World of Warcraft

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:44 am

Word on the streets is that there are a few fans of the above in DVF. Seems expensive to me (USD15/month?) but a friend's kid's are nagging him to get it so I wondered if anyone thinks it's worth it?

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:52 am

So far it is costing me 8 pounds a month (or so) and it is the most fun I have had online since I first found Ultima Online (before EA bought it out and turned it shit)

Post by Morningstar* » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:58 am

i've seen this being played round a mates, and i'm desperately trying to forget about it, i just don't get the time to game anymore but WOW looks and plays fantastic. it'll be a waste of money for me though because i probably spend less than 8 hrs a week on the pc now......but it looks.....must forget.......hmmmm i could use the trial period.......noooo must forget......

John Dee · Post by **John Dee** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:01 am

So this explains your resent absence from the server bob. I wondered why it was a bit quite on there

InnerCitySumo · Post by **InnerCitySumo** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:31 am

Well after all these positive comments I thought I'd take the plunge myself. Just bought it off Amazon. Looking forward to giving it a go!

InnerCitySumo · Post by **InnerCitySumo** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:11 pm

My Amazon order delivery estimation date is 26th April!!! Is that the UK release date? Or should I cancel from them and get it somewhere else?

Stabiloboss · Post by **Stabiloboss** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:24 pm

WoW is out now, most shops doing it for £29.99 and online shops like Gameplay are cheap and pretty fast with delivery. Cancel the amazon order if I were you!

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:39 pm

Thanks for the replies! One question - can you set up multiple profiles so that two or three people can use the same install on the same PC but have different characters in the game? If for example you had a couple of kids and *cough* dad all wanting to play?

InnerCitySumo · Post by **InnerCitySumo** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:41 pm

OK thanks for the info Stabilo - I have cancelled Amazon and ordered it from somewhere else.

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:35 pm

Shasta wrote:Thanks for the replies! One question - can you set up multiple profiles so that two or three people can use the same install on the same PC but have different characters in the game? If for example you had a couple of kids and *cough* dad all wanting to play?

You have multiple characters on each server.

Just select a different character.

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:47 pm

Oh no, now I'm tempted too. Slippery slope here I come...

Optimus_Prime · Post by **Optimus_Prime** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:47 pm

Resist it..... if you want a MMORG, get Eq2

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:06 am

Yeah - get EQ2 and join all the other people spending 2 hours mining in order to gain a 0.01% increase in your mining skill ...

Night wing / joe king · Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:23 am

reminds me of wasted hours on runescape when that came out...urgh.....

Optimus_Prime · Post by **Optimus_Prime** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:19 pm

Bob_The_Engineer wrote:Yeah - get EQ2 and join all the other people spending 2 hours mining in order to gain a 0.01% increase in your mining skill ...

thats.... so not true.

Maybe 30 minutes for a 1% increase if you are unlucky

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:33 pm

Bob_The_Engineer wrote:Yeah - get EQ2 and join all the other people spending 2 hours mining in order to gain a 0.01% increase in your mining skill ...

You forget I'm a MMORPG newbie, but I guess that's bad isn't it?

Post by **Wintermute** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:49 pm

I trialled EQ2 a while back - it struck me as very 'in-depth' (i.e. loads of stats etc); but just not a great deal of fun.

In a similar vein to Bob's comment, the overwhelming majority of people seemed to spend hour after hour hitting things with sticks or learning other skills in a very repetitive manner, just to bump up their stats.

I eventually wandered off on my own ...and died.

I love RPG games and was expecting to enjoy it. It's probably awesome if you spend more time playing it than not, but tbh, I can't say I enjoyed it a great deal.

Post by **BournE** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:17 pm

Oh I remember the days, walking into Bobs office to find on his screen showing Everquest online, with his character smacking a dead body with a stick, constantly, all day, every day. What fun.

InnerCitySumo · Post by **InnerCitySumo** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:20 pm

Oh I remember the days, walking into Bobs office to find on his screen showing Everquest online, with his character smacking a dead body with a stick, constantly, all day, every day. What fun.

Is this honestly how you get ahead in EQ? Sounds really tedious!

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:32 pm

BournE wrote:Oh I remember the days, walking into Bobs office to find on his screen showing Everquest online, with his character smacking a dead body with a stick, constantly, all day, every day. What fun.

It was Ultima Online - and I used to run the game on a machine and put a stapler on the F8 key ... Last Object/Last Target.

It would spend 6 hours a day hitting something in order to gain a 5% increase in my fighting skills.

Like I said I have done this before and am now very very bored with it. However WoW rocks and there is NONE of this. Very well designed, it is like an RPG online with a few thousand other people playing with you.