Guildwars internet data transfer

daveham

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2007

E/

26 Jun 2008 at 00:07 - 1
Hi...I have got a new laptop and tried running GW on it via a 3G mobile phone connection. To my surprise it ran superbly.

I have "unlimited" data allowance, but with a fair use policy. Does anyone have a rough idea of how much data will be transferred over the connection in an hour of playing Guildwars?

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

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Me/Rt

26 Jun 2008 at 00:10 - 2
Depends if you have -imaged already and it doesn't need to D/L anymore. The rest I couldn't tell you.

jiggles

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

N/

26 Jun 2008 at 00:12 - 3
not much, you'll be fine. something like a couple of KB's, providing you have everything pre-downloaded

kumiel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

26 Jun 2008 at 00:17 - 4
I would make sure you run a -image with a connection other than the 3G one to download all the files because that will take a lot of bandwidth. You should probably repeat this after any update. To check how much bandwidth you are using ingame, add a -perf tag to the .exe file and it will show up at all times.

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ascalon

E/

26 Jun 2008 at 05:15 - 5
GW was made to run on dial-up. So long as you are not downloading pieces of the .dat, I don't think you have anything to worry about.