Dreaded Dial-up

mavric240 · May 01, 2008, 12:22 PM

We will be without road runner (high speed cable) for a week or so and want to know if any locks out there play on dial-up? I can get Dial-up and use it until they have my lines replaced but am I wasting my time and $10.00 bucks? Any thoughts fellow locks?

Cynic · May 01, 2008, 06:04 PM

I used to play on dialup, back when I first started playing the game.. it was many things, painful and interesting being two of them. Try bumming at a friend's house imo ;)

Lodeon · May 01, 2008, 06:35 PM

I currently am playing on dial-up and it works, but it aint pretty. I've actually been on it from the beginning, and I'm just about to ding 70. The only real trouble I've had with it is doing large raid-group type stuff and hanging out in Org. Doing stuff in The Burning Crusade is a bit more laggy than in the original content but doesn't really matter for anything non-grouped. Also, make sure that you have a good dial-up modem. My next door neighbor has also tried running WoW on dial-up, but on an older modem, and he lags out on logging in. As to whether or not it would be worth it, I would just do one of the free trial things that most dial-up companies do these days and see if it works.

Edit: And I just saw that you're a 70 that's probably doing raids and such, so I would say stay away from the dial-up.

mavric240 · May 02, 2008, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Lodeon

I currently am playing on dial-up and it works, but it ain't pretty....... And I just saw that you're a 70 that's probably doing raids and such, so I would say stay away from the dial-up.

Well Lodeon it was not that bad but like you said was not pretty either. I decided to play with my alts and not mess with either of my 70's. I only got dropped once in three hours but had a latency around 1000 all the time. I could not go into any major city either it booted me right away every time I tried. I died a couple of times from lag but all and all it was ok, at least I got to play. One thing for sure it's going to be a long week.

Thanks to Cynic and Lodeon for yours thoughts and thanks for taking the time!

Purson · May 02, 2008, 10:01 AM

Oww, horrid flashbacks of tweaking a 14.4k.

good luck!

serothe · May 02, 2008, 10:14 AM

i also have to use dial-up lat ussually sats between 500-700 om a good day you can do most sutff except large raids and vent only raid can run at moment is kara while raid leader uses vent and in gamer so can here them and sometimes new island can be over lag on dial up

Saucon21 · May 02, 2008, 09:22 PM

I don;t know man, Dial-up is really not a issues as long as you are not planning on going to a 25+ man raid or higher or AV, you should be more then fine

I get 300ms or so jsut chilling in IF and playing WSG decent amount of time, but there is always other factors lol

May 01, 2008, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
mavric240 Member Character Info sassyevil 70 Undead Warlock Trollbane US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/44/17	Dreaded Dial-up, Can I use it? We will be without road runner (high speed cable) for a week or so and want to know if any locks out there play on dial-up? I can get Dial-up and use it until they have my lines replaced but am I wasting my time and $10.00 bucks? Any thoughts fellow locks? Last edited by mavric240; May 01, 2008 at 12:29 PM.

May 01, 2008, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cynic Member Character Info Cynicism 70 Blood Elf Warlock Kel'Thuzad US PvP Guild: Mooninites Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 27/34/0	Re: Dreaded Dial-up I used to play on dialup, back when I first started playing the game.. it was many things, painful and interesting being two of them. Try bumming at a friend's house imo ;)

May 01, 2008, 06:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lodeon Registered Character Info Lodeon 70 Blood Elf Warlock Illidan US PvP Guild: Illusion of Safety Talent Spec: 7/43/11	Re: Dreaded Dial-up I currently am playing on dial-up and it works, but it aint pretty. I've actually been on it from the beginning, and I'm just about to ding 70. The only real trouble I've had with it is doing large raid-group type stuff and hanging out in Org. Doing stuff in The Burning Crusade is a bit more laggy than in the original content but doesn't really matter for anything non-grouped. Also, make sure that you have a good dial-up modem. My next door neighbor has also tried running WoW on dial-up, but on an older modem, and he lags out on logging in. As to whether or not it would be worth it, I would just do one of the free trial things that most dial-up companies do these days and see if it works. Edit: And I just saw that you're a 70 that's probably doing raids and such, so I would say stay away from the dial-up. Last edited by Lodeon; May 01, 2008 at 07:20 PM.

May 02, 2008, 10:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
Purson DoT hugger Character Info Purson 70 Human Warlock Runetotem US PvE Guild: The Defias Brotherhood Talent Spec: 0/21/40	Re: Dreaded Dial-up Oww, horrid flashbacks of tweaking a 14.4k. good luck!

May 02, 2008, 10:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
serothe Registered	Re: Dreaded Dial-up i also have to use dial-up lat ussually sats between 500-700 om a good day you can do most sutff except large raids and vent only raid can run at moment is kara while raid leader uses vent and in gamer so can here them and sometimes new island can be over lag on dial up

May 02, 2008, 09:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
Saucon21 Member Character Info Baldu 70 Dwarf Paladin Dalaran US PvE	Re: Dreaded Dial-up I don;t know man, Dial-up is really not a issues as long as you are not planning on going to a 25+ man raid or higher or AV, you should be more then fine I get 300ms or so jsut chilling in IF and playing WSG decent amount of time, but there is always other factors lol