Anybody else having difficulty getting the patch through the Blizzard downloader?

Yea. I just downloaded it via FilePlanet and installed. Others I know have used a program to convert the Blizzard Downloader into a torrent and downloaded via a Bittorrent downloader.

It usually caps out at 83% and the loses connection

Well whaddya know, the one I got from Fileplanet is corrupt!

I got it from fileplanet, no probs here. Just got the 1.10 -> 1.11 patch, not the big mother.

Trying it out again

The patcher didn't start downloading for me, till after 5 mins of sitting around. 100KB/s when it finally started.

Yup. The WoW Techincal Forums is THE place to be at the moment.

They've got mirrors up and lots of complaints. :)

I am personally downloading from Rapidshare but have lineup spots in FilePlanet and FileShack incase this one is corrupt like my last two.

Good luck and happy patching.

Same happened to me. Went blazing by, came to a screeching halt at 83%. Currently says I'm behind a firewall AND that it lost conenction with the tracker. Funny thing is, my firewall is disabled... going to go use a mirror.

HALLEJUAH! After trying to log in at 9am this morning, It's all said and done at 6pm (just patching the actual thing now)!

Went to Fileshack, stayed in the queue for 2.5 hours. Downloaded the patch at a respectable 500 KB/s. When I finally logged on, the server kept crashing, lol.

Do we have to post a ticket, to get compensation time?

Dunno, but today was ridiculous. If we needed an indicator of Blizz's shoddy excuse for Support, it was today.

I dl it from downloader but it was really really slow . I was looking for file to install it manualy but I didnt find it so downloader was only option . Game is working fine now .

Downloader didn't start for a long time for me either, then after an hour it just started chugging away.

I think the first 83% passively downloaded for everyone over the past few weeks, which is why it seemed to go rely fast and then halt.

I also think the Bliz system is too reliant on other people already having the patch to share, I doubt anyone would have trouble downloading this morning, because so many already have.

My guild hosted a .rar file of the 3 partial patches and I was able to download the entire patch in about 5 mins. It came with an installer, patched the game, and I was playing within 20 mins of the servers going up with the new patch.

I ran ZG that night and got to see some of the loot changes. I must say they are very nice.

My guild hosted a .rar file of the 3 partial patches and I was able to download the entire patch in about 5 mins. It came with an installer, patched the game, and I was playing within 20 mins of the servers going up with the new patch.

I ran ZG that night and got to see some of the loot changes. I must say they are very nice.

The dream team...:epopcorn:

Anyways, the 83% was downloaded passively over the past 2 weeks as gwmort mentioned. The technical support forums were the place to be yesterday. Every refresh brang up a new page of topics.

I must say that Patch 1.11 was the most horribly distributed patch I have experienced (From Patch 1.7)

The dream team...:epopcorn:

Anyways, the 83% was downloaded passively over the past 2 weeks as gwmort mentioned. The technical support forums were the place to be yesterday. Every refresh brang up a new page of topics.

I must say that Patch 1.11 was the most horribly distributed patch I have experienced (From Patch 1.7)

Whats this about Trixtaa?

still having problems. :eusa_booh

goin pub to watch argentina holland instead

Lorath I installed the update using the same d/l as you with a .rar file which contained the 3 .mpq files and the updater. Easy does it :)

About the passively downloader, that is the new background downloader which was installed with the previous patch, this downloader became active last week and started d/l. I had major lag while playing WoW last week so I switched to Windows and noticed it d/l so I disabled the option to auto-d/l in that app.

BTW we played 0-0 to Argentina :( Anyway both teams already were through to the next round so I think they saved some breath.