Dago wrote:
That sucks! How can they not make it cumulative or something?
I guess then i am off to play some other multiplayer game..
Heard Guild Wars is pretty good..
It's a completely different game though. GW is not exactly a MMORPG eventhough it contains a lot such elements and can be confused as such. Actually I'd say that GW is a hybrid between MMORPG and an online RPG, standing somewhere on the broderline of those 2 genres. But in any case, people say GW is good. If you like its style then I suppose it would be a really cool game to play.
Now as for WoW, you should consider 2 things. First, the monthly fee is not really that much. It's as much as two beers at a bar or an average dinner (1-person) or slightly more than a cinema ticket. For one month of computer gaming that's not really a tragic expense. Secondly, I've never heard of anybody who actually played WoW more than 1 month and didn't play for several hours per week or days per month. It IS a very addictive game because of its structure, style and interface. So even if you think that you intend to play only for 2 days per month you will end up playing for much much more.
Finally there's another option, albeit a slightly illegal one. You can play on free private WoW servers (as I'm doing at the moment). You should not do this if you have a working account because you might get banned but if you don't then that's your cheapest option. You download the whole game, then download the appropriate patches for the specific server then you create an account (free) on that server and play. Ofcourse, the support is not up to par with the official support and there are numerous bugs in those private servers but it's a free service and you can't require more than that.