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Bit off topic but StarCraft 2 users beware, 14GB non-optional update

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SiliconV

...even if you never plan on getting Heart of the Swarm.

NO kidding.

Severely limits all other connection (does not play well with other connections), causes lag in-game and you have no choice at all. You fire up the game online, you are HIT.

If you have bandwidth limits, say goodbye to StarCraft 2. If you don't notice what's happening, be prepared for a LOT of extra charges on your ISP bill...

WTF was Blizzard thinking?

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Emre

This new update looks pretty cool actually but i couldn't see the global play. Will it be added later?

11 years ago
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zealousdt

You can use one account on all servers in HotS and i think now in WoL too. If you wait a few seconds at the initial sign in screen, a button pops up on the left to switch servers. Your profile doesn't follow, so you have to start new. I've never done this myself, but I have seen several streamers do it.

11 years ago
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ss9c1

Whoa, new interface.
Lol, they added StarCraft Universe (prologue) to the Arcade.

11 years ago
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Cheeseburgermafia

They could instead make Wings of Liberty players who don't own Heart of the Swarm unable to play games together. Would that work better for you? You know 90% of SC2 players are going to be playing HotS when it comes out. Do you really want this?

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Alek2ander

Guys... You should collaborate. There are many ways to overcome a bandwidth limit. First, you can find out if any of your IRL friends or neighbors have a better situation. Then, you can ask them to copy the dled patch. Or, everyone downloads a part of the patch (I'm sure there is a torrent of it somewhere), and then meet up IRL and join them. Or find an unprotected wifi nerwork :-)

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Cheeseburgermafia

This could work. Grabbing the patch from a torrent is perfectly safe in this case, as long as it's just the patch data and not the installation folder. Your installed, outdated installation will try to update, see the patch data you have, and check it over to see what's missing, if anything. Then it won't have as much to download.

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Cheeseburgermafia

You could use a firewall to block connections to blizzard's update servers.

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SentoX

You wouldn't be able to play online then though, surely it checks your version against the one you should be using and kicks you from the game telling you to update.

11 years ago
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ss9c1

yes, yes it does

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Yobilat

Seriously. When I see topics like that I'm wondering if it would be cheaper (and faster!) to have friend in Europe to download the shit out of internet,burn it on DVDs or BR and send you through courier to USA/CANADA/wherever you have crapy connection.

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Cheeseburgermafia

Steam has Left 4 Dead 2 listed at 13.2 GB. Anyone who has downloaded L4D2 should have no issue with a 14GB download.

You could also compare it to downloading DOTA 2 three times.

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ATM

Heh, and I thought that we have costly providers (20$ per 30Mb/s, no FUP or bandwidth limits or 35$ per 120Mb/s no FUP an Bandwidth limits...). Apparently not...

11 years ago
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MrBr00tal92

Blizzard
As i expected.

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Closed 11 years ago by SiliconV.