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Topic: Game Download?

Liquid741 Title: VN Sensei Posts: 5,106 Registered: Dec 16, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,095 User ID: 1,191,724	Subject: Game Download?
	just had my new computer delivered today the wife said and was wandering would it be faster to DL the whole game/patches from battle.net, or install via my game discs? i have a Christmas party tonight and will be gone till tomorrow morning..was hoping to have it complete since i know the patching can take a bit of time. thanks for the help! -----signature----- April 26th..the day the future will be known...NFL draft. I'd rather be kicked in the face then be a Patriots fan!
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--Syrus-- Posts: 7,711 Registered: Dec 2, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,639 User ID: 863,847	Subject: Game Download?
	I would just download the whole thing, since you can fire and forget it, come back and it should be done. It takes a while but it shouldn't be that long. I think it is always faster to use your game disks, but then you are still going to have to patch after that. -----signature----- Common Sense is a myth.. Its Hub. 10 week ban for anybody who disagrees. -Mithan-
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Liquid741 Title: VN Sensei Posts: 5,106 Registered: Dec 16, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,095 User ID: 1,191,724	Subject: Game Download?
	thank you friend...going to be out all night, and didnt want to DL all day tomorrow. -----signature----- April 26th..the day the future will be known...NFL draft. I'd rather be kicked in the face then be a Patriots fan!
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uglydwarf Posts: 1,052 Registered: Feb 4, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,013 User ID: 1,024,892	Subject: Game Download?
	be warned- with the changes they have made for cataclysm, if you try to install from the disks, it will NOT work after the first update. also when you do the download, well.. let's just say i and doing that right now, i started the DL yesterday, around 5:00 pm, eastern time. it is still downloading. it's MAYBE 20% done. the blizzard torrent system has got to be the worst ever created. -----signature----- (none)
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Liquid741 Title: VN Sensei Posts: 5,106 Registered: Dec 16, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,095 User ID: 1,191,724	Subject: Game Download?
	damn! didnt realize it was the long of DL. cant wait to get out of work and set up the DL then. thanks for the advice. -----signature----- April 26th..the day the future will be known...NFL draft. I'd rather be kicked in the face then be a Patriots fan!
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff Reziztance iz Futile Posts: 53,263 Registered: Jun 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 52,657 User ID: 692,733	Subject: Game Download?
	Do you own the Cataclysm disks? If you do, you can load WoW classic and then upgrade right to Cataclysm. If you downloaded it, go into battle.net and grab the latest downloader to hopefully avoid a few patches. Good luck! -----signature----- Mirkwood MUD, OneEye IvoryFang, Lord of the VampireZ (Retired) AC Frostfell, Clan Z - Lvl 239 Grief Dagger (Retired) WoW Lightbringer Alliance, Z Guild - Lvl 85 Combat Rogue (Retired) Making iOS Apps these days at http://zsprawl.com/iOS
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uglydwarf Posts: 1,052 Registered: Feb 4, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,013 User ID: 1,024,892	Subject: Game Download?
	that is how i am currently doing it. i'm on a dsl line,and for some reason, when my system goes idle, the d/l rate drops to 0, so i can't just start it and go and do something else.in the last day and a half, it's done about 4 gigs if about 14. i HATE the bliz downloader. Sprawl-zero1eye- posted: Do you own the Cataclysm disks? If you do, you can load WoW classic and then upgrade right to Cataclysm. If you downloaded it, go into battle.net and grab the latest downloader to hopefully avoid a few patches. Good luck! -----signature----- (none)
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Shenron_ Posts: 8,665 Registered: Dec 8, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,513 User ID: 746,590	Subject: Game Download?
	if u install the client from the cataclysm disc, u will need to download nearly 7gb or patches. so u can compare that to what the dler says if u try to dl the entire game -----signature----- (none)
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uglydwarf Posts: 1,052 Registered: Feb 4, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,013 User ID: 1,024,892	Subject: Game Download?
	found out what i was doing wrong- when the computer was going to sleep mode it was pauseing the download. i had to change the settings so the computer would not go to sleep mode.it still is takeing a full day to download the whole thing though. (currently 572 megs left of about 14 gigs) uglydwarf posted: that is how i am currently doing it. i'm on a dsl line,and for some reason, when my system goes idle, the d/l rate drops to 0, so i can't just start it and go and do something else.in the last day and a half, it's done about 4 gigs if about 14. i HATE the bliz downloader. Sprawl-zero1eye- posted: Do you own the Cataclysm disks? If you do, you can load WoW classic and then upgrade right to Cataclysm. If you downloaded it, go into battle.net and grab the latest downloader to hopefully avoid a few patches. Good luck! -----signature----- (none)
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