Weird WOW question

James J · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:23

If I buy this via direct2drive on fileplanet (says US and canada only so im guessing its the US realms only) can I use the CDkey to play on EU realms? Its the only place I know where I can legally get a CDkey to start playing again -.-

badgermonkey · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:26

James J said:
If I buy this via direct2drive on fileplanet (says US and canada only so im guessing its the US realms only) can I use the CDkey to play on EU realms? Its the only place I know where I can legally get a CDkey to start playing again -.-

You can get a cd key direct from blizzard surely?

James J · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:28

badgermonkey said:
You can get a cd key direct from blizzard surely?

Not that ive seen for the EU

Killerkebab · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:43

Can't you buy a boxed copy in Europe?

James J · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:44

Killerkebab said:
Can't you buy a boxed copy in Europe?

ofc I can, im itching to play it now though, not in 2/3 days time (im impatient)

James J · 14 Dec 2006 at 01:09

sorted, you can get a CDKEY via the WOW eu website by making a trial account then upgrading through that online ^_^

Vixen · 14 Dec 2006 at 01:17

You can buy the game in store for £9.99, surely that is an option?

bailey12856 · 14 Dec 2006 at 02:35

James J said:
ofc I can, im itching to play it now though, not in 2/3 days time (im impatient)

cant you just go to the town and pick up the game in the morning :confused:

wordy · 14 Dec 2006 at 09:27

Exaclty the walk and fresh air will do you good

Helium_Junkie · 14 Dec 2006 at 09:45

Todays culture doesn't want it in a days time, it doesn't want it in the morning. It wants it now, live, on-demand and delivered to your hard drive within thirty seconds by a guy on a bike, who says "Thanks for shopping with speedy joes!".

It's the era of high speed interweb, cable, foxtel, msn, abc, bbq, givemeallyourabbreviations, lightspeed synchronous peer-to-peer download upstream ip-freely whoneedstheshops. Why should this man have to leave his house?

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

BunnYPandA · 14 Dec 2006 at 10:07

to answer the question - no, you cannot play on EU realms with the US version of the game or vice versa regardless of CD keys

Zefan · 14 Dec 2006 at 10:08

James J said:
sorted, you can get a CDKEY via the WOW eu website by making a trial account then upgrading through that online ^_^

You still have to buy the boxed game and stick the key in.

Some sites offer a cdkey sending service for ~£15.99 but it's very dodgey, I tried 3 and ended up shouting down a phone each time to get my money back.

Puppetmaster · 14 Dec 2006 at 12:53

BunnYPandA said:
to answer the question - no, you cannot play on EU realms with the US version of the game or vice versa regardless of CD keys

Yeh you can.

My friend downloaded a trial about 6 months ago, but it was a us trial.

i posted on here i think, or read it somewhere, you can change a line in some sort of document, that tells it to connect for eu realms. Worked fine as well.

BunnYPandA · 14 Dec 2006 at 13:08

Vicious said:
Yeh you can.

My friend downloaded a trial about 6 months ago, but it was a us trial.

i posted on here i think, or read it somewhere, you can change a line in some sort of document, that tells it to connect for eu realms. Worked fine as well.

i didnt think it was- i even bought US and EU versions a long time ago. but i have just looked through the files and found if you edit realmlist.wtf you can indeed do this. good find !

bloodline76 · 14 Dec 2006 at 15:50

By the time that this has answered your call you could have been to town and back with a copy.

bailey12856 · 14 Dec 2006 at 19:10

bloodline76 said:
By the time that this has answered your call you could have been to town and back with a copy.

so true lazy g** like already said the fresh air and exercise might do you some good

James J · 14 Dec 2006 at 19:23

You people do realise that 5 mins after I posted this I got what I needed directly from blizzards own website right? Or do reading skills come hard to some of you? I've had more than enough stuff to do today than go for a treck into town to pick up a copy AND ive already got the cd's anyway

James J · 14 Dec 2006 at 19:24

Zefan said:
You still have to buy the boxed game and stick the key in.

Some sites offer a cdkey sending service for ~£15.99 but it's very dodgey, I tried 3 and ended up shouting down a phone each time to get my money back.

wrong

make a trial account on wow eu site then go into it via the account management and upgrade it to a full account

job done