World Of Warcraft Preorder

crisanocrisano Join Date: 2004-09-01 Member: 31152Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Who has pre-ordered WoW?</div> Just wanted to see who pre-ordered World of Warcraft already, and which set did you get. Regular or collector's edition.

Plus I heard Collector's Edition gives you a free month or something? I'm still waiting to see the finalized prices of monthly fees from Blizzard after Beta ends and stuff, before committing to buying the game.

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  • tommydtommyd Creator of ns_tanith, co_pulse and co_faceoff Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 40Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, NS2 Developer
    i think you get a free month with the regular as well. if you don't, it seems pointless to buy the regular.
  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    I'm having some major doubts about the monthly fee...
    It is a fair bit of money in the longrun and you also have to buy the
    game itself.

    But by the looks of it, this is going to be my first p2p mmo.

    We'll see.
    But it does make you look kind of geeky if you pay for playing a game
    at 16 years <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • crisanocrisano Join Date: 2004-09-01 Member: 31152Members
    World of Warcraft might be my first pay to play game as well though I don't think it would be considered geeky at any age. This is more of a transformation that gaming companies have taken because frankly, it's good business sense. Plus it benefits both parties in my opinion. The company does make a lot more dough with the monthly fees, however, as a player, I can expect them to keep the servers up to date and bug free, with more timely patches/fixes and even expansions to the game. There are times where I've seen games released with a one time buy deal, then it slowly rots away with slow or no fixes at all because the company has already raked in the dough it wants, no real incentive to plunge more money into fixing an old game when they can just make new ones.
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    No, i won't be buying nor subscribing to WoW. I really like the game, it's fun as hell, i've invested a hell of a lot of time into it and if it wasn't for their ludicrous idea to localise servers, i would sign up in a heartbeat.
  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    edited November 2004
    There's still the question of whether it's worth it or not.

    I'll see how I feel after the beta ends....
    I wish I could read some changlogs, with things they ARE going to add
    to the game in due time...
    It also seems as if I'm running out of things to do. I'm a lvl 14 dwarf, and it's all just hack and slash for now. Yes fishing is fun, and yes I do leatherworking, but that's pretty much it, aside from the occasional quest.

    *edit*
    What is this server localization you speak of esuna?
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    edited November 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-RustySpoon+Nov 17 2004, 05:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RustySpoon @ Nov 17 2004, 05:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *edit*
    What is this server localization you speak of esuna? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Basically, you're forced to play on your local servers. IE if i sign up in the UK, i'll only play on UK servers, you're not given the option to choose the server location. <a href='http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=385040&p=1&tmp=1#post385040' target='_blank'>Here</a>'s the localisation FAQ from worldorfwarcraft.com.

    As it stands, most people i play with now in the open beta are in the US, when the game goes retail, i won't be able to play on US servers, i see no reason to subscribe knowing i'm gonna be forced against playing with friends.

    EDIT: Also, given the news of Blizzard's decision for this, SOE have recently been advertising EQ2 stating you can choose any server in any location to play on with your friends. GG Blizzard.
  • ruffehruffeh Join Date: 2004-08-21 Member: 30766Members
    heh i feel sorry for all the german,french and dutch players who have to play with eachother, i mean where would they get their humour from now when they cant mix in with uk/usa peeps? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    there must be a way of exploiting to play on any server

    iam sure someone will find a way

    as for paying to play wow, that aint gonna happen, i got plenty friends who i can share accounts with
  • Fog_cartoonsFog_cartoons Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20658Members
    I would get WoW, if it wasn't for monthly fees, oh god how I hate monthly fees.
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    WoW will be my first pay-to-play ever. I reserved the CE. (:
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I'll probably buy it off the shelf, but I have to see how I feel when it ends too. I'm not exactly rich <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    I won't be getting it. I am broke, and even while being in North America, localization sucks.

