Slow download.

The Path of Exile downloader has almost completely downloaded the game, download speeds varying from 200kb/s to 3mb/s, but the last 5% (last 200mb-ish) or so has slowed down to an absolute crawl, about 15kb/s to 40kb/s.

If I interrupt the download by closing the downloader will I have to start the download again or will it pick back up where I interrupted it from?

It will automatically resume the download the next time you launch it.

Alrighty, good to hear. Just hoping that re-initiating the download will incur greater download speeds. Sometimes that's the case with downloads I've found.

I'd just thought I'd check as all I could really find was people saying they got to 90% and then crashed and had to start over on the download, wasn't keen on that. I guess crashes and closing the downloader are two different things though.

Crashes may or may not. I've crashed once and it resumes fine. Some are unlucky.

How unfortunate for those poor souls.

Figured it was better to be safe than sorry.