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WoW Street Date Announced 91

Posted by Zonk from the azeroth-here-i-come dept.
OneMadOgre writes "Ready or not, here it comes. Blizzard has announced that the World of Warcraft will be released to NA/AU/NZ on November 23, 2004."
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  • WoW (Score:3, Funny)

    by weizur ( 787688 ) on Thursday November 04, 2004 @06:43PM (#10729241)
    Whoah I better give my 2 week notice and start stockpiling bawls!

  • Excellent (Score:3, Funny)

    by jayhawk88 ( 160512 ) <jayhawk88@gmail.com> on Thursday November 04, 2004 @06:57PM (#10729366)
    That means I get Nov 26 to play this game all day. Thank you Blizzard!

  • Open Beta is going to be awefully short then! (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Razman ( 223616 ) on Thursday November 04, 2004 @06:58PM (#10729373) Journal
    Looks like Open beta is going to be fairly short, as it is still be be announced according to the world of warcraft website.

  • First Patch (Score:4, Funny)

    by Iscariot_ ( 166362 ) on Thursday November 04, 2004 @06:59PM (#10729383)
    And the first update will be ready for download on... November 23rd!
    • Patches for an online game aren't that big of a deal. I'm generally against game companies doing the whole release and patch thing (one of the reasons I've never been in favor of Xbox having a HD). But for online games you have to connect to their server to play anyway. So if the patch system is good, I don't have a problem with (even encourage) regular patches. Asheron's Call has monthly patches with new content, and although their patch system isn't very good, it has kept the game from getting old. It'
    • This is almost certainly true. The last download breaks the install file into four CD-friendly chunks, and is almost certainly what's been sent off to be burned. We already know there are a couple of features to be patched in in the upcoming week or so, but in theory it will be a 'small' patch. I think I read that some of the features exist in the installation, but aren't enabled and would just need final values when ready. (e.g. For the missing talents, they already know what they will look like and be

  • Yay... (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Cutriss ( 262920 ) on Thursday November 04, 2004 @07:39PM (#10729740) Homepage
    And hopefully that means that the number of gilsellers in FFXI will go down on November 24th!
    • Please don't bring up the subject of ebay sales, it's not a topic you want to start because it NEVER ends... P.S. There's nothing wrong with selling Gil :P

    • Hah! Hahahahaha!

      Oh, that gave me a good laugh. It'd be nice, wouldn't it?

      What would be nicer is if Square actually gave two shits about their customers and actually did something about it, considering it violates the terms of service and all. Then again, they don't do anything about people MPKing or scamming, so why should they do anything about this?

      But if you dare to go AFK while fishing...

  • All my friends are playing EQ2 but I like the looks of WoW. Decisions ... decisions...
    • I've played both the EQ2 Beta (for about 1.5 months) and the WoW Beta (for about 4 months). EQ2 is just another MMORPG money maker from SOE that has been rushed through the doors around 6 months too early to "beat" WoW to the market.

      WoW has felt quite polished for a month or two now.
    • Here is some data for you. The WoW games are going to come with region codes built in. Meaning, if you buy a North American version of the game you can only play against or with people in North America. Many gamers are protesting WoW because of this. The reasoning behind the protests is that a majority of clans out there are made up of gamers from all around the world. Putting a region code in a game that restricts gameplay with other regions would make it so these clans can't play together. All in al

  • Introduction Cutscene! (Score:5, Informative)

    by antdude ( 79039 ) on Thursday November 04, 2004 @08:15PM (#10730071) Homepage Journal
    WOW!

    Blue's News [bluesnews.com] has links for the awesome introduction cutscene (DivX [divx.com] from World of Warcraft [worldofwarcraft.com] game. Also, FileShack [shacknews.com] (registration required; free or subscription required) has it. It is about 46.5 MB; AVI; 2 minutes and 49 seconds long).

    Apple [apple.com] has this introduction cutscene in QuickTime [quicktime.com] format (non-saveable) as well.

