me packs, made me spells and gave me gold. Sorry Miir - I already blew it on hookers - sometimes we just have to make our own mistakes despite the good advice!

Hehe...
If you need anyhting just let me know...
I have...
65 tailor for cloth/leather armor and cloaks.
56 Jeweler for (obviously) jewelry and scout combat art.
70 Sage for mage and priest spells.

Armor is not of utmost importance for a caster (esp a conj), but keeping your spells at top quality (adept3 or master1) is.

Shoot me a tell or a PM for tips on how to make money.

And as always, don't be afraid to ask in guildchat if you need directions, advice or help with quests. Most of the folks in guild will jump at the chance to mentor down and burn through lower level quests and dungeons... or they will log on an appropriate leveled alt,

miir · Post by **miir** » October 23, 2007, 9:37 am

So if they were giving old timers like me who bought the game when it first came out all of the expansions...then I went out and purchased EoF (which included all of the others) for 30 bucks for nothing?

They probably just activated the expansions for the trial[/] period that lasts until Nov 4 (i think it's the 4th). After that, your accout would have reverted back to only the expansions you have purchased.

I could be wrong... but like you said, it's only 30 bucks.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 23, 2007, 10:28 am

miir wrote:Shoot me a tell or a PM for tips on how to make money.

Watch out! It's a pyramid scheme!

miir · Post by **miir** » October 23, 2007, 10:33 am

Boogahz wrote:
miir wrote:Shoot me a tell or a PM for tips on how to make money.
Watch out! It's a pyramid scheme!

Shhhhh...

Somali · Post by **Somali** » October 23, 2007, 10:58 am

Sweet I'm all about teh Pyramids.

Kaldaur · Post by **Kaldaur** » October 24, 2007, 10:48 am

What the hell, WoW is boring me. I'll reinstall today and come check things out on Perma

Midnyte_Ragebringer · October 24, 2007, 11:11 am

Yay!. See ya in game Kald.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 24, 2007, 1:02 pm

Kaldaur wrote:What the hell, WoW is boring me. I'll reinstall today and come check things out on Perma

Cool beans!

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 24, 2007, 1:26 pm

Kaldaur wrote:What the hell, WoW is boring me. I'll reinstall today and come check things out on Perma

Woohoo Kaldaur!

The most fun thing is that it was mostly an impulse thing for many of us (to return to EQ2 or try it out in the first place for Nick), and lo and behold, now a bunch of us are on Permafrost!

It's fun stuff EQ2!

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » October 24, 2007, 1:37 pm

Yeah to my surprise I'm actually having quite a bit of fun with EQ2. It's nice to see so many people coming back/starting!

Kaldaur · Post by **Kaldaur** » October 24, 2007, 1:46 pm

Well, I went back to WoW to join thirty friends or so who were doing a reroll guild. Lo and behold, but I remembered why I left. I loved playing my coercer on EQ2, so I might give him a try again. Do we have a list of what everyone is playing, and if they're good/evil? I would love to play something to balance out a group, depending on what we have. I enjoy playing any class, as I've tried them all over a period of a few years.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » October 24, 2007, 1:48 pm

I can try and put a list together tonight, cause I can't remember for sure what everyone's class is, however I think we have a bit of a variety so far.

I am a dirge, I know that much !

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 24, 2007, 2:00 pm

I have a few characters, but my main is my 70 Wizard. I haven't been online in a week or two due to other commitments for my time and some Xbox 360 releases taking up my available gaming time.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » October 24, 2007, 5:54 pm

Well, I am a young Fae Conjuror - but I have to read up on how to progress down the Mage path - I remember when I first played when EQ2 came out and you had to do this sort of trial at level 10 to go down the path you wanted - of course after you did the island in the beginning and chose your initial path.

Now that I am starting anew, there was no island and I am level 14 and I have not seen anything about going down a particular path. I guess I need to go use Google!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 24, 2007, 5:56 pm

Yeah, you now choose what "path" you will take at character selection. They basically got rid of the subclass concept, and I am glad that they did so. I hated having to adjust my playstyle for a character a few times before actually getting to PLAY the class I intended to be in the first place.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 24, 2007, 6:07 pm

meh, i'll have to have a character on perma...I have the vv channel, so eventually will announce my excellence.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » October 27, 2007, 11:23 am

Damn guys, I guess I'm going to have to create one too... is there 1 guild everyone is in or are people spread out? I'll probably make a... crap, lol no idea. But something...

Marb

Kwonryu DragonFist · October 27, 2007, 11:31 am

Marbus

On Perma, it seems as if the Veeshanites are not terribly split up, merely divided in two guilds.

The League and The Knights! Healping each other in need!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 15, 2007, 2:11 am

I am in the download hell that Moonwynd vacated. I picked up Kunark after work. I have been downloading for 6 hours. I logged in once for a few minutes, but everything except for my UI was black upon entering Kunark for the first time. When I logged out to try to fix it, I had to start downloading the same fucking files again.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · November 15, 2007, 11:13 am

No clue Boog. I downloaded the Rise of Kunark All-in-One pack in about 4 hours. It was something like 5gb or more in three seperate downloads.

I use http://downloadstore.gameinvasion.net . I bought it for $40 bucks and their servers are fast as hell.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 15, 2007, 11:27 am

I let it run overnight, and I even restarted it when it showed that it was both updating and done updating once. I was able to log in this morning without any additional downloading. I did a couple quests around the docks before heading to work.

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » November 15, 2007, 1:48 pm

Just curious Midnyte why would you buy online for the same cost as retail (well, no tax...) and be left with the PITA of having to download it all and not getting any additional material with the retail packaging.

miir · Post by **miir** » November 15, 2007, 2:03 pm

Convenience, I would assume.
I personally MUST have the retail box for any game I buy.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 15, 2007, 2:39 pm

Yeah, I have done Digital Downloads in the past, but I feel the need to get the retail version after some poor experiences with other games.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · November 15, 2007, 5:52 pm

I dunno. It was very convenient. While the servers were down all day Tuesday, I was downloading and patching the expansion. I was ready to rock when the servers came up.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » November 15, 2007, 6:04 pm

I always preferred retail expansions even if they cost more. I guess I just like something tangible for my money.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » November 15, 2007, 6:17 pm

Aslanna wrote:I always preferred retail expansions even if they cost more. I guess I just like something tangible for my money.

Yeah me too, not sure why but I just like to have the box/discs.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » November 23, 2007, 10:40 am

Used to be that shit like the manuals and maps that came with games were all a part of the experience. Nowadays you're lucky to even get the instructions that allow someone who can't even boil water to install the game.