As the Season 1 of Warzone Pacific and Vanguard comes to an end, the teams at Raven Software and Sledgehammer Games are gearing up for the release of the Season 2 update.
The Season 2 update was supposed to go live on Feb 2nd but due to ongoing bugs within the game, the developers decided it was best to delay the season 2 update slightly and iron out as many bugs and glitches as possible for a smoother player experience.
Now the update is supposed to go live on Feb 14th and as with previous Warzone and Vanguard updates, players will want to download Season 2 update as quickly as possible to drop into the action once again.
Today we are going to talk about common practices that you should follow in case you are looking to maximize your download speed or quickly install the update.
1. Close background applications: Even if you own a high-end pc with good internet, some background applications or windows will try to download and install updates. It is generally a good practice to always disable any unwanted application as well as pause windows updates. This will ensure that no background application is sneakily eating away your internet bandwidth.
For Console players, a similar method can be followed with only a slight difference. Since both PS and Xbox consoles are all-in-one systems you can simply put your consoles in rest mode to ensure that the update gets priority over other tasks and completely first.
2. Use Ethernet: Another common method to increase your download speed is by connecting your device via an ethernet cable. Sometimes when using Wifi the connection can face slowdowns as more devices join the network which will result in lower than expected download speeds. This method can be followed on any platform of your choice.
3. Reset router: Nowadays most routers will cache DNS and site data for faster loading times. Most of the time it works reliably and actually increases the performance of websites, but sometimes these caches can get corrupted and cause issues later. Resetting the router will flush out old cache data and re-build new cache files which will fix any issues that may be affecting your download speed and other internet problems.
4. Change DNS server: Most ISPs will automatically set a suitable DNS server that is close to your location and will provide the best performance. Sometimes the DNS servers used by ISPs can be slowed down due to traffic or maintenance, in that case, you can use open public DNS servers that are free to use. Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 is one of the best and most popular public DNS that is used widely. You can also try out Google’s 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 DNS servers in case you are having issues with Cloudflare DNS.
5. Use a VPN (not recommended): only try this if other methods didn’t work for you. Using a VPN can fix your download speeds in case your ISP is throttling connection or taking a longer route to the destination server (i.e. ISP is looping requests through many places before reaching the destination). Just remember to only use the VPN server of your country (i.e. don’t use a European VPN server if you are from Asia or vice versa). Also only use VPN to download and install updates, don’t play the game with VPN enabled.
