Playing WoW in 36 boxes

[NayusDante]

I've been considering the prospect of multi-boxing, but WoW isn't my thing. Does anyone know a good free MMO that's multi-box friendly? Something I could run either 5 copies of on one machine, or on old hardware (like, 1ghz-1.8ghz, 256mb ram)?

[Sirgin]

You could run Guild Wars on that. (with specs on low, though)

The advantage of GW is, that, after the initial purchase you don't have to pay subscripsions. Maybe not a big deal for some but when you're going to multi-box those subscriptions really add up.

If you're into MMO's then don't hesitate to try out GW. It's a good game with a good community. For some more info on the game, don't hesitate to check out my review, HERE.

[Sega2099]

Just plain dumb it seems like

[Tynstar]

I have being playing Perfect World (http://www.perfectworld.com) and it is free, There is some stuff you can spend money on but you dont have to. NOt sure about an old box but it does scale down a lot. I run PW on my PC at home and my PC at work. THe install is a 2GB download.

[cant-grow-up]

I have being playing Perfect World (http://www.perfectworld.com) and it is free, There is some stuff you can spend money on but you dont have to. NOt sure about an old box but it does scale down a lot. I run PW on my PC at home and my PC at work. THe install is a 2GB download.

2GB?! Im on a dell from '04 it wouldnt know what to do...lol
Never played WoW myself but I guess to each there own....I can tell you one thing the NSA's probably jealous of that set-up

[Tan]

I have being playing Perfect World (http://www.perfectworld.com) and it is free, There is some stuff you can spend money on but you dont have to. NOt sure about an old box but it does scale down a lot. I run PW on my PC at home and my PC at work. THe install is a 2GB download.

2GB?! Im on a dell from '04 it wouldnt know what to do...lol
Never played WoW myself but I guess to each there own....I can tell you one thing the NSA's probably jealous of that set-up

Many games these days hit 6-8 gig installs, even 3-4 disc games hitting 8-10 years old are over 2GB. 2GB is what, half hour-forty-five minute download for the average broadband user? Not too bad I'd say.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Methinks he's thinking RAM?

[Tan]

Methinks he's thinking RAM?

Yeah probably. A 2004 Dell would prob have 256 or 512 of PC2100 or PC1600. Nowadays most systems average 2GB of DDR2 as a minimum and most games recommend at least a gig for low settings.

[cant-grow-up]

Methinks he's thinking RAM?

Yeah probably. A 2004 Dell would prob have 256 or 512 of PC2100 or PC1600. Nowadays most systems average 2GB of DDR2 as a minimum and most games recommend at least a gig for low settings.

Ok its been since windows 98 since i was really into PC gaming so all that PC# and DDR2 stuff you just said is drawing a blank stare at the screen. 
And no I was thinking Gigs not ram.. But the last PC game I bought new was Age of Empires 2: Age of kings (with the expainsion pack) so..lol

[Sirgin]

And no I was thinking Gigs not ram.. But the last PC game I bought new was Age of Empires 2: Age of kings (with the expainsion pack) so..lol

That's about 9 years ago but a PC from back then should atleast have a 10-20Gb hard drive. My dad bought a PC in...1999 I think and it had a 20Gb HD so you should be fine.

[Tan]

And no I was thinking Gigs not ram.. But the last PC game I bought new was Age of Empires 2: Age of kings (with the expainsion pack) so..lol

That's about 9 years ago but a PC from back then should atleast have a 10-20Gb hard drive. My dad bought a PC in...1999 I think and it had a 20Gb HD so you should be fine.

The last time I had seen a 10 gig HDD standard was around the launch of the K6's and that was before Win98 even came out.

[NayusDante]

I still deal with those kind of systems at work. Pentium 3 766s, with 10-15gb drives and like 128mb ram. They're FINALLY upgrading this month, so I'm going to see about bringing them home and possibly booting them off a network to run Ragnarok Online or something. There's four of them and they're the wide and flat form factor, so I could stack them. Or they might just stick them in the back for spare parts...

[cant-grow-up]

well slap my butt and call me sally, the dell (main computer) is a 20gig hd, the old 98 HP in my room that I use for the old pc games is an 80gig (added a slave drive), hell guess i need to look for some pc games now..lol

[Sirgin]

See, nothing to worry about.

[captain_nintendo]

I have being playing Perfect World (http://www.perfectworld.com) and it is free, There is some stuff you can spend money on but you dont have to. NOt sure about an old box but it does scale down a lot. I run PW on my PC at home and my PC at work. THe install is a 2GB download.

I agree, Perfect World is a great option for those4 of you who don't want a monthly subscription.