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RayD_O1
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3 years ago

Re: Why does this game take so long to update?

@Moab23
I moved to the EA App fairly recently and I thought the same, the first download after switching definitely took longer than my Origin downloads.

Having said that today's download worked perfectly so there is obviously something else going on which causes the slow download issue, or maybe the EA App is just intermittingly slow at times dependant on the levels of traffic.

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  • Moab23's avatar
    Moab23
    3 years ago

    @RayD_O1 It was slightly quicker today, but its still fluctuating its DL speeds far too much. Running between several MB/s to sometimes 200kb/s. It finished downloading about 25 minutes ago, and its been 'applying' it ever since. Something else I notice is that whenever its doing this, a huge chunk of HD space disappears. I mean massive beyond the size of the DL. It returns when its done, but its disconcerting why its doing that when it didn't do that with Origin. Its almost like you're reinstalling the entire game sometimes. 

    EDIT: It has only just got to the verifying stage 5 minutes ago, and its only at 3%. This is so irritating. It'd honestly make me reconsider buying anything over the EA App in future, because having to download an entire game like this would be an utter nightmare. 

  • RayD_O1's avatar
    RayD_O1
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    3 years ago
    @Moab23
    Like you, the download speed fluctuated for me between Mb to Kb but it still downloaded in very quick time.

    I would add it also had similar fluctuations when I was on Origin.

    I can totally understand your frustrations though, everyone just wants to get the download done quickly and start playing asap.
  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    3 years ago

    I have to say though that I rarely, almost never, experience these poor download speeds via the EA app. 🤔

    This was my speed yesterday while pre-loading STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™️, for example.

    Poor download speeds can have various different, hard to determine, causes. ☹️

  • anatoliy_bf's avatar
    anatoliy_bf
    2 years ago
    @EA_Leeuw Got laptop and PC with similiar specs.
    Everything is OK on laptop.
    On a PC every 2042 update becomes a headache - slow speeds, m2 ssd constantly load 100%, infinite files verify. Its faster to reinstall the game (no joke) rather then apply an update.

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