Hey genius... if you bought the retail box of either game, guess what you would have to do after installing it?

That's right... you have to patch!

It doesn't make sense for a company to modify their installer over and over again with every patch. The assumption is that people only install the game once (usually), and then patch over time. This is pretty standard, regardless of trial vs. retail.

Patience is a virtue; unfortunately, you can't buy it in an item mall.

This is the way of almost all the games on the net.  As an example the new game "Runes of Magic" made you redownload 4gb when then went from closed beta to open.  I decided to wait for release before downloading again.  At least with a patch process you don't have to download the entire game again.

But I can't argue that CCP has a much better process.  Of course they only deal with ships as avatars, not characters.  My guess is, this will change alot when they add in them in some time this summer.

The turbine download for the LOTRO trial is a partial download/stream, the rest of their games are as well, IF you use the download manager. The OP is simply uninformed.

if u so impateint to play the game go play someo the crappy f2p boring  games there is that u cant do but so much unless u spend 30$ on cash shop each month.

with teh exception of some things both give u full access to the game.lotro think only limit was no mail,trading or broker and think there was no limit whatsoever on the eq2 one so what is ther to complain about.

u get to see the game in full glory with few limits i think its worth the wait. and if u cant find something else to do in that time or cantt support downloading and playing u shouldnt bother playing then.

Its spelled "YOU".

Originally posted by Mrbloodworth

Its spelled "YOU".

and there was much rejoicing..........

If you're one of those folks who loves to rag on Sony, but don't go to the off-topic section, then you should check out this link.  It will make you laugh your head off.  Seriously, your head may actually fall off, so view it with caution.  Also, it has a lot of profanity, so if you are offended by that, you might want to pass.

Originally posted by silkakc

OP,

Back in 2003, it took me a WEEK to download Ragnarok Online for my daughter.

Ya

A week

On dial-up AOL.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

I remember the dial-up days.  Then after the week, the file would be corrupt, and you'd cry in anguish to the heavens,

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Originally posted by Talin

you bought the retail box

Here is the problem I see.  How antiquated, buying a retail box for an mmo.    Anyone can tell you the money is in the monthly subs not the boxed sales.  The boxed sales drops within a month, but the monthly subs continue and even increase in price.  The only thing the box gives you is a barrier to the actual product.

If the game is too big to be downloaded, then its too big to be an ONLINE game.  Considering the patches would be huge too.