NO PRELOAD FOR PC?

Ty and i agree

for anyone new to poe

every league we have a big patch that they only let steam pre-load 2h before the league itself starts, sure league patches are under 20GB most of times
but i believe they will let everyone preload 24h to 12h before launches

i know it sucks for many, but their concerns are justified, sadly everyone pays a price because of few scumbags, this happens everywhere

not to mention that many leagues had very bad starts due to overloading the servers. this might help in that sense...make a lemonade i say

Their FAQ still says there's preload. And it better be true.

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When will I be able to download the client?
A few days prior to the Early Access launch. We’ll announce the details in the news, so you won’t miss it!

As mentioned its advertised in the FAQ and Jon was not clear in the interview either, besides:

going back on this would also defy logic...

So, you penalize everyone who can’t download fast enough, so those are the people who get all the "content spoilered" in their face by what they originally want to "prevent" for the overall public.

Everyone who wants to go blind should just decide not to go on Wiki pages or any other "content providing" page it would be a fair launch for everyone. There are plenty of groups / guilds / even streamers who would take a huge L on backtracking the "preload"

Personally, I still don't believe they would do this and harm a big group of people just for random sake of datamining, which will happen some hours later anyway.

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With Path of Exile 2 launching into Early Access soon, we've had a lot of players asking for pre-download to ensure they can play on launch. To accommodate this, we’ll be making the standalone PC client available for download at 5pm on Dec 5th (PST).

It's ok to express concerns or that you're annoyed with a decision.

What's not ok is saying Jon said something he didn't then trying to act like GGG is doing you dirty. These guys just made us the game we've wanted since D2, lets show some appreciation guys.

The FAQ says you'll get a pre-download. It should all work out. Keep in mind servers will probably be a mess for the first 5-6 hours at least so if it takes you a bit longer to log in that probably just means a smoother experience when you eventually do lol.

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Lyutsifer665#1671 wrote:

terrible decision not to have preload but hey as long as the streamers with fast connection can d/l it in 10 minutes and play right away its all fine

You don't need to be a streamer in order to have somewhat decent Internet lol
Streamer memes are getting kinda old in almost 2025

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Pashid#4643 wrote:

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Lyutsifer665#1671 wrote:

terrible decision not to have preload but hey as long as the streamers with fast connection can d/l it in 10 minutes and play right away its all fine

You don't need to be a streamer in order to have somewhat decent Internet lol
Streamer memes are getting kinda old in almost 2025

as soon as i saw you as the last poster i knew you would quote my post out of everyone before i even clicked on this thread lol

BTW for anyone still unaware GGG confirmed a predownload around 18 hours before release.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3591631

Heh, 10 hours to download. Get ready for the 10 hour queue.