WoW Open Beta

Never a truer word spoken :p but finally some sense got into her and she played a couple of hours with me i.e. WoW :D . Also I have stopped yelling out commands which seems to have improved the situation :rolleyes:
 
Ok, so I've gone and orderred an upgrade to HomeDSL192, and will use Telkom as my ISP with a 3GB standard account. Also taking the plunge on a 24 month contract...

Waiting for their email with the contract, and then see how long it take to get upgraded.

I just hope the ping is as good as you say. ;)

-G
 
nooooo... don't sign that contract!!! :( rather buy the modem, with the 2nd SNO on the horizon you don't want to be locked in. For about R500 you can get a modem/router which far more flexible than the droll that telkom are handing out.
 
Ok, so if I buy my own modem, I also need to get the surge protector...just where do I get these?

But the thing is...even if I cancel later, it's basically a penalty of R70 a month...so won't be THAT much...not like my BT ADSL when I was in the UK, where they forced me to pay the full fee for every month of the remaining period...now THAT, was a small fortune. :P

-G
 
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Well, got some really nice pings on ISDN this weekend...(while standing still fishing and chatting, it went down to 302) Up to Level 53 last night. Getting ADSL tomorrow...so hope the pings stay around 500.

-G
 
Oh, and Skills info is now:

Leatherworking 270
Skinning 300
Fishing 240-245 (can't remember exactly)
Cooking 300

I worked out that fishing/cooking makes life a little cheaper for feeding my tiger.
Oh, and I MUST recomend the PetFeeder addon...really good for having your pet auto-feed itself. Just categorise food you carry into whichever diet your pet eats, and set the level to content/happy, and whenever it drops out of that, it'll "search your packs" for food.

-G
 
Oh my word , what level are you G? No where near those stats :o . You haven't mentioned race, class and level. I am a NE Druid lvl 25. I have basically the same skills but haven't chosen my second secondary skill but will most likely be cooking. What server are u playing on?

Anyway here are my vitals :D

Leatherworking 126
Skinning 190
Fishing 18 (not a priority)

Are u using the standard UI or a 3rd party one. I ask this cos u mentioned the pet feeder plugin, ah light bulb just lit.... your a hunter. :p


P.S. Did not see the 1st post :o , 300 on ISDN I averaged btw 500 - 650 on ADSL this weekend which makes fishing almost impossible.
 
Server: Shadow Moon
Race: Orc (Male)
Profession: Hunter
Level: 53

Primary skills:
- Leatherworking: 273
- Skinning: 300

Secondary skills:
- Cooking: 300
- Fishing: 252
- First Aid: 80ish

And yes, I use a number of addons. Mapnotes, Mapcoords, Lootlink, Bottombars, Petfeeder, Hunterpetskills, Zonelevels, Tacklebox (all I can think of offhand).

And 500-650 is perfectly fine for fishing. Just use some lures...they allow you a bit longer to react. Generally, when you fish, the ping will be much better, as you're not moving. My average ping is still 450-600.

Am going to ask Telkom to allow NORMAL prioritisation on port 3724...

-G
 
Yes, maybe they will setup a VPN that has a direct connection to the EU servers :D who knows sub 300 pings?
 
And the moment u can only play on the EU/US servers which entails having someone get you a key or copy of the game from the aforementioned places. It's easier to play on EU servers as they don't seem to have a problem processing SA credit cards. If you want to play on US servers you need a US credit card or gaming cards.
 
So I got my ISDN installed about three weeks ago, and have been happily playing WoW (EU) with my brother ever since. (Which reminds me... I need to sort out those credit card details before my trial month expires...)

With both of us networked and playing simultaneously over ISDN, we get pretty constant sub-500 pings. After hearing what I've heard about ADSL, and now that I'm a solid WoW addict, I wouldn't dream of changing to something else until things improve.

My characters:

On Dunemaul (PVP) I have a level 22 Night Elf Druid, named Darric. Skills are Herbalism (165), Alchemy (115), Fishing (25).

On Dragonmaw (PVP) I have a level 8 Orc Warrior, named Raddic. Skills are mining (0), Blacksmithing (0). (I only use this guy when playing with another friend who hardly plays. =p)

Thoroughly enjoying the game, best MMOG since the glory days of Ultima Online.
 
Using SAOL, I get pings that are almost the same as ISDN, granted, you get maybe 1, or 2 packet loss spikes a day, you still have teh advantage of playing whenever you like, and being able to switch off your PC at night on the weekends. :P

R399 for 3GB unshaped? A good buy IMHO.

-G
 
Yip, ISDN does deliver better pings, although since I got my unshapped account I am consistently experiencing pings between 450 - 550. :D That said wait til you hit a public holiday and see the horror shock bill you receive from helkom, especially now that they are increasing their local call rates :mad: . Nice thing about ADSL is you also don't have to wait fro callmore to kick in. Also playing on Dragonmaw lvl 29 NE Druid.

Who knows we might run into eachother some time. :cool:
 
Ok, I am getting 128K ISDN some time in April. Only reason for this, is WoW and possibly GuildWars. From what I have read ISDN gives pretty good pings. Entirely playable I suppose? Don't even notice lag?

Now I want to ask if Telkom's modem is good enough. That itty bitty USB modem. I find it entirely believable that Telkom would sabotage their modems.
 
isdn is way better with pings then adsl even if you have an unshaped account. just alot more expensive than adsl but if you wanna play games then isdn is awesome for international.

if i remember correctly which maybe i wont because the nukecap guys think im brainless kinda like their kuk company anyhow moving on.

when i had isdn 128k i used to play on a specific battlefield 1942 server just about every night my ping where in the region of 250-300 with 40 players.

i went to the same server when i got adsl and i was in the 400's at night
 
o and telkom's modems are great but just go check out a price at local computer store other than incredible corruption. matrix technologies sells cheap adsl modem
 
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