To be annoyed at DH playing WoW all the time?

[Kayano]

Because I am jealous?

Got rid of my PC - gifted to parents - to make room for baby and cancelled my subscription.

Now I'm all jealous and resentful like. ESP as they now have a new warlock :(

[ToothlesstheDragon]

if you're ever playing alli on Vek'nilash, look me up ;)

[SnakeOnCrack]

Thank you Lougle! So does it cost money (after buying the initial game) or do you "earn" the money in the game so to speak?

I won't start playing it, I'm bad enough playing regular games on xbox and the like!

[Lougle]

You can play the game free for the first 20 levels by signing up, then you have to buy the game - about £4.99 for the first part, then up to £30 for the expansion packs (The game initially caps at 70, now, but the expansion packs extend it to 80, and 85).

However, to actually play the game, after the first 20 levels, you have to pay a subscription fee of £8.99 per month.

I see that as good value, as you can have up to 10 characters per realm (server) on up to 5 realms. So 50 characters in all.

[Lougle]

Sorry, forgot to say. You pay real money (£8.99) to play, but there is an in-game money system.

You get money in terms of Gold, Silver, and Copper. When you start, you'll be earning about 18c for a quest. Very little money, but soon, that starts picking up, and you can earn around 20g for a quest at level 85. Some armour items that you pick up and don't need, can sell on the Auction House for hundreds of gold.

You can also sell food, herbs, ores, fish, etc.

[CatPower]

New warlock, what what what?! restarts subscription

[Akandra]

YABU because you gave away your PC and unsubscribed, knowing your DH was still playing! You are both having a child - theres no way you should give up everything and your husband nothing! You need to come to some kind of arrangement or you will just end up resentful and he will have to quit too.

That being said, unless you are desperately short on space, theres no reason why you can't still play after the baby is born. In fact, given you will be spending a lot of nights in with your baby just sleeping, its a good hobby to have.

After my DD was born I didn't raid for about 3 months. It took a while for her to get back into a routine and for me to be ready to play again. But now, admittedly with our raid times slightly adjusted, we raid three nights a week. Our guild is used to people having kids that need attention. They may have filled your raid slot right now, but things happen and I wouldn't be suprised if another became available.

We have both of our PCs set up in the living room. We brought these little cupboard desks from Next and nice rattan office chairs from Ikea that keep it looking tidy. This way we don't disturb DD. It took a while to figure out a good layout but it works well now.

I'm on Darksorrow btw and that has a good Alliance community (well, its got its share of idiots, but its also got some good people and its highly populated so you can just steer clear of those you don't like).

[ZonkedOut]

Can you get a laptop and play in another room? With a reasonable spec and external mouse, it is playable.

I played WoW for a while a lifetime ago, but EQ was my real time sink for about 8 years. But I met DH through it, so it wasn't entirely wasted. :-)

[mythical]

Kayano

Get a new pc if you can ASAP. i did that last year and it was the biggest mistake i made. i sold my PC thinking i'd get a nice little laptop so i won't play too much.

He started playing again, i wanted to play too, i set it up on my laptop then struggled with 10 fps with all settings on low for 4 months - it wasn't a bad laptop either, just what i could afford at the time. now i have a reasonable hand-me-down pc and i couldn't be happier.

I can be much laid-back than him but i like to have the option if i want to, i keep mine subscribed all the time.

[ChuffMuffin]

YABU - wean yourselves off, SW:TOR is coming out on 22nd December 2011. Allegedly. I'd be playing it if I had a computer that looked like it was capable of running it

[TottWriter]

SW:TOR? Nahh, you want to hold on a bit longer and get GW2. Fantasy worlds all the way. rubs nerdy hands with glee

[TottWriter]

Oh, for pity's sake. I can never bold when I want to, and then when I don't plan to....

I also forgot this:

[Esian]

It is hard to go from chatting on mn to chatting on wow. The posters? have slightly different outlooks on life

[TottWriter]

Yeah, just a little. I only played WoW for a month or two, (skint) and even in that time I got tired of the immaturity I saw. I guess it's the sheer size of the playerbase.