World of Warcraft, coming to you on November 23 [Archive]

Canyarion

11-04-2004, 05:00 PM

http://www.blizzard.com/press/040411-street-date.shtml :D

That's sooner than I expected!!! Too bad it's not a worldwide release. But AUS gets it the same day though!

Edit: wanted to share this little piece of humor with you:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/screenshots/images/comics/ss18.jpg

Typhoid

11-04-2004, 05:12 PM

Hahaha.

Thats good.

IS the game supposed to be awesome? Because if it is i might give it a go.

And why dont they rent out computer games? Because you can copy them? You could copy the old PS1 games, and they rented those, and there is probably way to copy PS2 or Xbox games. Maybe im retarted and living in a fantasy land.

Canyarion

11-05-2004, 03:13 AM

Libraries here used to rent out PC games... not sure if they still do it. :unsure:

Anyway, World of Warcraft is a MMORPG that's different than the others. Very easy to pick up, very fast questing/party-making...

8 Races, 9 classes, 10 mounts, set in the Warcraft world, made by Blizzard..... :D:D:D:D:D

Happydude

11-05-2004, 09:22 AM

if i had a job i might consider the game...but since i don't...i won't be playing it

Null

11-05-2004, 09:43 AM

i was considering getting it. but i just dont think i'll have time for other games cuz of half life 2

Jonbo298

11-05-2004, 10:21 AM

This is another cookie cutter MMORPG. I'm not excited by it.

*goes back to waiting for HL2* :D

Null

11-05-2004, 10:53 AM

actually its much better then the other mmorpg's.

i had fun with it when i was playin the beta. just with all the mods that are going come out so quickly with HL2, im thinkin i might get hooked.

i havnt been really really hoocked on a game since Rocket arena on Quake 3. i was hooked playing that for 5 years as almost the only game i played.

some mods on unreal 2k3/2k4 hooked me for a couple months. but im hoppin to find my 1 game again on HL2. im actually back playin Q3 rocket arena again right now. lol. been a couple years and some of the people i used to play with are still online playin. hehe

Typhoid

11-05-2004, 07:06 PM

Shoot, i forgot to ask, and im too lazy to se if its been posted...But is it a monthly fee? If it is, im so not buying it.

Null

11-05-2004, 07:16 PM

of course it is. almost all mmorpg's are.

Ric

11-06-2004, 02:02 PM

Yeah dude. That game looks sweet. I been looking forward to it for a while. Warcraft has always been a favourite series of mine even though I never completed Warcraft 3.

Actually on that note, anyone got any tips. Havent played Warcraft 3 in a while. I cant get past the level where you are the undead army and you are trying to summon this evil dude. You gotta protect him for 30 mins against 3 or 4 human armies. I always loose in the last 2 - 3 minutes. Annoying.

Crono

11-06-2004, 02:58 PM

I learned the lesson about MMORPGs the hard way, with FFXI. Though I was once interested in buying this game, never again will I touch any MMORPG.

Happydude

11-06-2004, 03:15 PM

not all MMORPGs are bad acually...i agree that some are...but there are some free ones that are acually good, Ragnarok Online for one, is a good game, it's not free but if you know where to look you can find dozens of private servers, if you'd like i can give you 3...i don't play it anymore though, i play ConquerOnline now, it's a free MMORPG, and it's pretty good

Crono

11-06-2004, 03:28 PM

When I said I learned a lesson about MMORPGs, it wasn't about the quality of their gameplay.

It's the fact that if you take them too seriously, you can ruin your social life and start to fail school. It almost happened to me. That's why I am never playing another one again. They are pointless. Anyone who has enough brains in their head to quit a game like FFXI will tell you the same thing.

DarkMaster

11-07-2004, 12:31 AM

I was once a FFXI junkie. I tried to quit, but I kept getting urges, I just couldn't stop no matter how hard I tried.

And then I found out I could get real money for my account, so I ended it.

GameMaster

11-07-2004, 12:39 AM

I'm addicted to WarCraft 3, please help me.

Typhoid

11-07-2004, 12:40 AM

I'm addicted to WarCraft 3, please help me.

This is my 5 step process.

