i know u guys are hardcore gamers here when u willing to pay for WOW.. i did love WOW but never take a risk to play it just because of STEAMMMIX my question here.. is it worthy to play WOW at this internet speed?? no lagg meh?

Play the trial to see for yourself.

I can play at 1.5k lag, no problem.

yes if you are not raiding its ok !

bazet, devil is rite. You can't raid with that spec but I recall you didn't raid anyways. he he! but how on earth did u manage to pvp with those values?

WOW is definitely playable at typical Streamyx speed of 500-700ms latency and still playable (i.e. solo farming) even at 1500 ms. Might not be great for hardcore raiding or PVPing but if you dont do either of those, you will be fine. I nhave to say WOW handles bad latency better than the other games I've tried. All the other US-based MMORPGS I have played (City of Heroes/Villians, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, LOTRO) all suffer worse (some a lot worse) than WOW when it comes to lag.

Not saying that WOW is perfect, of course. It has its detractors like everything else. Hell, I'm sure even Jessica Alba has guys who say "I dont see what's the big deal" but whatever....

Like the other guys said, give it a trial and see how you like it.

This post has been edited by limsk: Jul 12 2007, 09:32 AM

Frankly, with 1.5k, its really not worth to pay the monthly fees to play the game. You pay the same $ as with others, but can only enjoy very few portion of the game elements.

May as well try other online game dont need to cross the undersea cable.

There are some online games dont need good latency to enjoy them.

before we start giving doomsday scenario to bluffy83, let's try to lend a helping hand first, shall we? especially when we are all gamers (be it hardcore or casual WoW players), including you Kravo.

bluffy83, where do you live? usually the line connection is dependant on the IP that you can conenct to. and limsk is right, try out the trial. if you have a friend who has the CD, get it from him and install it.

there are some game elements that you might not enjoy but it's not to say that you will never get to try it out. quite of a few of us on WoW LYN raid regularly and even PVP in the arenas and battlegrounds as well.

as for the $ that one pays for online games, its' roughly RM50 per month which is common for a lot of online games out there. one reason we all still play the game even with lag is that the lag doesn't always last for long (if we're lucky) and it's still one of the best interactive games.

Playing WoW is like selling your real life away, think twice bub! *wink*

Ive always had interest in mmo's and have played a few titles b4 WoW- Dragon Raja (M'sia), Knight Online, Helbreathlol?.. Anarchy Online, WoW.. In my opinion, Blizzard really nailed it when it comes to the fun factor for WoW. Coupled with a relatively mature (compared to Msia -.-) international gaming community, logging on to level up/play etc.. was really something i looked forward to.

If you have played other mmo's, esp korean based ones that place emphasis on grinding, WoW will certainly be a breath of fresh air. When i first started, the seamless world (no loading screens across zones) took my breath away.

WoW isnt perfect, but its very good (if you are into these kinda games). And it can run on 3-4 yr old computers! Choose a right server that meets ur needs!

If you are studying, dont join WOW.
It will literally suck your time away.
It is more addicting then any other MMORPG i have played.

These few days i dont even bother login to WoW and play. The lag is unbearable. 1.4kms constant :-( I think you should try to get trial invitation from any of your friend that is playing WoW and try it out first. Maybe your connection is better than mine, i dont know but dont regret after you buy the whole package. WoW itself is a very nice MMO but its our ISP that seriously screwing things up.

I have VPn to my office, so 500ms is normal for me.
1.5k lag is when i use normal 1MB RM88 shitmix...

I usually play at qin dynasty cafe at the mines while waiting for movie at tgv.....2-3 hour playtime in bg.....

so at 1.5k...literally i can do rep farming.......or chatting.......

if you can handle the lag, you should try

or wait for warhammer

learn the art of ip hunting imo. i play with 400-600 everyday no problem. I stay in Subang.

About the time thing, its true. lol. But farming career irl now, so only one av game on weekdays for me. Ive put in my time during student life.

Hmmm... any guide or tricks or just anything that can teach me more about this IP hunting technique? I keep restarting my connection everytime i reach 1.4k but to no avail. If there is something like a script or just anything that can help me with this im willing to try. Im on rm88 package. It used to be 400-500 ( 4-5 days ago) but now somehow i couldnt get that ms range already. Normal surfing and DL still alright, its just that WoW ping is really bad.

About WoW being addictive, yes it is :-)

I love barren chat. For first timers, you should roll a horde and enjoy barren chat

- where is Mankrik's wife ?
- and tonnes of chuck norris jokes

believe it or not, i downgraded my RM88 package to the 512kbps RM66 package. and got less disconnection.

but then again, I replaced the entire telephone cable. reason was the old cable was very old and the telekom contractor didn't use one complete wire but used a connector that was exposed to rain or shine. one fine day, a thunderstorm screwed it up that i kept disconnecting.

so, i paid RM50 for a broadband recommended cable and RM40 for the normal house phone one. each line is dedicated from the phone post outside the house to improve the connection rather than a shared line but there's still problems. i can't use the phone upstairs anymore else my streamyx line gets disconnected. can only use the phone downstairs but like i said, the two cables are wired straight to the telephone post and not splitted.

in kuching, sarawak, i tend to dial up at certain times to get good IPs but then again, I leave the computer running at home all day. Other ppl uses scripts but dunno how to do that.

or just harrass tmnet. make sure that they are able to give you a good line and just complain and complain. they will eventually wear down. they opened up a 2 MB line for one of my colleagues in kuching, believe or not. huge harrassment though.

I cant do any replacement cable thingy, cuz im renting this apartment. LOL. Harassment is very time consuming ( u get to listen to their stupid customer call waiting song ) and waste money.

Now i just hope that things will be alrite after a few more days, else if really cannot tahan then only lodge report. I heard somewhere in this forum there is ppl mentioned about Shitmix international line having problem now. ANybody can confirm this?

you need to do ip hunting , im playing 300-400 ms avg , and i staying in subang. im using 1mb line.

oooo i came up with a good tag line.

"To play WoW is to commit, real life and in-game wise."