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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sun Feb 13th at 2:41pm 2005

So a little over a week ago I finally got a copy of World of Warcraft after they finally started putting more copies out. Anyone else play? I realize there's a pretty high percentage of European folks here, so many of you would have only just recently had the opportunity to buy the game and probably couldn't play on the same servers, but I'm curious nonetheless.

It's my first MMO, and the one I always suspected would finally make me cave in and try one. It's an incredible game. It's like Diablo 2 in a lot of ways, very item and loot centered but with a worthwhile currency system and hardly any penalties.

That's the best thing about this game. Constant rewards. Everything you do, including logging out and spending time in the real world, benefits your character. Killing stuff gives you experience. Quests always give you experience and a decent item or copper/silver/gold payout. Items break and become unusable, but can always be repaired and they never are destroyed. There's no penalty for death, provided you can find and reach your corpse. And when you log out from a city or inn, you gain resting experience bonuses that give you double experience from monster kills up to a certain xp cap the next time you play.

The world is also really amazing... Further proof (like Half-Life 2, but even moreso) that solid art direction is one of the biggest factors in how impressive a game world can be.

For any of you who do play, I play in a guild of co-workers on Azgalor and go by the name Qungfeuskrl. Yes, that's a lame name. I know. [addsig]



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Posted by Agent Smith on Sun Feb 13th at 2:47pm 2005

A couple of mates of mine have been playing and they love it. I haven't personally as I'm not really into that kind of roleplaying game. I might have to give it a go sometime though, as I've only heard good things about it.
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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 13th at 3:00pm 2005

Is this not a "Pay to Play" game?

if so... not likely to enter my home.. if not, then I will definitely want to check it out.

on a side note, I am so excited... Empire Earth II will be out shortly. I am even more hyped than I ever was for HL2.

Seriously though, I don't think any game is worth paying twice to play it.

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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sun Feb 13th at 3:06pm 2005

It is indeed, Orph. You do get a month free, however, and that's still more than many games get in playtime after people buy them. I've only had it a week and my character is up past level 18 already, and this while just putting in a little each night (and a lot that first weekend, heh, I decided not to work I got so wrapped up in it ).

Beyond that, you can pay in various month increments. I chose the 3 month increment, which basically equates to the cost of ~1 39.99 game every 3 months. Looking at it that way made it seem a little more pleasant

On a side note, have you seen the game that Stainless Steel (original creators of Empire Earth and Empires) is working on right now? Might want to check it out for one who has liked their games in the past Here's an IGN preview that ran the other day: http://pc.ign.com/articles/587/587262p1.html [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 13th at 3:13pm 2005

wow, that does look delicious Andrew

i am all jittery, my new comp will be here this week.. i cannot wait to play something at more than "lowest" levels and 15 fps.

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Posted by ReNo on Sun Feb 13th at 3:22pm 2005

My flatmates played the WoW beta's in the UK religously (one reached level 44 with the others not far behind) and now that the game has just been released they are being pulled right back in. This sucks, because we have a uni group project that requires a sizeable amount of work, which seems at the current work rate, isn't going to get done. Damn you Blizzard!

I'm quite tempted by the game but realise I'll probably get sucked in and play too much, much like my flatmates. Instead I'm gonna continue buying some of the recent Xbox releases - Project Zero 2 was every bit as fun and frightening as the first game (best survival horror games EVARR!!), and Otogi 2 is more of the same but having 6 characters instead of 1 and new levels is plent incentive for me to waste many more hours unlocking everything and maxing stats Might try Mechassault 2, DOA: Ultimate, and KOTOR 2 as well...once I find some cash that is.
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Posted by Gwil on Sun Feb 13th at 3:24pm 2005

Was tempted but i'd only be able to play it for 2/ 1 1/2 months, when I'd come back to it the "peak period" will have probably passed.

Shame as it looks really good fun, and there's already a well established guild attached to another forum I browse. Maybe the next time
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Posted by onniguru on Sun Feb 13th at 4:43pm 2005

Between taking my final senior level classes, working my main job, plus doing two consulting projects, I'm afraid I just don't have time for MMORPGs (Massively Multi-Player RPGs). I've played a number of them over the years though, starting with Ultima Online in 1997, then EQ, AC, DaoC, SWG, and most recently CoH and EQ2 very briefly.

