Breakfast topic: Account count

by Amanda Dean Aug 27th 2008 at 8:00AM

I'm not sure how many World of Warcraft subscriptions are currently active. The popularity of the game skyrocketed and then seems to have leveled off. Player numbers have certainly been bolstered by the Recruit-a-Friend promotion. I'm not convinced that it has actually brought any new players into the game. I know several people who begun additional accounts under this new scheme, and a handful of players that have returned to the game. I'm sure there are some new rookies, but they're a fraction of the new accounts.

I'm working on my third account. My friend with recruitment benefits and I have been soaring through the levels. I was planning on starting a third account come Wrath anyway, but now seems like as good of a time as any.

Tags: account, accounts, multiboxing, recruit-a-friend, subscriptions

Filed under: Polls, Fan stuff, Blizzard, Breakfast topics, Leveling, Alts

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dotorion Aug 27th 2008 8:04AM

One is enough,yes sometimes I wish I had two accounts to powerlevel myself, but I don't wanna pay the monthly fee twice.

Jane Gray Aug 28th 2008 1:50AM

www.dual-boxing.com is THE resource for multi-boxing btw, anyone thinking of trying it out should definitely check it out.

But please please please actually read some of the stickied threads/faqs before asking questions in the newcomer forum that you could have answered yourself with half a second of effort.

Eternalpayn Aug 27th 2008 8:08AM

I know several people in real life and in game who have recruited people. As in, actually recruited, not the second account thing.

Jay Aug 27th 2008 8:15AM

Two, mainly for the Zhevra mount. Triple exp is fun too.

Blayed Aug 27th 2008 8:39AM

I got my Zhevra mount by recruiting a RL friend, so I didn't have to pay for a second one.

Also, I'm on my third account now, but my other 2 have been inactive for a long time, and I have never had 2 up at the same time.

Aerei Aug 27th 2008 8:19AM

One. I'd like a second, but my lovely, sweet, darling girlfriend has explained that she'd tear out a few non-vital organs of mine if I grabbed one. :)

Xerone Aug 27th 2008 8:57AM

Bah! Don't listen to her! You're your own man! Show her who is boss!

/end_sarcasm

Rhadagast Aug 27th 2008 8:20AM

Have a buddy with 5 shammies, he gets reported daily. Somebody did it again last night while he was helping me in Nagrand (jumpatron in 2, woot - on a rogue).

I sent a tell to the guy saying Kaplan said it was OK, blizzard said it was OK....what do I get back? 'Whatever cheater' and ignored.

Guess some people don't like the idea of within the rules.

Ryan Aug 27th 2008 9:15AM

Allowed or not, 5x frost shock intagibs are cheap as hell.

Blackhorn Aug 27th 2008 11:32AM

I find it hilarious that you said "Kaplan says it's ok"

Shall we start a new poll on how many players even know who Jeff Kaplan is?

arcady0 Aug 27th 2008 11:47AM

Some rules need to be changed.

I report multi-boxing when I see it, and will continue to do so until the day they change the policy or I quit the game and go to some newer MMO.

Manatank Aug 27th 2008 1:11PM

@arcady0:
That is just incredibly stupid. It isn't against the rules so you are just wasting their time. I hope they ban you for spamming them with worthless reporting.

Verodio Aug 27th 2008 8:20AM

I recruited my roommate and he installed the game and stuff while I was at work. He was level 11 before I found out he was playing on a different server and a different faction. Since it took him so long to get to 11 I couldn't convince him to reroll a hordie on mine. Now he's in his 60's and wished he had rerolled but since he's put in so much time he still won't abandon the character to reroll. *sigh

Thrush Aug 27th 2008 3:50PM

You can transfer servers for $25. The price stinks for what I'm sure is an easy process, but I've done it with more than one character to play on a server with friends. It was worth it too, playing is much more fun when you have RL friends on your server with you.

Zakk Aug 27th 2008 5:10PM

Yeah, but the friend is on the other faction, too, Thrush.

Gillean Aug 27th 2008 8:21AM

sometimes i've contemplated getting a second account so my alts can get a run through SM Armory once in a while.

Liel Aug 27th 2008 8:27AM

I had two before but one was my friends account who had a priest on a PVP server so I could play with them. But I cancelled that one and when the refer a friend came out wanted a human pally to play with coworkers but my pally was a blood elf so I found it the perfect way to powerlevel another pally so I could transfer her to my main account when she dings 60.