They need to break up the updates into parts. The updates are too big, when your on a limited plan by the time you update the game there is no allowance to play because all the plan has been used up. Not everyone can afford an unlimted plan. They really need to think about the average end user here and how their updates effect the end user.
This isn’t a DICE/EA exclusive thing. If you buy any online triple A title nowadays, large updates and install sizes are to be expected. Just look at GTAV for example. They obviously can’t cater for everybody’s individual differences.
This one’s on you.
It is not required that they follow the ways of everyone else, they can do their own thing. What if you were updating a 15GB update and it failed with 1GB to go, you would be ticked right. Well what if they broke those 15GB into 3 sections of 5GB each. You would only need to redownload the last 5GB update file and that is more logical than having to redownload the hole 15GB all over again.
i doubt people on limited plans in 2019 are their average consumer.
Is there such a thing as a limited plan on regular (not mobile phone) internet?
I can’t see an easy or reasonable solution for you sorry OP. It’s cost more to DOCE to break it up. Most of the world I don’t think has this issue and if they do some would say to find another game.
I’m sure it sucks though.
I wish they were a little smaller but I can understand why they aren’t
I understand OP pain. He is on limited plan and is forced to use up his allowance to download patches that fixes nothing. If I was on limited plan I d be furious.
Are you downloading these updates through your cell phone?
The ‘hotfix’ was a ridiculous size and had to check 30GB of game-files too. Hardly quick and hot…
Fixed nothing either and broke more stuff.
Coldbreak?
I am on hughsnet satellite, they give me 50GB normal and 50GB from 2am to 8am. BF is not the only game i have to update there are also steam games which are huge as well. Plus my normal usage. I only have this service because in order to move me they made me sign another two year contract and i could not afford to be without net for even a day so i had no choice. Plus cable and DSL around here is more expensive.
They said they are releasing 5G this year soon and then ill be able to play BF on sat. i hope…
I see. I imagine satellite internet has high ping times. You could probably tether your phone to your computer and get better ping times than satellite.
You don’t. Origin resumes from where it was.
When I know a update is gonna drop. I just turn my XBOX1 on early that morning. Usually done before i’m ready to play anyway.
You all may want to look at your contracts more closely. In the U.S. about half the providers (most notably Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner)* can* impose a limit at around 200 to 250GB. Most choose not to… for now. As the providers gobble each other up, this is more likely going to become an issue.
the worst isn’t as much the size of the actual update than the way origin handles it.
40-45 minutes “preparing” with 0 SSD / CPU / RAM activity (so wth?), then a crappy DL speed…500 kB/s almost all the way. i have 100Mb/s connection, wich does reach 90/95Mb/s in test and Steam…
result for me is that i updated the game today, for ± 3 GB, took an hour and half… given my connection, it should have taken 10 minutes…TOP
Took me 13 hours, and had to do it over two nighttime allowances, way too long for any game update.
I see how this is annoying but I honestly don’t think you can hold DICE accountable. It’s a game designed to run in UHD. As already stated you can pause and resume on origin which achieves the same as what you’re asking in your original post.
The updates for RDR2 I think are bigger than some of these.
well you can hold the responsible for the crazy long time “preaparing” (around 40 minutes each BFV update with CPU / SSD / RAM in idle) and crazy low speed of their servers.
when i check my connection and it reaches 90-95mb/s, in tests, direct DL, torrents, Steam, and at best reaches around 4mb/s while downloading a game via origin, yes they are to blame.
@nikon56 what has that got to do with my post.
It has zero relevance. We are talking weight of file and cost.
What because your first attempt at thread jacking failed you go back for more?
Get over it.