1)Open Disc drive
2)Remove WC3
3) Put it in the case
4) Put a label on it that says "$20.00"
5) Burn it.

Acebot44

11-07-2004, 02:32 AM

Is this (http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/worldofwarcraft/trailer480.html) a new trailer?

GameMaster

11-07-2004, 02:54 AM

Is this (http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/worldofwarcraft/trailer480.html) a new trailer?

Yes, and a most awesome one at that. +rep

Dark_Elf

11-07-2004, 11:56 PM

well,hello.This is my first post here.I m jean and i'm a french/russian/greek 19 y old man currently living in greece.I have a friend working in blizzard that told me that in nov.11 open beta will be out and the comp. game will be ready in summer.Thats what he said.

GameMaster

11-08-2004, 02:24 AM

Thanks Dark_Elf for your insider information. And welcome to GameTavern, please contact me if you have any questions or comments. I look foward to posting alongside you in all the days to come. :)

Canyarion

11-08-2004, 04:49 AM

Blizzard Europe says it'll come here later this winter. So I'm guessing januari.

Dark_Elf

11-08-2004, 08:05 AM

Thanks ;) Well,we all know Blizzard...When the say they re going to release a game,they delay it for x>8 months with the excuse of beta playing/bug reporting.(Diablo 2 was my favourite delay,i think they overdid it)

I would accept this reason,if they kept their word.Every blizzard game has at least 10patches in its versions (wc3 TFT has 17 versions of patching and D2 10)so it makes me wonder wtf are they doing there?My inside information sais that they just play the game and eating the company's money(no wonder why they replace 30% of their emploees per year)So what can i say more than patience.Every time,blizzard games deserve our patience 2 times more :)

Canyarion

11-08-2004, 12:09 PM

Well, now that the US&AU versions are coming out, there's not much bug fixing to do. They just need to translate it to German and French I think. :mad: My stupid neighbours are too lazy to learn English. :(

Dark_Elf

11-09-2004, 10:55 AM

why should they?they have their own culture and language.Cant wait for wow :)

Canyarion

11-09-2004, 11:27 AM

24% of the open beta test is already on my computer. Estimated time left: 17 hours. :D

(in other words, the open beta test has started. Lasts 2 weeks, so hurry!)

Canyarion

11-09-2004, 05:51 PM

55%. Will I see anyone here online????

Estimated time left: 9 hours. :angel:

Too bad I won't be able to play it until 8 hours later. :(

Typhoid

11-09-2004, 06:40 PM

One thing I find funny about this.

First off, no offense to anyone here.

My friend calls everyone a ***. Everyone. If you play FF, your a ***. If you walk a certain way, your a ***.

Well, every time i ask him what hes doing, he says "Playoing WoW" or "About to play WoW" or "Just finished playing WoW."

He spent like, 17 hours non-stop playing it.

This is the new Diablo.

Canyarion

11-10-2004, 05:53 AM

:D
I've been playing the game for 2 hours and I'm now a human, female paladin of level 5.
Sweet game, so much nicer than EverQuest.

I'm playing on 'test 19', so if anyone wants to join..... (well the sign-ups for the open beta are already closed, but perhaps you already have an account)

Canyarion

11-15-2004, 07:24 PM

I started a Orc Warlock last week, I love him! Being a warlock means summoning monsters, destruction magic and more.

As profession, I have tailoring. So I can make clothes and bags. I just sold my first 2 bags, that was cool. I think I was being nice to the kid, quite cheap, but I still made a profit.

Anyway, I'd love to play the retail version, but I just don't the time/money for it. :( Hopefully I'll get into the European beta and it'll last for a couple of months...

Canyarion

11-22-2004, 04:38 PM

Yay a triple post! Anyway, here are some screenshots of what I've caused in one of the servers.

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/3458/Nudedancing1.jpg

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/153/Nudedancing2.jpg

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/3930/Nudedancing3.jpg

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/977/Nudedancing4.jpg

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/4912/Nudedancing5.jpg

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/6826/Nudedancing6.jpg
:D
And here a nice death screen of my character:
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/4135/DeathAngrist.jpg
:) good stuff.

Seth

11-23-2004, 01:29 AM

I doubt I'll ever play a MMORPG.

