[SOLVED] Is there some kind of speed cap on the download

[Munster]

I'm confused, it's 2021 and I'm stuck downloading this game at 2MBps ? I've looked around all the settings but no speed cap options what is going on here ?

[Overeagerdragon]

SE is throttling it on their end.

[crzyfsh123]

Is that the trial?

[Slaanesh]

Originally posted by Overeagerdragon:

SE is throttling it on their end.

proof?

[Ruffio]

When I tried to launch the game today, Steam said the exe was missing. When I validated the files, steam said it was a success. when I checked the game folder. There was no files there... gee, tnx steam... So sitting here re-downloading at 2MBps myself atm...

[Munster]

Oh boy, left it downloading, came back 4 hours later to a failed download

[The Grimm Reefer]

Yeah this is on your end

[Munster]

Originally posted by Grim Reefer:

Yeah this is on your end

On a 1Gbps internet connection ? Sure buddy.

[Sunny]

Originally posted by Not mun:

Originally posted by Grim Reefer:

Yeah this is on your end

On a 1Gbps internet connection ? Sure buddy.

Have you contacted your ISP? It's not on SE's end; I get a significantly better download speed than that, as do other posters. That's why they're telling you it's not SE. If you're US based, your ISP can limit your bandwidth during peak for particular types of traffic, unless you're in a state that prohibits it -- I'm not familiar with other countries' laws, but perhaps something similar is going on for you if you're NOT in the US.

[Munster]

Originally posted by Sunny:

Originally posted by Not mun:

On a 1Gbps internet connection ? Sure buddy.

Have you contacted your ISP? It's not on SE end; I get a significantly better download speed than that, as do other posters. That's why they're telling you it's not SE.

I have no issue downloading ANY other game on steam or anywhere else, FFXIV is the only problematic one. Not sure why that would imply my connection being faulty

I've looked around and I'm clearly not the only one with the problem.

[Sunny]

Originally posted by Not mun:

Originally posted by Sunny:

Have you contacted your ISP? It's not on SE end; I get a significantly better download speed than that, as do other posters. That's why they're telling you it's not SE.

I have no issue downloading ANY other game on steam or anywhere else, FFXIV is the only problematic one. Not sure why that would imply my connection being faulty

Okay, but...do you really think SE is limiting your traffic in particular? I'm not calling you a liar, but what I am telling you is that other people are not reporting this problem that **everyone would have** were it a case of SE limiting speeds.

Is there a problem? Yes.

Is that problem SE limiting speeds? No.

That means it's something else.

If it's not your ISP, it's not your ISP, but it is *something*, and that something is not SE limiting download speeds. If you want an ACTUAL solution, you need to do a bit more troubleshooting, rather than assuming it's this. Your problem is likely solvable, but not if you insist that it's something like this.

[Impossible21x]

oh

[Munster]

Originally posted by Sunny:

Originally posted by Not mun:

I have no issue downloading ANY other game on steam or anywhere else, FFXIV is the only problematic one. Not sure why that would imply my connection being faulty

Okay, but...do you really think SE is limiting your traffic in particular? I'm not calling you a liar, but what I am telling you is that other people are not reporting this problem that **everyone would have** were it a case of SE limiting speeds.

Is there a problem? Yes.

Is that problem SE limiting speeds? No.

That means it's something else.

If it's not your ISP, it's not your ISP, but it is *something*, and that something is not SE limiting download speeds.

I never said SE was limiting my speeds, I was asking if there was a speed cap setting which most other game/MMO/Whatever launchers have, not a crazy scheme i'm inventing here.

There is a problem with the download, It's normal to get lower than advertised speeds but here we're talking nearly 1% of my real speed, not my ISP at fault since everything else works correctly.

The something else could be SE having overloaded servers, or making me download the game from a different continent.

[Sunny]

Originally posted by Not mun:

Originally posted by Sunny:

Okay, but...do you really think SE is limiting your traffic in particular? I'm not calling you a liar, but what I am telling you is that other people are not reporting this problem that **everyone would have** were it a case of SE limiting speeds.

Is there a problem? Yes.

Is that problem SE limiting speeds? No.

That means it's something else.

If it's not your ISP, it's not your ISP, but it is *something*, and that something is not SE limiting download speeds.

I never said SE was limiting my speeds, I was asking if there was a speed cap setting which most other game/MMO/Whatever launchers have, not a crazy scheme i'm inventing here.

There is a problem with the download, It's normal to get lower than advertised speeds but here we're talking nearly 1% of my real speed, not my ISP at fault since everything else works correctly.

The something else could be SE having overloaded servers, or making me download the game from a different continent.

OK. Good luck with your non-solutions to a problem that could probably be solved were you willing to look into it!

[Munster]

Originally posted by Sunny:

Originally posted by Not mun:

I never said SE was limiting my speeds, I was asking if there was a speed cap setting which most other game/MMO/Whatever launchers have, not a crazy scheme i'm inventing here.

There is a problem with the download, It's normal to get lower than advertised speeds but here we're talking nearly 1% of my real speed, not my ISP at fault since everything else works correctly.

The something else could be SE having overloaded servers, or making me download the game from a different continent.

OK. Good luck with your non-solutions to a problem that could probably be solved were you willing to look into it!

Why do you think I made a post here ? To give myself non-solutions ? Wow you make no sense.
I'm making a post to ask for information/solutions, use your common sense.

[MOSLEY]

Originally posted by Sunny:

Originally posted by Not mun:

I have no issue downloading ANY other game on steam or anywhere else, FFXIV is the only problematic one. Not sure why that would imply my connection being faulty

Okay, but...do you really think SE is limiting your traffic in particular? I'm not calling you a liar, but what I am telling you is that other people are not reporting this problem that **everyone would have** were it a case of SE limiting speeds.

Is there a problem? Yes.

Is that problem SE limiting speeds? No.

That means it's something else.

If it's not your ISP, it's not your ISP, but it is *something*, and that something is not SE limiting download speeds. If you want an ACTUAL solution, you need to do a bit more troubleshooting, rather than assuming it's this. Your problem is likely solvable, but not if you insist that it's something like this.

It's literally just their download servers being slow. It requires a lot of bandwidth to serve however many concurrent players they have across all platforrms. Clearly they just don't quite have enough.