    The introduction was almost like watching The Lords of the Rings [lordoftherings.net] movies. Amazing! I can't wait for the free open beta! :)

  • November 23rd! (Score:5, Funny)

    by Aggrazel ( 13616 ) <aggrazel@gmail.com> on Thursday November 04, 2004 @08:44PM (#10730297) Journal
    They're releasing it on the 41st annaversary of Doctor Who!? HA! They will fail utterly, everyone is going to be watching hours of Doctor Who marathons and won't even think about playing a silly video game! ...

    I'll ... go ... sulk in my geek corner now.

  • Not Yet Ready (Score:5, Interesting)

    by HeavensTrash ( 175514 ) on Thursday November 04, 2004 @09:26PM (#10730675)
    I've been in the closed beta for some time, and seeing this announcement earlier today made me cringe. There are TONS of things yet unimplemented and I don't see them being put in by the 19 day release. For example:

    Paladin/Hunter talents haven't been put in the game yet. Other classes have had talents for a while and have had time to test/rebalance... Pally/Hunter will be thrown in and then instantly nerfed at retail because of no time for testing.

    Warlock pets aren't finalized yet.

    Battlegrounds aren't in whatsoever.

    Hero classes have yet to be put in as well, and blizzard won't give any information on them.

    Racial traits aren't in yet

    No raid content yet.

    Tradeskills aren't complete yet

    Horde lacks quests and content, especially high level content

    Numerous quests still missing rewards/are bugged

    I was upset to hear Closed Beta had ended as soon as it did - Honestly Vivendi is rushing this one out the door to compete with EQ2. Blizzard usually takes their time in games and are notoriously late, but... Guess it's gonna be just like every other MMORPG where the first 6 months are a paid beta test.

    All that aside though, WOW in it's current form is STILL the best MMORPG out there. Crazy
    • "Hero classes have yet to be put in as well, and blizzard won't give any information on them."

      I'd say that's being kept for an expansion.
    • That's actually a pretty small list compared to most MMORPG's release day missings. At least it's nothing like SWG which included a basic thing like transportation, and SPACE. In AO you could barely leave your city for the first month or two. I can live if a zone or skill isn't available yet.
    • To be fair, Blizzard has commented on nearly all of those. Talens, Warlock pets, Racial traits, Horde content updates, and NYI quest rewards are all supposedly in the next patch, which should be out sometime before open beta. Raid content is supposedly being saved for retail (so people will have something new to do). Hero classes as well. And as you said, even in it's current state, WoW is ten times better then some games that have been out for over a year. I'm looking at you, SWG.

    • Paladin/Hunter talents haven't been put in the game yet. Other classes have had talents for a while and have had time to test/rebalance... Pally/Hunter will be thrown in and then instantly nerfed at retail because of no time for testing.

      One would have thought Paladin talents would have been implemented by now as the class was one of the first to be activated back in Friends and Family days. From what I've seen it still had major issues with keeping agro, and providing overall group use.

      Warlock pets are

    • Re:Not Yet Ready (Score:3, Interesting)

      by NaugaHunter ( 639364 )
      I'm also in closed beta.

      They test everything in house, and they've had these talents for some time. They will get a tweak if in two weeks it's obviously unbalanced, but it's not as if they just came off the blackboard yesterday.

      Again, they've tested Battlegrounds internally. Basically most of the testing here is for PvP balancing, which we've been doing for months.

      Hero classes aren't until level 60. They have a couple of months. (I'm not getting into a power leveler vs. casual player tangent, b

  • yeeha (Score:1)

    by ssand ( 702570 )
    Like many games on release I bet that WOW will have some issues. My exams are over mid December, followed by winter break. Sounds like a good time for me.

  • Not too impressed actually (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Alcimedes ( 398213 ) on Friday November 05, 2004 @02:00AM (#10732239)
    I played the Beta for a while. It was fun for about the first week. Then, the grind started to get to me.

    I know a lot of people seem to like this type of game, but really the fact is I don't want to feel like I'm working while I'm playing a video game, and to me most MMPORG's feel like work, not play.

    That, and the PVP aspect of it felt very broken. The classes had serious balance issues, and level was almost everything. (i know, it was beta, maybe it will get better but i'd be surprised).

