Everytime I Read

Posted by Stropp on August 26, 2009

Everytime I read that a MMORPG developer wants us to download the beta client (or whatever) from FilePlanet I cringe.

For one thing they have this queue that you have to wait in before you can start downloading, unless you are a subscriber. For another, they throttle the connection for non-premium customers to a slower speed.

Okay. So I understand their business model. They need to “encourage” downloaders to subscribe. I guess I can live with the queue and the slower speed.

What really pisses me off is that they don’t have a resumable downloader.

Last night I mentioned in a post that my download of the Fallen Earth beta client had six hours to go. That finished sometime in the early AM, probably around 3am to 4am.

I didn’t have time this morning to check before I went to work, but tonight when I checked, the zip file is corrupted. And no way to correct it other than to redownload a few more GB, for another six hours.

So here I am, waiting in the flaming queue once again. Looks like no Fallen Earth time tonight.

Not happy Jan.

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