DEADLY slow loading

darkraider53

darkraider53

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

02 Feb 2007 at 05:21 - 1
Hi, i just reinstalled Guild Wars after about 6 months and when i started to load into Heroes ascent it took 10 minutes for 15mb And not even 1% finished. It was still 0%


Is there anything i can do to change this or do i have to wait for it all to load?

Ascalon Chariot

Ascalon Chariot

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/

02 Feb 2007 at 05:28 - 2
Your gonna have to DL ALOT of update, do it when you go to bed.

kaheiyeh

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

Reapers of Solace

Mo/A

02 Feb 2007 at 09:15 - 3
It's because you have installed the oldest build of Guild Wars from your CD. Your client has to download all the updates since the release of the CD (which is alot). Add the -image tag to the end of your shortcut and let it download the latest build. (it won't actually load the full game, just the window)

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

02 Feb 2007 at 11:36 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by darkraider53
Hi, i just reinstalled Guild Wars after about 6 months and when i started to load into Heroes ascent it took 10 minutes for 15mb And not even 1% finished. It was still 0%


Is there anything i can do to change this or do i have to wait for it all to load?
Unfortunately, ANet's Download servers aren't the quickest, hence the slow download, although, try -image and let it update everything, the client works better and downloads faster if you let it do it at the client start than ingame

Xenrath

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

02 Feb 2007 at 13:51 - 5
There's a weekend event happening that's probably why people are getting slow downloads right now. It's the same every event since more people seem to be on at these times + lots more downloads all going on at once, and no doubt people doing -image etc.