World Of Warcraft

[Newmanseye]

thanks guys, my only decision now ir whitch one to take   

[Trace]

My heads hurting, so apologies if this has already been explained on the thread already.

I currently pay for both my two to play on Runescape, but for the past 6 weeks or so my youngest keeps rattling on about WoW.  He wanted to spend £15 on some disk to be able to play it on the PC.  I did try to get him on the Free Trial, but seemed to get stuck in an eternal html active link that never actually enabled him to sign up for it.

I can't get my head around why an online game would need a CD Rom as well.

Can someone please explain to me what WoW is, how it works, how much it should cost, why it needs a CD-Rom and if it is any better than Runescape which costs me £3.20 a month each ? ? ?

I would be much obliged. 

Simple speak tho please, cos I dont think my head could cope with much more.

xx

[Newmanseye]

The discs are for the licence or product Key.

Installing from the discs is probably a bit quicker too, and WOW is a phenomenal game, well worth the £8 per month.

[Sheriff Fatman]

Trace - its as Billy describes.

You need to buy the original game (~£15) nowadays to install the software.  After that, you pay £8-9 per month subscription to the servers.  The game purchase gives you 30 days subscription.

Be careful if you're buying the game yourself though (I assume the kids know what to get).  They've now released an add-on game called 'The Burning Crusade' which adds extra features to the first game.  Make sure you don't buy this, as it needs the original game to be there first.  At some point I think you'll get asked to buy that too, but the features are mostly aimed at keeping the higher level players interested so its not necessary for the first few months of play.  The add-on is still selling for its full price, so ~£25 for that, when they eventually ask you to buy it!

[Acidmouse]

I would go for the free 10 day trial...


Go to the offical website or google it, free download, free 10 days play..

Epic flappy 4 win!

[Sheriff Fatman]

I would go for the free 10 day trial...


Go to the offical website or google it, free download, free 10 days play..

Epic flappy 4 win!

The only problem with this is the time to download it - took me 17 hours, followed by another 5 for the patches.

With hindsight, I'd have nipped to the shop and spent the £15 straight away!

[Acidmouse]

You can buy the trial packs from alot of game shops for £1. this includes the dvd's..

[Trace]

Thanks for this info guys!

I don't think my youngest realises on the £8-£9 a month bit, this is what I was concerned about.

I'm gonna have to give this one a bit more thought.

xxx

[Sheriff Fatman]

You can buy the trial packs from alot of game shops for £1. this includes the dvd's..

That would work too.  I want my 22 hours back!!!

[Trace]

You can buy the trial packs from alot of game shops for £1. this includes the dvd's..

So would be a good idea to buy the trial pack from a shop, let him have a go, keep him quiet for a month, and then let the rows start up again just in time for his 11th Birthday!!? ?  ?

Worth it for the months peace and quiet me thinks.

Thanks chaps!

[Acidmouse]

Yep I would do that, although I would say WoW can be a pretty nasty place, lots of utter pricks spamming abuse on the channels and some adult stuff.

[Trace]

Yep I would do that, although I would say WoW can be a pretty nasty place, lots of utter pricks spamming abuse on the channels and some adult stuff.

He's got me for a mother - he can handle it!!  lol

I let him sit and watch "Puppetry of the Penis" with me the other day - the look on his face added double amusement to what those guys were doing!!

On that note  if you haven't ever seen said Puppetry  it's a must see.....

[Trace]

14 day trial pack - £1.49

14 days peace and quiet from nagging brat - I'll take it!

Again - thanks...

[Trace]

Installed disk when I got home:


4 hours later  still kin downloading updates from website!


WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!


Whingeing bratt   NOT STOPPED!!

[ariston]

just do a search for the southpark episode on world of warcraft-beware pissing oneself very probable