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Eve makes you download the entier game if you are away for 2 weeks
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Gimer
The Old Relics
#1 - 2014-04-29 12:04:55 UTC
How bad is the updating ability of Eve if you have to download the whole game again if you have been away for 2 weeks
i realize that there is a patch or a fix ... EVERY ... night, but not everyone in this big wide world has a wonderful internet connection and not everyone gets to play every night.
Its bloody annoying that when i do get to play i have to waste a minimum 1/2 an hour every time just to download the fixes and then get booted off and hour later so that more fixes can be implemented during shutdown.
WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A SHUTDOWN AND PATCH EVERY NIGHT
Amber Harrington
Corp Yo
#2 - 2014-04-29 12:12:23 UTC
Gimer wrote:
How bad is the updating ability of Eve if you have to download the whole game again if you have been away for 2 weeks
i realize that there is a patch or a fix ... EVERY ... night, but not everyone in this big wide world has a wonderful internet connection and not everyone gets to play every night.
Its bloody annoying that when i do get to play i have to waste a minimum 1/2 an hour every time just to download the fixes and then get booted off and hour later so that more fixes can be implemented during shutdown.
WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A SHUTDOWN AND PATCH EVERY NIGHT


There was no patch every night as far as I remember, there was like one patch in last week or so. You definitely do not have to download whole client again, if you have problems with patch, use "repair.exe" in EVE folder.

As of shutdown - you want this game to run smoothly on an optimised and maintained database, won't you?
Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
#3 - 2014-04-29 12:38:17 UTC
Gimer wrote:
How bad is the updating ability of Eve if you have to download the whole game again if you have been away for 2 weeks
i realize that there is a patch or a fix ... EVERY ... night, but not everyone in this big wide world has a wonderful internet connection and not everyone gets to play every night.
Its bloody annoying that when i do get to play i have to waste a minimum 1/2 an hour every time just to download the fixes and then get booted off and hour later so that more fixes can be implemented during shutdown.
WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A SHUTDOWN AND PATCH EVERY NIGHT


Patches are relatively rare. The daily dt is because the whole eve universe is one server and allows the devs to optimize the world every day. Usually the dt is only for 15 minutes or so, just long enough to do a bio and grab a snack.

The timing can be inconvenient depending on where you live. When I'm in Guam it happens in the middle of my playtime.

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Schmata Bastanold
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#4 - 2014-05-01 10:58:28 UTC
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Vincent R'lyeh
Screaming Hayabusa
#5 - 2014-05-06 20:49:57 UTC
I got back yesterday from a 2 week break.

Opened the launcher on my gaming rig and laptop and let them update.

Gaming rig took about 5 minutes.

Laptop on wireless took about 10.

Horrible it was I had to open some Rum to help me cope..........

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#6 - 2014-05-07 06:55:11 UTC
I had to patch the other night, opened the launcher and saw the patch start downloading. So I went and made a cheese sandwich.

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Titan Andronicus
Rookie Mission Tax Haven
#7 - 2014-05-07 08:37:00 UTC
Gimer wrote:

WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A SHUTDOWN AND PATCH EVERY NIGHT


I realise this wasn't the main thrust of your post, but is there an argument for introducing a random element to downtime? For example, a 23 or 25-hour cycle so that a player can experience the advantages and disadvantages of local TZ relative to EVE TZ on rotation?

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Velicitia
XS Tech
#8 - 2014-05-07 09:51:19 UTC
Titan Andronicus wrote:
Gimer wrote:

WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A SHUTDOWN AND PATCH EVERY NIGHT


I realise this wasn't the main thrust of your post, but is there an argument for introducing a random element to downtime? For example, a 23 or 25-hour cycle so that a player can experience the advantages and disadvantages of local TZ relative to EVE TZ on rotation?



Devs do it at 11 AM GMT because it's convenient for them.

DT is ~15 minutes these days ... HTFU. It used to be an hour ... or maybe an hour and a half because a hamster died.

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#9 - 2014-05-07 10:34:29 UTC
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Vedor Teo
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2014-05-07 13:01:26 UTC
Been away for nearly a month, and it took me 15 mins to update on wireless.
Jur Tissant
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2014-05-07 13:17:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Jur Tissant
Not everyone can have a fast internet connection, especially in the US where internet prices are through the roof. Having lived on a 1mbit connection for several years I can understand OP. It would be helpful if there was an auto-update utility which could download patches while you were away.