Is it worth getting into WoW now?

kremedios · 31 May 2007 at 20:52

Well i'm considering buying World of Warcraft, but its been 3+ years since release, is it worth getting into it now.. how long do u think it'll have left..

Thanks

James J · 31 May 2007 at 21:38

yes, people reroll alts ALL the time, and theres always new servers being released where a lot of people reroll just for a fresh start, meet new people or go hardcore to be the "best" on that particular realm. Its a very good game, life eater mind, played for nearly 2 years myself and enjoyed every minute of it. Give it a good go, first 20 levels with all classes is mind numbingly boring, 40 onwards is great fun and the expansion packs 60 to 70 is AWESOME

ins0mn1ac · 31 May 2007 at 21:40

I've just restarted myself after afew months break, I sold my char early last year and recently got the urge to play again, lvl 60(well 70 this time) #4 coming up!

You'll find WoW is still crawling with people.

kremedios · 31 May 2007 at 21:53

I have a sony vaio BX laptop.
1.73Ghz Pentium M
512mb ram
100gb hdd
xp pro

Will WoW run well on it??
Thanks

Anim · 31 May 2007 at 21:56

it'll run just fine, if you really put some time in to it you could be doing the end game content in 2-3 weeks.

Jokester · 31 May 2007 at 21:56

512MB of RAM will be a killer, what GPU has it got?

Jokester

Metalface Mark · 31 May 2007 at 21:56

James J said:
yes, people reroll alts ALL the time, and theres always new servers being released where a lot of people reroll just for a fresh start, meet new people or go hardcore to be the "best" on that particular realm. Its a very good game, life eater mind, played for nearly 2 years myself and enjoyed every minute of it. Give it a good go, first 20 levels with all classes is mind numbingly boring, 40 onwards is great fun and the expansion packs 60 to 70 is AWESOME

I really enjoyed 1-20 with my drenai warrior, im at 27 now, but found 20 upwards a bit of a slog so far.

sidefxv1 · 31 May 2007 at 21:56

I just got dragged into it recently, after resisting for a very long time. Seems pretty busy.

The big question on that laptop is what's the video card. WoW can run on pretty old hardware I think...

kremedios · 31 May 2007 at 21:59

sidefxv1 said:
I just got dragged into it recently, after resisting for a very long time. Seems pretty busy.

The big question on that laptop is what's the video card. WoW can run on pretty old hardware I think...

Intel Intergrated Graphics media accelerator 128mb - yeah i know

Azagoth · 31 May 2007 at 22:04

kremedios said:
Well atm i have a:

2.8Ghz P4 procesor o/c to 3.06ghz
1gb Ram
200gb hdd
80gb hdd
Windows XP pro
GeForce 6600 AGP 256mb Graphics - not amazing i know..

Why not just run it on that system?

kremedios · 31 May 2007 at 22:12

Azagoth said:
Why not just run it on that system?

Cause i'd prefer to run it on my lappy as i'll be out and about

OpenToSuggestions · 31 May 2007 at 22:13

as the expansion is under 6 months old and raised the level cap from 60 to 70, all the hardcore players havnt got the top gear yet so dont worry.

i started wow earlier this year and there are plenty of other low level players on.

kremedios · 31 May 2007 at 22:16

mglover070588 said:
as the expansion is under 6 months old and raised the level cap from 60 to 70, all the hardcore players havnt got the top gear yet so dont worry.

i started wow earlier this year and there are plenty of other low level players on.

About how many years left of WoW do u think they'll be. As in good gaming in WoW?

platypus · 31 May 2007 at 22:21

kremedios said:
About how many years left of WoW do u think they'll be. As in good gaming in WoW?

Well with the planned expansions by Blizzard, I can see wow going on for years. If I could find some way to get my girlfriend into it, I'd love to start playing again.

skullman · 31 May 2007 at 23:46

kremedios said:
About how many years left of WoW do u think they'll be. As in good gaming in WoW?

People will still be playing this well into the next decade I reckon. Btw I would recommend at least 1gb of RAM for WoW.

Timdog · 31 May 2007 at 23:57

kremedios said:
About how many years left of WoW do u think they'll be. As in good gaming in WoW?

unless blizzard sell it to sony, a long time

Vixen · 31 May 2007 at 23:58

platypus said:
Well with the planned expansions by Blizzard, I can see wow going on for years. If I could find some way to get my girlfriend into it, I'd love to start playing again.

Have you tried just sitting her down in front of the game with a new character? That's what my boyfriend did with me - he started a human warlock on his account and let me play for a couple of hours. Most of the girls I've met in game have played casters or healers as their first character, so I'd recommend a priest, mage or warlock.

ins0mn1ac · 1 Jun 2007 at 00:09

timmy1988 said:
unless blizzard sell it to sony, a long time

dont

jklc · 1 Jun 2007 at 01:23

I created a trial account on US servers a few days ago (it wouldn't let me make an EU account at the time) and there are a fair number of players there even on my reportedly low populated server. Been grinding the way up to level 20 so far and getting to know the game world and stuff. Seems fun enough but I still don't see why millions of people flocked towards it.

RumbleBee · 1 Jun 2007 at 09:26

Aside from usual reasons not to get into WOW, I'd say it's still a front runner in it's genre.