WOW

[WyteWatt]

Is World of Warcraft really that addicting? I have never played it before but just looking. Is it a totally online game?

What kind of connection do you need? Not sure if mine is stable enough.

 

[swtethan]

never played, but seems cool? i dont like the idea of paying for online play.....

 

[BullsOnParade]

em, its cool for the first bit, the quests are absolutely the most repetitive crap ever. Kill x of these, go get here and get this, kill so and so. The world however is enormous and the player interactoins are really what make the game in the end. This has all been my experience at least. It's a decent way to kill time.

 

[WyteWatt]

How much per a month or year do you have to pay or is it only a one time fee?

 

[natto fire]

All MMORPGs should be emergency scheduled controlled substances...

<--- Has played one 14 hours straight without eating or drinking. Didn't even occur to me I was hungry until I logged off...

 

[WyteWatt]

I saw the system specs but worried my pc won't handle it because the system specs are usually never right to beable to play a game smoothly and don't think there a demo out there to try it out to make sure. Do you think my pc will handle it or no ? Its not that powerful but its ok.

Athlon XP 1800+
abit kt7a raid
256mb of sdram (I know I know very old, slow and outdated for sure)
7200 rpm WD and Maxtor hard drives
Leadtek Geforce 4 ti 4400 (I know I know very old, slow, and outdated for sure)
Santa Cruz sound card

 

[WyteWatt]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
All MMORPGs should be emergency scheduled controlled substances...

<--- Has played one 14 hours straight without eating or drinking. Didn't even occur to me I was hungry until I logged off...

Is it more addicting than The Sims was when it first came out? I remember playing that a while and doing about the same thing. Though it got old after a while very quick.

Do MMORPGs get old after a while or ever?

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: imtim83
I saw the system specs but worried my pc won't handle it because the system specs are usually never right to beable to play a game smoothly and don't think there a demo out there to try it out to make sure. Do you think my pc will handle it or no ? Its not that powerful but its ok.

Athlon XP 1800+
abit kt7a raid
256mb of sdram (I know I know very old, slow and outdated for sure)
7200 rpm WD and Maxtor hard drives
Leadtek Geforce 4 ti 4400 (I know I know very old, slow, and outdated for sure)
Santa Cruz sound card

Your computer won't cut it. You'll definitely need a new one.

 

[Dragnov]

I ran WoW just fine on a much slower computer. 1.2Ghz Athlon, Radeon 7200, 256 sdram, etc. It'll run perfectly fine on your comp (though it could really use some more ram... WoW is a memory whore). Though I do suggest not joining a high pop. server or else you'll be screwed.

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: imtim83

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
All MMORPGs should be emergency scheduled controlled substances...

<--- Has played one 14 hours straight without eating or drinking. Didn't even occur to me I was hungry until I logged off...

Is it more addicting than The Sims was when it first came out? I remember playing that a while and doing about the same thing. Though it got old after a while very quick.

Do MMORPGs get old after a while or ever?

Yes, it is very addicting.

And does it get old? It depends on the person.

 

[WyteWatt]

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I ran WoW just fine on a much slower computer. 1.2Ghz Athlon, Radeon 7200, 256 sdram, etc. It'll run perfectly fine on your comp (though it could really use some more ram... WoW is a memory whore). Though I do suggest not joining a high pop. server or else you'll be screwed.

Ok so that would mean I need to make sure all programs, and nonneeded things running in the background turned totally off before playing WOW because with just 256 mb of sdram is cutting it at the bare minimum. Maybe even a restart of the pc to make sure as much ram is free as possible.

What kind of system would a high popular server require and why would I be messed up if I did with this pc?

 

[WyteWatt]

Originally posted by: nycxandy

Originally posted by: imtim83
I saw the system specs but worried my pc won't handle it because the system specs are usually never right to beable to play a game smoothly and don't think there a demo out there to try it out to make sure. Do you think my pc will handle it or no ? Its not that powerful but its ok.

Athlon XP 1800+
abit kt7a raid
256mb of sdram (I know I know very old, slow and outdated for sure)
7200 rpm WD and Maxtor hard drives
Leadtek Geforce 4 ti 4400 (I know I know very old, slow, and outdated for sure)
Santa Cruz sound card

Your computer won't cut it. You'll definitely need a new one.

Hmm I am getting two conflicting reports is there anyway to test WOW for free before buying it just to make sure?

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: imtim83

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I ran WoW just fine on a much slower computer. 1.2Ghz Athlon, Radeon 7200, 256 sdram, etc. It'll run perfectly fine on your comp (though it could really use some more ram... WoW is a memory whore). Though I do suggest not joining a high pop. server or else you'll be screwed.

Ok so that would mean I need to make sure all programs, and nonneeded things running in the background turned totally off before playing WOW because with just 256 mb of sdram is cutting it at the bare minimum. Maybe even a restart of the pc to make sure as much ram is free as possible.

What kind of system would a high popular server require and why would I be messed up if I did with this pc?

If you can't afford a new PC, then I would recommend you to not play WOW. Why spend money each month for choppy/sluggish play. It'll just diminish the quality of the game.

 

[ucdbiendog]

imo, the questing is wayyy better than any other mmo ive played. yeah, some of them are kill x number of monsters or whatever, but some of them are long chains that have some substance to them and have nice rewards. but in the end, i play the game for pvp. and it severely lacks in that department. just waiting for vanguard

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: nycxandy

Originally posted by: imtim83

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
All MMORPGs should be emergency scheduled controlled substances...

