Can someone brief me on how much it cost to play WoW?? Like $$/month?? Point Cards?? and how to get it?? I'm living in Penang.. Seems like a nice game for long term playing to me..

It's about 50 bucks a month.

OMG.. thts expensive.. Pay by credit card??

This post has been edited by Solero: Mar 2 2008, 05:54 PM

not expansive la...very worth it....especially for me

as an example for me:
i pay rm50 for wow everymonth


but due to i raid alot, at least 5 times a week
during the 5 days i raid, i wont go out, will dapao back to eat

dapao outside food = rm5 to rm7 nia

if go outside eat, easily rm12 per meal
then if go outside, later go movie ar, buy some useless stuff ar...easily spend rm30

so wow help me save money lol
but = no life stay at home everyday
zzz

LOL, this is interesting...

Its actually quite true what Sam said above. Back when I was an active raider, also the same. Raid 4 nights a week. Rushing home from work to do dailies, farm a little, then get ready for raid invites. Finish raiding @ 1 or 2am, rush to bed and sleep cos next morning work.

Save a lot at the end of the day when you think about it
But really, no life

your soul

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Solero, its considered cheap for rm50 per month, if you play some other game thats with cash shop, ur going to spend more than WoW.

Icic.. does payment require credit card?? I dont have one.. The game-CD get at CC rite??

First, you need to buy the starter pack cost below rm75 if i'm not wrong, it comes with 1 month free so no worry, and you need a credit card to activate the account.

Game card averages for RM110-120, for 60 days play time. Can check with Netcity I think

That's if you ever buy anything.

U can get game card online @ RM 95-100. Pay using paypal.

see, good example at how WoW can help you save money, lmao

lol

wow also got cash shop....buy gold, power level....hahahahhaa

^
But that's illegal if you're a true WoW player, gtfo.

This post has been edited by Hell Fire: Mar 3 2008, 12:58 AM

Hm... Even Save for me

while i was study at collage during the semester break one day per meal is RM 5 only

woke up at 10 play until 4 pm than tapao Hokkian Mee with add Mee la only RM 5

than play untill next day 4am

Due to energy saving(only using keyboard and your butt is stick on the chair)

so less eating are better for healthy


So......WoW = No life

This post has been edited by kiizai: Mar 3 2008, 02:04 AM

http://jom-wow.phpbb3now.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9#p27

Lazy to retype.

The problem with PayPal is that you probably still need a credit card though, for verification.

Another way is to get a Visa/Mastercard Debit Card. This can work as a credit card but it works by deducting directly from your bank account rather than paying first on your behalf. I haven't really check out what the banks are doing but I remember Giro had the Visa Debit card.

May God have mercy on your soul. WoW is like Frostmourne, it sucks away your soul.

This post has been edited by CyberTroop: Mar 3 2008, 09:12 AM

I hate to say it but L2balance.

Get an Al-Rajhi Bank savings account, they provide you with a Visa ATM card that you can use at WoW's account management site, and AFAIK there's no extra charges for Visa usage over the internet.

So using today's uber RM currency exchange rate at USD1 : RM3.19, the costs are:

$14.99 USD (RM47.89)- One Month Recurring
$41.97 USD )RM132.29) - Three Months Recurring ($13.99 (RM44.10) per month)
$77.94 USD (RM248.69) - Six Months Recurring ($12.99 (RM41.49) per month)

Definitely cheaper, but then again you're susceptible to the forex fluctuations. AND you don't have to mess with purchasing PayPal dollars. Or people giving you expired gamecard keys over Yahoo or MSN.

Dude...if u ready for a commitment this game if for you..lol..
im really hooked up with it..just play it like 1 month...It not so expensive if you are working..lol..like buying a top up card..only u can fully utilized it and enjoy at the same moment..

Here is my experiences:

I play the trial first, 10 days trial..to see whether it is worth it or not..
with limitation of the trial account, cannot see auction house and all, i only enjoy, 10% of the experiences..after buying the CD-Key and play it for real..dude, it was awesome..

you can buy the CD- Key at www.offgamers.com. this website is good..
they can used direct transaction online banking.. so no need to use credit card..im sound like promoting lol...

anyway..the cost

CD-Key - RM 60 (less maybe depending on the currency rate)
1st month is free, so u can enjoy playing free for 30days..

Top up card - 60 days of playtime = RM 96 (also depending on currency)

u can check up their web site..this is just alternative of credit card..

cya..in the game..lol...

It's not like you have to commit 5-6 hours a day just to play.. casuals like me also enjoy the game.. though i don't have l33t gear like some more serious players here. As long as you have friends in game and you guys do quests together and achieve goals together, that's pretty fun enough for some people. Unless you enjoy doing the solo grind lah.

It's really up to you. At the end of the day, your gear represents your commitment to the game.

one of the best post ever made by a WoW casual. instead of the random useless cry posts, you made something thats more sensible, and more importantly, understand the value of an mmo game that you play the game for what it is, and your character depends on how much time and effort you invest into it.

well, with the introduce of badges item, casual player can really get leet items too

imagine everyday just do 1 heroic runs, get around 3 to 4 badges....slowly u will get all those t5 equal quality items ....

