Wow Private Server

Ppl keep asking me about this topic.What is the difference between Blizzard and Private server?I’ll try to put into a list the pros and cons.

Prices:

First of all if you wish to play with WOW at Blizzard’s Battle.net, you have to first buy it. It costs approx. 30-50 $ (With the expansion The Burning Crusade)Also you have to pay a monthly fee which varies from country to county - from 30 to 80$.If you wish to play on private servers you DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. Since blizzard released a WOW-client YOU DO NOT EVEN NEED TO BUY THE GAME - YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT LEGALLY FOR FREE. (It takes an awful lot of time - so you should buy it for that price)(Also in most countries they give you 1 free month, so you’ll have time to decide if you wish to stay at Blizzard or go to private servers)

Population and lag:

The second biggest difference is that a lot of ppl experiences lag issues at Blizzard.On a private server you probably WON’T EVER EXPERIENCE LAG ISSUES.HOWEVER70% of the private servers have low population (under 100ppl), so if you prefer crowded Blizzard servers (over 500 ppl) you won’t have fun on them.

Quest issues.

You won’t really experience quest issues at Blizzard - HOWEVER on PRIVATE servers there are a LOT OF QUEST BUGS. SOME CAN BE FIXED BUT THE MOST OF IT CANNOT. ESCORT QUESTS CANNOT BE FIXED - because they are “server dependant”.FEW of them CAN be fixed, but 97% CANNOT be fixed.Also on private servers sometimes there are missing quests and you have to report them.

Talents and abilities:

At Blizzard there are no talent / ability bugs.

BUT

At private servers there are bugged ability quests, but those can be bypassed. (You won’t receive experience / reputation for competing them though)Also there are TALENT BUGS AND ABILITY BUGS ON PRIVATE SERVERS WHICH CANNOT BE FIXED - SO you HAVE TO WAIT till THE DEVELOPERS FIX IT.And the developers tend to fix only “useful” abilities.

GM-s and Security:

At Blizzard normally you don’t have to fear that your account will be hacked (that doesn’t mean that it cannot be hacked)

HOWEVER

There are idiot jerks (or Blizzard employees - only God knows) who tend to hack into private servers, ruining the server, and deleting / modifying accounts.A talented server holder can fortify defenses, And makes backups EVERY DAY so even if somebody fucks up your account the “owner” can fix it.

At Blizzard you may have ONLY ONE ACCOUNT - however ON PRIVATE SERVERS YOU MAY HAVE AS MANY AS YOU WISH. THERE ARE RULES THOUGH - SO ALWAYS READ THE RULES BEFORE YOU’LL GET YOURSELF BANNED.

At Blizzard if somebody cheats the person will get caught - sooner or later.(In the end of 2006 an entire guild has been banned at Blizzard because they cheated)(They cheated for moths - but they got caught)

THE FUNNY THING IS THAT IF YOU CHEAT ON A PRIVATE SERVER YOU’LL GET YOURSELF BANNED - MOST OF THE TIMES INSTANTLY - Because the developers know almost every single existing cheat even before Blizzard notices it - it depends on the owner if he/she knows enough to install / setup them

Blizzard GM-s are often rude, and not really helpful - HOWEVER At PRIVATE SERVERS the GM’s are mostly helpful - and they are mostly happy to help. Server list

So as you see there are a pros and cons.If you would like to play w/o bugs you have to pay for it - but if you don’t mind bugs - or you don’t want to pay, you can go to a private server.