However, I never stuck with any of them long enough to reach max level, except DaoC when it first came out ( I had no life at the time). I just don't have the patience for that sort of thing.

That being said, if you *do* have the the time available, and you have a group of dedicated friends to play with, then WoW is likely worth checking out. Don't do EQ2 though...it was Teh SuX0rz .





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Posted by omegaslayer on Sun Feb 13th at 8:52pm 2005

Ahhh its nice to be back, good work Lep. Ive been playing WoW, great game really, although the shere amount of time one must put into playing it is daunting . To hop to level 10-15 took me 3 days! I can only imagine ill be able to pass 1 level a day, and then 1 level a week, but the rewards are great! [addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Sun Feb 13th at 9:32pm 2005

I just started playing WoW and I must say that it's pretty awesome. I've always wanted to play an MMORPG but never really had the opportunity, plus I felt that none of the available options were worth playing for any length of time. WoW is very close to what I imagined my perfect MMORPG would be: horde vs alliance combat, tons of quests, PvP, a bunch of crafting skills just for the hell of it, no sense of grinding, and most importantly a real sense of purpose when you're playing. I'm not gaining levels so that I can move to the next area but so I can get one step closer to marching into horde territory and killing them all. The name Yakfighter will be feared across Kalimdor!

Just yesterday I came this close to killing a very high level Undead mage with a level 19 warrior

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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Sun Feb 13th at 11:01pm 2005

I was in the final stage of European beta testing, but I got bored after a week. Plus, I couldn't find some guy in Darnassus, no one seemed to know where he was. smiley
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Posted by Cassius on Mon Feb 14th at 2:05am 2005

I'm Foldonnon on Mal'Ganis. I love the game.



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Posted by Gorbachev on Mon Feb 14th at 3:05am 2005

I'm piggybacking off a friend's account for now. I might be able to get the CD-Key and acct off another friend and purchase some games cards (if I go that way I'll be on Mal'Ganis as well Cass.) Until then I'm "Gearshift" on Kel'Thuzad.
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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Mon Feb 14th at 1:02pm 2005

Looks great but the monthly subscription fee is a big turn off for me as I doubt I would get my moneys worth in game time (too much other stuff to do ).

I'm going to wait for Guild Wars as it's got no monthly charges, is really good fun, and you can drop in and out when you please without feeling like you're missing something.

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Posted by Captain P on Mon Feb 14th at 1:43pm 2005

I've never played mmorpg's before and at the current time, I'm not too interested either. School and church take up quite some time, and the spare time I have left I spent on some drawing and hobby programming. Not even mapping at the moment... smiley

But from what I've seen from WoW, it looks stylish. Reminds me a bit of Beyond Good and Evil. The things I've heard also sound like it has some interesting gameplay mechanics. I'd say, have fun with it!
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Posted by Spartan on Mon Feb 14th at 7:32pm 2005

I got it for Christmas and have been playing it since. I love this game.

If you want to find me I'm in the Terenas realm and I'm playing as a Nightelf Druid level 30, my name is Emogilo and I'm running a guild which is working out great.

P.S. when did Snarktpit come back up?

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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Tue Feb 15th at 9:50pm 2005

i have no problem ith WoW, but I prefer Lineage 2 myself...

btw, it seems it's a rule to make female elf characters hotter than any other races in any game. I wonder why... [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Feb 15th at 9:56pm 2005

Snarkpit came up a couple of days ago, so you haven't missed much. News post on the front page explains everything if you are interested

Oh and in FFXI, hume's (the human race) were much hotter than the elvaan (elves)
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Posted by KoRnFlakes on Tue Feb 15th at 10:10pm 2005

bah, im an everquest bloke myself. Just need to find somewhere to buy some RAM so that I can play the second one now.
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Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Feb 16th at 12:19am 2005

Well, elves by nature are supposed to be extremely attractive are they not?
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