The new weap is 105 badges rite? 105/4 = gg lol. Nowadays its quite easy to pug a kara run, way faster IMO. i think its 23 badges for a full clear, which should take about 3-4 hours if you have the experience.

OMG.. So many replies.. All askin me to play! lmao!! I think I'll try the trail version 1st n see if it is worth it.. Very ma huan.. need open a deposit account since I got no credit card n parents dont allow.. Zzz..

don't forget to factor in time cost as well when ur hooked on it.

All i know its definitely cheaper than Dota (considering most dotards prefer to play and scream in CC) or playing PS3 (LOL, i wasted RM1k+ on original PS3 games) .

This post has been edited by Goblinsk8er: Mar 4 2008, 01:16 AM

Yes, juz try the 10 days first n c how it go for u. Then after u get hooked lol, manage your time whether to play seriously or casually. Its not like u have to push to get all d gears...juz enjoy d game coz when u quest with some ppl from other guilds..in future it will benefits u..coz who knows they might help u to gear up. Make friends, sit back, relax n just wow with fun

nnever heard of people that didnt get hooked up when playing WoW...

well whatever you did.. get the starter pack first.. rush your way to 60 and then buy the expansion pack... i guess since you a newbie... by the time you reach 70... WotLK is ready nto be release.

Its a good investment for a long term btw

The cost to play Wow is only all the free time you can squeeze out.

If you are still studying, it is better not to play, especially if you are that kind of ppl cant resists the tempting.

not 150badges meh?

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Added on March 4, 2008, 7:24 pmPLAY!!!!
COME TO Caelestrasz

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Added on March 4, 2008, 7:26 pmi got few frens, play liao cant hooked up and wasnt interested at all

and 2 of them are blizzard fans....
well, but guess they are not the rpg gamer



1 note of wow, u must have frens to play with u
if not its really bored sometimes especially when lvling

This post has been edited by samlee860407: Mar 4 2008, 07:26 PM

This.

Also, are you Alliance side or Horde side, sam?

Depending on types.

If dagger set, dagger MH 100+ OH 50 =150

Any weapon that is consider "main" weapon of the class is 150. (Bows, caster weapon etc.

Oh wait, isnt Cael a new server?
I heard a lot of 70s transfered there.
Damn, the economy is gonna be real f***ed up there.

am alliance....more leng lui lol

drools at BE, but jsut cant play horde

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Added on March 4, 2008, 11:29 pmer...i dont think cael is new server... its a low populated server which open for transfer 2 to 3 weeks ago

yea...the economy there is shit
and ah sell nothing...zzz

This post has been edited by samlee860407: Mar 4 2008, 11:29 PM

Cael is new server lah. Well, newer as in open a few months ago when ppl nagging about the queue in Oceanic Server and stability of those servers too.

ooo i see i see....eheh
tak tau mah

Cael is new, but the people are not, the horde top guild absolution used to come from my server, hehe i know the GM pretty well

Hey just a question to you guys in Oceanic server. When you're online its basically peak period for the server... is it laggy?

Reason for asking is because I'm on a US server so when I play its off peak and its not laggy, but if I log on mornings (night in US), there is a slight noticable lag at times (like instead of 300-500ms, its 500-700ms)

yep laggg during peak hours....but most ppl wount want to start wow alone so you might as well play on malaysia populated servers and REMEMBER RUSH to 70 in 2 weeks then achive 200 arena games b4 april for the arena competition you can be the next ming!

Yes, although laggyness depends. It's not so much as the overall server though methinks. It depends on your location.

E.g. Shattrath at 8 pm is bad. FPS and latency stops up. Shattrath at 3 am has no lag. Why? Less people around Shattrath.

So, If i have to start to play this game. I have to get a starter pack first.. And the starter pack cost around RM70 with 1 month playable. So, questions here:

1) I have to buy another CD to get the expansion? Or i can use my friend punya?
2) Can i just get the 1 month reload card rather than buying the starter pack?? Than use my friend's CD to install

I dont have credit card le, so how?? can explain further abit??

Erm, u need the cdkey to activate your account, and since an online cdkey( buy from blizzard) and the cd cost almost the same, u might as well buy the cd lo. You dont need a credit card to play wow, just buy the reload card from your local game shop/cc. just like reloading your prepaid phone.

To play the expansion, you need to buy the expansion cd OR buy the cdkey online, and download,use your friend cd to install. like i said, an online cdkey and the cd is about the same price, so u might as well get the cd, at least can see all those manual and stuff

BTW the WOW battlechest is selling for 40USD in USA now, you get both ori and expansion cds, and 2 game guides from bradygames (quite useless IMO)

What i did was i used my friend's credit card to buy the cd key. Then pay him back lor.

But like orangbulu said, the price is roughly the same. Plus having a wow box seems more meaningful. haha to me, at least :/

But i would suggest you ask a friend for the guest pass that was included with the starter pack. Use that first for 10days, then upgrade the account to permanent. U upgrade by buying a reload card.

