darkswan
Full Member
After 3 months there was a certain amount of downloading for the client to do to get back into the original game (Prophecies), but no more than a few minutes.
Logged out, and stayed at the login screen.
That small lightning strike icon was there indicating more download, so I just let it go. 500Mb later - I entered my new KEY and the game has become Prophecy/factions combined.
NB If you want your factions account to have access to all the old skills (for PvP) or want your Factions characters to be able to go back to the Prophecy campaigns, you need to add the key to your EXISTING account (which involves logging in as part of the process).
If you create a NEW account, that is final apparently - no merging allowed afterwards. People have already made this mistake.
(For those who buy Factions but do not have Prophecies then obviously you create a new account. Similar issue for you if you buy Prophecies later. Choose to add key to existing account or to have a separate one, but accounts cannot be merged after the choice is made.)
Worth a defrag of the drive after the download.
Some useful notes here on optimising performance (including de-compressing the downloaded files out of game so you don't get a long wait between zones).
HTH
Logged out, and stayed at the login screen.
That small lightning strike icon was there indicating more download, so I just let it go. 500Mb later - I entered my new KEY and the game has become Prophecy/factions combined.
NB If you want your factions account to have access to all the old skills (for PvP) or want your Factions characters to be able to go back to the Prophecy campaigns, you need to add the key to your EXISTING account (which involves logging in as part of the process).
If you create a NEW account, that is final apparently - no merging allowed afterwards. People have already made this mistake.
(For those who buy Factions but do not have Prophecies then obviously you create a new account. Similar issue for you if you buy Prophecies later. Choose to add key to existing account or to have a separate one, but accounts cannot be merged after the choice is made.)
Worth a defrag of the drive after the download.
Some useful notes here on optimising performance (including de-compressing the downloaded files out of game so you don't get a long wait between zones).
HTH