Opening the Lich King Collector's Edition

stevenapier — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:20:20 GMT

How can the likes of online stores ship the product early? I'm lucky enough to own my own retail computer shop, but don't even have stock as yet!!!! It's only slated to arrive on the 13th (AU release date is the 14th.) I think Blizz should look at the retailers (online & other) & ban them from selling their products for 6 months. It must be a fair & level playing ground for all.

Simulo — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:33:08 GMT

lol, video no longer availible

Baalius — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:48:21 GMT

Does it really matter?? Two weeks from now nobody will care and things will just be rolling along. So much attention to "having to be FIRST". I guess some of us just have lives outside of this ***game***

See you in Northrend

F0REM4N — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:20:10 GMT

Upon install, game appears to reinstall patch 3.03. You already have these downloaded though so there is no wait. If there is a pot launch patch, it appears they will not make it live until they hit the Northrend server gerbil.

F0REM4N — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:08:09 GMT

...95% installed, it takes a while for disc install, like 30 minutes on a solid system.

F0REM4N — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:05:26 GMT

Yes the retailers had permission to ship early to meet midnight release. I received mine from gogamer, and Amazon, and Gamestop are also doing this. Someone flip the switch, I want to get my ice on!

barasawa — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:58:15 GMT

Getting it before launch date, nice. Not being able to play it, fricking priceless... Even if you used a time machine and got it 3 years ago, it's useless until they turn on the flag on the servers, and that hasn't happened yet. We're just hoping they do it on 12:01am launch day. We'll see...

Kody — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:01:11 GMT

I'm hearing more reports of folks getting their copies today (and a few others have told me they got them this weekend now). Anyone reading this able to confirm that you've also gotten yours? If so, where'd you order it from?! :P

crimsonbadger — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:18:05 GMT

Aw. The video is no longer available. :( I wanted to get a sneak peek at what I'll be getting in 4 days.

Yinchie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:15:33 GMT

You can already download the expansion from certain places, the final release retail iso, to save time installing. All you need is to buy the game at midnight and register it and start playing :)

Ximsor — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:11:02 GMT

life is unfair dident u know that well here is the leasson for you then :)

cyndih325 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:25:38 GMT

didn't know it was legal for sellers to ship it to end-user customers before release date.

DarkKnyght — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:38:47 GMT

$278? the collectors edition was only $80 for all that stuff

braudrist — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:38:03 GMT

Don't tell me people waste 278$ for a bonus DVD, some art book and a vanity pet?

DarkKnyght — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:07:25 GMT

Angel, What patch would you be talking about at release day? 3.0.3? it came out on Tuesday so everyone is already patched up for expansion so there is no advantage for him other than the fact that he gets to install his game earlier than most of us, Everyone that played WotLK Beta already have the game set up to play also, all they have to do is input the beta key on release night and start playing.