I can't imagine paying additional money for a game each month. Or the time it takes and commitment to get a decent experience out of it.

I'm glad you're having fun though.

DeathsHand

11-23-2004, 11:26 AM

I caved in... Just got back from best buy with the collector's edition of WoW....

Sooo..... CAN I COUNT ON SEEING ANY OF YOU GUYS AROUND?!?1//11

Canyarion

11-23-2004, 11:33 AM

Wow!! DsH, I never expected you to buy this. :p

Unfortunately, the EU version is months away. And even then I won't get it. It takes too much money and time of my life. Expect me next summer. :D

Crono

11-23-2004, 02:21 PM

I caved in... Just got back from best buy with the collector's edition of WoW....

Sooo..... CAN I COUNT ON SEEING ANY OF YOU GUYS AROUND?!?1//11

Bah.

Your life is no enslaved to that mmorpg.

Save yourself DH... don't get addicted to it whatever you do.

DarkMaster

11-23-2004, 02:57 PM

MMORPGs are tools of the devil.

bobcat

11-23-2004, 03:52 PM

Wow!! DsH, I never expected you to buy this. :p

Unfortunately, the EU version is months away. And even then I won't get it. It takes too much money and time of my life. Expect me next summer. :D
In Aust it's out today. I have to buy it. Blizzard rule

DeathsHand

11-24-2004, 04:25 AM

The game issssss.......... Quite entertaining...

I've never played a MMORPG before... But I just lurve the way things work... I wander around leveling up by myself (undead warrior), run into an undead mage, we join up, run around, find a place with powerful monsters where some higher level mage is struggling against them by himself, join up with him... Eventually find a priest to help keep us alive...

And find the time to take a nice relaxing flight on the zeppelin (which I found to be quite an amazing experience as well):

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7t5gw/trip.jpg

I can't wait until I get further into the game... can't wait can't wait...

The only problem is with so many realms, it's hard to meet up with people you know unless you all decide in advance which server to use...

I'm on Eastern Zone "Dalaran"...

Screen name DeathsHandLP, character name (only character I have so far) "Leroy" (tried to use the name that fit an undead warrior the least)

Canyarion

11-24-2004, 06:37 AM

Hehe, I know, it's sweet.

Here's a tip for when you're making screenshots: Alt+Z gets rid of the menus. In the options menu you can get rid of the character names. That's how I made the last of my screenshots.

And yeah, it would be nice if you could switch realm... :(

Happydude

11-24-2004, 07:39 AM

wow...the graphics on the real version are a sh*t load better than the beta...that changes my opinion about the game a bit :p

Canyarion

11-24-2004, 08:06 AM

*doesn't see much difference*

All I know that the graphics of the open beta were very sweet. Check my pics on the previous page. :)

GameMaster

11-24-2004, 10:49 AM

I caved in... Just got back from best buy with the collector's edition of WoW....

Sooo..... CAN I COUNT ON SEEING ANY OF YOU GUYS AROUND?!?1//11

Nope:

1. You never played WarCraft 3 with us so we won't play with you.

2. We only play in Lordareon. GameTavern considers all other servers to be inferior.

;)

I'll hook up with you when I buy it.

Happydude

11-24-2004, 11:49 AM

*doesn't see much difference*

All I know that the graphics of the open beta were very sweet. Check my pics on the previous page. :)
acually...the pics you posted are all pixely and stuff, while the one DsH posted was smooth and the lighting effects were better :)

DeathsHand

11-24-2004, 01:00 PM

acually...the pics you posted are all pixely and stuff, while the one DsH posted was smooth and the lighting effects were better :)

It's probably from 2 things:

I'm running the graphics on the highest quality and highest resolution, maybe canyon wasn't

and also I shrunk my screenshot more :p

Personally I think sometimes the graphics are nice, but othertimes they're a tad bland... But maybe that's because I just got done playing HL2...

DarkMaster

11-24-2004, 03:01 PM

Forget about the game's options to take pics, they're always sh*tty in every MMORPG. If you want to take the best possible pics, use this http://www.fraps.com/

It can record movies too if you want.

bobcat

11-24-2004, 03:52 PM

can you believe i've had it since yesterday and i haven't installed it yet >_<

I will start playing tonight. Already got 5 friends playing as a group, I think i'm assigned the undead priest.

