download speed on the launcher is excruciatingly slow?

[big bungo]

i left the launcher open overnight to download the game and when i checked on the progress again 14 hours later it was only at 14%. my internet and download speed is NOT this slow and i already had the base game downloaded. i hardly doubt that there have been so many extreme updates to the game since the last time i played that would warrant such an amount of time to download it all.

why is it so slow? i have the download speed in the launchers settings set to unlimited. what can i do?

[Imnuktam]

hidden update interfering? Use task manager to make sure you are running at the speed you are capable of and see where that net is going.

Remember this game is like a 90 gb download, took me forever too. In fact i remember it took 8 hours, i noticed it was counting me as playing the entire time it was downloading because my friend was asking me "how are you playing already" so i restarted computer and when i went to resume download, I instead had to start all over...

[big bungo]

Imnuktam님이 먼저 게시:

hidden update interfering? Use task manager to make sure you are running at the speed you are capable of and see where that net is going.

Remember this game is like a 90 gb download, took me forever too. In fact i remember it took 8 hours, i noticed it was counting me as playing the entire time it was downloading because my friend was asking me "how are you playing already" so i restarted computer and when i went to resume download, I instead had to start all over...

nope, nothing. i've already checked task manager as well but don't know what i'm supposed to be looking for other than the wifi speed graph thing.

like i said though, i already have the game downloaded. i've had it downloaded since 2018, so that wouldn't apply to me :(
the download speed caps at 2MB for some reason, and then drops to 0KB randomly. the download never progresses past 4% and pretty much says at 29004MB remaining the whole time

[ƎϽ∀ƎԀ]

dollar store dps sIut님이 먼저 게시:

nope, nothing. i've already checked task manager as well but don't know what i'm supposed to be looking for other than the wifi speed graph thing.

Its not ZOS. I have "0" problems with download speeds. I usually do these updates in about 20 minutes or less.

You should be looking for a new ISP. There are several ISP in the U.S. known for not liking big game downloads so they throttle your connection ( Google it ). There was open throttling about 6 years ago. Then a decent person made a law that prevented it. Then 4 years ago somebody was elected that once again allowed the ISP to do what ever they want to your connection. Now you get slow downloads or none at all as the ISP's are holding the game companies for ransom to pay more to not throttle you.

[big bungo]

Gamcull님이 먼저 게시:

dollar store dps sIut님이 먼저 게시:

nope, nothing. i've already checked task manager as well but don't know what i'm supposed to be looking for other than the wifi speed graph thing.

Its not ZOS. I have "0" problems with download speeds. I usually do these updates in about 20 minutes or less.

You should be looking for a new ISP. There are several ISP in the U.S. known for not liking big game downloads so they throttle your connection ( Google it ). There was open throttling about 6 years ago. Then a decent person made a law that prevented it. Then 4 years ago somebody was elected that once again allowed the ISP to do what ever they want to your connection. Now you get slow downloads or none at all as the ISP's are holding the game companies for ransom to pay more to not throttle you.

i'm sorry but i did not understand a single word you just said

[ƎϽ∀ƎԀ]

dollar store dps sIut님이 먼저 게시:

Gamcull님이 먼저 게시:

Its not ZOS. I have "0" problems with download speeds. I usually do these updates in about 20 minutes or less.

You should be looking for a new ISP. There are several ISP in the U.S. known for not liking big game downloads so they throttle your connection ( Google it ). There was open throttling about 6 years ago. Then a decent person made a law that prevented it. Then 4 years ago somebody was elected that once again allowed the ISP to do what ever they want to your connection. Now you get slow downloads or none at all as the ISP's are holding the game companies for ransom to pay more to not throttle you.

i'm sorry but i did not understand a single word you just said

You ISP (Internet Service Provider) is purposely slowing down or blocking your download because they want more money from the game companies. I havent played in a few months, or updated. So approx. 3 months of updates I just finished in 9 minutes. ( Thanks to Canadian Internet legislation )

[big bungo]

Gamcull님이 먼저 게시:

dollar store dps sIut님이 먼저 게시:

i'm sorry but i did not understand a single word you just said

You ISP (Internet Service Provider) is purposely slowing down or blocking your download because they want more money from the game companies. I havent played in a few months, or updated. So approx. 3 months of updates I just finished in 9 minutes. ( Thanks to Canadian Internet legislation )

man, that is absolutely garbage. thank you for clarifying, i really hope that's not the case but considering america is america i wouldn't be surprised :)))))))))

[ƎϽ∀ƎԀ]

Sorry, I should have also given you a possible solution. Try using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to get around the blockage. You can get a free trial on some thats long enough for the download.

[big bungo]

Gamcull님이 먼저 게시:

Sorry, I should have also given you a possible solution. Try using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to get around the blockage. You can get a free trial on some thats long enough for the download.

ooh, thank you! i'll give this a try tomorrow <3