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Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2009

06 Jul 2009 at 04:04 - 1

I have recently started playing guild wars and I have created my character and everything but when I start to load ascalon (I think that is what it is) it downloads at 1-3kb/sec. Has anyone else had a problem like this? Can someone please help me get up and running? Before you ask, yes I do have dial-up but I would think it would go a little faster than this...

thanks

subarucar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

New Zealand

None

06 Jul 2009 at 04:30 - 2

Its because it has to download all the game files the first time you load every city. I would recommend using the "-image" command and leave GW to load overnight, this will download all the files you need. Im sure someone else can give you more detail on the image command, as i always forget exactly how it works.

Songbringer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

EastCoast

E/Me

06 Jul 2009 at 04:31 - 3

Just go to guild wiki and type in search -image it will have a guide on exactly how to do it.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Main_Page

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Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

06 Jul 2009 at 04:43 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by subarucar

Its because it has to download all the game files the first time you load every city. I would recommend using the "-image" command and leave GW to load overnight, this will download all the files you need. Im sure someone else can give you more detail on the image command, as i always forget exactly how it works.

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yes I do have dial-up but I would think it would go a little faster than this

Try a few days on that -image :P

But no in reality I think thats probably normal for dial-up I can't say for certain of course I never played gw on dial-up but yeah...but yeah look roughly right...

Zzes Tyan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2009

Florida

[Play]

D/

06 Jul 2009 at 06:00 - 5

i had dial up when i started playing GW, leave it to load overnight and it will download all the files

Braxton619

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

A/W

06 Jul 2009 at 06:17 - 6

dialup is 1-5kbps normally

yeah i would recommend using -image and letting it download overnight(dialup might take a week or so)

Kinetic Trilogy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2009

N/Me

06 Jul 2009 at 09:07 - 7

You're lucky if you get 4-5 KB's; I'm a dial up user myself and mostly get 3 max.

miskav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

Mo/

06 Jul 2009 at 10:59 - 8

Wow, people still have Dial up?

shillo

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

06 Jul 2009 at 12:43 - 9

If you have a real-life friend who also plays GW, ask him to -image as described above, then use a USB drive or a writable DVD to copy his gw.exe and gw.dat.

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Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

06 Jul 2009 at 13:22 - 10

I'd see if you can find somebody who has any discs to let you borrow them for install. Technically against the rules but I dont see the harm lol. Most of my waiting time was zapped and it beats image.

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Originally Posted by miskav

Wow, people still have Dial up?

Some people don't have a choice!

Kinetic Trilogy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2009

N/Me

06 Jul 2009 at 23:59 - 11

Yeah, where I live, it's either dial up or satellite.

Paying 12.95 for a Semi-Laggy game

Or paying $400 installation and then 70-80/mo for a Nerd-raging laggy-game.