Combat Mission: Black Sea Up for Pre-Order

[Great Ajax]

My download went pretty smooth.  Stayed steady around 1.5 MB/Sec.   No issues.

Trey

On the download...it is horrendous.  I am getting spikes of 1Mb/sec, but the majority of time it is sub-300kb.  I was at 90% when it suddenly went to 0 and never recovered.  I have tried 6-7 times now and it is slow as crap.  I just did a connection test by downloading a Matrix game and it zipped right through.  Not sure what kind of servers BFC is using, but they suck.  I would like to think they know how many people have preordered and would have the resources to handle it.

Just tried again on another network hardwired and I am averaging 180kb/sec.  Maybe they need to torrent it.

[Con]

I am jumping between 25 minutes left for the last 2GB and 3 days!!!  Hope those are the spikes you are seeing

Con

[RyanE]

What is frustrating is I bought the preorder and they obviously didn't have the server capacity set up for the preorder downloads.  As soon as the regular downloads went up, I got faster speeds.

[panzerde]

Pretty much dragging along, here. About 400kbps.

[RyanE]

I am now down to 25kb/s...this will be the last time I preorder...what a waste.

[JudgeDredd]

I'm getting a steady but not superfantastic 550KBs

Look - why don't you lot stop downloading just now. The speed will pick up later.  >:D

[Jarhead0331]

How big is the download?

[JudgeDredd]

5GB

[panzerde]

If anyone from Battlefront would like to learn about using AWS as a content distribution network that scales with demand, please call me. :-)

[PAK]

Guys, pleasee, just wait for cmbs in bargain with future modules - You will get two for one: better price with better transfer speed  ;D

[Elvis]

If anyone from Battlefront would like to learn about using AWS as a content distribution network that scales with demand, please call me. :-)

That is exactly what we use. And, as I understand the system, the bolded bit is what is happening now. Chris just posted this:

"Just checked in with the superiors about the slow speeds. Apparently the master download image (the file that you download) is still propagating around the cloud, so many of the download servers are not active yet. So speeds should get better through the day as more servers come online."

I am now down to 25kb/s...this will be the last time I preorder...what a waste.

I imagine that this isn't what The Company would like for me to say but......The only reason that I, personally, would pre-order is if I wanted both the physical disc and the download version. The lead time for downloading isn't enough to make the driving force for pre-ordering for me. In the few hours advance notice isn't enough to make it worth it. By the time pre-order people see the email and get free to download it the general public is already downloading for most people.

[RyanE]

Well the real reason I pro=ordered was to get a download before the servers got hammered.  BFC obviously misjudged preorders somehow.  The network failure errors and average of about 200kb/s.  I hope they learn a little from this and are better prepared to take my money.

[Asid]

I'm getting a steady but not superfantastic 550KBs

Look - why don't you lot stop downloading just now. The speed will pick up later.  >:D

How much did it cost all in?

I bet the P+P is :o   What if Customs grabs it?? 

[JudgeDredd]

I'm getting a steady but not superfantastic 550KBs

Look - why don't you lot stop downloading just now. The speed will pick up later.  >:D

How much did it cost all in?

I bet the P+P is :o   What if Customs grabs it?? 

I didn't pre-order pal. I won't pay half the price of a game in postage. The game was $55 and the postage was $27!!

I've just joined the plebs in downloading.

You're a nightmare...everytime I see you on these forums I think "I must get back to Steel Beasts"!!!  :P

[Yskonyn]

I am stuck at a hotel. Have fun guys! I hope the servers wont melt down in the mean time. :)


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