Question about the 10 Day Friend Pass... PLEASE HELP!Follow

Hello everyone. I recently joined the HORDE in World of Warcraft, and wanted to bring my wife, or possibly a good friend on mine into the game as well.

The idea of the extra CD's being included in the Collectors Edition was cool - the idea was to give the extra CD's to either my wife, or to her friend (who also wants to play, but isn't sure if she will like the game or not), let them try it for the 10 days, and then if they wanna continue, all they have to do is agree to pay the monthly fee then after the 10 days expires.

BUT - it seems like only way they can play then, after the 10 days, is to drop 50 bucks on the game themselves, and put in a retail key... is this how it works?

Can someone clarify this for me? My wife would LOVE to try it out, but she thinks I wasted too much money already on the game- convincing her that we need to drop another 50 bucks on it, plus another 15 a month isn't gonna go too well.

Convincing her to just add on the 15 bucks a month tho... that I might have been able to swing...

That's what I thought. Another friend of mine bought the collectors edition, thinking the same thing - extra set of CD's included meant him and his wife both could play, just with 2 separate monthly fees.

That pretty much sucks, but I still love the game...

But for cryin out loud... when is someone going to do this pricing right, and offer some kind of "Family" plan... I mean, when my kid is old enough, you mean to tell me if me, my wife, and my son want to play, we gotta shell out 150 bucks up front, then 45 bucks a month?

LMAO

What amazes me, is people do this, and don't complain...

Come on Blizzard! You all are always on the cutting edge of graphics and gameplay... how about getting on the cutting edge of pricing structure?

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Yeah, no kidding. That's gotta be tough. I keep trying to get my wife into these types of games, but like I said, she thinks I'm nuts for paying what I do already. She watches me play though, and gets interested... but when it comes to the price of getting her a copy to play, then it goes back to her not being interested again...lol.

Here is what I would suggest...

Allow 3 accounts per household, per serial/key. You can track by IP address that way, by billing address, etc. So it could be done.

charge 12 bucks for the first account/player, and 5 dollars each additional. Would make it much easier for families and such to get into the games without breaking their banks (and without the companies being a bit too greedy, or stuck in a stale pricing scheme).

What does everyone else think? Any ideas on how to make something like a "family" plan?

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True dat, firehawk. If you plan on playing it for a long time, 5months +, it's not that bad of a price to pay.

Here in Canada if I goto a movie with a friend, thats $11.00 a ticket X2 $22.00 bucks add popcorn and drinks another $10. $32.00 bucks for one Friday night movie, 2 hrs entertainment. For $32.00 I can have 2 accounts for a month 100hrs+ entertainment (I do need to sleep/work/socialise)