World Of Warcraft

[RickHolt]

I'm thinking of giving WoW a go. Been into RPG games for a while and have been playing Warcraft 3 alot recently.

Do any of you play it? Is it any good for non-hardcore players that only play for an hour or two a day?

I use an Acer Travelmate 290E laptop. Has 256mb RAM, 1.3ghz processor, Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME graphics card (32mb?). Would that be enough to play reasonably?

Is there anything else I should be looking at instead?

Rick.

[colin1]

i think the spec of that computer cd be a problem for the game, but im guessing
____________________
colin1 is officially faster than god

[Misc]

Isn't a monthly bill to play these online games,
Not sure what the games specs are but you might have some truoble with lag with those specs.

[strawberry]

https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/technology.html gives the list of both minimum and recommended specs.

Personally, having played the game for a while with 512mb of RAM, and then moved on to played with 1024, I 'd definitely recommend going for 1024 if you possibly can - made a huuuuuuge difference to my gameplay.
____________________
"when i look down i just miss all the good stuff
when i look up i just trip over things"

[Ranger05]

Dont bother, its crap anyway

Its so damn repetitive, killing bad guys to level up constantly for hours and hours, Give it a miss.

If you like online games try eve-online, I got addicted to that big time, had to quit as it was taking over my life.
____________________
K5 gixxer 600, Yoshimura carbon can, Dynojet USB.- sold
04 YZF-R1- Silver/Black, Devil titanium exhaust de-cat.

[Misc]

[Adam_P]

[UrbanRacer]

[innominate]

also got bored of it.


Ok if you like the community thing.
But its essentially a spreadsheet with pretty graphics, no real skill involved.

CS:S anyday, as thats actually full on wrist v wrist action.
____________________
I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body, or where I go with my mind. From the skin inwards is my jurisdiction, is it not? I choose what may or may not cross that border. Here I am the customs agent. I am the coast-guard. I am the sole legal and spiritual government of this territory, and only the laws I choose to enact within myself are applicable.

[Leggy_Girl]

I think it's boring, but the other half has been playing it for 6 months now and still loves it. I think he keeps things fresh by trying out new characters and ocassionally switching from Horde to Alliance? The only part i like is where you can make the characters dance - pure genius!

If you want to see what the game play looks like, then look at this video (it's also very funny too if you follow RPG)
www.wimp.com/leeroy
____________________
"One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world." Siddhartha Gautama

[TheShaggyDA]

[innominate]

[Tarmacsurfer]

[innominate]

[UrbanRacer]

back to the original question, an hour or 2 a day isn't enough to make any real progress in it. its sh!t and thats the bottom line

[strawberry]

[Tarmacsurfer]

[MonkReadusuk]

I have been playing WoW since european Beta and everytime I try another game, I keep coming back. Sure the grinding is boring, but once you get to level 60, there's plenty to do. Yes that stuff at 60 does require time and effort, but i find it bloody good fun. A few hours a day is plenty to progress, great if you like RPG's. Read some lore, quest a bit, then do some PvP. If you get into a good Guild, then the community is quite good. Like Adam_P said, try the 10 day trial or something, you may like it!
____________________
-Monk-

[Nath]

[RickHolt]

I'm finding it alright so far. I use the PvP Dentarg server, character names Kallarn and Tommar. Runs well enough, did upgrade to 512MB after some major slow downs in the big cities.

Anyone else use the Dentarg server?

Rick

[Mal]

I've been playing this (on the Aszune server) for about 6 months now, my brother got me addicted to it when I went down to visit last September (to the point that his wife, my other half and another friends wife all refer to it as "The Mistress"). I have half a dozen characters on both sides so get variety in the type of play but can see how it ca be monotonous as the quests remain the same. Not really into the pvp side of things, but have found a couple of good people to game with (a father and son team, the son only a couple of years younger than me).

Mal

[zaknafien]

I'd hold off for this.

https://www.vanguardsoh.com/

Or this.

https://www.projectoffset.com/
____________________
02 Firestorm.