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My Friend Finally Got GW! But....

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Jade
Jade
Jungle Guide
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My friend got GW w/ EotN today. I have a few questions pertaining to the .dat file.

1st question is - Does anyone know how long the "-image" download would take on average? (I'm pretty sure he's using cable internet)

2nd question is - I realize it would be faster for me to copy my .dat on to a dvd and take it to his place and do the 'ol copy & paste. But is this against any part of the eula or any other rules that anet has?

3rd question is - Would it work if I did have him use a copy of my .dat file? I can't see why it wouldn't, but I may be (and probably am) overlooking something.

As usual, any help would be greatyly appreciated.
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ap0c
Krytan Explorer
• #2
i think your dat file should work, dont kill me if it doesnt
Fril Estelin
Fril Estelin
So Serious...
• #3
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Originally Posted by Jade
1st question is - Does anyone know how long the "-image" download would take on average? (I'm pretty sure he's using cable internet)
It's about 3.5Go in size, so an average of 10Mb broadband would give you 1.2Mo/s => 1 hour
(if your line is reliable and can sustain such a big download)

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2nd question is - I realize it would be faster for me to copy my .dat on to a dvd and take it to his place and do the 'ol copy & paste. But is this against any part of the eula or any other rules that anet has?
No it is not.

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3rd question is - Would it work if I did have him use a copy of my .dat file? I can't see why it wouldn't, but I may be (and probably am) overlooking something.
It'll work, no problem.
Jade
Jade
Jungle Guide
• #4
Sweet, that'll speed things up immensely. I've been trying to get him to play GW since about a month after I bought it when it came out. He's been stuck on Diablo 2 for some god forsaken reason. He got p.o.'ed when they reset the ladder recently and now wants to play GW.

Thank you both for your quick responses!
Panais
Panais
Frost Gate Guardian
• #5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jade
My friend got GW w/ EotN today. I have a few questions pertaining to the .dat file.

1st question is - Does anyone know how long the "-image" download would take on average? (I'm pretty sure he's using cable internet)
well when i re did my -image a few days ago with a 150kbs internet, it took me around 6 hours.

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Originally Posted by Jade
2nd question is - I realize it would be faster for me to copy my .dat on to a dvd and take it to his place and do the 'ol copy & paste. But is this against any part of the eula or any other rules that anet has?
nothing against the eula, u can even download it f the main website

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Originally Posted by Jade
3rd question is - Would it work if I did have him use a copy of my .dat file? I can't see why it wouldn't, but I may be (and probably am) overlooking something.
yes it would

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Originally Posted by Jade
Sweet, that'll speed things up immensely. I've been trying to get him to play GW since about a month after I bought it when it came out. He's been stuck on Diablo 2 for some god forsaken reason. He got p.o.'ed when they reset the ladder recently and now wants to play GW.

Thank you both for your quick responses!
D2 kicks ass, i still play it by far the best RPG game ever made
Fungus Amongus
Fungus Amongus
Wilds Pathfinder
• #6
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Originally Posted by Fril Estelin
It's about 3.5Go in size, so an average of 10Mb broadband would give you 1.2Mo/s => 1 hour
(if your line is reliable and can sustain such a big download)
I've never downloaded from Anet's servers at my capable download speed. For me the download seems limited by their upload rate of around 300-350 Kbps (often trailing off to 80-150Kbps). Someone please comment if you have experienced otherwise.

Otherwise, copy the .dat, it's faster and not against the EULA.