Canyarion

11-24-2004, 05:28 PM

LoL! :D You can also play a Troll priest if you like that better... Getting to the undead from there really doesn't take much time. You can get there within 3 hours (2.5 for leveling, .5 for getting there). The zeppelin is free. :)

I watched a movie someone made, "I surrender", about a guy that loses his wife and remembers and cries about her... It was nice. :)

DeathsHand

11-24-2004, 07:18 PM

The server has been down forrrrrrrrrr maybe 2 hours now...

It makes me sad...

Everyone's going nuts at the WoW, forums, it's great... Blizzard is this company that's been known for releasing quality, very polished products that their fans eat up, then this new MMORPG (which I hear have a history of server troubles) game goes down for a couple hours and people are complaining like it's been happening for weeks on end and calling for an extra free month's play...

tsk...

Jonbo298

11-24-2004, 08:00 PM

*looks back at how smooth the City of Heroes launch was* ahh, that was the best launch ever for an MMORPG.

But sucks for WoW people. I don't understand how Blizzard didn't see these problems coming

Canyarion

11-25-2004, 05:07 AM

Yeah it's funny, because they already had those problems in the beta. I hope they fix it soon.

It does give you some time to eat and go to the bathroom. :)

Edit: Apperantly the lag is because of the higher than expected amount of players that bought it first day. They've made almost twice as much servers.

http://www.blizzard.com/press/042427.shtml

Canyarion

12-02-2004, 03:37 AM

So, how are the servers lately???

My brother got into the European closed beta test. The lucky bastard. :D But fortunately, he's letting me play on his account. :p

Too bad I can't meet up with you guys.

How far along are your characters????

DeathsHand

12-02-2004, 05:08 AM

The servers have been fine for me, although every day at 4AM EST the Central and Eastern servers go down for an hour for routine maintanance...

It wouldn't be a big deal were it not for the fact that the first day I played until 5:30, and the second until 4:30... aaaaaand pretty much everyday I don't have work I'd probably play a little past the 4AM shutoff...

A sad sad day...

One thing I find amazing are the prices people are paying for the collector's edition on ebay... specifically each item seperately..

20+ for the map? 30+ for the art book? :unsure:

Canyarion

12-02-2004, 05:28 AM

DeathsHand

12-02-2004, 02:26 PM

Wow (hm, no pun intended), better get the collectors edition and sell stuff seperately then.... :D

So how's the game so far? How's your character?

And playing until 4 AM is just sick. :p You should sleep earlier so you can wake up early to play it.... ;)

Sorry, I'm a night person :p

I have 3 characters (on 3 different servers... But I have reasons for that)... Undead guy I havn't played (he was on a server that was down for like 3 days) since I posted those pictures...

But now I have a level... Either 19 or 20 orc warrior... And a leveeeel 17 or 18 night elf hunter...

And yeah, they only made 75,000 copies of the collectors edition (in the US at least)... Me and my friend went to best buy as soon as it opened and they hadn't even got the out of the stockroom yet... I'm pretty sure they only had one box of them, and there were only 3 - 5 in the box... And 3 of those were gone right away (me, my friend, and some other kid)... *nods*

Hero2

12-03-2004, 04:39 AM

Im on illidan central server. If anyone is on the server im evilhero, I mainly play at night.

lvl 14 tauren War.

Professor S

12-03-2004, 12:56 PM

I'm so jealous. I'm not going to be able to start playing until Christmas. Damn, I'll be so far behind everyone :(. Wish me luck, as its going to be my first MMORPG.

Professor S

12-03-2004, 01:07 PM

UPDATE: I have stuck a WoW: Battle Reports thread in the Computer Forum. Please use this going forward when exchanging online tags, arranging meetings, and talking smack.

Thanks - TS

Hero2

12-04-2004, 06:54 AM

I'm so jealous. I'm not going to be able to start playing until Christmas. Damn, I'll be so far behind everyone :(. Wish me luck, as its going to be my first MMORPG.

Dont worrie I lvl slow as hell since im still playing FFXI and WoW. All my freinds are in the 20's and 30's leaving me at only 15.