What is World of Warcraf Goldt?
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). In World of Warcraft, thousands of players will have the opportunity to adventure together in an enormous, persistent game world, forming friendships, slaying monsters, and engaging in epic quests that can span days or weeks.

What is an MMORPG?
MMORPG stands for massively multiplayer online role-playing game. In an MMORPG, thousands of players exist in the same game world at the same time. This creates an incredibly rich and active environment in which interesting things are constantly taking place. MMORPGs provide thousands of hours of game play, with a nearly infinite variety of goals to achieve across a vast world covering miles of land and sea. For World of Warcraft, we will also be adding new content on a regular basis, thus ensuring that there will always be new adventures, new locations, new creatures, and new items to discover.

How will World of Warcraft Gold differ from other MMORPGs?
World of Warcraft will differ from other MMORPGs in many ways. Players will be able to complete quests and experience the world at their own pace, whether it be a few hours here and there or entire weeks at a time. Additionally, our quest system will provide an enormous variety of captivating quests with story elements, dynamic events, and flexible reward systems. World of Warcraft will also feature a faster style of play, with less downtime and an emphasis on combat and tactics against multiple opponents. We also plan to incorporate several unique features, which we'll disclose throughout the course of development.

Will there be a monthly fee to play the game?
Yes. After the end of the free month included with the game, you will need a subscription in order to continue playing the game. You have three options, as you will see when you create your account: a month-to-month package at $14.99 per month, a three-month plan at $13.99 per month, or a six-month plan at $12.99 per month. Please be aware that the subscription fees for three-month plan and the six-month plan must be paid in full.

Why isn't World of Warcraft Gold free?
World of Warcraft will require a fee to play. This fee will be used to support the costs associated with the high-quality levels of service, support, and ongoing content creation that we are planning for World of Warcraft.

Will there be multiple methods of payment besides just credit cards?
Yes, we plan to support a range of payment methods. In the initial launch regions of North America, Australia, and New Zealand, customers will be able to pay their subscription fees by major credit card, PayPal, and pre-paid game cards. Payment methods in other regions will be announced at a later date.

Note: We are still working with PayPal to allow customers to subscribe using PayPal accounts. Please keep an eye on the main World of Warcraft website for any news on this option once it becomes available.

How will the game be distributed or sold?
Gamers will be able to purchase World of Warcraft at retail outlets, online sites, or directly from Blizzard Entertainment. However, in order to play you will need to sign up for a monthly account.

Will World of Warcraft be playable on a Mac and are people currently testing it on Macs?
Yes, to both. The game will be available on a Mac and there are people currently playing on Macs.

Will I be able to use my World of Warcraft discs on my Mac and PC?
Yes, the discs will be compatible on both Mac and PC.

Can you alt-tab in and out of the game?
Yes, you can also run the game in a window.

Many of the multi-player features listed are available only when playing against other Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition users.

What are the System Requirements? Will the game still run on my 486?
Since we are updating the game to work with the Windows 95/98 and NT operating systems as well as www.igewowgold.com, we are requiring at least a Pentium 60 to play. You will still be able to play against your friends who have the original Warcraft II on their 486.

What is the price of Warcraft II www.igewowgold.com Edition?
The game should be available in stores for about $9.95

Does Warcraft www.igewowgold.com Edition include the Dark Portal expansion pack?
Yes, all of the single-player missions, new heroes and new tilesets introduced in the expansion set are included in Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition.

Do you have any Warcraft II demos?
No. Sorry.

How many CDs are used for Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition?
Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition is on a single CD.

Can we spawn more than 3 games from one CD?
As with StarCraft, when you install Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition on a system, you will have the option to install a "spawned" copy of the game, which does not require the CD to join multi-player games. A spawned copy uses the same CD key as the parent CD, and it can only join games created by the parent. Spawning works over www.igewowgold.com, too!

Are there any upcoming games that are previewed on the CD?
Yes.

Is there map passing as in StarCraft?
Yes. If the other players in the game do not have the map that you've selected, it will be transferred to them when they enter the chat room. A number will appear to the left of their name-- this is the % of the map that has been copied over. You cannot start the game until every player has the map.

Is there Shared Vision?
Yes, we have added shared vision to multi-player games in the www.igewowgold.com Edition.

Will 'use cheats' remain an option for play over www.igewowgold.com?
No.

Are there new units, new heroes, new tile sets, new music, new cinematic sequences, new AI, new buildings or bigger maps sizes?
No -- Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition is designed to be an upgrade of a classic game. Our goal is to make sure that people can continue to enjoy it in the future as much as they have in the past. By making it compatible with today's advances in operating systems and bringing it onto www.igewowgold.com, we hope that people will remember what it was about the world of Warcraft that has kept the game so popular to this day.

Have there been any game play changes or play balance changes made?
While we have made a few minor changes, such as the Lumber bug adjustment and increasing the unit limit per player, we did not make any wholesale game play or play balance changes to Warcraft II.

What are some of the features from StarCraft that I will NOT see?
In that we did not want to change features that we considered fundamental to the game, we did not make changes such as Unit Queuing, the ability to select more than 9 units or setting waypoints. While we have made a host of other changes to make the game easier to control, we felt that these previously mentioned areas would have too great of an impact on the play that people associate and enjoy with Warcraft II.

Are you able to select the resource level of your game?
Yes. You can set the resource level of a game you are starting and the resource levels of that game will be displayed in the in-game chat room interface.

