World of Warcraft

[General Ludd]

The collectors addition, if I remember correctly, comes with both the CD and DVD version (don't ask me why) an exclusive in-game pet (which is only for show and does not fight or do anything - you can choose between a zergling, a mini-diablo, or a panda) a hard-cover "art book", a cloth map, a "making of" DVD, a soundtrack, and a 10 day free trial key (which can not be converted into a full working account) that can be given away, or used yourself if you want to throw away ten days of play for some reason.

[Tassadar500]

Supposedly the "art book" is quite nice, but all the rest is .

[Sharpe]

I bought my World of Warcraft at EB for 54.99 Canadian , whereas Future Shop had it listed at 59.99. I thought that since they guarantee the lowest price they would lower the price to match later on, instead they RAISED the price to 69.99 - that shows how popular WoW is

[Tassadar500]

How much lag is there?

[DrSpike]

There were issues early on given the huge demand for the game, but there isn't too much whining on the forums now so I presume it's mostly sorted.

[Tassadar500]

Actually, there has been lately, like being cut out for no reason in the middle of the game, and landing in a position of 500 in the que.

[DrSpike]

Hehe, I'd be mad if I paid to sit in a queue as well.

[BustaMike]

I've never been stuck in a queue, but there has been some lag off and on and the server does have a nasty habit of randomly booting people sometimes.

Also, 2 nights ago, every Pacific and Mountain server went down at the same time.

Even worse, anytime a raid occurs with a large number of people (50+) it lags everyone out. I'm not high enough level to take part in huge raids, but if I was I'd be pretty pissed that this happens.

[Tassadar500]

They can fix that problem though, which is what I love about MMORPGs.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Lord Nuclear
They can fix that problem though, which is what I love about MMORPGs.

That they have problems which need fixing?

[Asher]

What kind of argument is that?

All games have problems that need fixing. MMORPGs are patched and updated regularly for many years. The original Asheron's Call is still getting content updates.

[Tassadar500]

I wasn't criticizing MMORPGs, I was praising them.

[Skanky Burns]

Ludd was putting your praise in as negative light as possible.
Some may say "grasping at straws".

[Tassadar500]

I know Ludd was trying to do that, but I don't think that Asher was.

[BustaMike]

I think Asher was responding to Ludd