    I'll stick to my HL2 mods, more gameplay that keeps coming out, and no monthly fees <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-coil+Nov 17 2004, 01:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Nov 17 2004, 01:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> WoW will be my first pay-to-play ever. I reserved the CE. (: <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Same situation here <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->




    I believe that the localization is a temporary feature that will accompany the release and will end shortly thereafter. Also even if it didn't end it is quite easy to work around the localization.
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    that localization is ridiculous. I see no point for it whatsoever. rolling back one of the few good things MMOs have ever had going for them - real smart. they may as well say, "Also, you can only play World of Warcraft offline."
  • crisanocrisano Join Date: 2004-09-01 Member: 31152Members
    If by localization you guys mean all the servers they have created, I personally don't mind it. Friends I know who are going to play have already picked out a server, we all agree to join it. Plus there is a lot LESS camping for crucial quest monsters, something that is horribly annoying in past games. Sometimes, people who already did the quest continue to camp the monsters to either get the higher exp from the miniboss, get possible better drops, etc. Less lag per server, since WoW will have a lot of people playing. I don't mind servers spreading out at all.
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    edited November 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-crisano+Nov 17 2004, 09:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (crisano @ Nov 17 2004, 09:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If by localization you guys mean all the servers they have created, I personally don't mind it. Friends I know who are going to play have already picked out a server, we all agree to join it. Plus there is a lot LESS camping for crucial quest monsters, something that is horribly annoying in past games. Sometimes, people who already did the quest continue to camp the monsters to either get the higher exp from the miniboss, get possible better drops, etc. Less lag per server, since WoW will have a lot of people playing. I don't mind servers spreading out at all. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The thing is, it's not a case of "picking out a server and playing on it", being in the UK, i <b>can't</b> play on a US server. Lag isn't an issue, this is an MMORPG, it's not an FPS, the ping isn't everything, hell, i even play twitch games with a cross-atlantic ping.

    EDIT: Blizzard are making a big mistake and also are making idiotic comments to cover it up, such as claiming high pings and international billing problems will be detrimental to an international gaming experience. I why Blizzard finds issues in these things considering EQ, EQ2, SWG, COH, Neocron, EVE Online, Lineage 2, etc, all offer a choice of server. This is a reallllllly dumb move with little to no justification.
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    I think Blizzard is still considering it, they are a huge roar over it on the battle.net forum <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Anyway, you're right about the "collecting" quest items in parties, it's horrible, I'd play the whole party to be able to loot 1 raptor for a raptor claw each for example <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Like the big quest monsters that drop quest items.
  • crisanocrisano Join Date: 2004-09-01 Member: 31152Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-esuna+Nov 17 2004, 04:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (esuna @ Nov 17 2004, 04:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    The thing is, it's not a case of "picking out a server and playing on it", being in the UK, i <b>can't</b> play on a US server. Lag isn't an issue, this is an MMORPG, it's not an FPS, the ping isn't everything, hell, i even play twitch games with a cross-atlantic ping.

    EDIT: Blizzard are making a big mistake and also are making idiotic comments to cover it up, such as claiming high pings and international billing problems will be detrimental to an international gaming experience. I why Blizzard finds issues in these things considering EQ, EQ2, SWG, COH, Neocron, EVE Online, Lineage 2, etc, all offer a choice of server. This is a reallllllly dumb move with little to no justification. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah I see what you mean, didn't realize that our European friends couldn't hop on a East Coast server and play, that does suck the lemon. As for ping, I've played a few free open beta RPGs that were based off of Korea, and the ping did matter a lot though it is on the other side of the world. At peak times, some games are unplayable where you get hit before you see the monster like two screens away, etc. But hopefully Blizzard will reconsider their decision on locking out people who don't reside in our country.

    As for the other games, this is just my theory but I think it's because of Blizzard's no-loading feature that they need to split up the servers. I think that one server runs the whole map-game, instead of having multiple servers running multiple portions of the map. I know they have different servers that handle chat, looting, quests, etc, but to run the whole map without loading looked awesome, especially the griffon rides.
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    bah the game's title is misleading. they have to rename it "Segregated States of Warcraft" or ima sue.
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