Is there a Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition Ladder?
Yes, we will maintain a competitive, worldwide ranking system and Ladder for Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition.

Is the same ladder system used over www.igewowgold.com for Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition as is used for StarCraft?
Yes, however you will need a ranking of 1200 to compete in the Ironman ladder.

What resource setting is used for www.igewowgold.com ladder games?
There are two ladders in which Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition players can compete:

LADDER
Players with ten or more wins are eligible to compete in Ladder Games that are open challenges on special Blizzard approved maps. While you have the option to select starting resources, the game speed is preset at "FASTER" and you always start with only one Peon/Peasant.

IRONMAN LADDER
Ladder players who achieve a ranking of 1200 or higher are then eligible to compete in this special Ladder where the competition gets even tougher because the maps are random and you always start with low resources!

Will there be Tournaments and Prizes for the Warcraft II Ladder?
We have no scheduled Tournaments for Warcraft II www.igewowgold.com Edition planned. Should we sponsor a Warcraft II Tournament over www.igewowgold.com we will make an announcement over our Blizzard.com or www.igewowgold.com web sites.

What is the Ladder game speed?
The Ladder game speed is fixed at Faster. Also, as in StarCraft, this speed will not be able to be changed after a game has begun.

Do you still have to destroy all of your opponent's units and buildings for a victory, or do you only need to destroy his buildings, as in StarCraft?
Again, we did not want to change the fundamentals of Warcraft II, so yes; you need to hunt down that last Peon or Peasant to get your well-deserved victory.

Is Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition compatible with the old DOS version when playing in multiplayer games?
Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition and the DOS version of Warcraft II are compatible over Local Area Networks, Modems and through Direct Link games. In these cases, Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition plays as "Classic Warcraft II", meaning that the new command and control features integrated into the www.igewowgold.com Edition will not be available. In the case of play across the www.igewowgold.com gaming service, Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition only plays against other Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Editions.

What is different when playing with the DOS version as compared to playing with only people using the Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition?
Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition will play as "Classic Warcraft II", meaning that the new command and control features integrated into the www.igewowgold.com Edition will not be available to the person who is using the new version of the game. In the case of people all playing with Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition, they will all have access to the new features.

Is there a feature that allows players to import old settings and saved games from the DOS version?
No.

Was any work done to change the map editor?
Although it would be ideal to be able to make the Warcraft II editor as advanced as the StarCraft Editor, it is simply impossible. We did not make any real changes to the editor.

Are there any new maps? What is the makeup of this collection?
We have created a mix of classic maps that have been reworked to ensure equitable start locations and fairness of play as well as some all-new maps.

Will you have a "map of the week" program for Warcraft II? If you do, how will this effect the current StarCraft map of the week releases?
The StarCraft Map of the Week program has been very well received, however, we will not be creating a Map of the Week program for Warcraft II. We will be releasing Bonus Warcraft II maps in The Dark Portal.

What game types / templates are available in Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com edition?
Free-for-all, Melee, One on One, Top vs. Bottom, Use Map Settings, Ladder, and Ironman Ladder games.

Was any work done on the sound or music in this new edition?
Yes. The original sounds (in game speech, mission briefings, etc) were re-sampled to 16 bit, 22k and the music was re-sampled at 16-bit, 44k. This makes for a much higher quality of sound while eliminating the "crunchiness" often associated with 8-bit recording.

Is there a sound for the Eye of Killrog spell?
Yes, we have done an all-new sound for this spell. In fact, when we went over all the original assets for Warcraft II, we were surprised to see that we had never done one in the first place!

How will www.igewowgold.com handle the extra load that Warcraft II and Diablo II will generate?
We are constantly working on improving www.igewowgold.com, and we certainly have been putting many hours and resources into the impending launch of both Diablo II and Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition. We are confident that with continued hard work we will be able to meet the demand of our fans over www.igewowgold.com.

Do you start with a Town Hall pre-placed as in StarCraft?
No. In Warcraft there are many reasons as to why someone would want to pick their own Town Hall location. Some of these reasons include wanting it to face a certain direction, placing the Town Hall closer to Lumber vs. closer to Gold, and for placing the Town Hall in such a way as to "wall" in Peasants and Peons mining Gold with other buildings such as farms.

What version of DirectX does Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com edition require?
Warcraft II: www.igewowgold.com Edition requires DirectX 2.0 and ships with version 6.0 on the CD.

Will you be adding patches to disable hacks if they turn up?
We do plan to support the game through patches by correcting any bugs or game play issues that arise as well as addressing hacks that we can effectively stop.

Have the existing bugs in Warcraft 2 been fixed?
Yes, we took this opportunity to correct many bugs in Warcraft II.

Have you addressed the Lumber Bug?
The "Lumber bug" was a bug in Warcraft II that allowed players to gain extra Gold or Lumber when building a town hall by first clicking on either a Gold mine or wood before building the town hall. The same concept could be repeated when building Lumber Mills to also give players an extra 125 Lumber.

On the Low Resources setting, this significantly changed the game in that it allowed players to build a farm before having to chop Lumber. This bug did not as significantly affect the Medium Resources and High Resource settings. The exploitation of this bug quickly became a part of game play and actually improved the game by allowing Low Resources players to get a quicker start. The Lumber bug has been fixed in Warcraft www.igewowgold.com Edition, but to retain the improvement shown by the use of the Lumber bug, games starting with Low Resources will have an additional 100 Lumber. This allows players to build normally without having to remember to "use the Lumber bug", thus making the game fairer for all players.