Are you going to play WoW?

[Paul Adams]

Some of my friends tell me that it's a US-only thing and that they will be checking IP addys and (more importantly) subscription adresses via Fileplanet

Blizzard made some announcement that they are releasing WoW in the US first, and only accepting payments and subscriptions from cards and Paypal accounts with US billing addresses.

I don't think they are actually checking IP addresses - so I'm going to get my dad (who lives in CA) to buy a couple of copies and subscribe for me, and I can pay him via Paypal.

People from Europe have been asking Blizzard to confirm if they intend to stick to this plan on their forums since the date was announced, and they have been ominously quiet...

[mike_w]

I think the most that I would consider paying is about £7/8 a month. With a game like this, I understand that you can't pay a one off fee, but more than £10 a month would be getting a bit too much for me.

[klarrix]

Blizzard made some announcement that they are releasing WoW in the US first, and only accepting payments and subscriptions from cards and Paypal accounts with US billing addresses.

Na It's coming out in the EU ok, i meant the Open Beta

[bertie]

What he said ^^

Anyone who thinks a decent MMORPG could run without a monthly fee either has a) no idea how the MMORPG business model works, or b) is living in cloud cuckoo land. They have to charge, whether it's $1 or $15; servers cost money, as does tech support, development, etc.

Yes, over a year an MMORPG would be the most expensive game you've bought in total....but how many other games do you play regularly for 12 months? Most games from the shops are £25-35, and last you a month or two tops. Compares pretty favourably with MMORPGs IMO. If you're only going to play them the odd hour a week, yes, they're not good value, but then they're not aimed at you as a player either.

There's no way MMORPGs will ever get to the stage where they have to abandon monthly fees. Economically it couldnt happen, and more to the point, MMORPGS are still growing as a genre and most people can and do pay the fees. At the same time, I agree that if the fees get much more expensive then people wont bother.

Maybe you're missing the point - or maybe i am - no one said their should be no fees for MMORPGS

Also I agree that the game should be 2.99 on a CD or something, rather than normal price for a non-pay monthly title.
I guess prices will drop within 6months to a year, but annoying for players who want to get their mitts on it asap!

[MAS]

Having to pay for broadband means that we shouldn't have to pay for subscription. If you buy the game for how ever much it costs then there should be no added cost. I hate it when people start to get greedy. The bad thing is there will be a small minority that will pay this

Yup Bertie, it's you missing the point ;-)

[Pete]

think im gonna start playing some mmorpg soon as i have 512k broadband now
any good ones coming our soon?
thanks

[Flibb]

Have a look at some of the slightly older ones, they are all highly developed and continually patched. Eve for example (I am currently playing this) can be had for £7 from play. Thats less than the monthly subscription. I am putting a lot of time in to eve nad havent touched another game since getting it.

[Allen]

Me too, now have some fantastic ships and in a corp with a great group of fellas and girls.

The only thing about joiing a MMORPG so far into the game is you are WELL behind everyone else, and it'll take you ages to get to their level, and by that time they're even further ahead!

[bertie]

The month-to-month subscription plan will cost €12.99* per month (£8.99 in the UK), the three-month plan will cost €11.99 per month (£8.39 in the UK), and the six-month plan will cost €10.99 per month (£7.69 in the UK).

[Paul Adams]

That's not as bad as I was expecting, $14.99 = £8.01 = €11.45 by today's rates I think.

Just waiting now for my dad to get me a copy and ship it over, then arrange for him to pay in USD for me

[Applecrusher]

Well, once I have gotten used to the whole 'not in school' thing, im gonna get me a mmorpg, most likely WoW or Everquest 2. but atm im THROUGHLY enjoying kings of chaos, which im enjoying, and have made MANY good friends around the world out of

[Mblaster]

The only thing stopping me getting WoW now is the wait for the EU version to be released. They are holding back the release because they still haven't translated it to German and French. Why can't they release the English version in the UK now