WoW player moving to the country

[BBellew]

I moved to the middle of nowhere in 2010 and played almost all of Cataclysm on a 1Mbps connection. It was completely fine, so you shouldn't worry. Steam, however, will become a said endeavor, as well as streaming decent quality video (especially if you have data caps, which I didn't). Just get used to leaving your PC on for long periods of time to download games and updates.

Of course all of this will depend on your speed. I know that where I lived now offers 8Mbps for the same price as when I had 1Mbps.

[zsecmmo]

Thanks everyone for your advise and stories. Out of a percentage of the comments I feel like life will go on and I'll still be able to play WoW, even if I do have to go satelite. I think what I'm going to do before I move is get a 2TB HDD and just download every single game I own so it will be ready to play. But I think my beta days are over.. see you all in Azeroth!

[kaxfenix]

As long as there isn't any routing issues between your WoW server and your ISP you should be good on anything that can offer you 3-5 mbps and above.

You best bet is Fixed Wireless ( Some one said before with the dish on house that points to a tower) Most offer decent speeds but you will end up paying a lot more for a lot less than you did when you were in the city.

A year ago I moved to a rural area.. Basically a master plan community where you buy a 2 acre plot where you could then build your own house...I had and played wow on Fixed Wireless 25mbps down and 5mbps up ( ipaid 100/month for that service). It was ok.. My ping varied from 75-150ms I could raid with out issue..


But then Charter came in and installed fiber through the community.. So I am off fixed wireless... But if thats all you can get it will serve you fine!

[Shynra]

Could use this as an opportunity to wean yourself off of the internet and video games and be more productive!

[Mad_Murdock]

Could use this as an opportunity to wean yourself off of the internet and video games and be more productive!

That's just impossible. No one can live for more than a few days without the internet. Did you not see what happened to the Exiled from Suramar city? The Nightwell and mana is just a metaphor for Internet access. Those mana shots we give our are really Vine videos.

[tratra]

duderinio when vanilla was out there weren't speeds like more than 1024 kbps at where I lived. I had a 512kbps line and it was smooth, and that was dsl.

So ye I believe that you will be more than fine.

[Nikkej]

I used to play WoW on 4G internet.

I used to play FIFA 16 on 3G internet.


Games work. MMO should deffo work.


Dont play mobas or FPS tho

[Shelly]

Shelly what internet provider you use?



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Lol hope my NPC gives out 1 free Legendary per battle.net account.

Unless you're moving to rural Southern Oregon I don't think knowing my ISP would help you.

Just look up whomever does line of sight internet in your area. If there's a cell-phone tower you can see chances are you can get Internet access from it.