84GB Game Download - New compression needed?

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There really needs a option for a Thumb drive to be delivered at a small cost.

A trusted friend could copy the game and send you the Thumb Drive.

I believe the data is already compressed when it is sent.

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Why are you downloading WoW monthly ?

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have you played any other recent games in 2022? usual size 60gb

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Ah, the days of 56k modems.

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I use AT&T’s version of that because T-Mobile doesn’t work out here. My original house internet was some like 200 kb/s.

I live out in the STICKS. I live in the SPLINTERS of the STICKS.

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It’s likely a reference to data caps and allowances per month. Things like that.

ISPs are absolutely brutal with their price gouging since they can get away with it here

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I know what he’s referring to.

But you don’t download WoW every month.

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wow isnt necessary the only thing they are including in their ‘monthly downloads’ and the wording is a little awkward. Your being a little pedantic about this by assuming that wow is the only game or thing they use the internet for.

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So is OP bringing in data caps into something you redownload like once every 4 years if you reinstall windows and don’t just back up the WoW folder locally.

WoW being 84 GB is on the low side of AAA titles these days.

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That happened to me 3 years ago.
My cable ISP had a 50GB cap. It was common knowledge said the person on the phone the day I was capped.
Looking over my bill it never said anything about data caps.
Had to go up the next level of service to complete the download.

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I was saved by T-Mobile 5g Home Internet. Before that, I had a very slow, unstable DSL connection.

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and it’s a valid complaint for a limited number of users (like the OP) shrug

Pretty much this. Data caps are generally tucked far, far away in a random corner of a different document to basically try and limit you using their infrastructure while making you pay for it. It’s so they can sell and profit on services to 100 houses while only having the infrastructure to fully service 70 of them

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It’s not valid, you don’t download WoW often enough for it to matter and there are ways to save on bandwidth by simply keeping a local copy of the WoW folder.

I’d rather WoW have a huge world filled with tons of items and monsters and huge swaths of land to explore, than to have a 10 GB game.

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because requesting having the option to skip downloading/using voice overs and cut scenes because their ISP screws them while hoping that there could be some new cutting edge way to compress data to save on their end is totally unreasonable.

Yes, the knowledgeable know that without a massive change in computing architecture/infrastructure that the general size of software is inevitably going to increase and so is the required amount of data being transferred as time progresses. This doesn’t mean that requesting these things if they are possible is such a game ending thing. Will it happen? Likely not but there is no harm in asking for stuff like voice overs to be an optional download because their life circumstances don’t reflect the average one in this particular area.

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Out of curiosity, what is your internet speed now?

I live outside my county line, divided by a railroad track. One side has Xfinity, while I am using CenturyLink. My speed after demanding to be upgraded is at 13.9 mb/s.

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I know the US has borderline infamously bad internet, but 8 hours (or more) is a real stretch. That’s like a download speed of 2-3MB a minute. I am pretty sure you literally cannot get internet that poor.

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Just ran a speed test. Right now, this second, I’m at

DOWNLOAD Mbps
2.48

UPLOAD Mbps
0.59

I don’t have internet options out here. I have to use ATT hot spot internet to get anything out here.

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Wanna check the stats I just posted? :’)

Games take at least 2 overnights to download if they’re more than 30 gb.
My downloads literally never reach 1 mb. Always between 400-800 kbs

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The stats you posted are per seconds, yeah? The numbers i gave was 2-3 MB per minute.

Edit: Maybe my maths was way off though. Need to check.

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The game is playable almost immediately once you start downloading. The core is quite small, and the rest can be lazily loaded while you’re playing.

The WoW downloader is really quite good, and the game is setup to handle it with fill in content before the real stuff gets loaded down so you can start playing ASAP.

There will be stalls if you go into a new area that hasn’t been downloaded yet, but it will download that specific stuff right away and you’ll be on your way.

No reason wait for the entire package before you start.