so I'm installing WoW :wtc:

[Nik]

🙁 am I screwed? I already play CoH/CoV. Am I totally going to get sucked in?

We need new emoticons.

 

[Sid59]

i guess it depends. i played for almost 2 years, since release and i was just mulling around the last 2 months i paid for it. I was really hooked after i finished school and i levled 2 60s, pvp to almost marshal and was part of a 'high end' raiding guild.

enjoy the game and remember to enjoy life more.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

It's possible to play in moderation, but you might get sucked in, chewed up, and spit back into society as a shell of a man that you were... That's just the risk you take with MMORPGs though.

 

[Nik]

I've tried several servers. I've tried opening ports, disabling firewalls, and eventually dumped myself onto the DMZ. I can't play for more than 5 minutes before getting lagged out. I can ping my gateway just fine with sub-15ms times. I have several other MMO's and none of them have any lag problems at all.

This totally blows. I can play long enough to get a kill, but then I get lag and I can't interact with anything.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: GuideBot
:wtc:

Epic Wrong Forum Maneuver 😛

- M4H

 

[Kasper4christ]

Originally posted by: Sid59
i guess it depends. i played for almost 2 years, since release and i was just mulling around the last 2 months i paid for it. I was really hooked after i finished school and i levled 2 60s, pvp to almost marshal and was part of a 'high end' raiding guild.

Enjoy the game and remember to enjoy life more.

I did almost the same(still in school though, ugh) made lots of in game friends, then realized the game had consumed me, that it had become and addiction, and that, i was bored... I think i'll try real life for a while, maybe till the expansion comes out 😉

 

[Baked]

I don't think it's possible to play WoW in moderation, especially when you're part of a top tier raiding guild. The involvement during raids is so great that you risk loosing rank (within the guild) and your raid spot if you go afk. I guess it's ok if you're single and living alone w/ nothing else to do at night.

 

[Nik]

Meh, apparently there's some huge hardware problem with the Blizzard servers after an upgrade in preparation for the expansion pack. I can't play for more than 5 minutes before getting DC'd. :laugh: How ironic.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: GuideBot
Meh, apparently there's some huge hardware problem with the Blizzard servers after an upgrade in preparation for the expansion pack. I can't play for more than 5 minutes before getting DC'd. :laugh: How ironic.

Nothing new there. Blizzard servers fvcks up every night at exactly 12AM PST for about 30 minutes, every Tuesday after server maintenance, and every time they put in a new patch. The last one just fvcks everything up 'cause your toon can end up anywhere in the world, the patch makes all your plug-ins and add-ons obsolete so you have to reinstall and reconfigure them, and you get booted from the server every 5 minutes.

 

[xtknight]

I'm able to play WoW about once every three days and no more. I don't really have any cravings for it, just my friend likes a buddy to play with.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Do you have a Linksys wireless G router? I had a problem playing beta with mine and it turned out to be a bug that never got fixed.

 

[pontifex]

i so miss playing an mmorpg. i'm so sick of the idiots that play fps games.
there's just nothing out there that interests me now. i played WoW for about 7 months, got to 60 with a druid and like 38 with a warrior and a few other classes at lower levels.

raiding pretty much killed it for me. i don't mind a raid that lasts like and hour or 2 but when i played, my guild would start raids right when i needed to go to sleep for works the next day. plus 1 went to molten core once and that was all i needed to see that it wasnt for me. way too long waiting for people and just to go through and not even getting anything after wasting all that time.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Do you have a Linksys wireless G router? I had a problem playing beta with mine and it turned out to be a bug that never got fixed.

Yeah, I run a WRT54GS. Can you link me to the bug? If I throw custom firmware on the router again, will that make a difference?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: GuideBot

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Do you have a Linksys wireless G router? I had a problem playing beta with mine and it turned out to be a bug that never got fixed.

Yeah, I run a WRT54GS. Can you link me to the bug? If I throw custom firmware on the router again, will that make a difference?

Well, I didn't stay with it as I figured out after a short while that WoW was another lousy EQ/DAOC clone. But, no, I don't think custom firmware would help, but search for it on google and see. Anyway, I just wanted to help you identify the cause.

 

[Xyclone]

I quit after 6 months of playing , I just got bored of it (thankfully). Different strokes for different folks, though, my friend is freaking hooked on it (has been playing for 2 years straight, he has like 4 level 60's).

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Xyclone
I quit after 6 months of playing , I just got bored of it (thankfully). Different strokes for different folks, though, my friend is freaking hooked on it (has been playing for 2 years straight, he has like 4 level 60's).

I think people who've never played one before are totally wowed by it.....no pun intended.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Well, I didn't stay with it as I figured out after a short while that WoW was another lousy EQ/DAOC clone. But, no, I don't think custom firmware would help, but search for it on google and see. Anyway, I just wanted to help you identify the cause.

Cool, thanks for the heads up.