Morynne over at Marks 365 posted this question today, but I felt I’d get too lengthy for a comment. So, here goes. I haven’t played WoW since at least June. Before that I only played for a few weeks after another months long hiatus. So why would someone who wanders away for months at a time turn around and take the annual pass? Well it’s pretty simple. I always come back. Because I always come back, I never cancel my subscription. So even if life and school kidnap me again, I’m not losing anything by paying my sub month to month.
But Jess, have you ever tried Diablo? No. I bought my husband the battle chest, but he didn’t care for it. We’ve both been a bit spoiled by more modern visual styles. I tried to install it once and my computer staunchly refused it. I didn’t care. And honestly, I never even considered playing Diablo III. BUT! if committing to a year of WoW, which I’d be paying for anyway, as mentioned above, gets me the game for free…I might just try it, and maybe even like it. If I don’t? hey no loss right?
Worst case, I have a game I’m absent from, and still paying for which is pretty par for the course for me to begin with, a free game I may or may not like, a mount for all my characters past, present, and future that looks absolutely awesome from what I’ve seen. Black armored pegasus? yes please! And I get a sneak peak into Mists of Pandaria on top of all of that.
All for doing what I already do, paying $15/month for World of Warcraft.
What’s NOT to like about that?
Yeah, I hopped on the Annual Pass because I wanted the shiny free mount.
In the past, I’ve definitely been guilty of cancelling my account for a few months to save a little bit of money and then re-activating when I felt flush again, but I’m doing a much better job of staying on top of things money-wise lately, so I’m fairly confident I can commit to the whole year.
And hopefully, HOPEFULLY, sometime in the early part of next year, I’ll be able to get a computer and then the new Diablo should be fun to try out. (Also looking forward to putting all my retro-flashback games on there too– original Age of Empires, Baulder’s Gate, etc.)
And don’t forget you also get a chance to mess around in the beta for next expansion if the whim takes you!
I jumped into the annual pass using the exact same logic though I am also an “in and out” WoW player, as RL keeps kicking my butt.
An added sidebonus? Some of my guildies who were getting annoyed/worried that I would eventually never come back ahve calmed down. Ha! They know I’ll be around intermittently for at elast another year.
Yup – exactly the same reasoning as me!
ditto. I figure if I don’t enjoy D3, at least my son and husband will. Although, I am less of an in out wower and more of a greatly decreased player. I don’t think I have raided at all this year. Instead, I made a worgen rogue on another realm and leveled that with my husbands worgen mage. Just recently heroic able.
Yeah, I basically jumped on it because:
a) signing up for 6 months at a time saves me about $3 per month.
b) I’m playing WoW anyway, so why not.
c) Guaranteed beta access to MoP.
d) Diablo III!
e) I like free stuff.
It’s a really great deal and Blizz is pretty damned smart for doing it.