Interested in starting to play WoW, what do I need to buy? - Games

As the title says. Do I need to buy the base game with all of the expansions, or what? Thanks

Base game, it's only a tenner + free month = bargain. Get a mate to play and do the recruit a friend, triple XP, etc, will really get your game going, if you like, then go expansions.

Will I be playing the same game as every body else? Would the latest expansion contain all of the content from the previous expansions?

You'll still be able to play with your buddies even if you don't have the expansions. You just can't get to the locations (Outland, lvl 58 and Northrend lvl 68)

Same game to an extent. Buying the expansions unlocks better detail models but I've never noticed a difference prior to upgrading or post. And when cataclysm (newest expansion) comes out everyone will get the map/quest/etc updates anyway.

[QUOTE=Cypher_09;20777832]Will I be playing the same game as every body else? Would the latest expansion contain all of the content from the previous expansions?[/QUOTE] If I understand what you're asking... You need to upgrade your account when it comes to the expansions. Classic Account (just WoW) -> Burning Crusade -> Wrath of the Lich King. So you can't just go Classic -> WotLK. You're in the same world as the rest of us. Outlands and Northrend are quite partitioned from Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, but it's still the same world.

Base Game, and that's it, don't worry about expansions til 58, then 68 for WotLK, because if you find out WoW isn't your slice of cake it's a waste of money to get the xpacks Burning crusade unlocks Blood Elves (which are for twats) and Draenei (see Blood Elves) as races and the 60-70 content WotLK unlocks Death Knights and the 70-80 Content, you have to be 55 to make a DK anyway. You'll be playing the same game, the way you see the world and the things that happen are all the same, you just can't access post-60 content until you upgrade.

The game is the same to everyone, but without the expansions you don't get some content. The content for each expansion is specific to the level bracket it adds, mostly. With BC you get 60-70, LK you get 70-80 and all the zones/instances in them. I don't think the items are off-limits. However, with BC you get the two new races. The jewelcrafting expansion only benefits those 60+. With WOTLK you get the Death Knight, which is at 58, and Insription. I don't know if you can't use glyphs if you don't have WOTLK, but the benefits for inscription are really only there 70+, otherwise you get some nice benefits from level 10+ Also you can't get the "new" profession levels, it stops at 300 rather than 375/450 without expansions. But the stuff you make 300+ is for level 60+ [editline]10:45PM[/editline] So you don't lose much by not buying any expansions, until you reach a level that needs an expansion.

Also, if you havn't already (or someone hasn't told you already) do the trial first then buy the game, that way you get 44 days of play time from the start. (I'm guessing you might already have done, but just incase, there you go) :)

[QUOTE=savinallgrace;20788607]Also, if you havn't already (or someone hasn't told you already) do the trial first then buy the game, that way you get 44 days of play time from the start. (I'm guessing you might already have done, but just incase, there you go) :)[/QUOTE] you can also get your character to level 20 :)

[QUOTE=Spaztastik;20790328]you can also get your character to level 20 :)[/QUOTE] And have plenty of other limits.

Nice, thanks for the help guys! How much is the subscription? also, will I be able to see the death knights? I'll buy the base and TBC.

[QUOTE=Cypher_09;20793337]Nice, thanks for the help guys! How much is the subscription? also, will I be able to see the death knights? I'll buy the base and TBC.[/QUOTE] you can see the death knights, you can see all wotlk content except anything in northrend itself.

buy an authenticator for the cool puppy and ~peace of mind~

[QUOTE=Cypher_09;20793337]Nice, thanks for the help guys! How much is the subscription? also, will I be able to see the death knights? I'll buy the base and TBC.[/QUOTE] you may be better off buying the battle chest if you're going to do that just a quick link here but on play.com its £17.99 and you get [LIST] [*]World of Warcraft [*]The Burning Crusade (Expansion Pack) [*]World of Warcraft Strategy Guide [*]The Burning Crusade Strategy Guide [/LIST] sure you don't need the books but i'm not sure you'll be able to get them cheaper seperate, If you decide you like the game buy wrath of the lich king at 60 ish, but yeah if you can get an freind (RL or otherwise) to start playing with you then this speeds up everything dramatically see [URL]http://www.wowwiki.com/Recruit_a_friend[/URL] for more detail

[QUOTE=A Glitch;20794011]you may be better off buying the battle chest if you're going to do that just a quick link here but on play.com its £17.99 and you get [LIST] [*]World of Warcraft [*]The Burning Crusade (Expansion Pack) [*]World of Warcraft Strategy Guide [*]The Burning Crusade Strategy Guide [/LIST] sure you don't need the books but i'm not sure you'll be able to get them cheaper seperate, If you decide you like the game buy wrath of the lich king at 60 ish, but yeah if you can get an freind (RL or otherwise) to start playing with you then this speeds up everything dramatically see [URL]http://www.wowwiki.com/Recruit_a_friend[/URL] for more detail[/QUOTE] 18 pounds is something like $30 in Australia right? If so, that's really cheap. The original WoW is still $20..

dayum, just classic WoW is the same price as a game card over here...

I got the battle chests, they actually helped me with leveling up professions on my characters aswell, they have a lot of information about how to makes things and were to get the recipies.