Is there a way to just download the update from .6 to .7? Downloads are so big they take 2-3 days to complete with rate limits
Usually there is update only patches made by the compressors of the site when the games are larger than 3-4GB, depends on the game aka popularity and those have more requests for update only patches hehe.
So in Ripples you just have to search "update only v0.7.0". Actually I did that search and it is in the same post than the compressed version so you can also search "compressed v0.7.0" and you get the same post. I won't link it to you because people should really start to learn how to use the search function.
You probably exaggerate a little. I don't know what these limits you have, but 8.5 G is about 20 minutes of downloading.
Well not everyone have high speed internet, for me 8.5GB depends on the days or hour of the day, if there is much traffic (days or near the hour of football games with one of the 3 main teams here in Portugal for example) for sure I won't DL 8.5GB in 20 minutes. During the "sleep" hours for sure is near that but I still doubt it, and I only have 3G internet speed where I live, no cable here, for me what matters the most is stability of the internet and on that I can't complain.
But yeah still 2-3 days is exaggerated, maybe they have download limits with their provider, no idea. Rarely there is download limits here in Portugal on "land line" internet packages, for what I know only limits here is for phones.