    Dunno, but after playing games like Vendetta [vendetta-online.com] for a while, I see less of a reason to the WoW angle. Vendetta does something that every game should aspire to. The better skilled player wins the battles, not the highest level player. A very low level play can clean up against much higher level unskilled players, which is how it should be.

    Guess I just don't have to time to dedicate to get to be one of those highest level characters running around, and I'd rather not get my ass handed to me just because someone doesn't have a job and can put 10 hours a day into a game.

    • Re:Not too impressed actually (Score:5, Interesting)

      by Richard Whittaker ( 759551 ) on Friday November 05, 2004 @12:15PM (#10734733) Homepage
      The better skilled player wins the battles, not the highest level player.

      That's the difference between an online game and an online role playing game. In an RPG the player (that's a real person) takes on the role of a character - it's the characters skill and level - NOT THE PLAYERS - that is supposed to determine how good the character is at things (fighting, for example).

      Remember:
      Player : the actual person playing the game, this person doesn't necessarily actually know how to shoot a gun, fight in melee combat, pilot a spaceship, etc.
      Character : The in game "person" that the player controls. This should be considered a completely seperate persona that is not necessarily related to the player in any way. A single player can "posses" multiple characters, who may actually have opposing agendas, goals, etc.

      That's why it's called a role playing game.

      Perhaps this kind of game (RPG) just isn't for you - many people hate them and want their own skill to make the difference, but thats not how an RPG is supposed to work - the characters skill is everything. In an RPG, the way a players skill comes into play is in knowing how to make use of the characters skills in any given situation.

  • Question: does anyone know how the guest pass in the Collector's Edition is supposed to work? As far as I know, Blizzard hasn't released many details, but I'd like to know more about it. How does the "guest" install WoW, do they just borrow the install disc from the owner? After the 10 days, do they have to buy the retail copy or do they just have to start paying the monthly fee?

    (Yes, I'm cheap and I want to go halfsies on the collector's edition with a friend. Thanks if you know anything about it!)
    • The collector's edition comes with the game on CD's and on one DVD. I assume you can just give them one of those to install for the friend trial. Then they just start paying afterwards. I think I heard that the Stress Test 2 version and open beta version will be the retail version, so those that buy a boxed copy and played in the open beta will just have to use their new key and won't have to reinstall.
    • Your get two registration keys, one for you and one for your friend. When your friend fires up their key it expires in a short amount of time. Much like the beta tester keys do.
      • Yeah, but can the friend start paying the monthly fee so that key doesn't expire? That's what I'm really wondering about, whether or not the friend has to buy their own copy of the game.
        • Yes, they install the software (from you/ bittorrent/ etc) and they use your 'guest key' and then when that expires they can just signup with a credit card.

          There is no need for the media unless they want to reinstall.
        • Guess i was wrong ...

          Collector's Edition Details: Special Pets & 10-Day Guest Pass Explained - Tyren on 11/08/04
          We've received a number of inquiries requesting further details about the World of Warcraft Collector's Edition, which will be available along with the standard edition at launch on Nov. 23. To answer the most popular questions that have come up, we'd like to provide the following additional information about the pets that Collector's Edition owners will be able to choose from, and how the 10
  • One thing I would love to see for online games would be more variety in pricing strategies. For example, I am not a hardcore gamer, I tend to pick up games, play a lot of it for a week or two, and then move on. Now, if the game was good, I will probably come back in 1-2 months and play some more. My style of playing games makes MMO games very unappealing because on the monthly subscription costs. What I would love to see on MMO games is something where you pay $10-15 or whatever if you want to actively
    • Actually, the way this generally works now is that you stop paying, but your character remains in storage indefinitely. In EverQuest, they only guarantee characters for 3 months or so, but I've known of people who have stopped playing for a year or more then started paying for their account again and their characters are still there, fully equipped. I don't know if Blizzard will do occasional character purges, but I haven't heard anything to suggest that so far. So you can cancel your account for your mo
  • November 23? Just before my exams???
    Damn you Blizzard, DAMN YOU!!!
  • It's not even the end of the first day of Open Beta and Fileplanet has ran out of keys and the www.worldofwarcraft.com site is down.

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