my internet caps at 15gigs download. Do you use less internet if you buy a box at a store instead of pre ordering a digital copy?
my internet caps at 15gigs download. Do you use less internet if you buy a box at a store instead of pre ordering a digital copy?
That must be terrible! 15gigs is like, 4 days of usage for me.
If you buy a boxed copy it shouldn't require you to download anything other than an update or two after installation.
You pay for your internet and they limit how much you can download? That's just stupid. If you payed per gigabyte or something that would be different. I can download as much as I want and I won't even get a forced slow no matter how much. What country are you in and who is your ISP? I would recommend getting a new ISP and send in a complaint.
yeah i live out in the country the only thing i can get is mobile broadband at least its better then what i use to be on which was 5gigs
You get capped internet in most countries, it just comes with a much lower cost. You would be best to call them ask how much to upgrade to unlimited man, there could be a few patches in the first month (probably not 15gb but if you include your other internet uses then who knows).
Boxed copy is your best bet then. There shouldn't be a giant update over that limit after it is released... but expect regular patches until they get everything smoothed out.
yay for downloading at work! i get 5mb/s download speeds and unlimited data, so no probs for me
i'll just be patching it at home, although i might have to get myself a bigger memory stick..... mines only 32gb, but i do have external drives, so i'll be fine
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Do you have unlimited upload? if not you wont be able to play this game but maybe for a few hours
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No way does SWTOR have that much upload information. I doubt it will be much more than WoW I have never approached my 250GB cap(for up and down combined under Comcast)when I played a ton of WoW.
But like others have said, you are going to have to pay the massive overage charges, find a free wi-fi to steal for 12 hours, or buy the box.
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Even if you buy the box set, you will get capped rather quickly due to the upload and download of information from the servers (AH lists, characters and their specifications, chat, mob and player movements and ability usage etc.)
Unless you play 24/7 it won't get up to 15 gigs, but, as someone here has already mentioned, all your other internet use such as viewing webpages, downloading system updates, programs, patches and all those things will quickly run you into the cap.
Is that the best internet connection you can get? Any cap is horrible, not to mention a measly 15gb cap(I dl that much in one day, easly), maybe you could upgrade to say at least 50gb.
Check with your ISP. They usually have a off-peak time where traffic doesnt count against you. For instance my ISP limits me to 50 gigs a month, but if i do all my downloading between 12am and 8am it doesnt count against me. Thats when I do all my torrents, updates, and when I will be downloading the client.
Last edited by Shamburger; 2011-10-18 at 03:57 PM.
It is 40 gigs when fully installed, but highly unlikely to be 40gb of download. Typically they highly compress it. As an example I think wow full digital install is like 14gb or something like that but the install size is like 30+gb. But yes if your ISP limits your download amount you should try and get the boxed version and hope there isn't much patching initially.
Edit: They also said the reason the initial game is so large is because of the thousands of voice acted lines.