Hey all,

It's been about six or seven months since I uninstalled, and I'm considering coming back for cata. I reinstalled wrath today and when i went to patch, it was a 4 GB download. Yikes. First question - is there any way to make that download faster? Second question - if I install cata, do i really need to download that patch?

I doubt anybody can really answer your question, because we don't know exactly what the Cata disk includes. I imagine that at the very least, you would probably still have to download close to a gig of data, but who knows.

You have to wait until tomorrow anyways, so you may as well let it download.

As for speeding it up, as far as I know, there isn't much you can do.

 

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I think there was a blue post recently stating that if you install Cataclysm from the DVD's that will roll you back to 4.01 and you'll have to patch from there again. Since you are significantly behind that mark, that would be a huge jump forward for you. So yes, you should install Cataclysm while most others should probably not.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1196140524

The first post isn't a blue, but the thread has been sticked and commented on by Blue.





and the follow up Blue post

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1220103629

 

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Yeah, looks like you need this too. I'm getting another 500mb patch now after doing so.

For those of you who decided to buy a physical copy of the game, but would like to be ready to rock as soon as you get home:
1. Make sure World of Warcraft and/or the Launcher is completely closed.
2. In Notepad, open up your Config.wtf and Launcher.wtf files located in your World of Warcraft\WTF folder.
3. In both files, change the values of the "accountType" line from LK to CT
4. Save both files and run the Launcher. You should start downloading. Once finished, your game is ready to rock for Tuesday morning. All you will have to do is input your key via the Battle.net site and login. Enjoy.

Note: It's not really necessary to change the launcher.wtf

Thanks for the post links, I had been trying to find those again.

 

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Woah, glad I caught this post! Thanks everyone.

Well I'm installed now, and there's still a 7.5 gigabyte download. A lot more than I expected.

CD's are for digital fossils. I haven't put a game CD in my computer in years.

 

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