Welcome Back Weekend - Return Free From March 21 through March 24

Welcome Back Weekend - Return Free From March 21 through March 24
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Battle for Azeroth™ is in full swing, and everyone is needed on the front lines. This weekend, we’re upgrading all inactive World of Warcraft accounts, granting returning players full access to the game* and all their characters—including;the Battle for Azeroth trial experience, for those who don’t own the latest expansion—through March 24.

Spread the Word!
As the war in Azeroth rages on, the champions of the Horde and the Alliance look to their in-game friends for help. Whether it’s levelling up for experience, gearing up for combat, or mounting up to see the world, World of Warcraft is always best enjoyed in groups, however big or small. If you have guildmates, friends, or family who haven’t been in Azeroth for a while, let them know they can play for free this weekend.

Need Help Logging Back In?

Save on World of Warcraft ® and 30% off Select Game Services
If you’re a returning player, it’s the perfect time to take advantage of our current sales. We’re offering 30% off select game services** and $20 off World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth or the World of Warcraft Complete Collection.

  • Character Transfer
  • Faction Change
  • Race Change

Learn more about the Welcome Back Weekend and game services sale.

*Offer available through March 24, 2019. Player is responsible for any online connection fees. Game access will be granted at the last expansion purchased or World of Warcraft®: Legion®, whichever is greater. The Battle for Azeroth trial experience ends after three hours of game play in Battle for Azeroth, or after the quest "We Need Each Other" (for Horde) or "A Nation Divided" (for Alliance), whichever comes first. Players can repeat the trial experience with up to 12 characters per qualifying account during the welcome back weekend.

**Sale does not include Guild Services, WoW Token, Character Boost, Pets, Mounts or Transmog items.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Welcome Back Weekend - Return Free From March 21 through March 24 started by chaud View original post
Published on 2019-03-18 08:38 PM
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  1. Xemioza's Avatar
    Was expecting this thread to be rage fest from ppl who arent playing anymore, not dissapointed xd
    Why do you care if you hate the game ?
  1. glowpipe's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Hexme View Post
    New races still locked behind time gating mechanics?

    Looks like I'm not coming back and still gonna play better MMOs out there.
    to bad there is no better mmo's out there, not a single one got the sub count wow got. Or do you mean the worst mmo got the most players ?
  1. Shmazard's Avatar
    Going to be alot of toxic players returning just to troll active players, i can see it already...
  1. Lorgar Aurelian's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Eleccybubb View Post
    You make it sound like that's better lol.

    Basically they are saying "buy the expansion or enjoy your crappy 3 hours".

    Jesus how scummy can this company get these days lol.
    They limited it in the past to by stopping you from going past last expan max level. You act as if limits are something they have never done before.
  1. The Stormbringer's Avatar
    Oh wow, I just noticed it's only three hours. The hell BS is that? Who is going to download updates and such to play a game for three hours? That's silly, very silly. I could see six hours maybe, and definitely nine, but three? Nope.
  1. Eleccybubb's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Stormbringer View Post
    Oh wow, I just noticed it's only three hours. The hell BS is that? Who is going to download updates and such to play a game for three hours? That's silly, very silly. I could see six hours maybe, and definitely nine, but three? Nope.
    Mate look at the caveat. If you already own it then it's full duration.

    It's just a really scummy way of trying to get people to buy the expansion. Limit the "trial" as hard as they can.
  1. Sencha's Avatar
    Q1 results must be desperately low.
  1. The Stormbringer's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Eleccybubb View Post
    Mate look at the caveat. If you already own it then it's full duration.

    It's just a really scummy way of trying to get people to buy the expansion. Limit the "trial" as hard as they can.
    *blink* Oh. Okay. That's... weird. Why limit it in the first place? If people want to play Legion all weekend, let them. This is a strange decision.

    EDIT: Random color test.
  1. Eleccybubb's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Stormbringer View Post
    *blink* Oh. Okay. That's... weird. Why limit it in the first place? If people want to play Legion all weekend, let them. This is a strange decision.
    To try and push the expansion on them. It's a really scumbag thing to do and they know it. Especially when they say "HEY WHILE YOU ARE BACK TAKE A LOOK AT OUT SALES GUYS".

