Available to purchase on disk or download?

[JackOfAllGames]

Originally Posted by lifer4700

A T1 connection is limited to only 1.5Mb/s download, which is horrifically slow by today's standards.

Wow, I wasn't really thinking of that. I still remember a T1 being the dream. I guess it really isn't anything special nowadays. Good point.

[mirtos]

that was in the day when we had 14.4 or worse modems

[Fox Lee]

Originally Posted by Mead

I'm in Montana. We have the slowest internet speeds in the country. I can tell you now there is no issue.

Originally Posted by JackOfAllGames

On topic: I do tend to forget that there are still many areas of the country that lack decent internet...

You guys, you maybe need to think a little bigger than "the country". Gaming is an international hobby and RW is an international product, even if limited to audiences who speak English (I have no idea what translations LWD do or don't have/plan). There is quite the variety of internet speed and quality to be had out there.

[mirtos]

Originally Posted by Fox Lee

You guys, you maybe need to think a little bigger than "the country". Gaming is an international hobby and RW is an international product, even if limited to audiences who speak English (I have no idea what translations LWD do or don't have/plan). There is quite the variety of internet speed and quality to be had out there.

Obviously everything I'm mentioning here is theoretical, as I'm not associated with the company. With that said, here are my two cents: If LW wants to make it easier for other people, mirror sites and streamed downloads are probably the way to go. International presents a bigger issue if you wanted to talk about software and shipping media. Download makes much more sense for software these days. Since the money is made from the registering and not the cost of the software (if im correct) then there are plenty of places that downloads can be put to make it more mirrored) and allow updates to happen through WL's site. (I hope updates are done via patches and not full size downloads)

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Fox Lee

You guys, you maybe need to think a little bigger than "the country". Gaming is an international hobby and RW is an international product, even if limited to audiences who speak English (I have no idea what translations LWD do or don't have/plan). There is quite the variety of internet speed and quality to be had out there.

I can guarantee Montana is slower than most places in other countries too. The speed here is barely useful for anything. It's funny, we are not technologically backward in the least... sometimes we put GPS on our llamas ... but that is one of the things we really have poor quality of. I live in the 3rd largest urban area of the state, and my old internet in Florida several years ago makes this look like 56k.

The fact is I have had no problems of that end of things despite that. Downloading new updates to Hero Lab.. that can be an issue at times.

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Dracarius

You should try out our company network. a 2.5mb download has taken us 24 hours to download. And that's on what they claim is a T1 line. Oh, did I mention I work at a high end electronic store. (Ironic isn't it?)

They seem to have something going on with their lines. Yeah, that is just horrible.

I loved moving here. I never want to live anywhere else. I can see Glacier National Park from my window, and I go the 8 miles to the park on a regular basis to read with my iPad... but man... internet speeds here just suck. Sadly, the gaming situation here also sucks. So generally I just read and do things outdoors.

I have an acquaintance that moved to Ghana. He talks about how bad the internet is there. But even he says it is a bit better than Montana.

[liz]

Originally Posted by Mead

sometimes we put GPS on our llamas

This made me laugh aloud. Thank you for that.

[Mead]

Originally Posted by liz

This made me laugh aloud. Thank you for that.

Heh, this is off-topic obviously... but when I moved up here I had no idea llamas were so common. Apparently they breed like rabbits, so people give them away rather than sell them. I am actually getting two this summer. Our local police blotter is chock full of escaped llama articles. Alpacas too... we have tons of alpacas here.

Back on topic. My point is while there is nothing wrong with having a disk version... Lone Wolf does a pretty good job of making the download a snap.