WoW over dial-up?

Halki · May 15, 2005, 07:44 PM

any of you guys tried playin' WoW over a modem? Blizzard says it is playable, but i wanna know if that's really true... i just can't imagine it, playing online games over my 56kbit is really a pain.

is out a demo of any sort? i just wanted to test it before i buy a cat in a bag..

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gR3iF · May 15, 2005, 08:01 PM

no i dont know but they always say its playable i would recommend at least isdn

ReconCX · May 16, 2005, 12:36 AM

save the money and get broadband first!

wazzledoozle · May 16, 2005, 01:54 AM

Doubt it would work that well. And it may be very hard to download patches.

tntoak · Jun 17, 2005, 05:22 PM

I have played it over dialup before - it's a little slower to load the NPC locations and related items when you first log on, but it's really not much slower after that.

W1zzard · Jun 17, 2005, 05:29 PM

it should be very playable, but it will be considerably slower in area where many things are happening (towns)

Halki · Jun 18, 2005, 08:47 PM

teoretically or practically?

'cause not even quake3 is running ok on my sys, i think this is because my connection schema is following: 20 meters of regular (not anything special) coax cable, homemade can antenna, 300 meters of air, another can antenna, 2 meters of coax, friends pc and THEN modem.. it's a little laggy, i know

BerettaA1 · Jul 4, 2005, 09:54 PM

I would never suggest playing any Mmorpg with dial up. I meen come on think about it its a huge would with 100's of players and new things happenin everyminute 56k wont cut it.

gR3iF · Jul 5, 2005, 10:58 AM

i play it atm with 2 mbit and if i make a lof of my speed the max is about 1 mbit iam dling

tntoak · Jul 5, 2005, 05:26 PM

Quote:

I would never suggest playing any Mmorpg with dial up. I meen come on think about it its a huge would with 100's of players and new things happenin everyminute 56k wont cut it.

The only place WoW hangs is in entering cities such as Ironforge, Stormwind, Orgrimmar, etc. It's because most of the world data is cached on your PC, it's just the NPC and player data that is downloaded to the PC. If you're out in the open, away from a major city, it's very playable, even on dialup. In fact, it's more playable on dialup than Star Wars Galaxies.

DR.Death · Jul 11, 2005, 12:28 PM

Most new games on dialup, are playable but slow some times two slow so. I think that u should go with a faster connectionbut. If that is all u can aford then we cant help u with that.

^DR.Death^

May 15, 2005, 07:44 PM	#1
Halki Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somewhere.. over the rainbow (Zilina, Slovakia) Posts: 112 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WoW over dial-up? any of you guys tried playin' WoW over a modem? Blizzard says it is playable, but i wanna know if that's really true... i just can't imagine it, playing online games over my 56kbit is really a pain. is out a demo of any sort? i just wanted to test it before i buy a cat in a bag.. / __________________ I felt a great disturbance...as if a hundred evil bastards on an oil derrick suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced... Strange. - Fallout 2

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May 16, 2005, 01:54 AM	#4
wazzledoozle Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,316 (1.34/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 166 Times in 89 Posts System Specs	Doubt it would work that well. And it may be very hard to download patches. __________________ *bellybuttons are great holes, their single purpose is to suck up pinkys* -DanTheBanjoman

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May 15, 2005, 08:01 PM	#2
gR3iF Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 1,708 (0.57/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 35 Times in 33 Posts System Specs	no i dont know but they always say its playable i would recommend at least isdn

May 16, 2005, 12:36 AM	#3
ReconCX Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 391 (0.12/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	save the money and get broadband first!

Jun 17, 2005, 05:22 PM	#5
tntoak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 2 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have played it over dialup before - it's a little slower to load the NPC locations and related items when you first log on, but it's really not much slower after that.

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Jun 18, 2005, 08:47 PM	#7
Halki Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somewhere.. over the rainbow (Zilina, Slovakia) Posts: 112 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	teoretically or practically? 'cause not even quake3 is running ok on my sys, i think this is because my connection schema is following: 20 meters of regular (not anything special) coax cable, homemade can antenna, 300 meters of air, another can antenna, 2 meters of coax, friends pc and THEN modem.. it's a little laggy, i know __________________ I felt a great disturbance...as if a hundred evil bastards on an oil derrick suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced... Strange. - Fallout 2

Jul 4, 2005, 09:54 PM	#8
BerettaA1 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I would never suggest playing any Mmorpg with dial up. I meen come on think about it its a huge would with 100's of players and new things happenin everyminute 56k wont cut it.

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gR3iF Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 1,708 (0.57/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 35 Times in 33 Posts System Specs	i play it atm with 2 mbit and if i make a lof of my speed the max is about 1 mbit iam dling

Jul 11, 2005, 12:28 PM	#11
DR.Death Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,152 (0.40/day) Thanks: 8 Thanked 69 Times in 64 Posts System Specs	Most new games on dialup, are playable but slow some times two slow so. I think that u should go with a faster connectionbut. If that is all u can aford then we cant help u with that. ^DR.Death^

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