Errrrrrrr Demeter patch download?

[Underhook]

So, is there any reason why its not available for download yet?  I have slow internet and its going to take hours to download.  I assume it will be Gb and not Mb

[sHuRuLuNi]

1 hour ago, Underhook said:

So, is there any reason why its not available for download yet?  I have slow internet and its going to take hours to download.  I assume it will be Gb and not Mb

Because the Maintenance runs until 15:30 GMT ?

[vylqun]

20 minutes ago, sHuRuLuNi said:

Because the Maintenance runs until 15:30 GMT ?

they could still make the majority of patchfiles available earlier

[Underhook]

1 hour ago, sHuRuLuNi said:

Because the Maintenance runs until 15:30 GMT ?

Many games make the patch (especially big ones) available for download soon as the server goes down.  That way, when the server comes back on line people can hope on right away.  Not sure why NQ dont do it.

[Haunty]

Maybe they want to make sure the server patch works first so you don't have to download the patch and then download another patch to undo it

[LoveToDie]

19 minutes ago, Haunty said:

Maybe they want to make sure the server patch works first so you don't have to download the patch and then download another patch to undo it

This doesn't inspire a lot of confidence...

[Novean-32184]

22 hours ago, Underhook said:

Many games make the patch (especially big ones) available for download soon as the server goes down.  That way, when the server comes back on line people can hope on right away.  Not sure why NQ dont do it.

 

Because NQ loves to be "different" and does not make such considerations generally. Also, it is in NQ's DNA an dtheir profile to be overly cautious, so the idea they may think this creates room for them to make last second changes to the patch is IMO a very realistic one.

The notion of releasing a big patch as the server goes down and a smaller hotfix, if needed, closer to completing deployment probably does not cross the minds of whoever calls this at NQ.

 

[Underhook]

So the last couple of Demeter patches have been available for download before they server came back up.  THANK YOU NQ