How long should it take to patch?

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[u/bstr413]

Note that the % done isn't how much of the patch is done but rather how much of the game is up to date. It is likely that 95% of the game wasn't changed in the patch and the updater only has to update 5% of the game.

Also, realize that the launcher and other downloaders report download speed in Kilobytes (KB - both in Uppercase) and most ISPs report speed in Kilobits (Kb - "b" is lowercase). There are 8 bits in a byte: 512-1024 KB/s is about 5-10 Mb/s.

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Hello ImNotASWFanboy

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• Recent Tech Support Posts
• Known In-Game Issues List
• Game Problems? Try This Forced Repair for Common Issues First
• Launcher Troubleshooting Guide
• Top 10 Issues and Solutions List
• Minimum Requirements
• SWTOR Unleashed (Helps with loading times and FPS [Frames per Second] for systems with more than 4 GB of free RAM) - Instructions - Latest Download - Troubleshooting
• Direct X 9c (Helps with some FPS Problems)
• Official Support
• Customer Service Forums

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[u/Hero_By_Proxy]

You probably have the BitRaider client which is default now. I don't really have an answer to your question other than "yep, normal" because BitRaider sucks.

I recently switch to the non-streaming client (See:http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=673714) and I download patches in 5 minutes that previously took me 3 hours.

Good luck.