Project Lore

Now this is quite the deal: starting today, November 27, and continuing through Sunday, November 29th, you can buy either a boxed retail copy or a digital download copy of Blizzard's popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft for only five dollars. Thinking about getting your friends into the game? This might be your cheapest and most fun way of doing it. I'm considering getting a few of these just to have around as gifts or giveaway prizes. Its also a great way to start into dual boxing. I canceled one of my two WoW accounts recently, but the recruit-a-friend XP bonuses, like the Zhevra mount and 300% experience boost, might be enough to make me take up dual boxing again at some point. Keep in mind that the World of Warcraft Battle Chest is currently $20 and includes WoW and the Burning Crusade expansion, as well as strategy guides. With resources like Project Lore, WoWHead, and WoWWiki, you probably will have little use for strategy guides. These are good entertainment value though; one of my friends bought the battle chest and chose to be a Warlock because the guide said warlocks were good for players "who like to win". Paladins, on the other hand, are for players "who don't like to lose". Additionally, the Battle Chest is likely to be updated within the next 8 months or so with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, and many of the features of Burning Crusade and Lich King, such as venturing to the Blood Elf and Draeni lands, may become part of the standard World of Warcraft game when the new expansion Cataclysm launches. As such, stockpiling WoW games may not be the wisest long-term investment. If you are planning to use them for recruit-a-friend for your own dual-boxing purposes or as a gift, keep a few things in mind. The first thing you want to do is send your friend (or yourself; I'll assume you are friendly with yourself) a recruit-a-friend invitation from your account at this page. Once your friend creates a World of Warcraft account, they will be credited with 15 days of game time. Now would be a good time to gift them with the full version of World of Warcraft that you theoretically purchased for five dollars; either in digital or boxed form. They can install it if they haven't already so they can actually play, and when they add the retail version of WoW to their accounts, they will receive an additional 30 days of free game time. If they buy a month of game time, you will receive a free month of game time. If they buy two months, you receive a Zhevra mount. For more details on recruit a friend, check out the WoWWiki page on it, or the official World of Warcraft FAQ. Possible negatives include a cheap avenue for spammers to get into the game. Spammers get banned quickly, but can also make accounts cheaply and quickly with the same tricks players use to recruit friends Are you going to take advantage of this deal?