WoW 10 day guest pass

kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
edited January 2005 in Gaming
So I've really gotten into SWG, I freaking love this game, I finally got to a higher level profession (Teras Kasi Novice) which allows me to beat the crap out of things without dying all the time. However, all this grinding for xp has gotten to me a little, so I'm feeling like seeing what else is out there.

I e-mailed WoW billing to see if they offered a free trial or demo period on the game and they said no,
"However, please note that all Collector's Editions
shipped with a 10 day Guest Pass which was designed to give customers
the opportunity to share the World of Warcraft experience with their
friends."
I know Thrax hates SWG and looooooooooves WoW, and I'm sure many of you feel the same, but I'm not looking for YOUR opinion though ;D What I want to know is if anyone of you still have said guest pass so that I can give this game a try. Anyone, anyone?

And before you ask, I love SWG because:

1. I'm tired of every single MMORPG taking place in a fantasy universe, why does every one have to have Orcs, Elves, Fairies, etc....?

2. I love Star Wars and wanted to be a Jedi when I saw those flicks. I still believe in their code if you will, their way of life I guess. I'm a nice guy at heart. If I could make a living as something like that today, I think I would. But then I'm married and they never get married I think, so right away, I'd have to split off the order and create my own order. Something like that.

3. Maybe it's because this is the first MMORPG I've really played (I played like 3 months of EQ when it first came out, but didn't play all that much) but I love the fact that the economy on SWG is self sustaining. Just about everything you buy has been crafted by a real person, not just generated. I love this, it really gives the place a feeling that it is alive.

I'll agree, the game can get boring, especially in the early stages, but I still get a kick out of it. Anyhow, this is not a "convince me to switch" thread, I just want to know if any of you have that ten day pass that you want to share or not.

Thanks.

Comments

  • tcithtcith Sydney, Australia Member
    edited January 2005
    Well I'll chime in and be the 1st negative (maybe only negative)

    I think SWG is superiour in certain dynamics than WoW
    I think a number of MMORPG's are better than WoW

    the main RPG I played was Asherons Call (and Asherons call dark majesty) for 16+ months and think they are a superior game, I played other MMORPG's but this was the best that I now compare others too.

    So since you play SWG "IMOHO" - it is better that WoW

    So grab if you can a free look, I played Wow for a month heavily (had serveral toons above level 20+) and was bored to tears

    IMOHO again I stress

    cheers
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    People say "toons" in SWG as well, is it short for cartoon? I know it's a reference to your characters, but why toon, or cartoon, whatever I'm trying to ask.
  • tcithtcith Sydney, Australia Member
    edited January 2005
    kanezfan wrote:
    People say "toons" in SWG as well, is it short for cartoon? I know it's a reference toy uor characters, but why toon, or cartoon, whatever I'm trying to ask.


    Yes "toon" is another term for character or whatever term you want to give it. It is short for cartoon

    "Toon" seems to be the acceptable reference to characters in a MMORPG
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    They didn't call them "Toons" when I played it. I think that'd get annoying after awhile.

    I just talked to someone who played SWG a lot more than I did (my cable installer, heh). He said that being a Jedi isn't all that it's cracked up to be. There are some professions that can take on a Jedi single-handed (all you've got to do is keep knocking someone down, and you win, whoever they are). That's just not right, folks. He sold his account for major dough after he got tired of it.

    One thing I'll give it credit for - SWG has an awesome economy system. I'm having a hard time deciding weather I'll go back to SWG or start WoW, but I'm leaning a little bit towards WoW.
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Word on the street is that Blizzard has stopped shipping WOW and won't resume till they get the servers stable and a few bugs worked out. Rumour only afaik. I do not find it to be buggy, with just a couple of very minor exceptions. But server lag IS a big problem - there was 16 hours of down time yesterday, scheduled in advance, to try and address it. I haven't been back in yet to say whether or not it's an improvement.

    I play a ton of WOW and love it. I have 5 toons and still haven't explored 25% of the world, tho only 1 is on the 'good guys' side and he's only lvl 14. 40 Orc Shaman, 28 Undead Priest, 27 Tauren Warrior, 24 Troll Hunter(all on Doomhammer), 14 Dwarf Palladin on Elune. Bought my ride (wolf) as soon as I hit 40 on Weds.

    I cannot express how huge this world is or how well done and diverse the areas are. Some of the crafting needs to be tweaked, as it's not very rewarding or usefull in certain cases - for example, enchanting is a total money sink until very high level, then enchants get very expensive and leatherworking isn't much in demand. The instanced dungeons are *a little* too hard for the levels they are supposed to represent and definitely too long at 2-3 hours per.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    The rumour is true; blizzard sold 600,000 copies of the game in a mere 14 days.. They're waiting (Well, waited.. New copies are out) until they can add more servers to sell new copies.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited January 2005
    Well if anyone is going to offer a 10-day free trial first, it'll be FilePlanet. I'd keep my eyes pealed there for a trial version if/when one is available (and I'd be suprised if there won't be once these server issues are resolved.)

    I figure I'll try it again once a trial is available (I was in both the stress-test and beta available to FilePlanet subscribers) and make my final decision as to weather or not I feel it's worth my $15 a month. I'll just have to be sure to join a server where I have friends playing this time.
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    what about system wise, how does it run? SWG is notorious for not running well. My 2Ghz athlon xp has 1gb or ram and with my 9500 pro i got through doom 3 and HL2 pretty well, but SWG makes my system look like crap. Does WoW suffer from the same types of problems?
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited January 2005
    kanezfan wrote:
    what about system wise, how does it run? SWG is notorious for not running well. My 2Ghz athlon xp has 1gb or ram and with my 9500 pro i got through doom 3 and HL2 pretty well, but SWG makes my system look like crap. Does WoW suffer from the same types of problems?

    That will easily run WoW. My friend runs WoW on his 1.5 pentium-m laptop with a geforce go 5200 and 256 (or maybe 512) ram.
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited January 2005
    I found that the game was very forgiving with low spec systems. It actually runs pretty well on my friend's 733 P3 (below system reqs) system with 384 megs ram and a radeon 7500. I would definitely recommend at LEAST 512 megs though. Peak ram usage one time on my system (ALL settings at max) was like 450 megs or something.



    System reqs if you're interested, from www.worldofwarcraft.com

    Windows® System 98/ME/2000/XP OS:

    * 800 MHz or higher CPU
    * 256 MB or more of RAM
    * 32 MB 3D graphics card with hardware transform and lighting, such as GeForce 2 or better
    * 4 GB or more of available hard drive space
    * DirectX® 9.0c or above
    * A 56k or higher modem with an Internet connection

    I'd say this game is definitely worth 15 a month. It's my first MMORPG and I love it!
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited January 2005
    Forgot to mention, but you've probably heard already. The first month is free when you start up a new account. You must still give them your information but you may cancel at any time, if you so wish.
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    TheGr81 wrote:
    Forgot to mention, but you've probably heard already. The first month is free when you start up a new account. You must still give them your information but you may cancel at any time, if you so wish.


    True, but I also have to shell out $50 to buy it. If I'm spending $50 on something, it better provide me with a lot more than one month's entertainment.
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited January 2005
    Well, there's no way they could make a demo for this kind of game, is there?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    No.
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    SWG put out a ten day free trial last August. It was the full game, with a unique serial number, it allowed you to subscribe to it once your ten days ran out. They put out a 10 day free trial of their expansion last month also. They can do it, I figure they'll wait until demand dies down to draw in more payng customers.
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