<--- Has played one 14 hours straight without eating or drinking. Didn't even occur to me I was hungry until I logged off...

Is it more addicting than The Sims was when it first came out? I remember playing that a while and doing about the same thing. Though it got old after a while very quick.

Do MMORPGs get old after a while or ever?

Yes, it is very addicting.

And does it get old? It depends on the person.

Very true, I was able to break from the trance, but now I have been playing lots of Dungeon Siege 2. I try to stay away from MMOGs now, though.

 

[WyteWatt]

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I ran WoW just fine on a much slower computer. 1.2Ghz Athlon, Radeon 7200, 256 sdram, etc. It'll run perfectly fine on your comp (though it could really use some more ram... WoW is a memory whore). Though I do suggest not joining a high pop. server or else you'll be screwed.

Just curious if there is certain quality settings and such you can change for WOW or is it by default for everyone a certain settings and can not be changed?

If it can be changed what did you have all of your video and sound settings on and what resolution were you playing WOW with this kind of less powerful pc please? Thanks.

Also how populated were the servers you were playing on with this less powerful and what was the maximum limit the less powerful pc could handle?

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
imo, the questing is wayyy better than any other mmo ive played. yeah, some of them are kill x number of monsters or whatever, but some of them are long chains that have some substance to them and have nice rewards. but in the end, i play the game for pvp. and it severely lacks in that department. just waiting for vanguard

Also, if you like the Warcraft storyline, you'll definitely enjoy the game more.

 

[Dragnov]

Trust me. If you play on a low population sever, not run any background programs, and adjsut your in game settings you should be able to run WoW fine w/o much chopiness. I don't remember my exact settings, because I quit a long time ago. But you see my computer specs there and they are worse than yours.

As far as high population servers, you'll need a pretty damn good comp. Theres so many damn people that whenever you visit towns, do raids or what not that I bet that you'll have a frozen screen loading indefinitely.

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: imtim83

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I ran WoW just fine on a much slower computer. 1.2Ghz Athlon, Radeon 7200, 256 sdram, etc. It'll run perfectly fine on your comp (though it could really use some more ram... WoW is a memory whore). Though I do suggest not joining a high pop. server or else you'll be screwed.

Just curious if there is certain quality settings and such you can change for WOW or is it by default for everyone a certain settings and can not be changed?

If it can be changed what did you have all of your video and sound settings on and what resolution were you playing WOW with this kind of less powerful pc please? Thanks.

Also how populated were the servers you were playing on with this less powerful and what was the maximum limit the less powerful pc could handle?

Yes... you can change resolution, multisampling, and many other various graphical details.

 

[WyteWatt]

Originally posted by: Dragnov

Ok so that would mean I need to make sure all programs, and nonneeded things running in the background turned totally off before playing WOW because with just 256 mb of sdram is cutting it at the bare minimum. Maybe even a restart of the pc to make sure as much ram is free as possible.

What kind of system would a high popular server require and why would I be messed up if I did with this pc?

Trust me. If you play on a low population sever, not run any background programs, and adjsut your in game settings you should be able to run WoW fine w/o much chopiness.

As far as high population servers, you'll need a pretty damn good comp. Theres so many damn people that whenever you visit towns, do raids or what not that I bet that you'll have a frozen screen loading indefinitely.

lol so what kind of pc or laptop would you need to beable to play or the most populated servers?

Also is there more populated servers than not ?

What is considered poplulated and not? Wheres the limit drawn ?

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: imtim83

Originally posted by: Dragnov

Ok so that would mean I need to make sure all programs, and nonneeded things running in the background turned totally off before playing WOW because with just 256 mb of sdram is cutting it at the bare minimum. Maybe even a restart of the pc to make sure as much ram is free as possible.

What kind of system would a high popular server require and why would I be messed up if I did with this pc?

Trust me. If you play on a low population sever, not run any background programs, and adjsut your in game settings you should be able to run WoW fine w/o much chopiness.

As far as high population servers, you'll need a pretty damn good comp. Theres so many damn people that whenever you visit towns, do raids or what not that I bet that you'll have a frozen screen loading indefinitely.

lol so what kind of pc or laptop would you need to beable to play or the most populated servers?

Also is there more populated servers than not ?

What is considered poplulated and not? Wheres the limit drawn ?

Ther are many servers to play. I think there are over 100. Each has a different population. Here is the official listing. There are also sites which track server activity and population in numbers.

 

[WyteWatt]

Ok so I would only beable to play on Population servers of Low and Medium.


Would WOW freeze up any or load really slow frame by frame when like a huge amount of people start fighting, running, etc ? I know it says Population low or medium but thats not numbers of people if you have a huge action scene take place with all these people or whatever who knows what could happen with the pc. Even high end pcs.

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: imtim83
Ok so I would only beable to play on Population servers of Low and Medium.


Would WOW freeze up any or load really slow frame by frame when like a huge amount of people start fighting, running, etc ? I know it says Population low or medium but thats not numbers of people if you have a huge action scene take place with all these people or whatever who knows what could happen with the pc. Even high end pcs.

Yes, performance will go down and your frame rate will dip like mad when there is massive chaos. Even without the action, say walking into a capital city where people are everywhere, performance will suffer as well.

 

[wfbberzerker]

if you want a really good idea of how the game will run on your system, find someoe who owns the game and get the 10 day trial from them.

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
if you want a really good idea of how the game will run on your system, find someoe who owns the game and get the 10 day trial from them.

Definitely.