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Re-downloading whole game every patch

NatondinNatondin
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edited June 2020 in Tech Support
Can anyone tell me why maplestory downloads the whole game again with each update? It not only shows the update but also the whole game size around 17 gb, that has to reinstall. If the update is only 700mb I should only have to download 700mb just like every other game out there. Is there a way to prevent this?

EDIT: After doing more research, I guess this is the games way of applying the update data to the game. A lot of games I play do this as well, but this process goes significantly faster than downloading. At least for me, this is going no faster and even slower than a normal file update. Not sure if it is just because of how old the game is that this must be done, but it is not too fun nonetheless.