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[General Ludd]

Oops, my update just finished.


Bye.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I've heard of two things suggested, but can't confirm whether either one works.

1. Just apply for the beta and make up an american address.

2. Use an american proxy.

Can you keep your ears open? I've also seen rumours but nothing from someone who is actually playing.

[General Ludd]

I'm enjoying myself so far.


I have a undead priest named Myrgot on server 4 and I'm going to make a gnome warrior (probably named Nort) on server 6 tommorow, I think.


The gameplay is really good so far. Wether the community is or not remains to be seen. (of course, this is an open beta so it won't be a good judge anyways) I haven't actually interacted with anyone yet - any attempts I've made have been ignored. :rolleyed:

And I'm still hopefull that they will make a RolePlay server... it's one of the choices when you ask it to recomend a server (although I don't know to what effect) so hopefully that is an indication that they will have RP servers eventually.

[General Ludd]

Here's Nort, the gnomish warrior. Mullet and all. Cute little bugger.


I only wish he could join the horde... *sigh*

[DrSpike]

OB wont last long it seems.

Upon release I'm hopeful a way will emerge for me to just buy a code from the US somewhere and download the game. I did that with CoH before it hit Europe and it worked fine. Much better than waiting 3 months or more.

[DrSpike]

Last night when I checked all of Fileplanet's keys were gone, and the Blizzard site was down. It's up this morning though, so I am downloading the client. I used an address I found online (that's legal right? ) to circumvent the account creation block.

[Grumbold]

You can get any US game via the Canadian site DVDBoxOffice much cheaper than you can from any US web store that uses courier shipping. That was how I got CoH.

[DrSpike]

Yeah, I know about that side, though I'd prefer just to buy the code as I did with CoH. The issue is the billing. The standard line on this so far is that they can't bill people in Europe, and therefore even with a US bought copy of the game you can't play. Not sure if this is the case or not, because there are so many rumours and counterrumours.

Of course I could ask a friendly US person to set up an account for me.

[DrSpike]

Also there is the possibility they will block Euro IPs, though I can't see why, if people are willing to play on US servers

[Grumbold]

I hadn't heard WoW were going to be so absurdly draconian. Have they got different publishers in Europe? That is usually the only time they care so much, and even then games like Horizons have talked hard about it but proven easy to circumvent.

[DrSpike]

I concur. The monthly billing issue is the one that may prove the stumbling block though. Again I'm not sure why; CoH billed me fine, unfortunately.

[General Ludd]

They've added RolePlay servers.


But they have no PvP.

Stupid.

[Dis]

who has no pvp?

WOW? of course they have pvp.

[Qilue]

What is the cause of the delay with the european release of WoW? Is it like with Fallout and Baldur's Gate where the children had to be removed before the game could go on sale?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Dissident
who has no pvp?

WOW? of course they have pvp.

No, the Roleplay servers specifically.


WoW has lots of PvP servers. It's the PvE servers that are the oddballs, actually. The whole premise is horde vs. alliance, after all.