What do you think about Private Servers?

[thisruoy]

What do you think of private servers?
Cheap bastards?
or a new level of WOW?

 

[Kimbo]

Cheap bastards? Who is? the maker/server host or the people that join it?

 

[Wolverabid]

Here's what Blizzard think about it:

World Of Warcraft® End User Lisence Agreement

B. You agree that you shall not, under any circumstances,

(iv) facilitate, create or maintain any unauthorized connection to the Game or the Service, including without limitation any connection to any unauthorized server that emulates, or attempts to emulate, the Service. All connections to the Game and/or the Service, whether created by the Game Client or by other tools and utilities, may only be made through methods and means expressly approved by Blizzard. Under no circumstances may you connect, or create tools that allow you or others to connect, to the Game's proprietary interface other than those expressly provided by Blizzard for public use.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Thread renamed.

I am against private servers, Blizzard should be payed what they deserve for their work.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

i like private servers to check out all that gear your never really gunna get (spectral tiger anyone?) and to explore places you usually cant. also doing all the secrets like the ashbringer secret which is pretty much impossible on a real realm. for actually leveling up and questing they are a waste of time imo.

 

[Gilles]

I am against private servers. I think you shouldn't because it's illegal, but most because I think it's lame. If it were legal I still wouldn't use one unless someone had a good server that updated ASAP with Blizzard patches, and had no cheats or buffed XP, drops, or anything.

 

[thisruoy]

I think private servers are for people who arent good at the real wow
people who never got to lvl 40
Private servers got way higher xp rate

 

[Kimbo]

Those are called fun servers for a reason dude. And i cant play official wow since they dont accept debit cards.

 

[frostwhisper]

Just a suggestion... don't play WoW. I mean its simply boring in the end, you'll realize it was a waste of time (private server or otherwise).

 

[Gilles]

Just a suggestion... don't play WoW. I mean its simply boring in the end, you'll realize it was a waste of time (private server or otherwise).

That was very opinionated. You can't say it will be boring in the end. Most people love end game if that's what you are referring to. Also, sure people over play WoW, but that doesn't mean everyone does. I doubt very many people actually over play it, besides most that do over play, would be over playing something else. I dislike when people say that WoW players are killing their life or wasting their time. You are on a video game forum... you are wasting your time as well. This is a hobby, hobbies generally are not profitable in any way except for health (sports), or enjoyment, which we need. They waste time.

 

[Hakeem]

I'm about to start playing WoW. Should I assume it's going to be boring as soon as I start?
Heck, I'll probably overplay it, what with my free time and all.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

I think private servers are for people who arent good at the real wow
people who never got to lvl 40
Private servers got way higher xp rate

well thats stupid because i have a private server and i got 2 lvl 70s and im not some noob either.

 

[Massive_attack]

Once you take out the prospect of lvling, the game becomes pointless IMO, ppl wouldnt bother playing it if leveling was taken out (ala fun servers).

Im for it. Private servers are awesome, nuff said.

 

[brad.dude03]

Yes, they would, Massive. Levelling is a chore. It's only real purpose is getting you familiar with the character you play so that you don't suck ass by the time you hit the cap.

Really, Blizzard spends the most time and effort creating the end game content. Why? Because it's the most important, and usually it's the funnest, since so much time and resources are being spent on this section of the game over the others.

Think about it, if the end game content is non-existant or sucks balls, then everyone will just quit when they reach the cap. Blizzard has to make the content fun and engaging so that people will have things to do in order to keep them playing the game. Said things are also generally more enjoyable than questing and grinding (most especially instance runs, raiding, arenas, battlegrounds, etc)

As for Private Servers, I go both ways I guess.

On one hand, it's cool to have private servers for several reasons:
1) You can screw around and have fun, and you can enjoy custom content created specifically for the server or otherwise.
2) If you don't have enough time to level in the live servers, you can join a funserver where you can enjoy normal balanced level 70 endgame without the hassle of levelling.

But, there are negatives as well:
1) Blizzard is not being paid. People who download a stolen copy of WoW and play on a private server sicken me. It's one thing to deny Blizzard the $15 a month that they so hungrily desire, but at least pay for the damned game.
2) The lag can be astronomical as a low populated server running on bad hardware can screw things up for the game a lot.

 

[Hakeem]

People who download a stolen copy of WoW and play on a private server sicken me. It's one thing to deny Blizzard the $15 a month that they so hungrily desire, but at least pay for the damned game.

I don't think those people care that you're sickened. Blizzard (and a lot of other people) are trying to enforce something that cannot be enforced. What they should do, is ask for the money in advance, so that they get enough profit, then release the game and not worry about unstoppable pirates.

 

[Kimbo]

Wow and TBC is FREE to download, you are paying for blizzards service.

 

[brad.dude03]

Except that if you want to get it at a store, they don't just give it to you, you have to pay 60 bucks EACH which totals around 120 plus tax just to play the game.

 

[Kimbo]

You pay for it at a store as it comes with free month etc and manual etc.