When you upgrade, you get 1 month free and so does your friend.

actually u ask ur friend to use (The Invite a Friend) from the manage account page.. then u use the cdkey that is emailed to u for trial.. then u upgrade to Normal to starter pack.. then next subscrition.. u MUST subscribe using credit card or paypal.. then only YOUR friend can get 1 month free for the 1st month u subscribed..u WILL not get a month free

What does the features of expansion?? Increase lv cap only izit?? XD Izit necessary for me ( starter + noob ) Oh and in the expansion set, did the package include 30days free play??


Icic.. Actually, what is their purpose to ask us to subscribe using credit card/paypal?? Izit if the play time credit over edi, and we play some more right, they charge us 1 month play time credit with our credit card? ( u get what i mean?? ) ...

This post has been edited by siew14: Mar 7 2008, 06:47 PM

The game usually comes with 1 month free gametime, so when you install and reload 1 month of gametime, you get 2 months to play lah.

Oh, if you want to start off playing as either Blood Elf or Draenei, you need the expansion. It's worth it, and you will have to upgrade to get to 70 later, so might as well wat!

Wish i had bought the expansion and started as Draenei pally ):

Oh yeah. Forgot how it works d


But I did use the 10-day Guest Pass that came along with my friend's starter pack.


Burning Crusade expansion :
lvl cap raised to 70, new world - Outlands, new race - Draenei, Blood Elf

Lich King expansion :
lvl cap raised to 80, new world - Northrend, new class - Death Knight, profession cap to 450 (shit man)


Because if you use a guest pass or an invite, you can only upgrade to a normal account using credit card/paypal (since you have to buy the cdkey online).

Then after that it's up to you to buy the reload card or subscribe using credit card.

correct me if i'm wrong

This post has been edited by chaqxxish: Mar 8 2008, 01:58 AM

I also want to play but I am studying and I scare I will fail if I play

wont fail la if u knw wat you doin

Icic.. Talk bout leveling to lv70, took you how long??? Coz i m a typical stingy fella, hehehe.. 5 hours per day, u think enough or not leh? XD


BTW, did they sell 1 month prepaid card in malaysia?? XD So far i only heard of 2 month prepaid card..

if u follow a guide, like joana horde guide or barkinkopp alliance guide, it will take around 7 game days to get to lvl70

so fast???? Omg.... expansion is a must then.. lol

buy the box keep it safely write down your sec q and answer then live happly ever after in wow unless you get banned...
and that 7 days to lvl 70 is impossible.....unless you got fingers of fire and dont want to explore..which you would end up doing....98% of the times..

7 days game time. Entirely possible to be 7 days rl time, assuming your body can sustain itself on WoW only.

"My body converts pwnage into energy, thats why I must gank players 20 levels below me."

oh my bad lol i tot he ment 7 irl game days....in that case i dont mind to skip 1 week of uni for a lvl 70 @.@" then again....7ig days is better then mine....but i feel with questhelper you dont need to keep alt+tabbing to read the guides.....

Huh.. I thought i thought ingame day time same with real life game time??? lol

if u are new might as well lvl slowly taking ur time to lvl see the "world" getting more familiar on how to play ur class rather then zoom straight to 70 and dont know wat to do in instances and all

its a game, lvling is part of the game so enjoy urself

din ask you to play 7*24 = 168 hours continuosly


play like 5 hours per day, after 35 days or so you ma reach lvl70 d lo

that time i hardcore, 1 day ply 10hours and more @@

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Added on March 9, 2008, 11:01 amdifferent la

when you play the game, it only counts the time you are log in

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Added on March 9, 2008, 11:04 ami agree very much to this

when i am playing, i power level myself all the way
realyl dont know alot of things
the story of the game and many more
coz i never read the quest objective at all. just follow guide, preety much regret now

besides, there are still many things i dont knw, such as i only learn how to use macro when i am in SSC fighting FLK
zzz

This post has been edited by samlee860407: Mar 9 2008, 11:04 AM

WAIT a minute... How they count your play time credit??? Is it by how many hours you login ?? Or I login now, so in the next 29 or 30 days later, my play time credit is expired ( no matter how much i play )

if u dont play, the credit timer will run also. which mean if u 2 months prepaid it at 1st of jan.. will expired at 1st of march

yes...your credit limit started on the 1st day u start log in and use it

also WoW promotes taking rests away from WoW, if you logout at an inn, you'll have a 'rest bar' grow on your experience bar for as long as you log out. so when you come back in, every monster that you kill will generate double XP until your rest bar runs out. turning in quests does NOT burn your rest bar, so rest often!

I went off WoW for almost a year, and on my shaman after gaining 2 levels i still didn't see the end of my rest bar lol.

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Added on March 9, 2008, 3:11 pmoh, just to confirm, rest bar maxed out at 2 levels, right?

This post has been edited by Kusa: Mar 9 2008, 03:11 PM

I believe rest bars max out at 1 and a half bars.

I dunno this question asked before or not, but i still wana know...
Here goes...
The price for starter deck, expansion and battle chest??? Based on today price la... XD

Yea what he said.

fashionably late...but i think you are better off getting battle chest....price cheaper me thinks