Massive AddOn Author Cataclysm Beta Key Give-Away! - Page 16

Kaidian · 07-20-10, 01:15 PM

Lets hope we hear soon :S

ricks322 · 07-20-10, 01:21 PM

The last time they had extended authentication maintenance was when they setup the last batch of keys (and then fixed them). So new keys comming out is looking good.

But hey a day or 2 more is not going to make that much difference. There is ALOT to test, (and ALOT still broken/unfinished), and I don't see this phase of the Beta ending anytime soon.

One thing I have noticed from reading the Beta forums, it seems alot of people are testing the high end stuff, with very little testing (by comparision) of the revamped old world starting area's.

Oh yea, once you get your key. You are still looking at 6 to 12 hours of downloading and patching. Longer if there are lots of people trying at the same time.

GT4 · 07-20-10, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by ricks322

Oh yea, once you get your key. You are still looking at 6 to 12 hours of downloading and patching. Longer if there are lots of people trying at the same time.

Aren't all downloads P2P? They shouldn't really be slower then, should they?

voodoodad · 07-20-10, 01:51 PM

I'm Addicted To Beta! Somebody Do An Intervention!!!

dragonflyy · 07-20-10, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by ricks322

The last time they had extended authentication maintenance was when they setup the last batch of keys (and then fixed them). So new keys comming out is looking good.

But hey a day or 2 more is not going to make that much difference. There is ALOT to test, (and ALOT still broken/unfinished), and I don't see this phase of the Beta ending anytime soon.

One thing I have noticed from reading the Beta forums, it seems alot of people are testing the high end stuff, with very little testing (by comparision) of the revamped old world starting area's.

Oh yea, once you get your key. You are still looking at 6 to 12 hours of downloading and patching. Longer if there are lots of people trying at the same time.

The new patcher system actually works like this. It takes what you already have and copies it. Then downloads and patches what's left. A friend of mine got in and took him 2 hours to install and play.

MysticalOS · 07-20-10, 03:43 PM

Blizzad has incurred my aggro.

braininblack · 07-20-10, 04:16 PM

Hey guys, calm down... blizz got other things in mind, than the beta key´s... just wait

MysticalOS · 07-20-10, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by braininblack

Hey guys, calm down... blizz got other things in mind, than the beta key´s... just wait

Beta still up and running but no keys is

. but no beta or live cause it's 6 hours late coming back up is aggro

dragonflyy · 07-20-10, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by MysticalOS

Beta still up and running but no keys is

. but no beta or live cause it's 6 hours late coming back up is aggro

Hehe I'm on Doomhammer. No WoW for one day. Good thing EQ2 is running good.

Kaidian · 07-20-10, 04:37 PM

Makes me glad to be European :P

Ferous · 07-20-10, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by MysticalOS

Beta still up and running but no keys is

. but no beta or live cause it's 6 hours late coming back up is aggro

AH! You fool me! Beta is not up

I checked.

MysticalOS · 07-20-10, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Ferous

AH! You fool me! Beta is not up

I checked.

they took it down for patching, it WAS up :P.

Nuckin · 07-20-10, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by dragonflyy

The new patcher system actually works like this. It takes what you already have and copies it. Then downloads and patches what's left. A friend of mine got in and took him 2 hours to install and play.

Originally Posted by GT4

Aren't all downloads P2P? They shouldn't really be slower then, should they?

Originally Posted by ricks322

Oh yea, once you get your key. You are still looking at 6 to 12 hours of downloading and patching. Longer if there are lots of people trying at the same time.

Actually, Blizzard's updater uses the BitTorrent protocol to balance the load amongst all users rather than just bogging down their own network. With this protocol, the more people downloading a file, the faster is goes (generally, depending on your geographic location)

magges · 07-20-10, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Kaidian

Makes me glad to be European :P

It's 3 am in my country, on blizz maybe 7pm. and I'm coming from a "party".

There are no keys but I still love gnomes!

Kaidian · 07-20-10, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by magges

It's 3 am in my country, on blizz maybe 7pm. and I'm coming from a "party".

There are no keys but I still love gnomes!

2am here (so you likely know where I am now hehe) Looks like no keys today but meh. *chomps on gnome*

Icecoldcoke · 07-20-10, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by magges

It's 3 am in my country, on blizz maybe 7pm. and I'm coming from a "party".

There are no keys but I still love gnomes!

It's actually 6:14PM in California.

eThuz · 07-20-10, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by voodoodad

I'm Addicted To Beta! Somebody Do An Intervention!!!

/cast Divine Intervention

ezarra · 07-20-10, 07:35 PM

This is all my fault. I should never have put myself into the queue. Blizzard hates me, and is punishing all of you just to keep me from having a beta key.

…

I am not paranoid, they really are out to get me!

Jinivus · 07-20-10, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by ezarra

This is all my fault. I should never have put myself into the queue. Blizzard hates me, and is punishing all of you just to keep me from having a beta key.

…

I am not paranoid, they really are out to get me!

This explains everything

Kaidian · 07-20-10, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by ezarra

This is all my fault. I should never have put myself into the queue. Blizzard hates me, and is punishing all of you just to keep me from having a beta key.

…

I am not paranoid, they really are out to get me!

/tar
/slap