Holy Sh!t
Holy Sh!t
I downloaded the BF2 Beta and found it slow because their servers were overloaded, but when the download sped up past 25MB/s—which usually maxes out on Steam—it really caught my attention. I was pleased to see it reach 52.25MB/s before slowing down to around 30-40MB/s. It’s impressive how EA’s servers are managing this.
I was really struck by the EA servers. It's unclear where I'd fit in for status updates beyond general topics...
Hehe, yep. Downloaded it, and it took about 2.5-3hrs, I think I was averaging about 5.12 down (my internet's fault, it's fine for browsing but slows down on downloads sometimes), but it got it done. Played a bit at lunch, and it's totally awesome. Runs as well or better than Battlefront, even though there's more going on and the graphics are somehow even better. Multiplayer was perfectly smooth for the one match I had time to play as well (except I got stuck once, just respawned and no problems since). Really like the classes (hehe, the heavy is the best), and they made the sniper rifle on the specialists not lame, so you can actually get a couple kills. All in all, massive kudos to EA and DICE, and they may convince me to spend the whole $60 for the game, since they did such a good job.
It took me around 10 minutes to download, but it would take 2-2.5 hours at home. I’m planning to launch now and look into the classes you mentioned. I’m hoping to be able to play as a Jedi or Sith sometime during the beta.
There is a mission mode that lets you be Maul. He is a total beast if you don't get surrounded and gunned down. And the graphics for his saber will cause your brain to shut down due to the stream of pure awesomeness pouring through your eyeballs. So maybe wear sunglasses...
They likely rely on identical peer-to-peer technology that Blizzard employs with its download tool for many years.