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by Michael Sacco 
Jun 28th 2011 at 7:00PM
If you do get the hankering for more WoW thanks to the trial, you can get the digital Battle Chest, which includes classic WoW and The Burning Crusade, for $19.99 (as soon as the Blizzard site works again, anyway).
Trying out WoW for the first time with one of these trials? Have a friend who's just starting out and needs a push in the right direction? Check out WoW Rookie, our resource for new or casual players, with topics like:
- Turn WoW into quality time by playing with a partner
- Pick the class that's right for you
- Learn how to run dungeons with groups
Trial Account Restrictions
- A level cap of 20.
- A maximum of 10 gold.
- Trade skills are capped at 100 ranks.
- Unable to trade via the Auction House, mailbox, or player-to-player.
- In-game access to public chat channels unavailable. Players are limited to communicating using only say, party, or whisper.
- Characters will be unable to create or join guilds.
- Characters are not able to send whispers to other characters unless they have been added to the characters' friends lists or have received a whisper from a character first.
- Characters will not be able to invite other players into a party.
- Characters will not be able to join parties with other characters above level 20.
- Voice chat disabled on Starter Edition accounts.
- Realms experiencing login queues will prioritize players who have full, paid accounts.
- Starter Edition accounts are not eligible for character transfers
- RealID features are disabled on all Starter Edition Accounts.
- A maximum of 10 gold.
- Trade skills are capped at 100 ranks.
- Unable to trade via the Auction House, mailbox, or player-to-player.
- In-game access to public chat channels unavailable. Players are limited to communicating using only say, party, or whisper.
- Characters will be unable to create or join guilds.
- Characters are not able to send whispers to other characters unless they have been added to the characters' friends lists or have received a whisper from a character first.
- Characters will not be able to invite other players into a party.
- Characters will not be able to join parties with other characters above level 20.
- Voice chat disabled on Starter Edition accounts.
- Realms experiencing login queues will prioritize players who have full, paid accounts.
- Starter Edition accounts are not eligible for character transfers
- RealID features are disabled on all Starter Edition Accounts.
The news is already rolling out for the upcoming WoW Patch 4.2! Preview the new Firelands raid, marvel at the new legendary staff, and get the inside scoop on new quest hubs -- plus new Tier 12 armor!Filed under: Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 4 of 6)
Dumbguy Jun 28th 2011 7:52PM
"Voice chat disabled on Starter Edition accounts."
LOL!
lazymangaka Jun 28th 2011 7:58PM
Seems you've beaten me to the punch!
lazymangaka Jun 28th 2011 7:57PM
"Voice chat disabled on Starter Edition accounts."
Oh tragedy of tragedies.
Oakraven Jun 28th 2011 8:16PM
oh and that list of trial account restrictions you "sourced"? the link is to the old WoW.com spam of adds page, not to anything even remotly officaly blizzard.
Fail link is fail after all.
Michael Sacco Jun 28th 2011 8:19PM
Haha, fail link is fail! Longcats! Chargin mah lazerz! Epic fail! Set sail for fail! lolwut! Failboat! Ceiling cat! Fail! Hilarious!
Heh, man. Fail. So funny. Fail.
Utakata Jun 28th 2011 8:13PM
I guess they're proving themselves to be better than that MMO gaming company that shall not be named who introduced $80 monocles to their cash shop with subscription fees of late. Sparkle Ponies (as much as I detest them) and first 20 levels for free is far much more useful and meaningful. Just saying.
Jack Spicer Jun 28th 2011 8:14PM
Does this mean that Silvermoon and whaterverthenameofthedraneicity will not longer be portioned off from the rest of the world?
Marshal Jun 28th 2011 8:25PM
Well unless there's a new starter for those races, then I don't see why it should be.
jonham013 Jun 28th 2011 8:30PM
You realise that not even the Cataclysm could bring those two capitals out from behind their loading screens right? Silvermoon and Eastern Plaguelands are like two different universes. Have a look at Silvermoon somtime, in fact, check out that whole area, its HUGE. I'd rate it as bigger than Stormwind (After walking through both for an age and a half.)
If you ever played Halo, theres a bunch of opportunities for you to go running off the scripted path. What do you find? Cardboard cutouts of trees. These two area's are like that, everything we don't see, doesn't exist. Not only that, but it doesn't exist in a completely different way to how the Old World didn't exist.
Its unfortunate they didn't put the coding in to fly there when they did the rest of BC I feel.
Chucks Jun 28th 2011 8:28PM
Nobody ever seems to talk about how http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=5288#comments is a reference to Steely Dan. Too bad, so sad because it is an amazing song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7zf_qApoA
Fillion Jun 29th 2011 1:33AM
Love Steely Dan!!!! 'Tis real music!!!
raingod Jun 28th 2011 8:45PM
Did you post that wearing your tin foil hat, or just talking out of your ass?
Boozard Jun 28th 2011 8:46PM
i do agree that cataclysm hasn't really helped up WoW's stock. but i wouldnt say it has necessarily hurt it either. the fact that WoW is already 6 years old probably has more to do with the hurt than the expansion itself. if blizz still has another expansion planned for WoW, it will really need to be ground breaking.
jonham013 Jun 28th 2011 9:00PM
Is a term like that really necessary? Not only are you dishonouring the memories of people who were dragged into a cult, but you are also being quite rude.
I understand that you are using a euphemism for 'sheep' used in the sense that people who think that Blizzard and World of Warcraft are doing well are 'followers' refusing to study the evidence and just going along with the 'party line.'
However, you have given no evidence as to why this is a further indication that Expansion number 3 has hurt the WoW Franchise in any way.
Personally, whenever I see someone like you, I can only conclude that you have a persecution complex from being so 'enlightened'. Are you hoping for WoW to fail, so you can be one of the 'few' who are playing the 'dying game' which then makes you cool in your zany reverse subculture?
You know what, I have no clue, but I do know that you're quite rude and I don't appreciate it.
jfofla Jun 28th 2011 9:53PM
@ Clericorpse
Since hate has robbed you of reason, let me explain basic marketing.
In Cataclysm Blizzard completely re-did the 1-60 content.
I will wait while you try and grasp why.
Here is a hint, new players are introduced to the game in those zones.
Whether you have understood or not, I shall continue.
This promotion is designed to introduce new players to the real strength of Cataclysm, the 1-60 content.
That way they can happily jettison whiney, bitter, tools like you and replace you with five new customers.
Coco Jun 28th 2011 9:55PM
sweet, an easy way to get into raids!
pedge Jun 28th 2011 10:05PM
It's disgusting how this site is completely becoming an infomercial for Blizzard.
Whomever makes a solid point on anything negative are down rated beyond belief.
Yet have a human centipede mouth to ass for the company it's blue highlights all the way.
"Welcome! It's a good day to be one of the few remaining human beings who isn't playing World of Warcraft. "
Holy crap. really? Make Billy Mays go away.
Michael Sacco Jun 28th 2011 10:06PM
Jokes? On MY World of Warcraft video game blog? *flips cloak, turns on heel*
raingod Jun 28th 2011 10:10PM
Funny, I thought the same thing about your Mom.
raingod Jun 28th 2011 10:24PM
Never ceases to amaze me how people who say they left the game keep making posts. Bitter troll is bitter.