 

[Sgt. Johnson]

Except that if you want to get it at a store, they don't just give it to you, you have to pay 60 bucks EACH which totals around 120 plus tax just to play the game.

Actually both copies are down to $20-$30 bucks now, and there will be a WoW+WoW: TBC Battle chest around the same time WotLK is released.

 

[brad.dude03]

Thus defeating the entire purpose of the Battle Chest since it does not contain WotLK.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

here u can get wow for £5 ($10) and tbc for like £10 ($20) and thats with a months trial on wow. get a 2 month game card for cheap u get 3 months play, game and expansion for like $40.

 

[thisruoy]

WOW and TBC are free to download
BUT they dont come with the account
The account is the thing that costs money
Not the game

 

[brad.dude03]

Yes the game DOES cost money damnit, a fairly large amount too. If you go into a store, they wont just hand you the game free of charge, you have to PAY for the game AND the subscription service.

 

[Kimbo]

No, the game is free. The store sells it as complete ready and packaged (manual, free game card, extras etc) like I already said and that is what you are paying for when you buy it in the store.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burn...ferrer=WORLDOFWARCRAFT&source=wowhome&promo=1

 

[thisruoy]

your not paying for the games!
Your paying for the account that you use

 

[brad.dude03]

But you're also paying for the software itself damnit. Like I said, they don't just hand it out free on the street, and it's DEFINETLY illegal to get a pirated copy of said software, so I can't see how this works.

You pay $60 dollars to buy the game, and then another $15 per month for the account itself.

 

[Yum]

You buy it at a store for the authentication key that initially activates your account. You can download the client for free online.

Also WoW has always been $50 for the initial product and TBC when it first came out, Mr. Exagerate.

 

[Blackveiled]

You're not even paying for the account. Lol, you can get a free trial account.

WoW games will NEVER go under 20$, because of accessories and free monthly subscription.

Also, i really doubt there will be a Battle Chest, just seems like something that I wouldn't be interested in =/

 

[brad.dude03]

Oh, I do. A battle Chest has MEGA appeal. Not only do you get everything you need to start playing WoW, you also get strategy guides, etc, as part of the bundle. It'll definetly happen IMO.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

dude you can already buy the battle chest (well, pre-order, its out tomorrow ) and as brad says it looks pretty imba.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Of-Wa...06?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1192745473&sr=8-2

 

[<Offspring>]

Private servers = you see em, but you can't touch em

 

[thisruoy]

You're not even paying for the account. Lol, you can get a free trial account.

WoW games will NEVER go under 20$, because of accessories and free monthly subscription.

Also, i really doubt there will be a Battle Chest, just seems like something that I wouldn't be interested in =/

Wat? A trial account?
thats for 10 - 14 days
A real account is something that you can play on, after 10 days
you just have to pay the subscription fees
A trial account has its limits like not being able to grow over lvl 25 and not being able to go to some areas

 

[kebabmeat]

Gamecard cost too much, so I play on a Blizzlike Private Server instead, and that's really funny

 

[WerBackIII]

BLIZZARD MAKE THEIR FREAKIN' RAIDS FOR EXTREMELY GOOD 70 LVL PLAYERS! NIHILUM KILLED ILLIDAN ON 5 JUNE, WE KILLED HIM 2 MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF TBC.

Here's what I think.

 

[thisruoy]

Dude
Blizzard wants new hard content for Hardcore people
If you could kill him so easily, then the hardcores would stop

 

[brad.dude03]

And the sad part is that the hardcores make up the bulk of WoW players, as anyone who isn't already hardcore when they join WoW usually becomes it after playing it for a few weeks.

 

[WerBackIII]

^ wrong. If anyone becomes hardcore player after a few weeks, Illidan would have been slayed atleast 30 times, not 1. Yes, they want a new stuff for hardcore players, but they make stuff for the hardcore-hardcore players.

 

[kebabmeat]

I became a hardcore player immediatly.

 

[brad.dude03]

Exactly, you can join the game and become a hardcore player instantly, covering 15 levels over the course of an hour and a half. You cannot however, join the game and kill Illidan over the course of an hour and a half.

See the difference?

 

[kebabmeat]

Yes, I think so.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

you can tell hardcores because they have full merciless gladitor or tier 5.

 

[kebabmeat]

Mmmm... Tier 5...
No, Tier 6 looks better...

 

[thisruoy]

Tier 7 man
ride pheonix ride frekaing mannaroth,

 

[kebabmeat]

Yeah, that would be cool.

 

[Edhel-dur]

I'm with private servers....if i will evever get super rich.. i would like bribe some1 from inside blizz company and get wow engine and than make a free private server with their engine. . .

 

[thisruoy]

Private servers are free to make, as long as you have the client..

 

[brad.dude03]

Yes, but iu'm pretty sure it's illegal to MAKE them, but not to play on them.

 

[WerBackIII]

And not to rule them...

 

[kebabmeat]

Just download the antrix (ascent) shit and play as a gm all day long.

 

[thisruoy]

Illegal to play and create private servers btw