    This company sadly has started to fall so far from grace as of late.
  1. Cena's Avatar
    LMFAO. I will be surprised if people actually buy this game after the free weekend. This expansion is utter trash.
  1. Archibalde's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Stormbringer View Post
    Oh wow, I just noticed it's only three hours. The hell BS is that? Who is going to download updates and such to play a game for three hours? That's silly, very silly. I could see six hours maybe, and definitely nine, but three? Nope.
    It's much sillier than that! It ends once you've completed the intro quest for BFA. So assuming it puts you at the very start of BFA, for a horde character you do the Battle of Lordaeron, get your Heart of Azeroth, break Talanji out of Stormwind, escort her through Dazar'alor and establish your base at the Great Seal.

    So unless you hold off on turning in the last quest, you don't even get to explore any of the zones.
  1. Jodmos's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Stormbringer View Post
    *blink* Oh. Okay. That's... weird. Why limit it in the first place? If people want to play Legion all weekend, let them. This is a strange decision.
    It is only the BFA trial that is limited (and only for people without the expansion already). The other expansions are for the full period.

    Also, this is the second trial weekend they have had since BFA was released. There was nothing similar done during Legion (I believe I saw people being offered trials but it wasn't an open-to-everyone trial like the two in BFA have been). That smacks of trying to get subs back (nothing wrong with trying to get players back but this seems more desperate than what they've done prior to BFA).
  1. Hitei's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Stormbringer View Post
    *blink* Oh. Okay. That's... weird. Why limit it in the first place? If people want to play Legion all weekend, let them. This is a strange decision.

    EDIT: Random color test.
    They can..? The limited part of the trial is the BFA part.
  1. Kuja's Avatar
    Don't think subs will increase noticeably. Never before have I been avoiding current content in an expansion so much, and from what I have seen, I'm not the only one to do so.

    They should start by making missions more lucrative. At least one super useful/valuable mission daily, and improve all gold mission rewards by 1000% at least. All other missions should also be more rewarding. And while at missions, improve follower gear significantly, that is supposed to bring extra rewards. I've never seen any of my guys with "Chance to bring X from missions" bring anything back.

    Then to make island expeditions more interesting, give all rare elites a chance to drop something. Maybe a loot bag with with a very large list of possible loot. And maybe first mission of the day should give a high quality loot bag upon completion.

    Then I would at least spend some time doing BFA content daily. There's just so many things that need to be improved for them to be worth the time.
  1. Fabinas's Avatar
    Oh, i'm so gonna spend my time levelling the Argus reps i left behind at the last 3 day trial. Won't be doing any BfA, tho.
  1. Low Hanging Fruit's Avatar
    This is what companies do when they have so many subs the system cannot handle the amount of people trying to log in. Servers are overflowing.
  1. Rikkof's Avatar
    NO TNX
    Out means out
    Forever
  1. Phagelives's Avatar
    No too lazy and they are not paying to advertise for them.
  1. Sencha's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kuja View Post
    Don't think subs will increase noticeably. Never before have I been avoiding current content in an expansion so much, and from what I have seen, I'm not the only one to do so.

    They should start by making missions more lucrative. At least one super useful/valuable mission daily, and improve all gold mission rewards by 1000% at least. All other missions should also be more rewarding. And while at missions, improve follower gear significantly, that is supposed to bring extra rewards. I've never seen any of my guys with "Chance to bring X from missions" bring anything back.

    Then to make island expeditions more interesting, give all rare elites a chance to drop something. Maybe a loot bag with with a very large list of possible loot. And maybe first mission of the day should give a high quality loot bag upon completion.

    Then I would at least spend some time doing BFA content daily. There's just so many things that need to be improved for them to be worth the time.
    No they should just remove the mission table once and for all. Play mobile games if you want those things.
  1. Army Dreamer's Avatar
    Yay! Three hours for free! But that's not all, folks! You can run the same trial quests on twelve different characters! It's thirty six hours total, or until get sick of it. Whichever comes first.
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