World of Warcraft gets endless free trial mode

[Tinman]

Blizzard introduces endless free-to-play trial mode for WoW

Play to level 20 without paying a cent

[Soul Assassin]

So I can play WoW free forever, but only as a level 20 character? Going to get WoW the 1st when moving to a new ISP.

[Magnarmalok]

Awesome way to stay in touch with the guild :?

[Necuno]

GoldSpam and GoldFarm friendly hey ?

[Glordit]

Blizzard introduces endless free-to-play trial mode for WoW

LIES!!

You got to buy the game unless you want to be downloading for a week!!

[MrG]

Time to create many a twink

What happens if I have an account with a character above level 20 at this stage, can I still login to the account, but not play with my level 20+?

[Endev8003]

Here is the Blizzard FAQ on the new trial accounts: http://us.blizzard.com/support/artic...+trial+account

Awesome way to stay in touch with the guild :?

Can't create or join guilds though. Also, you can only whisper someone if they have added you to their friends list.

Time to create many a twink

What happens if I have an account with a character above level 20 at this stage, can I still login to the account, but not play with my level 20+?

Afaik, you weren't able to level over 20 with the old 10-day trial accounts. This offer is only for trial accounts, not normal accounts.

[Voicy]

Thanks for the link, Endev!

Yep, seems the same applies for it as the old trials:

The following restrictions are placed on all Starter Edition Accounts:

- A level cap of 20.
- A maximum of 10 gold.
- Trade skills are capped at 100 ranks.
- Unable to trade via the Auction House, mailbox, or player-to-player.
- In-game access to public chat channels unavailable. Players are limited to communicating using only say, party, or whisper.
- Characters will be unable to create or join guilds.
- Characters are not able to send whispers to other characters unless they have been added to the characters' friends lists or have received a whisper from a character first.
- Characters will not be able to invite other players into a party.
- Characters will not be able to join parties with other characters above level 20.
- Voice chat disabled on Starter Edition accounts.
- Realms experiencing login queues will prioritize players who have full, paid accounts.
- Starter Edition accounts are not eligible for character transfers
- RealID features are disabled on all Starter Edition Accounts.

[shadowfox]

I've got a feeling they're trying to grab (and addict) as many new players as they can before Old Republic and GW2 hits the shelves. But WoW now is apparently so different from old vanilla WoW that they're practically two different experiences - so I get the feeling they're trying to get new blood to replace the old guard that is leaving the game.

[cafc]

I'm considering it. Is there any link to download the client? (sorry, I only have local for now, so I can't go on the Blizzard site)